Editing Spokane Valley, Washington (section)

====Roads and highways====
Due to the city's [[suburb]]an nature and its rural roots before its post World War II [[suburbanization]], the [[Urban planning|design]] of Spokane Valley's streets contain many curvilinear streets, discontinuous streets, [[Dead end (street)|cul-de-sacs]], and other features typical of suburbs.<ref name=Klingle>{{cite web| last = Klingle| first = Matthew W.| title = V. The River City: Planning and Design along the Spokane River| publisher = University of Washington| others = Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest| series = Building Nature: Topics in the Environmental History of Seattle and Spokane (curriculum project for Washington schools)| url = https://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Classroom%20Materials/Curriculum%20Packets/Building%20Nature/V.html| access-date = June 13, 2021}}</ref> The major retail corridor and one of the most highly trafficked [[arterial road]]s in the city is [[Sprague Avenue (Spokane, Washington)|Sprague Avenue]], which travels east–west from [[downtown Spokane]] to [[Liberty Lake, Washington|Liberty Lake]].<ref name=Map>{{cite map| title = City of Spokane Valley Transportation Network| publisher = City of Spokane Valley| format = [[ArcGIS]]| url = https://spokanevalley.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=cfa6b3119dd44554b13edf134738e413| access-date = June 13, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite map| title = Spokane County - Average Daily Traffic| publisher = Spokane County| others = Public Works| url = http://cp.spokanecounty.org/engineering/WebMaps/AvgDailyTraffic/ADT.html| access-date = June 13, 2021}}</ref> Other east–west arterials for the valley include Trent Avenue, Mission Avenue, Broadway Avenue, and 32nd Avenue.<ref name=Map/> Sprague Avenue in Spokane Valley is designated as [[Interstate 90 Business (Spokane Valley, Washington)|Interstate 90 Business]] and Trent Avenue carries the designation of [[Washington State Route 290]], where it is routed from the Interstate 90 Hamilton interchange in Spokane northeast to the Idaho border.<ref name=Map/> For north–south travel, the major arterial streets are Argonne/Mullan roads, Pines road, Evergreen road and Sullivan road.<ref name=Map/> Pines Road is the northernmost portion of [[Washington State Route 27]], serving Spokane and [[Whitman County, Washington|Whitman]] counties and routed between [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]] and Spokane Valley where it terminates at the intersection with Trent Avenue; Washington State Route 27 is part of the [[Palouse Scenic Byway]].<ref name=Map/><ref>{{cite map| title = Scenic Byways Travel Planner| publisher = Washington Department of Transportation| format = PDF|url = https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2018/07/17/scenic-byways-travel-planner.pdf| access-date = June 13, 2021}}</ref>
Spokane Valley can be accessed from [[Interstate 90 in Washington|Interstate 90]] at exits 285 to 293 as it travels from its termini of [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]] in the west to [[Boston, Massachusetts]] in the east, connecting Spokane, Spokane Valley, and Coeur d'Alene along its transcontinental route.<ref name=Map/> The average commute to work is about 21 minutes.<ref name="quickfacts">{{cite web| title = QuickFacts| publisher = United States Census Bureau| url = https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/spokanevalleycitywashington/PST045219| access-date = May 11, 2021}}</ref> Traffic congestion on the interstate is increasing and causing travel delays particularly during peak commute hours according to the [[Washington State Department of Transportation]] (WSDOT); starting in 2019, the WSDOT started installing [[ramp meter]]s to help reduce the congestion caused by accidents in particular, which contributed to a quarter of the congestion issues according to a study.<ref>{{cite web| last = Prager| first = Mike| title = State looking for ways to ease Interstate 90 congestion through Spokane| newspaper = The Spokesman-Review| date = May 15, 2017| url = https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/may/15/state-looking-for-ways-to-head-off-i-90-congestion/| access-date = June 13, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last = Knapp| first = Kaitlin| title = Ramp meters are going up at five I-90 ramps in Spokane, meant to reduce congestion and crashes| publisher = KXLY| date = June 24, 2020| url = https://www.kxly.com/ramp-meters-are-going-up-at-five-i-90-ramps-in-spokane-meant-to-reduce-congestion-and-crashes/| access-date = June 13, 2021}}</ref>