Editing Interstate 82 (section)

===Predecessor highways===
[[File:Yakima River Canyon highway paved in 1924 Washington State.jpg|thumb|left|A section of the concrete-paved [[Yakima River Canyon]] Highway (now [[Washington State Route 821|SR&nbsp;821]]), seen shortly after opening in 1924|alt=A black and white photograph of a concrete highway curving along a river and railroad in a narrow canyon]]

Several sections of I-82 follow railroads and wagon roads that were built in the late 19th century to connect towns in [[Washington Territory]], generally following early Indian trails.<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnston |first=Mike |date=December 4, 2004 |title=Dolarway Road named for new method to pave roads |url=https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/news/dolarway-road-named-for-new-method-to-pave-roads/article_27b315f0-7368-5499-ad1b-abecbda7622f.html |work=The Daily Record |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129112331/https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/news/dolarway-road-named-for-new-method-to-pave-roads/article_27b315f0-7368-5499-ad1b-abecbda7622f.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1880s, the [[Northern Pacific Railway]] constructed a railroad along the Yakima River between Ellensburg and [[Pasco, Washington|Pasco]] as part of its transcontinental route to [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]] via [[Stampede Pass]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lewis |first=Sol H. |date=July 1912 |title=A History of the Railroads in Washington |journal=[[Washington Historical Quarterly]] |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=189–190 |issn=0030-8803 |oclc=898879454 |jstor=40473537 |url=https://journals.lib.washington.edu/index.php/WHQ/article/viewFile/4897/3974 |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=July 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704063552/https://journals.lib.washington.edu/index.php/WHQ/article/viewFile/4897/3974 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite map |year=1901 |title=Washington |pages=410–411 |work=Cram's Standard American Railway System Atlas of the World |publisher=[[George F. Cram|George F. Cram Company]] |oclc=58932862 |url=http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~213320~5500961 |via=[[David Rumsey Historical Map Collection]] |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=July 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704123921/https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~213320~5500961 |url-status=live }}</ref> The section through Yakima River Canyon between Ellensburg and North Yakima (now Yakima) bypassed an early [[toll road]] constructed by settler Jacob Durr that traveled farther west via Wenas Valley and Shushuskin Canyon.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ott |first=Jennifer |date=February 11, 2014 |title=Wenas Valley – Thumbnail History |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/10718 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=July 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704092904/http://www.historylink.org/File/10718 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="YHR-Canyon">{{cite news |last=Meyers |first=Donald W. |date=August 11, 2017 |title=Road cut through Yakima River Canyon improves travel |url=http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/it-happened-here-road-cut-through-yakima-river-canyon-improves/article_112f0a56-7e34-11e7-bdd4-d3e413b6d1db.html |work=Yakima Herald-Republic |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811163108/http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/it-happened-here-road-cut-through-yakima-river-canyon-improves/article_112f0a56-7e34-11e7-bdd4-d3e413b6d1db.html |archive-date=August 11, 2017 |access-date=July 3, 2018 }}</ref>

In 1909, the Washington state government appropriated funds to survey routes through the Yakima Valley as part of a potential extension of the state road system.<ref>{{cite book |date=March 4, 1909 |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington, 1909 |chapter=Chapter 51: Providing for Survey of Certain State Roads |pages=94–96 |chapter-url=http://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1909c51.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910093107/http://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1909c51.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-10 |url-status=live |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref> In 1913, at the suggestion of [[good roads]] advocates, the [[Washington State Legislature]] established the [[Inland Empire Highway]] as one of the trunk routes of its state highway system and appropriated $301,000 (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|301000|1913}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US-GDP}} to construct it to modern standards.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 31, 1912 |title=Good Roads Association Outlines Great Highways |page=3 |work=[[Kennewick Courier]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21019457/good_roads_trunk_highways/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=June 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617015258/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21019457/good_roads_trunk_highways/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 14, 1913 |title=Public Highway Bill Passes |page=1 |work=[[Aberdeen Herald]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21019641/1913_highway_bill/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=June 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617015515/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21019641/1913_highway_bill/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The highway incorporated several existing and planned county roads from Ellensburg to Pasco; it then continued eastward to [[Walla Walla, Washington|Walla Walla]] and northward to [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] and the Canadian border near [[Kettle Falls, Washington|Kettle Falls]].<ref>{{cite map |title=Map of Washington State Highways Authorized by Legislative Acts of 1913, with 1915 changes |scale=1 inch = 18 miles |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission |url=https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/maps/id/755 |via=Washington State University Libraries Digital Collection |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020040617/https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/maps/id/755 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date=March 12, 1913 |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington, 1913 |chapter=Chapter 65: Classifying Public Highways |pages=221–224 |chapter-url=http://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1913c65.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909001506/http://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1913c65.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-09 |url-status=live |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref> The Durr toll road was bypassed by a new highway through the Yakima River Canyon that opened on September 12, 1924, and was fully paved in 1932.<ref name="YHR-Canyon"/>

The Inland Empire Highway was also incorporated into the [[Yellowstone Trail]], a national [[auto trail]],<ref>{{cite map |year=1925 |title=Rand McNally Official 1925 Auto Trails Map of Washington and Oregon |scale=1:1,077,120 |publisher=[[Rand McNally]] |url=http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~2161~200067 |via=David Rumsey Historical Map Collection |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=June 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617115718/https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~2161~200067 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[United States Numbered Highway System|federal numbered highway system]] created in 1926. Under the federal system, the Ellensburg–Yakima section formed part of [[U.S. Route 97 in Washington|US&nbsp;97]], a north–south route through central Washington and Oregon, and the Yakima–Walla Walla portion became part of [[U.S. Route 410|US&nbsp;410]], which connected [[Aberdeen, Washington|Aberdeen]] to [[Lewiston, Idaho]].<ref>{{cite map |author1= [[Bureau of Public Roads]] |author2= [[American Association of State Highway Officials]] |date= November 11, 1926 |title= United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials |url= https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_System_of_Highways_Adopted_for_Uniform_Marking_by_the_American_Association_of_State_Highway_Officials.jpg |scale= 1:7,000,000 |location= Washington, DC |publisher= [[United States Geological Survey]] |oclc= 32889555 |access-date= November 7, 2013 |via= [[Wikimedia Commons]] |archive-date= April 13, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170413153913/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_System_of_Highways_Adopted_for_Uniform_Marking_by_the_American_Association_of_State_Highway_Officials.jpg |url-status= live }}</ref> In 1923, the Washington state government renumbered the Inland Empire Highway as State Road 3, which would carry over as [[Primary State Highway 3 (Washington)|Primary State Highway 3]] (PSH&nbsp;3) in 1937.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kershner |first=Jim |date=October 9, 2013 |title=Inland Empire Highway |url=http://historylink.org/File/10644 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=July 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704092845/http://historylink.org/File/10644 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date=March 17, 1937 |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington, Twenty-Fifth Session |chapter=Chapter 190: Establishment of Primary State Highways |pages=933–943 |chapter-url=http://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1937c190.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909150310/http://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1937c190.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-09 |url-status=live |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref> The federal highway system was expanded in the 1930s with an extension of [[U.S. Route 395|US&nbsp;395]] along [[U.S. Route 730|US&nbsp;730]] from the Tri-Cities towards [[Pendleton, Oregon]] and continuing southward.<ref>{{cite map |year=1939 |title=Highways of the State of Washington |publisher=Washington State Department of Highways |oclc=5673231 |cartography=Rand McNally |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/maps/maps_detail.aspx?m=28 |via=Washington State Archives |access-date=July 5, 2018 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307121212/http://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/maps/maps_detail.aspx?m=28 |url-status=live }}</ref> A branch highway between PSH&nbsp;3 and the Columbia River near [[Plymouth, Washington|Plymouth]]—across from [[Umatilla, Oregon]]—was added to the state highway system in 1943 as an extension of [[Primary State Highway 8 (Washington)|PSH&nbsp;8]]—the North Bank Highway; it was renumbered to [[Washington State Route 12 (1964)|SR&nbsp;12]] in 1964 and later [[Washington State Route 14|SR&nbsp;14]] in 1967.<ref>{{cite book |date=March 20, 1943 |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington, 1943 |chapter=Chapter 239: Public Highways |page=715 |chapter-url=http://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1943c239.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910050520/http://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1943c239.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-10 |url-status=live |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Prahl |first=C. G. |date=December 1, 1965 |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 |access-date=September 9, 2018 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030155114/https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/Identification-of-state-highways.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date=February 24, 1970 |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington, 1970 1st extraordinary session |chapter=Chapter 51: State Highways – Route Numbers |page=350 |chapter-url=http://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1970ex1c51.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602042053/http://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1970ex1c51.pdf |archive-date=2017-06-02 |url-status=live |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=September 9, 2018}}</ref> The Plymouth extension connected to the [[Umatilla Bridge]], a [[toll bridge]] that was built downstream from the [[McNary Dam]] in 1955.<ref name="HL-Umatilla"/> US&nbsp;410 itself was replaced by a western extension of [[U.S. Route 12 in Washington|US&nbsp;12]] that was approved in June 1967.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 22, 1967 |title=State Wins Highway Battle; 410 Redesignated U.S. 12 |page=22 |work=Tri-City Herald}}</ref>