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Washington State Route 900

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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
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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.
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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
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across Lake Washington in 1940 moved US 10/PSH 2 to the direct route, and the old alignment became Alternate US 10 and PSH 2 RE (for
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with I-5, with the southbound lanes of SR 900 traveling over the freeway twice. The roadway continues southeast into
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that was replaced by SR 900. The highway originally terminated at an interchange with I-90 in Seattle's
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South Seattle railyard. SR 900 turns east and becomes Sunset Boulevard as it enters
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for 0.90 miles (1.45 km), traveling east through Renton's suburbs towards the
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Interchange; west end of I-405 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance.
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on 2nd and 3rd streets for several blocks in downtown Renton, serving the Renton
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Map of King County in western Washington with SR 900 highlighted in red
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at an intersection with Boeing Access Road, east of its interchange with
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Interchange; eastbound entrance and westbound exit; continues north as
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5.93 due to this truncation; the east end is milepost 21.64.
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in 1937. In 1926 the highway was co-designated to be part of
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Transportation Data & GIS Office (February 29, 2012).
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Transportation Data & GIS Office (October 6, 2011).
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in Issaquah, and also has intermediate junctions with
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while following Tibbetts Creek northeastward between
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After the opening of the 1076:"SR 5 - Exit 158: Junction Boeing Access Road" 1612: 1021:Washington State Department of Transportation 550:Washington State Department of Transportation 18:U.S. Route 10 Alternate (Seattle, Washington) 573:, with a route then around the south end of 27:State highway in King County, Washington, US 1619: 1605: 1206: 1204: 931:Interchange; east end of I-405 concurrency 495:. The highway then joins I-405 in a short 1735:Transportation in King County, Washington 1586: 1330:"SR 405 - Exit 4: Junction SR 169/SR 900" 580:The road became State Road 2 in 1923 and 483:, downstream of the Renton branch of the 1627:State highways in Washington related to 1531: 1176: 1174: 1279:"SR 900: Junction SR 900 CO 2nd Street" 1201: 680:north / Boeing Access Road β€“ 14: 1722: 614: 420:SR 900 begins as an extension of 1600: 1253:"Renton Transit Center/Park-and-Ride" 1171: 1007: 1005: 1003: 946: 940: 902: 869: 812: 806: 783: 777: 738: 732: 700: 694: 656: 650: 1730:State highways in Washington (state) 440:. The four-lane highway splits at a 415: 1447: 1127:"South Seattle Intermodal Facility" 593:the Lake Washington Floating Bridge 24: 1220:Washington State Highways, 2014–15 1035: 1000: 85:16.20 mi (26.07 km) 25: 1751: 1697:Former or proposed state routes: 1555: 1153:2013 Washington State Rail System 428:under an elevated section of the 1639: 1532:Lindblom, Mike (June 30, 2023). 1043:"47.17.825: State route No. 900" 947: 916: 910: 883: 877: 838: 832: 826: 820: 814: 791: 785: 759: 753: 746: 740: 708: 702: 688:Martin Luther King Jr. Way South 670: 664: 658: 422:Martin Luther King Jr. Way South 300: 285: 165: 145: 140: 127: 106: 49: 35: 1525: 1503: 1472: 1421: 1399: 1373: 1347: 1321: 1296: 1270: 448:whilst parallel to I-5 and the 398:Lake Washington Floating Bridge 380:SR 900 was created in the 1304:"Directions to Renton Library" 1245: 1144: 1119: 1093: 1067: 535:partial cloverleaf interchange 382:1964 state highway renumbering 13: 1: 993: 412:, but was truncated in 1991. 1592:Highways of Washington State 1053:Washington State Legislature 554:annual average daily traffic 233:State highways in Washington 7: 491:after its interchange with 10: 1756: 1455:2014 Annual Traffic Report 1308:King County Library System 1048:Revised Code of Washington 559: 485:King County Library System 471:The highway splits into a 464:, to an intersection with 1693: 1646: 1637: 1511:"Historic Highway SR 900" 1407:"Issaquah Transit Center" 969: 964: 943: 935: 905: 872: 864: 809: 802: 780: 773: 735: 727: 722: 697: 685: 653: 645: 640: 637: 634: 631: 628: 619:The entire highway is in 543:Lake Sammamish State Park 436:neighborhood of northern 278: 228: 223: 219: 209: 199: 189: 184: 180: 161: 121: 102: 97: 89: 81: 73: 65: 60: 48: 32: 976:     432:light rail line, in the 582:Primary State Highway 2 518:mountains, part of the 442:basketweave interchange 406:Primary State Highway 2 392:and was designated as 533:, before ending at a 525:. SR 900 enters 501:East Renton Highlands 1587:KML is from Wikidata 1023:. pp. 1668–1678 319:State Route 900 800:south (Main Street) 615:Major intersections 468:at Rainier Avenue. 365:and to the east at 353:, separated by the 123:Major intersections 66:Auxiliary route of 1717: 1716: 1538:The Seattle Times 1182:"State Route 900" 991: 990: 416:Route description 316: 315: 312: 311: 61:Route information 16:(Redirected from 1747: 1643: 1642: 1631: 1621: 1614: 1607: 1598: 1597: 1577: 1549: 1548: 1546: 1544: 1529: 1523: 1522: 1520: 1518: 1507: 1501: 1500: 1498: 1497: 1491: 1485:. 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Index

U.S. Route 10 Alternate (Seattle, Washington)
State Route 900 marker

I-90
WSDOT
I-5
Tukwila
SR 167
Renton
I-405
SR 169
I-90
Issaquah
United States
Washington
King
State highways in Washington
Interstate
US
State
Scenic
Pre-1964
1964 renumbering
Former
SR 823
SR 902
state highway
King County
Washington
Seattle

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