Editing Spokane, Washington (section)

====Freeways and highways====
[[File:Nighttime view of I-90 in Spokane, from Sunset Hill.jpg|thumb|Overlooking Spokane from Sunset Hill]]

Interstate 90 (I-90) runs east–west from Seattle, through downtown Spokane, and eastward through Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, and onward to Coeur d'Alene and then [[Missoula]].<ref name="StateMap">{{cite map |title=Official State Highway Map |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/87105CAD-83A9-49A7-80F3-5719637C1E2D/0/FrontMapBig.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |year=2008 |edition=2008–2009 |scale=1:842,000 |series=Official State Highway Maps |cartography=United States Geological Survey |access-date=December 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611105949/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/87105CAD-83A9-49A7-80F3-5719637C1E2D/0/FrontMapBig.pdf |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Although they are not limited access highways like I-90, [[US 2 (WA)|US 2]] and [[US 395 (WA)|US 395]] enter Spokane from the west via I-90 and continue north through Spokane via Division Street. The two highways share the same route until they reach "The Y", a [[Three-way junction|fork]] where US 395 continues northward to [[Deer Park, Washington|Deer Park]], [[Colville, Washington|Colville]] then onward to Canada, and US 2 branches off to the northeast, continuing to [[Mead, Washington|Mead]], [[Newport, Washington|Newport]], and [[Sandpoint, Idaho|Sandpoint]]. [[US Route 195|US 195]], also known as the Inland Empire Highway, connects to Interstate 90 west of Spokane near Latah Creek and travels south through the Palouse.<ref name="StateMap"/>

The [[Washington State Department of Transportation]] (WSDOT) is tasked with improving local highways to keep up with the region's growth and to try to prevent congestion problems that plague many larger cities. The WSDOT is constructing the [[North Spokane Corridor]]. When completed, the corridor will be a {{convert|10.5|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} limited-access highway that will run from I-90, in the vicinity of the Thor/Freya interchange, northward through Spokane, meeting the existing US 395 just south of the Wandermere Golf Course.<ref name="Corridor">{{cite web |title=North Spokane Corridor Quick Facts |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/US395/NorthSpokaneCorridor/Facts.htm| access-date = December 7, 2014| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141020180617/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/US395/NorthSpokaneCorridor/Facts.htm| archive-date = October 20, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>