text: washington state route 230 state route 230 ( sr 230 ) is a legislated , but unconstructed , state highway to be located in adams and whitman counties in the u.s. state of washington . the highway would begin at a junction with concurrent highways interstate 90 ( i - 90 ) and u.s. route 395 ( us 395 ) in ritzville and travel east to an intersection with sr 23 in ewan . plans for the first highway first emerged in 1945 , to be studied after the conclusion of world war ii , however no action has been taken on construction of the highway . route description the highway is legislated to begin in ritzville at a junction with concurrent highways i - 90 and us 395 and travel east through a mixture of farm and desert landscapes , crossing over the adams – whitman county line in the process . a junction with sr 23 near ewan is to be the eastern terminus of the highway . currently travelers wishing to travel between the two communities take the freeway to sprague , then head southeast along sr 23 . history the highway was first proposed in 1945 , with the support of the ritzville chamber of commerce and senator elmer c. huntley of colfax . an earmark of just over $ 1 . 5 million ( equivalent to $ 51 . 3 million in 2015 ) was set aside for the project to be used after the war . the proposed highway 's designation was changed to the current designator , sr 230 , after the 1964 state highway renumbering . the legal definition of sr 23 , the highway 's proposed eastern terminus , was changed during the 1987 legislative session to remove a reference of a junction with sr 230 . major intersections