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State Route 7 (SR 7) is a state highway in Lewis and Pierce counties, located in the U.S. state of Washington.The 58.60-mile (94.31 km) long roadway begins at U.S. Route 12 (US 12) in Morton and continues north to intersect several other state highways to Tacoma, where it ends at an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) and I-705.
The Old Grouse Mountain Highway, a gravel road that was constructed to provide access to the base, is still in place and is today solely used for ski area upkeep. In 1949, the mountain's first double chairlift was constructed, allowing skiing down the cut from the top of the ridge.
The present-day route of SR 522 was built in stages between 1907 and 1965, beginning with the Red Brick Road from Seattle to Bothell, then part of the Pacific Highway and later US 99. The road later became a branch of Primary State Highway 2 (PSH 2) in 1937, and was extended east to Redmond and North Bend .
[53] [60] State Road 7 began construction between North Bend and Easton in 1907 and became Washington's first trans-Cascades highway. [53] Later that year, state highway commissioner Joseph M. Snow announced plans to extend the Snoqualmie Pass road west to Seattle and east to Spokane and the Idaho state line, using a road through Wenatchee.
The easternmost segment of US 2 within Washington, from Spokane to Newport, was added to the state highway system in 1915 as State Road 23 and renamed to the Pend Oreille Highway two years later. [49] [50] [51] State Road 7 was renumbered to State Road 2, part of an east–west highway connecting Seattle to Spokane. [52]
The Seattle–Everett Interurban Railway was also built along sections of the wagon road in 1906 and would serve Everett–Seattle traffic until 1939. [ 31 ] The Pacific Highway , an inter-state coastal highway, was championed by good roads advocates in the early 1910s and added to the state highway system in 1913.
I-405 is a 30-mile (48 km) north–south freeway that serves as a bypass of I-5 through Seattle while serving the Eastside region. [3] It is listed as part of the National Highway System, identifying routes that are important to the national economy, defense, and mobility, and the state's Highway of Statewide Significance program, recognizing its connection to major communities.
State Route 202 (SR 202) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving part of the Seattle metropolitan area.It runs southeasterly for 31 miles (50 km) in the Eastside region of King County, connecting Woodinville, Redmond, Fall City, and North Bend.