text: washington state route 140 state route 140 ( sr 140 ) was a state highway located in clark and skamania counties in southwestern washington . the highway began and ended at sr 14 in washougal and prindle , respectively , and followed the washougal river and canyon creek . the roadway first appeared as canyon creek road in a 1911 map and was designated secondary state highway 8b ( ssh 8b ) in 1937 . ssh 8b was a spur route of primary state highway 8 ( psh 8 ) , which became sr 12 in the 1964 highway renumbering . sr 120 replaced ssh 8b in the same renumbering and sr 12 was renumbered in 1967 to sr 14 after u.s. route 12 was extended into washington . sr 120 was also renumbered to sr 140 , which was decommissioned in 1992 . route description state route 140 ( sr 140 ) originated as 15th street at an intersection with sr 14 in washougal , located about 1 . 47 miles ( 2 . 37 km ) east of the eastern terminus of sr 500 on the shoreline of the columbia river . 15th street traveled north through downtown , crossing the vancouver – white salmon rail route of the bnsf railway and intersecting the former alignment of sr 14 , e street , before turning northeastward onto 17th street . the highway crossed the washougal river out of washougal in a large forest and became the washougal river road . the roadway paralleled the river northeast and later east into the forests and mountains of skamania county until the river turned north . sr 140 , renamed canyon creek road , turned southeast and encountered a series of sharp turns until terminating at sr 14 in prindle . history sr 140 began as canyon creek road and first appeared on a map in 1911 . the first numbered highway on the road was secondary state highway 8b ( ssh 8b ) , established in 1937 . the roadway traveled along the washougal river and canyon creek between primary state highway 8 ( psh 8 ) , co - signed as u.s. route 830 ( us 830 ) , between washougal and prindle . ssh 8b remained unchanged until the 1964 highway renumbering , when the route was renumbered as state route 120 and psh 8 became state route 12 . after us 12 was extended west across washington in 1967 , sr 12 became sr 14 and sr 120 became sr 140 . in 1968 , us 830 was deleted and sr 14 was realigned south onto a newer alignment . in 1992 , sr 140 was removed from the state highway system . major intersections