{{Short description|State highway in Cowlitz County, Washington, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Primary|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=WA |type=SR |route=432 |spur_type=SR |spur_of=4 |section=625 |map=Washington State Route 432.svg |map_notes=SR 432 highlighted in red |length_mi=10.32 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="log">{{WSDOT State Highway Log |year=2012 |pages=1471–1475 |link=yes |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> |established=1964<ref name="RCW">{{cite web |url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.625 |title=47.17.625: State route No. 432 |orig-year=1970|year=1991 |work=Revised Code of Washington |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=WA|SR|4}} in West Longview |junction={{jct|state=WA|SR|433}} in Longview<br />{{jct|state=WA|SR|411}} in Longview |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=WA|I|5}} in Kelso |tourist={{jct|country=USA|LCT}} |counties=Cowlitz |previous_type=SR |previous_route=411 |next_type=SR |next_route=433 }}
'''State Route 432''' ('''SR 432''') is a {{convert|10.32|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving the cities of Longview and Kelso in Cowlitz County. The highway travels east along the Columbia River from an intersection with SR 4 in West Longview through the Port of Longview and the termini of SR 433 and SR 411 in Longview. SR 432 crosses the Cowlitz River on a divided highway and ends at an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) in Kelso. SR 432 was established during the 1964 highway renumbering as SR 832, replacing a branch of Primary State Highway 12 (PSH 12) that had been routed through Longview and Kelso since 1937. SR 432 was established in 1968 and originally routed on Nichols Boulevard within Longview and was re-aligned onto its current route in 1991 after the opening of Industrial Way.
==Route description== [[File:I-5 at Longview WyeWA-432.jpg|thumb|left|I-5 northbound at the Longview Wye in Kelso, the eastern terminus of SR 432]] thumb|Longview Wye Interchange
SR 432 begins at an intersection with the Ocean Beach Highway, signed as SR 4, in West Longview in Cowlitz County. The two-lane highway travels southeast as Willow Grove Connection Road and Industrial Way around Mount Solo and into the city of Longview. The four-lane SR 432 parallel to a Columbia and Cowlitz Railway line and the Columbia River through the Port of Longview and intersects the northern terminus of SR 433, which travels on Oregon Way and the Lewis and Clark Bridge to Rainier, Oregon. The highway turns northeast onto 3rd Avenue and crosses a BNSF rail line before it intersects the Tennant Way divided highway and the southern terminus of SR 411 in a partial cloverleaf interchange.<ref name="int-411">{{cite web |date=February 16, 2007 |title=SR 432: Junction SR 411/3rd Avenue |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR432/432X007.pdf |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> The SR 432 designation travels onto four-lane Tennant Way grade-separated highway and continues southeast, parallel to a BNSF rail yard, before intersecting Dike Road in a partial cloverleaf interchange and crossing over the Cowlitz River into Kelso.<ref name="int-dike">{{cite web |date=October 15, 2001 |title=SR 432: Junction Dike Road/Pioneer Bridge |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR432/432X009.pdf |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> The highway travels south of Southwest Washington Regional Airport and intersects Talley Way in a partial cloverleaf interchange before intersecting I-5.<ref name="int-talley">{{cite web |date=May 10, 2012 |title=SR 432: Junction Talley Way |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR432/432X010.pdf |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> The partial cloverleaf interchange, nicknamed the Longview Wye,<ref name="columbian-wye">{{cite news |title=Road work to close portion of Longview Wye |date=August 23, 2011 |url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/aug/23/road-work-close-portion-longview-wye/ |work=The Columbian |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> serves as the eastern terminus of SR 432 while the roadway continues south as the Old Pacific Highway.<ref name="google">{{google maps |title=State Route 432 |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=WA-432+E%2FWillow+Grove+Connection+Rd&daddr=46.1158454,-122.936236+to:WA-432+E&hl=en&ll=46.142021,-122.954865&spn=0.127265,0.338173&sll=46.141525,-122.95503&sspn=0.128218,0.338173&geocode=FX-ZwAIdYMaq-A%3BFQWsvwIdVCSs-CkJmLXuhWuUVDHGu-_VQgD7FQ%3BFcSIvwIdYQOt-A&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=12&via=1&t=m&z=12 |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="rail-2012">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=2011 Washington State Rail System |date=January 2012 |url=http://wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/FDBE2AB4-E504-4AC5-9E30-6A2CC4FAAD34/0/2011Ownership.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="int-5">{{cite web |date=May 10, 2012 |title=SR 5 - Exit 36: Junction SR 432/Kelso/Longview |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR005/005X036.pdf |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref>
Every year, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) conducts a series of surveys on its highways in the state to measure traffic volume. This is expressed in terms of annual average daily traffic (AADT), which is a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. In 2011, WSDOT calculated that the busiest section of SR 432 is the bridge over the Cowlitz River, serving 30,000 vehicles, while the least busy section is the western terminus at SR 4 in West Longview, serving 3,500 vehicles.<ref name="ATR">{{cite web |author=Staff |year=2011 |title=2011 Annual Traffic Report |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_2011.pdf |page=182 |access-date=February 17, 2013 |archive-date=June 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613043942/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_2011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The entire route of SR 432 is designated as an Intermodal Connector within the National Highway System,<ref name="NHS">{{cite map |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |title=National Highway System: Longview, WA--OR |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/washington/longview_wa.pdf |date=October 1, 2012 |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> a highway system that includes roadways important to the national economy, defense, and mobility;<ref name="NHS-about">{{cite web |title=What is the National Highway System? |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/ |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=September 26, 2012 |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> and as a Highway of Statewide Significance by WSDOT,<ref name="HSS-list">{{cite web |title=Transportation Commission List of Highways of Statewide Significance |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2006/03/16/HSSlist2009mod2.pdf |publisher=Washington State Transportation Commission |date=July 26, 2009 |access-date=February 17, 2013 |archive-date=July 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724190950/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/50EC9EB9-DB3D-4823-B5D2-5348409FB8CE/0/HSSlist2009mod2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> which includes highways that connect major communities in the state of Washington.<ref name="HSS-about">{{cite web |last=Lorenzo |first=Judy |title=Highways of Statewide Significance |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/planning/HSS/Default.htm |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> SR 432 forms part of the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, serving as the link between Longview and the Lewis and Clark Bridge via 3rd Avenue on the {{convert|202|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} bicycle race held annually.<ref name="stp-map">{{cite map |publisher=Cascade Bicycle Club |title=Group Health Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic |url=http://www.cascade.org/EandR/stp/pdf/REVISED_STP_Route_Map_2010.pdf |format=PDF |year=2010 |page=17 |access-date=February 17, 2013 |archive-date=August 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820053422/http://www.cascade.org/EandR/stp/pdf/REVISED_STP_Route_Map_2010.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="wsdot-stp2012">{{cite press release |last=Finman |first=Alice |title=Annual event brings 10,000 bike riders to Western Washington roadways |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/10_2012STPride.htm |date=July 10, 2012 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref>
==History== {{multiple image | align = left | image1 = WA-PSH12.svg | width1 = 75 | alt1 = | caption1 = | image2 = WA-832.svg | width2 = 75 | alt2 = | caption2 = | footer = Shields of former PSH 12 and WA 832 }}
SR 432 has been part of the Washington state highway system since 1937, when it was designated as a branch of PSH 12.<ref name="law1937">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |edition=1937 |date=March 17, 1937 |access-date=February 17, 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dcQ4AAAAIAAJ |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |chapter=Chapter 185: Establishment of Primary State Highways |pages=939–940 |quote=SEC. 12. A primary state highway to be known as Primary State Highway No. 12, or the Ocean Beach Highway, is hereby established according to description as follows: Also beginning at Longview on Primary State Highway No. 12, as herein described, thence in a southeasterly direction by the most feasible route to a junction with Primary State Highway No. 1, south of Kelso.}}</ref> The Longview–Kelso branch of PSH 12 traveled {{convert|5.47|mi|km|2}} east from an intersection with the Ocean Beach Highway, signed as PSH 12 and U.S. Route 830 (US 830), onto Nichols Boulevard around Lake Sacajawea and Tennant Way in Longview and crossed the Cowlitz River to Kelso, where the highway ended at an intersection with the Pacific Highway, signed as PSH 1 and US 99.<ref name="ATR-1960">{{cite web |author=Staff |year=1960 |title=Annual Traffic Report, 1960 |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission, Department of Highways |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/1960_ATR.pdf |page=126 |access-date=February 17, 2013 |archive-date=March 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313165044/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/1960_ATR.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="usgs-1951">{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Hoquiam, 1951 |year=1951 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-hoquiam-1951.jpg |scale=1:250,000 |format=JPG |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="usgs-1958">{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Hoquiam, 1958 |year=1958 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-hoquiam-1958.jpg |scale=1:250,000 |format=JPG |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> In 1952, the highway was proposed as U.S. Route 830 Alternate shortly after the completion of the Longview Wye on US 99 (now I-5).<ref>{{cite news |date=June 12, 1952 |title=Road Needs Listed |page=3 |work=Daily Chronicle |location=Centralia, Washington |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22322785/alternate_us_830_proposed/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=July 29, 2018}}</ref>
The Longview–Kelso branch of PSH 12 was replaced by SR 832 during the 1964 highway renumbering and existed until US 830 was decommissioned in 1967,<ref name="sr">{{cite web |last=Prahl |first=C. G. |title=Identification of State Highways |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/Identification-of-state-highways.pdf |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission, Department of Highways |date=December 1, 1965 |access-date=February 17, 2013 |archive-date=February 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217112902/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6836215D-E301-43F3-895A-472BD2FDE86A/0/Identification.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> as SR 432 was established as an auxiliary route of SR 4 before the highway system was codified in 1970.<ref name="RCW"/><ref name="usgs-1968">{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Hoquiam, 1968 |year=1968 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-hoquiam-1968.jpg |scale=1:250,000 |format=JPG |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="u76-map1972">{{cite map |publisher=Union 76 |title=Washington Oregon Road Map |year=1972 |cartography=Rand McNally |scale=1 in ≈ 17.3 mi |section=H5}}</ref> SR 432 was re-aligned onto its present route, Industrial Way,<ref name="wsdot2011/12-map">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=Washington State Highways, 2011–2012 |year=2011 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/14A6187A-B266-4340-A351-D668F89AC231/0/TouristMapFront_withHillshade.pdf |format=PDF |scale=1:842,000 |access-date=February 17, 2013 |archive-date=July 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726042334/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/14A6187A-B266-4340-A351-D668F89AC231/0/TouristMapFront_withHillshade.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> in 1991 to end at SR 4 in West Longview and to serve the Port of Longview.<ref name="RCW"/><ref name="law1991">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |edition=1991 |date=May 21, 1991 |access-date=February 17, 2013 |url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?year=1991&bill=5801 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |chapter=Chapter 342: Engrossed Senate Bill 5801 - State Highway Routes -- Revisions To}}</ref><ref name="ATR-1992">{{cite web |author=Staff |year=1992 |title=1992 Annual Traffic Report |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_1992.pdf |page=147 |access-date=February 17, 2013 |archive-date=March 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318105124/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_1992.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The realignment took effect on April 1, 1992.<ref>{{cite news |last=McDonald |first=Julie |date=January 4, 1992 |title=State will do some street swapping |page=A3 |work=The Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77494392/state-will-do-some-street-swapping/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=May 12, 2021}}</ref> The eastern terminus of SR 432, an interchange with I-5 nicknamed the Longview Wye,<ref name="columbian-wye"/> was reconstructed by WSDOT beginning in December 2009.<ref name="wsdot-wye">{{cite web |last=Tak |first=Denys |title=I-5 - SR 432 Talley Way Interchange - Open October 2011 |date=October 2011 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/i5/sr432interchange/ |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="tdn-wye">{{cite news |title=Longview Wye ground-breaking ceremony set for Friday |date=December 15, 2009 |publisher=The Daily News |publication-place=Longview, Washington |url=http://tdn.com/article_cff6ccee-e9ef-11de-8062-001cc4c002e0.html |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> WSDOT removed the northwest loop ramp, which connected Old Pacific Highway to southbound I-5,<ref name="wsdot-wyemap">{{cite map |title=I-5 - SR 432 Talley Way Interchange - Closures Map |year=2006 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |cartography=TeleNav |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I5/SR432Interchange/LoopRampClosuresMap.htm |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> and replaced it with an improved interchange with Talley Way that opened on October 28, 2011.<ref name="int-talley"/><ref name="int-5"/><ref name="wsdot-wye2011">{{cite press release |title=Reconstructed Longview Wye opens to drivers six months ahead of schedule |date=October 28, 2011 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/10/28_TalleyWay_Complete.htm |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> {{clear}}
==Major intersections== {{WAinttop|county=Cowlitz|length_ref=<ref name="log"/>}} {{WAint |location=West Longview |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=WA|SR|4|name1=Ocean Beach Highway|city1=Long Beach|city2=Longview}} |notes=Western terminus}} {{WAint |location=Longview |lspan=4 |mile=6.10 |road={{jct|state=OR|WA|433|dir1=south|road|Oregon Way|to2=to|US|30|location1=Port of Longview|location2=Oregon}} |notes=Northern terminus of SR 433}} {{WAint |mile=7.47 |mile2=8.16 |road={{jct|state=WA|SR|411|dir1=north|name1=3rd Avenue|city1=Kelso}} |notes=Southern terminus of SR 411, interchange}} {{jctbridge |bridge=West end of freeway}} {{WAint |mile=9.08 |mile2=9.65 |road=Dike Road |notes=}} {{WAint |location=Kelso |lspan=2 |mile=9.75 |mile2=9.88 |road=Talley Way – Kelso Industrial Area |notes=}} {{WAint |mile=9.92 |mile2=10.32 |road={{jct|state=WA|I|5|city1=Seattle|location2=Portland}} |notes=Eastern terminus, interchange, continues as Old Pacific Highway}} {{jctbtm}}
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