List of unused highways in Washington

An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused ["US&R and NY-TF1 Practice for the Real Thing." City of New York 20 June 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/news/05_06_20_usar_mobex.shtml] .] "Kentucky Model Access Management Ordinance." Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Oct. 2004. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://transportation.ky.gov/planning/traffic/access_files/KY%20Model%20Local%20AM%20Ordinance.pdf] .] ["Barrie (City) v. 1606533 Ontario Inc.", 2005 CanLII 24746 (ON S.C.). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/cas/onsc/2005/2005onsc14170.html] .] [Iowa House. 1998. House File 686., 77th, H.R. 0686. [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/BillHistory/HF/00600/HF00686.html] [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/Legislation/HF/00600/HF00686/Current.html] .] ["PETITIONED PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT." New York City. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/pha/brookfield/bal_p1.html] .] [House. 1993. LAND TITLE AMENDMENT ACT, 1993. 35th Parliament, 2nd sess., H.R. 78. [http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/35th2nd/h0721pm.htm] .] [Munroe, Tapan. "TRENDS ANALYSIS for PARKS & RECREATION: 2000 AND BEYOND." California Park & Recreation Society Jan. 1999. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cprs.org/pdf/trends2000.pdf] ] ["Chapter 5: Detailed Comparison of Alternatives – Seattle." SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Project, Washington Department of Transportation, 2 May. 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.sr520deiscomments.com/Pages/SR520_DEIS_Section7.pdf] [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/FEE76803-E971-4DEE-BA3D-06D6A2F64D6B/0/SR520DEIS_AppendixEPart1.pdf] .] [Anderson, Steve. "CT 11 Expressway." New York City Roads. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CT-11/] .] or later closed ["Leasing of Closed Highways Regulation", Alta. Reg. 36/1986. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/ab/laws/regu/1986r.36/20061113/whole.html] .] ["R. v. Sanders", 2004 NBPC 12 (CanLII). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/nb/cas/nbpc/2004/2004nbpc12.html] .] ["HIGHWAY CLOSINGS", R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 599. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/laws/regu/1990r.599/20061120/whole.html] .] . An unused ramp can be referred to as a stub ramp [PDFlink| [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/transit/ptr_newsletter/2006_october.pdf Washington State Department of Transportation Public Transportation and Rail Division Monthly News, October 2006, page 4] |286 KiB , accessed December 28, 2006] , stub street [Sommer, Dick. "Ten Ways to Manage Roadway Access in Your Community." Ohio Department of Transportation, 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/roadwayengineering/documents/access_management/10ways2005.pdf] .] [Bauserman, Christian E. "DELAWARE COUNTY ENGINEER’S DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & SURVEYING STANDARDS." 18 May, 1998. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/prod/ROW/CtyCvy/delaware.pdf] .] , stub-out, or simply stub [Geiger, Gene. "Ohio DOT Constructs I-670 over a Water Treatment Sludge Lagoon in Columbus." Ohio LTAP Quarterly. Ohio Department of Transportation. 15:3 (1999) [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ltap/Newsletters/1999/Q4/Fall%201999.pdf] .] ["CITY OF UNION, KENTUCKY." City of Union, Kentucky 23 June 2006. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cityofunionky.org/files/19078672.htm] .] . The following is a list:

Washington

Seattle

*There are ramps to and from State Route 520 at the western end of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (in the Washington Park Arboretum) for the cancelled R. H. Thomson Expressway. The route through the Arboretum was one of the major factors fueling opposition to the Thomson Expressway. Some of the ramps are now used for the Lake Washington Boulevard E. interchange [cite web|url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1229|last=Stein|first=Alan|title=Thousands protest planned freeway through Seattle's Arboretum on May 4, 1969|publisher=HistoryLink|date=June 3, 1999] . [http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=47.644163~-122.297261&style=h&lvl=16&scene=3695216]

*Short ramp stubs exist on the Alaskan Way Viaduct near Safeco Field [cite web|title=Pacific Northwest Roadtrip - Day 5 (Seattle to Blaine)|url=http://www.aaroads.com/blog/?p=37] , only a short distance west from the Interstate 5/Interstate 90 interchange it was to connect to [cite web|url=http://www.sireneinternet.net/pstran/viaduct/index.html|title=Alaskan Way/SR 99 Viaduct - Seattle, WA] [http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ie=UTF8&ll=47.593333,-122.335022&spn=0.001668,0.003648&z=18&om=1] , and where the Viaduct crosses over University Ave [http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ie=UTF8&ll=47.606165,-122.340006&spn=0.000834,0.001824&z=19&om=1] . This has been turned into a breakdown area, as seen [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Alaskan-way-viaduct.jpghere] .

*To the side of the new Qwest Field running up 4th Avenue S., there was an entrance to eastbound Interstate 90, but it has been demolished and a replacement constructed a quarter mile south (made up from the newly constructed Edgar Martinez Way S. south of Safeco Field). The western terminus of I-90 still stands right next to where the ramp stub of the former eastbound on-ramp, though new railroad tracks now cover where the ramp was [cite web|title= SR 519 - South Seattle Intermodal Access|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20040804110350/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/SR519/FAQ.htm|accessdate=2004-08-04|publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation] . The former configuration can still be seen [http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/bodo920/SeattleStub.jpghere] but now looks like [http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=47.592917,-122.327743&spn=0.003336,0.007296&z=17 this] .

=Tacoma=

*The freeway section of State Route 7, just south of downtown from the Interstate 5 and Interstate 705 interchange, terminates rather abruptly at E 38th Street with stubs continuing south from the overpass. This can be seen by viewing late 1960s maps, which show a Route 7 freeway continuing south to Spanaway Fact|date=August 2007. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tacoma,+WA,+USA&sll=47.125454,-122.540624&sspn=0.00673,0.014591&ie=UTF8&ll=47.222876,-122.425075&spn=0.006718,0.014591&t=k&z=16&om=1]

=Lakewood=

*Visible remnants of a converted cloverleaf interchange may be found at the interchange between Interstate 5 and State Route 512. There is an abandoned SB-to-EB loop ramp that was supplanted by a three lane left-turn on the old SB-to-WB ramp. It is abandoned, but easily visible due to a large dirt mount where the road surface once was. [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=47.16297,-122.479792&spn=0.002932,0.009205&t=k]

=Bothell=

*A visible extension of State Route 522 can be seen between the interchange with Interstate 405 and downtown Bothell. It was built when the highway was designed to cross the Sammamish River to the west and run parallel to the river, bypassing downtown Bothell. That plan was abandoned in the mid 1970s. The area is currently used by WSDOT for equipment and materials staging. It will be removed when the University of Washington Bothell south entrance is built starting in 2008 [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR522/UW/] . [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=bothell,+wa&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&z=18&ll=47.755486,-122.193096&spn=0.002175,0.005622&iwloc=A]

=Puyallup=

*State Route 167 has a west expressway terminus at State Route 161/N Meridian with a stub and grading suggesting a continuation. There are current plants to extend the expressway across Interstate 5 to State Route 509 in Fife [cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR167/TacomaToEdgewood|title=SR 167 - Tacoma to Edgewood New Freeway Construction|publisher=Washington Department of Transportation] . [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=north+puyallup,+wa&sll=47.204045,-122.289655&sspn=0.026882,0.058365&ie=UTF8&ll=47.204176,-122.289376&spn=0.00672,0.014591&t=k&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1]

ee also

*List of unused highways in the United States
*List of unused highways
*list of ghost towns

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