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Towing and Roadside Help in Washington

Broken down in Washington? Call 1-888-TOW-1213. We lock your price by text, send the nearest available partner tow company and stay with you until help arrives.

If anyone is hurt or you're stopped in a live lane, call 911 first.

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How it works in Washington. Sentinel Towing is a network, not a tow company. A vetted local partner near you does the job. We stay with you by text and hold them to your locked price.

Towing by City in Washington

Spokane, WATowing in Spokane, WA on I-90, Division Street and US 195.

Roadside guides for Washington

Crossing the Cascades

Three Passes Kept Open Year-Round, Between Closures

Three east-west routes over the Cascades are kept open year-round, though storms and crashes close them for hours at a time. Snoqualmie Pass carries I-90 at 3,015 feet, the lowest of the three. Stevens Pass takes US 2 over at 4,061 feet, and White Pass carries US 12 at 4,500 feet, southeast of Mount Rainier. I-90 is the only Interstate that crosses the state from west to east, and the only divided highway that does.

A winter drive over a pass is nothing like the lowlands on either side. If your car won't restart in a summit lot, or it slid into a snowbank on the way up, a partner can bring a jump start or a winch-out. Check pass conditions on the WSDOT travel map before you leave.

West side, east side

Two Climates Split by the Mountains

I-5 runs 277 miles from the Oregon line at Vancouver, through Tacoma, Seattle and Everett, to the Canadian border at Blaine. It's the only Interstate that runs the length of the state, and its busiest highway. West of the mountains, fall and winter bring cool, cloudy, wet weather. East of them, the land turns semi-arid, and I-90 carries on past Ellensburg to Spokane and the Idaho line.

Washington's move-over law, RCW 46.61.212, sets up a zone that runs 200 feet before and after a stopped emergency vehicle, a tow truck using its required lights, or another roadside assistance vehicle with warning lights. On a highway with four or more lanes, drivers must slow down and move over if it's safe. If it isn't, they must slow to at least 10 mph under the limit, or to 50 mph or less where the limit is over 60. Penalties there are double.

Washington Questions

My car won't make it over the pass. Can you tow it across?

No. Tows stay local, on the side of the mountains where you broke down. A partner will take your car to a shop near where it stopped.

The pass is closed and I'm stuck in the backup. Can anyone reach me?

Call and tell us the highway, your direction and the nearest milepost. If a partner can reach you, we'll lock your price and send them. If the closure means nobody can get to you yet, we'll say so on the call.

Roadside help in Washington

Towing and Roadside Services Across Washington

Sentinel is a 24-hour towing and roadside assistance network across Washington. Tell us where you are, and we send a vetted local towing company near you with a truck suited to the job: a tow truck for a car that can't be driven (a flatbed where the vehicle needs one), or a service truck for a jump start, lockout, flat tire, fuel delivery or winch-out.