Contact WSDOT

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) provides a wide variety of services and programs to keep people and businesses moving by operating and improving the state transportation systems vital to our taxpayers and communities. Here is a list of contacts and web sites for the most commonly requested services and programs:

Aviation

• Aviation
• State airport locations
• Commercial air travel

Phone: Aviation Division - 360.651.6300

Bicycles

• Bicycles
• Local bike map listings
• Where bicycles are restricted on the state highway system
• About bicycle trails

Phone: Bicycle and Pedestrian Program - 360.705.7258

Cameras

• Ferry terminals
• Frequently asked questions about cameras
• Statewide Traffic cameras
• Puget Sound Traffic cameras
  

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Carpools and Vanpools - Ridesharing

• Ridesharing

Phone: Public Transportation Office - 360.705.7911

Carpools and vanpools on Washington State Ferries (WSF)
Phone: WSF Customer Services Office - 206.515.3464

Claims for Damages

• Damage Claims

Phone: Risk Management Office - 360.704.6355 in the Olympia calling-area, or toll-free, 1.800.737.0615

Communications

• Communications Contacts

Phone: Communications Office - 360.705.7075

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Drivers License/Vehicle License

• Department of Licensing

Employment

Phone: WSDOT Recruitment Hotline - 360.705.7733

Environmental

• Environmental

Phone: Environmental Services Office - 360.705.7483

Federal Issues

Phone: Larry Ehl - Federal Liaison - 360.705.7024

Ferries

• Ferries
• Make a complaint, comment, or compliment
• Other privately-owned ferries
• Ask a question
• Get schedule/fare information

Phone: Washington State Ferries - Seattle calling-area and out-of-state - 206.464.6400; In-state - 1.888.808.7977; Automated in-state information - 1.800.843.3779

Financial Information

• Gas tax distribution and use. Phone: Budget Services - 360.705.7500
  
• Funding sources - state and federal. Phone: Financial Planning Office - 360.705.7525
  
• "Key Facts" - Organizational, financial and workforce information about WSDOT

Phone: Financial Planning Office - 360.705.7454
Phone: Finance and Administration Division - 360.705.7400

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General Information

• General Information
• Office Addresses
• Find an Employee

Phone: WSDOT Receptionist - 360.705.7000

Good To Go!

• Good To Go!

Highways

• Adopt-a-Highway litter-pick up program
  • Phone: Roadside Maintenance Branch - 360.705.7866
    
• Active construction project on a state highway. (For projects on city and county streets and roads, contact your city or county's Public Works Office or Roads Division.)
  • Phone: Numbers differ for various locations and projects - click on above link to see WSDOT's six Region Offices and the counties they serve
    
• Information about future plans for highway projects
  • Phone: Transportation Planning Office - 360.705.7958,
    or see a list of major projects currently under design
    
• Report a pothole, missing sign, graffiti, dead animal, damaged guardrail, or some other type of problem on the highway, or to inquire about winter plowing or sanding. (If there is a hazard that needs immediate attention, such as a tree across a highway, dial 9-1-1.)
  • Phone: Highway Maintenance - 360.705.7850
    
• Rest Areas - general information
  • Phone: Maintenance Office - 360.705.7850
    
• Rest Area free coffee volunteer program
  • Phone: Roadside Maintenance Branch - 360.705.7865
    
• Information about spraying and roadside maintenance activities along highways.
• Phone: Roadside Maintenance Branch - 360.705.7865
    

Local Agency Services

• Community Partnerships
• Grant Programs
• Local Agency Guidelines (LAG)
• Technology Transfer

Phone: Highways & Local Programs Division: 360.705.7370

Mountain Pass Conditions

• Mountain Pass Reports (text version)
  • Phone: Recording of motorists information - 1.800.695.7623 (1.800.695.ROAD), or in the Seattle calling area 206.368.4499 (206.DOT.HIWY).

Publications

• Engineering Publications and technical manuals
  • Phone: Engineering Publications Office - 360.705.7430
    
• Gray Notebook - WSDOT’s quarterly performance measures report
  
• "Key Facts" - Organizational, financial and workforce information about WSDOT
  • Phone: Finance and Administration - 360.705.7454
    
• Measures, Markers and Mileposts - a quarterly report of the department's programs and management
  • Phone: Transportation Planning Office - 360.705.7953
    
• Request a state travel map.
  • Phone: Communications Office - 360.705.7279
    
• Washington Transportation Plan
  • Phone: Transportation Planning Office - 360.705.7962, or toll-free 1.800.763.0681

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Regional WSDOT Offices

• Eastern Region: Adams, Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, and Whitman counties
  • Phone: Receptionist - 509.324.6000
    
• North Central Region: Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Okanogan counties
  • Phone: Receptionist - 509.667.3000
    
• Northwest Region: Island, King, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom counties
  • Phone: Receptionist - 206.440.4000
    
• Olympic Region: Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, and Thurston counties
  • Phone: Receptionist - 360.357.2600
    
• South Central Region: Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas, Yakima, and Walla Walla counties
  • Phone: Receptionist - 509.577-1600
    
• Southwest Region: Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania, and Wahkiakum counties
  • Phone: Receptionist - 360.905.2000

State Government Information Services

• Access Washington

Tacoma Narrows Bridge

• Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Traffic Operations, Signals and Signs

• Crosswalks
  
• DUI Memorial Sign Program
  • Phone: Traffic Regulations Specialist - 360.705.7288
    
• Motorists service signs - business logo signs on freeways
  
• Rules and regulations
  
• Speed limits
  
• Traffic Cameras
  
• Traffic signals
  
• Traffic volumes
  • Phone: Traffic Data Section - 360.570.2378
    
• Work Zone Safety
  • Phone: State Work Zone Engineer - 360.705.7392
    
• Special Event Administration

Phone: Traffic Operations - 360.705.7281

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Trains

• Freight
• Passenger

Phone: Freight - 360.705.7932
Phone: Passenger - 800.822.2015 (in Washington State) 360.705.7901

Transportation Data

• Applications
• Collision
• Highway
• Traffic
• Travel

Phone: Transportation Data Office - 360.570.2350

Transportation Legislation

Phone: Steve Reinmuth, State Liaison - 360.705.7022
Larry Ehl, Federal Liaison - 360.705.7024

Travel Options Information

• Travel Options
• Bus and shuttle services
• Commute Trip Reduction program
• Park and ride locations
• Transit

Phone: Public Transportation Office - 360.705.7911

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Tribal

Phone: Colleen Jollie - Tribal Liaison - 360.705.7025

Trucks

• Permits, oversize/overweight restrictions, chain requirements for trucks
  • Phone: Motor Carrier Services - 360.704.6340
    
• Commercial Drivers License
  • Phone: Department of Licensing, CDL Program - 360.902.3860
    
• Commercial Vehicles
  • Phone: Washington State Patrol, Commercial Vehicle Division - 360.753.0350
    
• Tire Chain Requirements
  
• US Dept. of Transportation, Federal Rules and Regulations
  • Phone: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - 360.753.9875

United States Congress

• United States Congress

Washington State Legislature

• Washington State Legislature
  • Phone: House of Representatives - 360.786.7573
  • State Senate - 360.786.7550
  • Legislative Hotline - 1.800.562.6000

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