During the 2001 Nisqually earthquake , a 6.2 earthquake that occurred on February 28 , 2001 , a section of SR 302 between Allyn and the Key Peninsula was damaged and closed . The highway was repaired with federal emergency relief funds and state funding at a cost of $ 1 million , opening to traffic in 2003 after being replaced by a temporary gravel road . WSDOT is , , planning to widen SR 302 between the Key Peninsula and Purdy and SR 302 Spur within Purdy as part of safety and congestion improvements scheduled to begin construction in spring 2014 . A corridor study was conducted by WSDOT between 2008 and 2012 and proposed that a new highway north of Henderson Bay to bypass Purdy and have a more direct connection with SR 16 be constructed
2001 Nisqually earthquake
2001 Nisqually earthquake
Washington State Route 302