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State Route 520 is a 13-mile (21 km) state highway and freeway in the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. Connecting Seattle to the Eastside region of King County across the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge on Lake Washington, it intersects Interstate 5 (I-5) in Seattle, I-405 in Bellevue, and SR 202 in Redmond. It was designated as a freeway in 1964, but was not fully constructed until the late 1970s. Increased traffic on the corridor, spurred in part by expansion of the Microsoft headquarters in Overlake, led to the addition of high-occupancy vehicle lanes and new interchanges in the 1990s. In April 2016, the original floating bridge was replaced by a wider one as part of a multibillion-dollar expansion program that is scheduled to be completed in the 2020s. The program includes the construction of a new bicycle and pedestrian path, bus stations, and interchanges. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ...that in July 2005, signage at the intersection of Massachusetts Route 10 and Massachusetts Route 141 (pictured) identified the routes with Alabama route markers?
- ...that residents of Seattle have disparagingly referred to the Tacoma Spur as "the road to nowhere" and likened its exit ramps to tentacles?
- ...that Interstate 335 was designated in 1987 to allow a portion of the Kansas Turnpike to raise the speed limit to 65 mph (105 km/h) in compliance with a change in the National Maximum Speed Law?
- ...that the North Branch Bridge on Ontario Highway 78 partially collapsed just 17 days after a temporary bridge was opened to facilitate construction of a replacement?
- ...that Arkansas Highway 980 is the state highway designation for all state maintained airport roads in Arkansas?
In the news
- November 11 Interstate 57 is designated along a stretch of U.S. Route 67 in Arkansas.
- November 1 The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, which carries Interstate 471 over the Ohio River and the Ohio–Kentucky line, remains partially open while repairs are made from a fire.
- October 30: Flooding in and around Valencia, Spain kills dozens and destroys several roads including the A-7
- October 30: Interstate 26 in Tennessee has partially reopened from the damage from Hurricane Helene, with one narrow lane in each direction. Significant truck width and weight restrictions in effect on the temporary portion
- October 28: INDOT and KYTC begin signing SR 265 and KY 841, respectively, as Interstate 265.
- October 10: A section of US 17/US 92 in Orange City is washed out by the flooding aftermath from Hurricane Milton.
- October 3: Caltrans announces that October 7, they will begin shifting traffic along US 395 to a new bypass of Olancha.
Ongoing: Interstate 40 closure at the NC–TN state line from Hurricane Helene • I-695 closure from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
Historic byways
- Nov. 21, 2015 – Construction on an extension of Ontario Highway 401 in Windsor (pictured) is completed between Dougall Parkway and Ojibway Parkway, becoming the first new section of the route to be designated since 1968.
- Nov. 22, 1991 – The second tube of the Lehigh Tunnel is completed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension, which later becomes Interstate 476, making the entire toll road into a divided highway.
- Nov. 23, 1938 – Construction begins on the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington, which will carry Primary State Highway 14 across Puget Sound from Gig Harbor to Tacoma.
- Nov. 23, 1955 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension opens between the mainline turnpike in Plymouth Meeting and US 22 near Allentown
- Nov. 24, 1917 – Construction on the Toronto–Hamilton Highway is completed, becoming the first concrete road in Ontario, and one of the longest stretches of concrete highway in the world between two cities.
- Nov. 25, 1992 – The final section of Interstate 75 is designated along Alligator Alley through the Everglades in Florida, completing the highway between Miami and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
- Nov. 26, 1968 – A new section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike opens, bypassing part of the original highway, including the Sideling Hill Tunnel and Rays Hill Tunnel. The old route will later be known as the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike.
- Nov. 27, 1969 – A 5.2-mile (8.4-kilometer) long section of the Sprain Brook Parkway is opened in New York between Jackson Avenue in Greenburgh and the Cross Westchester Expressway in Elmsford.
- Nov. 28, 2011 – The long awaited Fort Madison bypass is opened to traffic on U.S. Route 61 in Iowa at a cost of $25 million ($70 million in 2021). The older route through town becomes US 61 Business.
- Nov. 29, 2001 – An old alignment of U.S. Route 66 through Illinois between Litchfield and Mount Olive is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
- Nov. 30, 2021 – In the Northwest Territories, the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road, also known as Highway 9, is completed and open to traffic between the Yellowknife Highway (Highway 3) and Whati.
Selected pictures
U.S. Route 550 crossing the San Juan Mountains via the Molas Pass
A new segment of Interstate 40 in Oklahoma immediately prior to opening. The eastbound lanes were opened to traffic on January 5, 2012.
The Bixby Creek Bridge along California State Route 1 in Big Sur, with the Pacific Ocean in the background
Looking east at the Mini Stack, an interchange in Phoenix, Arizona between Interstate 10, State Route 51, and State Route 202
Looking north on the Seward Highway portion of Alaska Route 1 as the highway approaches the Kenai Mountains
U.S. Route 220 in Lamar Township, Pennsylvania approaching Interstate 80
U.S. Route 550 in the Uncompahgre Gorge in Colorado
Northbound on New Hampshire Route 123
State Highway 207 as it winds its way through the valley of the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River in Armstrong County, Texas
The start of State Road 26 at the Illinois border near Ambia, Indiana
The Denali Highway near Cantwell, Alaska
The eastern portal to the Eisenhower Tunnel along Interstate 70 in Colorado
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