tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8398399174852811414.post3967692082424920619..comments2024-01-13T16:45:42.762-08:00Comments on Washington State Highways: Washington State Route 117Sotosorotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065491574825765076noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8398399174852811414.post-61376307772861751882014-05-09T12:27:55.363-07:002014-05-09T12:27:55.363-07:00Meant to add - The way I described the joggle area...Meant to add - The way I described the joggle area should have been written not as trucks needing to remain on Lauridsen, but the issue of trucks taking the odd soft left turn off of Lauridsen to remain on Lincoln (HWY 101). Got my streets mislabeled there. Also - not sure where you are seeing that I described the Lauridsen / Lincoln area as the truck rte?? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15403779909078288656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8398399174852811414.post-54605192371680187422014-05-09T09:20:24.433-07:002014-05-09T09:20:24.433-07:00I know what State Rte 117 is, I drive on it everyd...I know what State Rte 117 is, I drive on it everyday, I work at a business that is on it. What I was saying is that truckers have no choice but to take the truck rte. Continuing on HWY 101(Lauridsen Blvd) is not an option. You had mentioned that perhaps the City of Port Angeles wanted to keep the Log trucks away from view for tourist reasons, which makes no sense. Log trucks, or any semi truck for that matter, are not re-routed from going downtown in any way. Driving State rte 117 North,(as your pictures show), which we both agree is the route the trucks have to take, will take you directly through downtown, right in front of God and everybody. That was my point. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15403779909078288656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8398399174852811414.post-4709824838044307192014-05-07T12:53:21.842-07:002014-05-07T12:53:21.842-07:00What you're describing as the truck route (Lau...What you're describing as the truck route (Lauridsen to Lincoln to Front/1st) is actually US Route 101. SR 117 is seven blocks west in the Tumwater Creek valley (crossing underneath one of the 8th St bridges). The "joggle" to stay on Lauridsen and avoid downtown Pt. Angeles actually takes you off the state highway system.Sotosorotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065491574825765076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8398399174852811414.post-86341870052101637302014-05-07T12:09:17.438-07:002014-05-07T12:09:17.438-07:00The log trucks are directed to take the truck rte ...The log trucks are directed to take the truck rte (SR 117), which in turn takes them DIRECTLY THROUGH the 'quaint' downtown of Port Angeles. Log trucks cannot make the joggle type maneuver at the corner of Lauridsen Blvd and Lincoln which is required to stay on Hwy 101 going east because the area is too narrow, (not to mention school zones and such)so they take the truck rte. They also cannot take the bridges (Lauridsen Bridge or either of the Eighth Street bridges because of weight(also don't think a log truck could make the left turn off of Lauridsen Bridge...))So there really is no option but to go directly through downtown. Did you not notice that at the end of the truck rte you can only go left (will end up at the end of the 'spit' at a coast Guard Base), or right - which goes right through downtown? Got nothing to hide. Just thought you would like to know.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15403779909078288656noreply@blogger.com