Editing Winthrop, Washington (section)

===Transportation===

Winthrop is bisected by [[Washington State Route 20|State Route 20]], also known as the North Cascades Highway, which closes annually during the winter months between [[Ross Dam]] near [[Diablo, Washington|Diablo]] and Silver Star Creek near Mazama.<ref>{{cite news |last=Phair |first=Vonnai |date=November 18, 2024 |title=North Cascades Highway closes for season |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/north-cascades-highway-closes-for-season/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 17, 2025}}</ref> State Route 20 follows Riverside Avenue through the town and crosses the Methow River on a [[truss bridge]] that was built in 1929.<ref name="WSDOT-Map">{{cite WSDOT map |year=2014 |accessdate=February 17, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=January 2024 |title=M23{{hyphen}}09.11: Bridge List |page=95 |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/publications/manuals/fulltext/m23-09/Bridgelist.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |accessdate=February 17, 2025}}</ref> The highway connects Winthrop to [[North Cascades National Park]] and the [[Skagit Valley]] to the west and [[Omak, Washington|Omak]] to the east.<ref name="WSDOT-Map"/> In 2023, State Route 20 carried a [[Annual average daily traffic|daily average]] of 4,700{{nbsp}}vehicles at the Methow River Bridge.<ref>{{cite map |date=October 2024 |title=Traffic Counts (AADT) Current |url=https://geo.wa.gov/datasets/WSDOT::wsdot-traffic-counts-aadt-current/about |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |accessdate=February 17, 2025}}</ref> {{as of|2012}}, there are a total of 459 public [[parking space]]s on streets in Winthrop and in off-street lots.<ref>{{harvp|Winthrop Planning Commission|2015|p=T{{hyphen}}6}}</ref> [[Public transit]] service is provided by [[TranGO]], which operates buses from Winthrop to Mazama, Twisp, and Pateros every 2 hours with onward connections to other cities in Okanogan County.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 18, 2024 |title=TranGo 2024–2029 Transit Development Plan |page=8 |url=https://cms2.revize.com/revize/okanogan/2024%20-%202029%20OCTA%20Transit%20Development%20Plan%209.18.2024.pdf |publisher=Okanogan County Transit Authority |accessdate=February 17, 2025}}</ref> The route was originally limited to Winthrop, Twisp, and Pateros when it launched in 2016, but was extended to Mazama in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last=McCreary |first=Ann |date=June 24, 2016 |title=TranGO's Methow Valley bus service ready to launch on July 1 |url=https://methowvalleynews.com/2016/06/24/trangos-methow-valley-bus-service-ready-to-launch-on-july-1/ |work=Methow Valley News |accessdate=February 17, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Le Roy |first=Hailey |date=July 6, 2023 |title=TranGO will begin service to Mazama next week |url=https://methowvalleynews.com/2023/07/06/trango-will-begin-service-to-mazama-next-week/ |work=Methow Valley News |accessdate=February 17, 2025}}</ref>

{{ill|Methow Valley State Airport|qid=Q49748088|short=yes}} is located {{convert|5|mi|km}} south of Winthrop and is owned by the [[Washington State Department of Transportation]] (WSDOT). It has a {{convert|5,049|ft|m|adj=mid}} asphalt runway and is listed in the [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] maintained by the [[Federal Aviation Administration]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Methow Valley State |url=https://wsdot.wa.gov/travel/aviation/airports-list/methow-valley-state |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |accessdate=February 17, 2025}}</ref> The U.S. Forest Service constructed the airstrip in the 1930s and used it as one of the first facilities to train [[smokejumper]]s for wildland firefighting beginning in 1939.<ref>{{cite news |last=McCreary |first=Ann |date=May 10, 2018 |title=State airport will close May 14 for runway repaving project |url=https://methowvalleynews.com/2018/05/10/state-airport-will-close-may-14-for-runway-repaving-project/ |work=Methow Valley News |accessdate=February 17, 2025}}</ref> It was officially designated for smokejumper use in 1945 and had expanded facilities constructed until the primary training center was moved to [[Redmond, Oregon]], in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |last=Poyner IV |first=Fred |date=March 26, 2019 |title=North Cascades Smokejumper Base (Winthrop) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/20747 |work=HistoryLink |accessdate=February 17, 2025}}</ref>