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State Route 167 (SR 167) is a state highway in the Seattle metropolitan area of Washington state. It is commonly known as the Valley Freeway and serves the Green River Valley from Tacoma to Renton , primarily as a four-lane freeway.
Pierce County drivers who use state Route 167 to go north will see reduced travel times and more capacity during peak hours, WSDOT officials said. Trips from Sumner to Auburn just got faster. Here ...
The 167 Completion project is part of WSDOT’s $2.38 billion Puget Sound Gateway Program. The program is also extending SR 509 from near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to I-5. Show comments
A combined state department of transportation was proposed in the mid-1960s and gained the support of Governor Dan Evans. [10] Charles Prahl, who resigned as head of the Department of Highways, criticized the Evans administration's proposal to create a transportation "superagency" and the prioritization of rapid transit in plans for the urban transportation system of Seattle. [11]
Interstate 5 and state Route 167 are among the routes affected. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 ...
SR 900 was created in the 1964 state highway renumbering, but the corridor had been part of the state highway system since 1909. It was originally a section of the Sunset Highway, the main cross-state route between Seattle and Spokane and was designated as U.S. Route 10 (US 10) in 1926. After the opening of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge ...
A 2016 study of the corridor's safety by WSDOT concluded that the outdated design of the roadway had reached its capacity and was in need of immediate improvement to handle expected traffic volumes. [9] An earlier WSDOT study recommended $300 million in projects to widen SR 169 to four or six lanes between Black Diamond and Renton. [25]
Drivers in the Puget Sound are inching closer to a season of traffic jams. Washington State Department of Transportation has several construction projects currently in the works or planned for summer.