[3] as it enters the city limits of Granger Continuing through town SR 223 crosses over another rail line before terminating at a diamond interchange with exit 58 on Interstate 82 (I-82).

[5] The rail line that SR 223 crosses has existed since at least 1910, originally belonging to the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway as part of their Yakima Valley Subdivision.

[6][7] A bridge over the Yakima River at Granger was completed for the railroad and later remodeled for automobile traffic in 1919; it collapsed in 1942 and was replaced by a temporary structure that was impassible for trucks and other heavy vehicles.

[8] SR 223 was completed in 1967 with the opening of a new Yakima River bridge and the Granger bypass was finished in 1969.

[2] Two additional bridges are included on SR 223, including a 243.8-metre (800 ft) long concrete continuous box beam bridge carrying the highway over the Yakima River,[13] and an overpass over the BNSF Railway line (former Northern Pacific Railway) in Granger completed in 1969.