Washington State Route 900
State highway in Washington, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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 | |||
Major intersections | 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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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, US 10 was moved to a new highway and the former alignment through Renton became an alternate route and a branch of Primary State Highway 2 that was replaced by SR 900. The highway originally terminated at an interchange with I-90 in Seattle's Rainier Valley, but was truncated in 1991.