 US 2 was routed north of Wenatchee onto the Olds Station Bridge, renamed in 1991 to honor Richard Odabashian, over the Columbia River in 1975, while the former alignment was designated as SR 285 in 1977.The present two-lane expressway north and east of Snohomish was proposed in 1969 and completed in 1983; it was originally intended to also include an unfinished bypass of Monroe.US 97 had its concurrency with US 2 extended from Sunnyslope to Orondo along the east side of the Columbia River in 1987 after US 97 was moved onto the former route of SR 151.