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Wash. Rev. Code § 46.04.160 (2026)

Crosswalk

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"Crosswalk" means the portion of the roadway between the intersection area and a prolongation or connection of the farthest sidewalk line or in the event there are no sidewalks then between the intersection area and a line ten feet therefrom, except as modified by a marked crosswalk.
[ 1961 c 12 s 46.04.160. Prior: 1959 c 49 s 17; prior: 1937 c 189 s 1, part; RRS s 6360-1, part.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1957–2025 · leading case: Coleman v. Altman, 497 P.2d 1338 (Wash. Ct. App. 1972).
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Coleman v. Altman, 497 P.2d 1338 (Wash. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 3× “The Colemans contend on oral argument that under RCW 46.04.160 there can be two unmarked crosswalks at the immediate west side of the Second Street-Bowen Street intersection, to wit: (1) a crosswalk which runs perpendicular to the north curb of Second Street from the southwest…”
Pudmaroff v. Allen, 951 P.2d 335 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). “750 through 46.61.780 and except as to those provisions of this chapter which by their nature can have no application.”
Larson v. Puyallup Sch. Dist. No. 3, 502 P.2d 1258 (Wash. Ct. App. 1972). “1 RCW 46.04.160 provides: “ ‘Crosswalk’ means the portion of the roadway between the intersection area and a prolongation or connection of the farthest sidewalk line or in the event there are no sidewalks then between the intersection area and a line ten feet therefrom, except…”
Burns v. Dills, 413 P.2d 370 (Wash. 1966). “These assignments raise the issue of whether appellant was in this case both a workman in the streets and a pedestrian with the right of way because of his position in the unmarked crosswalk of Garden Street.”
Krogh v. Pemble, 310 P.2d 1069 (Wash. 1957). “835 (RCW 46.04.160). 4 “ ‘Intersection Area.’ The area embraced within the prolongation of the lateral curb lines, or, if there be no curbs, then the lateral roadway-boundary lines, of two or more public highways which join one another at an angle, whether or not such highways…”
Bowen v. Baumgardner, 491 P.2d 1301 (Wash. Ct. App. 1971). “See RCW 46.04.160. 1 It is conceded that the Hobart car was parked within 20 feet of the unmarked crosswalk formed by the prolongation of the 3-foot sidewalk into and across N.”
Joshua J. Woolcott v. City Of Seattle (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “160 defines a "crosswalk" as: the portion of the roadway between the intersection area and a prolongation or connection of the farthest sidewalk line or in the event there are no sidewalks then between the intersection area and a line ten feet therefrom, except as modified by a…”
Deborah Stenzel v. Daniil Dumbrava (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “RCW 46.04.160. ( 1) "Intersection area" means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two or more highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or…”
Sigrid Perez, V. City Of Seattle (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “Under RCW 46.04.160, “crosswalk” means “the portion of the roadway between the intersection area and a prolongation or connection of the farthest sidewalk line.”
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