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In 1937, State Road 5 was renamed
Primary State Highway 5, and what is now SR 165 was the Enumclaw-Fairfax branch of that highway (except between Enumclaw and Buckley, which is now SR 410). The road to Mowich lake was completed in 1933, but remained closed to vehicular traffic until 1955. When the
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Nisqually entrances to Mount Rainier National Park in the 1920s, but did not fund its construction. The road to Mowich Lake was completed in 1933.
361:. Mowich Lake Road is open seasonally from July to October, remaining closed to vehicular traffic during the winter and spring due to weather conditions. The southernmost section of the highway is an unpaved
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