Title: Transportation in Seattle - Wikipedia
Headings: Transportation in Seattle
Transportation in Seattle
Contents
History
Streets, roads, and automobiles
SR 99 Tunnel
Freeways in the metropolitan region
Interstate 5
Interstate 90
Interstate 405
SR 520
SR 167
SR 99/SR 599
West Seattle Freeway
Other freeways
Mass transit
Public transportation statistics
Bicycle
Airports
See also
Bibliography
References
External links

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Transportation in Seattle
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Overview of transportation modes and routes in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
The now-demolished Alaskan Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle
King County Water Taxi and downtown Seattle
Transportation in Seattle is largely focused on the automobile like many other cities in western North America; however, the city is just old enough for its layout to reflect the age when railways and trolleys predominated. These older modes of transportation were made for a relatively well-defined downtown area and strong neighborhoods at the end of several former streetcar lines, now mostly bus lines. Due to Seattle's isthmus -like geography and the concentration of jobs within the city, much of the flow of transportation in the metropolitan area is through the city proper. North-south transportation is highly dependent on the Interstate 5 corridor, which connects the Puget Sound area with southwest Washington cities and the Portland metropolitan area, as well as cities to the north such as Bellingham and Vancouver, Canada. I-5 continues as British Columbia Highway 99 at the U.S.- Canada border's Peace Arch crossing, between Blaine and Surrey. State Route 99 is also a major arterial in the western half of the city; it included the now-defunct Alaskan Way Viaduct along the Seattle waterfront. The Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel was opened in place of the elevated viaduct in February 2019 on account of seismic instability. Transportation to and from the east is via State Route 520's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and Interstate 90 's Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge and Third Lake Washington Bridge, all over Lake Washington.