Washington State Route 900
Route information | ||||
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Auxiliary route of I-90 | ||||
Maintained by WSDOT | ||||
Length | 16.20 mi[1] (26.07 km) | |||
Existed | 1964[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | I-5 in Tukwila | |||
SR 167 in Renton I-405 / SR 169 in Renton | ||||
East end | I-90 in Issaquah | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Washington | |||
County | King | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Route 900 (SR 900) is a state highway serving part of King County, Washington, United States. It travels 16 miles (26 km) between southern Seattle and the Eastside suburbs of Renton and Issaquah, separated by the Issaquah Alps. The highway terminates to the west at an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) in Tukwila and to the east at I-90 in Issaquah, and also has intermediate junctions with I-405 and SR 167 in Renton.
SR 900 was created in the
Route description
SR 900 begins as an extension of
The highway splits into a
Every year, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) conducts a series of surveys on its highways in the state to measure traffic volume. This is expressed in terms of annual average daily traffic (AADT), which is a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. In 2014, WSDOT calculated that the busiest section of SR 900 was at its bridge over the Cedar River in downtown Renton, carrying 48,000 vehicles, while the least busiest section was on the eastbound lanes of the one-way pair in Renton, carrying 6,300 vehicles.[17]
History
The road now designated SR 900 was originally added to the state highway system in 1909, as an extension of the Snoqualmie Pass Road (State Road 7) which was completed for through traffic across the pass in 1915. At the time the highway was the main thoroughfare between Seattle and Spokane, with a route then around the south end of Lake Washington.[citation needed] In 1913 the highway was renamed the Sunset Highway,[18] which is still an informal moniker today.
The road became State Road 2 in 1923 and
The opening of
After April 1, 1992, the stretch of SR 900 between I-90 exit 3 at Rainier Avenue and along Martin Luther King Jr. Way to the Boeing Access Road was dropped from the officially designated highway. The west end of SR 900 is now milepost 5.93 due to this truncation; the east end is milepost 21.64.
WSDOT plans to construct a roundabout on SR 900 at South 129th Street in Skyway to address a high number of collisions; from 2012 to 2022, 931 collisions had been recorded on the highway between I-5 and Renton, with four fatalities.[20]
Major intersections
The entire highway is in King County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Martin Luther King Jr. Way South . | |||||
0.55 | 0.89 | I-5 south – Portland | Interchange | ||
Renton | 3.97 | 6.39 | SR 167 south to I-405 | ||
4.56 | 7.34 | SR 515 south (Main Street) | |||
5.10 | 8.21 | SR 169 south / I-405 to I-5 – Maple Valley, Enumclaw | Interchange | ||
5.62 | 9.04 | I-405 south – Tacoma | Interchange; west end of I-405 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance. | ||
6.52 | 10.49 | I-405 north – Everett | Interchange; east end of I-405 concurrency | ||
Seattle, Spokane | Interchange; continues as 17th Avenue Northwest | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b c Multimodal Planning Division (January 15, 2015). State Highway Log Planning Report 2014, SR 2 to SR 971 (PDF) (Report). Washington State Department of Transportation. pp. 1668–1678. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "47.17.825: State route No. 900". Revised Code of Washington. Washington State Legislature. 1991 [1970]. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- ^ Transportation Data & GIS Office (October 6, 2011). "SR 5 - Exit 158: Junction Boeing Access Road" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ Transportation Data & GIS Office (February 29, 2012). "SR 5 - Exit 157: Junction SR 900/M L King Way" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "South Seattle Intermodal Facility". BNSF Railway. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ 2013 Washington State Rail System (PDF) (Map). Washington State Department of Transportation. February 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ a b Google (June 9, 2015). "State Route 900" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ OCLC 5673231. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "Renton Transit Center/Park-and-Ride". Sound Transit. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ Transportation Data & GIS Office (May 4, 2009). "SR 900: Junction SR 900 CO 2nd Street" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "Directions to Renton Library". King County Library System. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ Transportation Data & GIS Office (March 17, 2014). "SR 405 - Exit 4: Junction SR 169/SR 900" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ Transportation Data & GIS Office (March 17, 2014). "SR 405 - Exit 4: Junction SR 900/Sunset Boulevard" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ Transportation Data & GIS Office (April 2, 2008). "SR 405 - Exit 5: Junction SR 900/N Park Drive/Sunset Boulevard" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "Issaquah Transit Center". Sound Transit. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ Transportation Data & GIS Office (June 2, 2010). "SR 90 - Exit 15: Junction SR 900/Lake Sammamish State Park" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ 2014 Annual Traffic Report (PDF) (Report). Washington State Department of Transportation. 2014. pp. 209–210. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "FORTY YEARS WITH THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ^ "Historic Highway SR 900". Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ Lindblom, Mike (June 30, 2023). "Just outside Seattle, residents endure a dangerous yet ordinary intersection". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
External links
- Highways of Washington State (Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine)