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 * Steilacoom-Bellingham military road (1850s): brochure map
 * SR 538
 * SR 9 from Woodinville to Arlington?
 * SR 522?
 * SR 167?

=Washington State Route 20=

History

 * 1882: Pierce expedition from Colville to Skagit along future SR 20 corridor
 * 1910s: Whidbey Island road from Coupeville to Oak Harbor
 * 1935: Deception Pass Bridge completed
 * 1936: Shermans Pass Highway construction begins (under BPR; $2.5 million)
 * Completed and dedicated on September 11, 1953
 * 1957: Keystone segment added (terminal to SR 525) to SR 113?
 * 1959: Construction begins on North Cascades Highway
 * 1967: Coupeville bypass completed
 * 1972: North Cascades Highway completed
 * 1994: Ferry added to state route


 * Bypassed segments
 * Fidalgo Bay approaching Anacortes (1957): including SSH 1D intersection
 * Coupeville (1967): Parker Road, Madrona Way, Penn Cove Road
 * Oak Harbor (1970s): Oak Harbor Road, Hoffman Road
 * NAS/Ault expansion?


 * Former routes
 * US 101 to Port Townsend: SR 113
 * SR 104 in Port Townsend?
 * Keystone to (south of) Anacortes: SR 525
 * Anacortes to (west of) Mount Vernon: SR 536
 * Mount Vernon to Omak/Okanogan: SR 20 (PSH 16)
 * Tonasket to Kettle Falls: SR 30
 * Wauconda Pass highway completed in 1930
 * Colville to Tiger: SR 294
 * Tiger to Newport: SR 31

Anacortes spur

 * Replaced after requests from Sen. Paul N. Luvera Sr. (highway named in his honor)

History

 * 1907: Washougal River Bridge (255 feet long, one lane, wood deck) built by Clark County; by 1968, the oldest bridge on the state highway system
 * 1920s and 1930s: Cape Horn section, Lyle to Skadat
 * Washington Highways (August 1964): Highway With A History (Biggs to Paterson)
 * Renumbered to SR 12 in anticipation of US 12, which would ultimately use SR 14 (to the north)
 * New sections built in the 1960s
 * 1955: Plan for all-weather route, proposed earlier in 1941

The conversion of SR 14 to its four-lane controlled-access freeway began with the planning of a southern bypass of Camas via Lady Island in 1954. The bypass would link to a new toll bridge to Troutdale, Oregon, that was studied in the late 1950s. but never built.


 * December 1954: Vancouver to Fishers Landing completed
 * 1957 plans
 * 1959: Planning for Lady Island route bypassing Camas
 * November 10, 1964: Camas (Logan to Adams)
 * July 26, 1966: Camas to Washougal bypass (4.5 miles) opens
 * Old routing becomes city street, SSH 8A extended
 * September 1966: 4-lane conversion from Sleret Avenue to Camas bypass


 * Other rebuilding
 * 1952 report: PSH 8 "substandard" from Maryhill to Kennewick, not directly affected by McNary Dam
 * June 19, 1964: Lewis and Clark Highway dedicated, with missing link between Maryhill and Sundale finished in May
 * 1972: Plans for 6.2 mile section near Cape Horn (replacing unsafe route) protested for potential damage to landmark Cape Horn


 * Tri-Cities switch with US 395
 * 1962: US 12 extension over US 830 submitted by WA, denied because of disagreement with OR
 * 1967 to 1974: Rebuilding of eastern section to prepare for I-82 alignment; width increased from 24 feet to 40 feet + shoulders
 * Planned in 1983 to advertise shorter and more direct route for US 395 vs. Wallula within next two years
 * Approved by AASHTO in 1985


 * Recent projects
 * 2011-2013: Camas widening and interchanges
 * C-Tran shoulder buses
 * 2021: I-205 to SE 164th Avenue widening to add third main lane


 * Exit history
 * by 1980: I-5, Grand Blvd (at-grade), Evergreen, Lieser, Ellsworth, I-205, 164th, Brady (at-grade), 6th, SR 500 (at-grade)
 * 1996: Columbia Way
 * 2002: 192nd/Brady
 * 2011–2013: SR 500/2nd Street

History

 * 1861: Everett-Mukilteo road discussed
 * 1914: Mukilteo Blvd completed (named later)
 * 1967: Planning for freeway? Temporary route on Casino Road?
 * Paine Field area roads proposed
 * 1968: Construction begins on Broadway Interchange
 * 1969: Completed
 * Evergreen to Boeing opened on April 23; I-5 interchange/connection opened on September 3
 * Built by Boeing
 * Cost of $4.9 million, took 10 months to reach contract stage?
 * 1970: SR 526 codified
 * 1970: Freeway opened?
 * 1971: State joint committee examines freeway extension to SR 9 in Snohomish, but determines $5 million to be too costly
 * 1990: NB I-5 flyover ramp built?
 * 2001: Extension to Snohomish among options considered before I-5 expansion?

History

 * Early history
 * 1913: Pacific Highway designated, includes segment from Tacoma to Renton in eastern Green River Valley (then White River Valley/Duwamish Valley)
 * 1923: Pacific Highway (now SR 1) re-routed to current SR 99 corridor (Tacoma to Seattle via Federal Way, Southcenter, Tukwila); SR 5 designated, from Renton to Kosmos via Kent and Auburn
 * 1925: SR 5 branch designated, from SR 1 in Tacoma to SR 5 in Auburn via Puyallup and Sumner
 * 1926: US 410 created, includes segment from Tacoma to Auburn via Puyallup
 * 1937: PSH 5 designated, Seattle to Yakima via Renton and Auburn; PSH 5 branch from Auburn to Tacoma (including US 410 concurrency) designated
 * Old alignment (1964): Levee Road (south side) and East Valley Highway


 * Freeway history
 * October 1954: State approves preliminary engineering and planning for Green River Valley freeway, citing growth of industrial activities
 * 1958: Freeway reconnaissance study recommends Milwaukee Road corridor (west bluff)
 * 1964: Highway renumbering creates SR 167, from US 410 in Sumner to SR 900 in Seattle (via RH Thomson Expressway?)
 * 1964: Two-lane freeway built
 * December 11, 1965: Renton to Kent (228th) section dedicated as two-lane freeway, with four-lane widening scheduled for 1966 (4.4 mi, $1.68 million); included South Renton Interchange
 * Construction started in 1962 and delayed by heavy rain
 * Expansion slowed by discovery of underground springs
 * April 10, 1968: Four-lane section opened
 * Original plan had four-lane section opening together by end of 1968
 * August 1967 or March 1968: 228th to 277th in Kent?
 * 1966 study suggests eight-lane section near Renton to handle 1990 traffic, in lieu of parallel freeway along 132nd
 * 1966 debate over routing
 * Homeowners sue over land takings
 * Algona dispute resolved in 1967
 * 1967: State accepts generally westerly routing of SR 167 from Kent to Sumner
 * 1967: US 410 decommissioned and replaced by US 12, SR 410
 * April 1968: Kent bypass (288th to 277th) opens with 4 lanes, after initially opening in November 1967 with two lanes
 * Auburn section delayed due to route changes
 * 1970: Codified as SR 167 from Sumner to Seattle
 * July 1971: Puyallup (Meridian Street) to Sumner begins construction, initially 2 lanes
 * 1972: SR 410 moved to freeway between Puyallup and Sumner
 * August 1972: Auburn section opens from 277th to Main ($5 million)
 * October 1972: Northbound lanes of Sumner-Algona section completed?
 * October 24, 1973: Puyallup to "2.5 miles south of King County line" opened early ahead of formal dedication
 * SR 512 opens in December
 * Several years behind schedule
 * 1973: SR 167 extended from Sumner to Tacoma via Puyallup over SR 410
 * June 24, 1975: SR 18 interchange ($6.2 million) partially opened
 * December 11, 1979: Sumner to Auburn section opens (5.23 mi from 32nd St to 15th St SW), last section of Puyallup-Renton mainline
 * Dedicated on December 13
 * Delayed two months due to oil shortage (no supply for asphalt cement)
 * By 1980: Dieringer to SR 18 left incomplete
 * 1991: Rainier Avenue section (SR 900/Sunset Blvd. in Renton to SR 900/MLK Jr. Way in Seattle) deleted
 * September 2004: New interchange at 24th Street in northern Sumner opens; cost $15 million
 * 2008: HOT lane pilot begins
 * 2017: New ramp to I-405 from HOT lanes
 * August 12, 2022: 7-mile extension of NB HOV lanes to SR 410 in Sumner

Future developments

 * 1980s: Tacoma to Puyallup construction halted
 * 1976: Study recommends freeway to relieve existing and future traffic; River Road had 580 accidents/3 deaths/440 injuries in a five-year period
 * 1999: First evaluation
 * 2003: Second evaluation
 * 2006: Third evaluation (EIS)
 * 2015: Connecting Washington package funds Puget Sound Gateway program ($1.87 billion)
 * Electronically tolled
 * Interchange at Meridian (SR 161, SPUI), Valley Avenue (half-diamond), I-5 (DDI), and SR 509
 * Parallel trail named "spuyaləpabš Trail"


 * Construction
 * July 2022: First phase begins construction form I-5 to Port of Tacoma
 * Construction was scheduled to begin in 2019, completed in 2030
 * First phase (2019 to 2025) will complete 70th, I-5, and SR 509 segment
 * 1A completed in 2022, 1B completion estimated in 2025


 * Long-term plans
 * June 2023 report recommendations:
 * Dual ETL from Puyallup to Renton with direct access ramps
 * Complete interchange at SR 18, rebuild ramps at various interchanges
 * Complete Valley Avenue interchange
 * Grade separations in Renton

History


The section of SR 505 through Toledo was originally part of the Pacific Highway, the main north–south route through Western Washington, from 1913 to 1953.


 * 1920s bridge
 * 1953 bypass/expressway
 * Now Jackson Highway
 * 1937: SSH 1Q, SSH 12C designated
 * SSH 1P?

Until 1992, SR 505 from I-5 west to Winlock was part of State Route 603, which continued north from Winlock through Napavine to SR 6 about two miles (3 km) west of I-5 in Chehalis. Several changes were made to the state highways throughout Washington in 1992, and at that time the section from SR 6 to Winlock was turned back to the county, while the rest became a part of a realignment of SR 505. Until that time, SR 505 began at an interchange with I-5 and SR 506 west of Toledo. The county road is still signed "Highway 603" from SR 6 to Winlock even though it is no longer part of the state highway system.


 * Notes
 * Winlock to I-5 near Toledo
 * 1937 as SSH 12E (c 207); became SR 603 in 1970; became SR 505 in 1991 (c 342)
 * I-5 near Toledo to Toledo
 * 1991 as SR 505 (c 342)
 * Toledo to SR 504 near Toutle
 * 1937 as SSH 1Q (c 207); became SR 505 in 1970
 * Former portions: I-5 near Toledo to Toledo (Toledo-Vader Road)
 * 1937 as SSH 1Q (c 207); became SSH 1P in 1963 (ex.s. c 3); became SR 505 in 1970; deleted in 1991 (c 342)


 * Events
 * 1920s Cowlitz River Bridge in Toledo was rebuilt in 1994

History

 * "Dunlap Canyon Road" from Duwamish River to Renton
 * 1909: State Road 7 designated, from Seattle to Idaho via Renton and Issaquah
 * 1913: State Road 7 becomes Sunset Highway; Pacific Highway designated, concurrent with Sunset Highway from Seattle to Renton via Rainier Avenue
 * 1923: State Road 2 designated, from Seattle to Idaho via Renton and Issaquah
 * 1926: US 10 designated over PSH 2
 * 1937: PSH 2 designated
 * 1939: PSH 2 trunk moved to new route from Seattle to Issaquah via Mercer Island and Lake Washington Floating Bridge, branch route created on old route
 * 1950s: US 10 Alternate designated
 * 1957–1971: R.H. Thomson Expressway proposed on SR 900 corridor between I-90 and I-5/Tukwila
 * 1964: PSH 2 branch renumbered to SR 900
 * Initial alignment went through Downtown Issaquah, with SR 901 connecting to I-90
 * 1970: Codified as SR 900, from I-90 in Seattle to I-90 in Issaquah
 * 1991: SR 900 truncated to I-5 in Tukwila

History

 * Former alignment: Fourth Plain Blvd
 * December 3, 1965: Dedication of widened Fourth Plain Blvd
 * I-205 cloverleaf built before 1977, but with no connections
 * Oregonian articles:
 * April 2, 1972
 * November 28, 1972
 * March 7, 1973
 * March 16, 1974
 * November 22, 1977
 * December 4, 1977
 * March 7, 1983
 * August 30, 1983


 * Other
 * 1994 light rail proposal?
 * Original configuration (completed by 1990): P Street interchange, 42nd pedestrian overpass, no ramp at Fourth Plain/I-205
 * Fourth Plain ramp added after 1997, before 2000