Editing Walla Walla, Washington (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Healthcare===
Walla Walla is served by two health care institutions: St. Mary Medical Center (part of the Catholic [[Providence Health System]]) and the Jonathan M. Wainwright [[Veteran's Affairs Medical Center]] on the grounds of the old Fort Walla Walla and [[World War II]] training facility.

===Transportation===
Transportation to Walla Walla includes service by air through [[Walla Walla Regional Airport]], several railroads, and highway access primarily from [[U.S. Route 12 (Washington)|U.S. Route 12]]. The [[Washington State Department of Transportation]] is engaged in a long-term process of widening this road into a four-lane divided highway between [[Pasco, Washington|Pasco]] and Walla Walla. The most recent portion was completed in June 2023.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 2020 |title=US 12 - Nine Mile Hill to Frenchtown Vic - Build New Highway |url=https://wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Search/Report.aspx?ReportType=1p&Pin=501210T%2C501213X |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=March 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |date=June 6, 2023 |title=Season premiere: New segment of US 12 near Walla Walla opened Friday, June 2 |url=https://wsdot.wa.gov/about/news/2023/season-premiere-new-segment-us-12-near-walla-walla-opened-friday-june-2 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |accessdate=December 13, 2023}}</ref> The highway also acts as the main gateway to Interstates [[Interstate 82|82]] and [[Interstate 84 (Oregon)|84]], which run to the west and south, respectively.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Boyle |first1=Robert |last2=Knutson |first2=Kathleen |date=October 23, 1987 |title=WW's remoteness poses problem |page=2 |work=Walla Walla Union-Bulletin}}</ref> [[Washington State Route 125|State Route 125]] runs through the city, north to [[Washington State Route 124|State Route 124]] in [[Prescott, Washington|Prescott]] and south to [[Milton-Freewater, Oregon]], becoming [[Oregon Highway 11]] at the state line.<ref>{{cite WSDOT map |year=2014 |accessdate=December 12, 2023}}</ref>

There are four major bus services in the area connecting the region's cities. Walla Walla and nearby [[College Place, Washington|College Place]] are served by [[Valley Transit (Washington)|Valley Transit]], a typical multi-route city bus service. The city of Milton-Freewater, Oregon has a single-line bus service with several stops in town with two stops in College Place and five in Walla Walla. [[Travel Washington]]'s Grape Line is a {{convert|104|mi|km|adj=on}} intercity service between Walla Walla and Pasco that runs three times a day.  Finally, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation operates a Kayak bus to Pendleton, with four trips each weekday and two trips each Saturday via its Walla Walla Whistler route.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ctuir.org/system/files/Walla%20Walla%20Whistler_14.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 17, 2016 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019012939/http://ctuir.org/system/files/Walla%20Walla%20Whistler_14.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Whitman hotel downtown ww.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Marcus Whitman Hotel at Rose and Second in the "Great Neighborhood"]]
[[File:Sterling Bank Downtown WW.jpg|thumb|Sterling Bank in one of the renovated buildings in the "Great Neighborhood"]]