Washington State Route 515

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State Route 515

Map
A map of Kent and Renton with SR 515 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-5
Maintained by WSDOT
Length7.86 mi[1] (12.65 km)
Existed1964–present
Major junctions
South end SR 516 in Kent
Major intersections I-405 in Renton
North end SR 900 in Renton
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyKing
Highway system
← SR 513→ SR 516

State Route 515 (SR 515) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Washington serving suburban King County. The highway travels 8 miles (12.9 km) north from SR 516 in eastern Kent to Renton, where it intersects Interstate 405 (I-405) and SR 900.

The highway was originally built by the county government in the 1910s as a winding gravel road connecting local

half diamond interchange
in 2010.

Route description

SR 515 begins at an intersection with

city limits near Panther Lake.[2] The highway enters Renton and continues north through suburban neighborhoods along the east edge of the SR 167 freeway. It passes the Valley Medical Center at Carr Road and turns northwest onto Benson Road. SR 515 then descends from Talbot Hill and passes under a pedestrian overpass at Thomas Teasdale Park.[3]

The highway then supersedes a section of Talbot Road and crosses under

street running railroad, and Bronson Way one block from the Cedar River and the Renton Public Library.[3][5]

SR 515 is used by King County Metro route 160, which provides bus connections to areas between Kent's train station and Downtown Renton.[6] The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) conducts an annual survey of traffic volumes on state highways measured in terms of annual average daily traffic. Traffic volumes on SR 515 range from a minimum of 7,900 vehicles in downtown Renton to a maximum of 31,000 vehicles in northern Kent.[7]

History

Benson Road, connecting Kent to Renton over the Benson and Talbot hills, was constructed in the 1910s as a gravel road serving local

Primary State Highway 2 (PSH 2) in Renton to SSH 5A east of Kent.[10]

SR 515 was created during the

gas tax and was completed the following year.[17][18] The remaining section of SR 515 in eastern Kent was widened by the city government in 1991 using funds approved by the state legislature.[19][20]

As part of a $84 million project to widen I-405 through Renton, a new interchange with SR 515 was constructed and opened to traffic in December 2010.[21] The half diamond interchange consists of an onramp to northbound I-405 and an offramp from southbound I-405 and was intended to siphon traffic from the nearby SR 167 interchange.[21][22]

Major intersections

The entire highway is in King County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Kent0.000.00 SR 516 (SE 256th Street) – KentSouthern terminus, continues as 104th Avenue Southeast
Renton6.9011.10
 I-405 north – Bellevue		Interchange, northbound entrance and southbound exit
7.8612.65
 SR 900 east (S 3rd Street) – Issaquah		Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Multimodal Planning Division (January 3, 2018). State Highway Log Planning Report 2017, SR 2 to SR 971 (PDF) (Report). Washington State Department of Transportation. pp. 1507–1512. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Washington State Department of Transportation (2014). Washington State Highways, 2014–2015 (PDF) (Map). Olympia: Washington State Department of Transportation. Puget Sound inset. Retrieved August 31, 2018. {{cite map}}: External link in |inset= (help)
  3. ^ a b Google (August 30, 2018). "State Route 515" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "SR 405 – Exit 3: Junction SR 515" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. April 21, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  5. ^ "SR 900: Junction SR 900 CO 2nd Street" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. July 25, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  6. ^ Route 160 (Map). King County Metro. March 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  7. ^ 2016 Annual Traffic Report (PDF) (Report). Washington State Department of Transportation. 2017. pp. 198–199. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  8. ^ "Washington State's Historic State Roads: Historic Context for Island, Snohomish, King, Pierce, and Kitsap Counties" (PDF). Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. January 2014. pp. 184–185. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  9. ^ "Evans Makes Fight To Straighten Road". The Seattle Times. June 3, 1928. p. 2.
  10. ^ "Chapter 207: Classification of Public Highways" (PDF). Session Laws of the State of Washington, 1937. Washington State Legislature. March 18, 1937. pp. 1004–1005. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  11. Washington State Highway Commission
    . Retrieved February 5, 2013.
  12. ^ "3 Miles Of Renton Freeway Opened". The Seattle Times. August 31, 1965. p. 6.
  13. ^ Renton Quadrangle, Washington—King Co (Topographic map). 1:24,000. United States Geological Survey. 1949 [revised 1968]. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  14. ^ SR 515, SE 196th St to Grady Way: Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Washington State Highway Commission. April 1971. pp. 1–6. Retrieved October 6, 2018 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ Pryne, Eric (June 29, 1977). "Victoria Park residents fight proposed highway". The Seattle Times. p. H3.
  16. ^ Pryne, Eric (May 24, 1978). "Roadblocks still loom for highway". The Seattle Times. p. H7.
  17. ^ "State OK's road projects for Renton and Kent". The Seattle Times. September 9, 1981. p. F8.
  18. ^ Corsaletti, Louis T. (August 18, 1982). "Road progress frustrates south Renton residents". The Seattle Times. p. F1.
  19. ^ "Two stretches of road to be widened or fixed". The Seattle Times. April 29, 1991. p. E3.
  20. ^ Hatch, Walter (May 8, 1987). "Senate OK's road budget, boosts fees, taxes". The Seattle Times. p. B1.
  21. ^
    Renton Reporter
    . Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  22. ^ "WSDOT opens new interchange in Renton ahead of schedule" (Press release). Washington State Department of Transportation. December 21, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2018.

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