Interstate 605 (Washington)

Infobox road
state=WA
type=Interstate
route=605
maint=
section=


length_mi=40
length_round=0
length_ref=
length_notes=
established=Proposed Early 1960's, 1968, 2000, and 2002
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=WA|I|5 in South Puget Sound Region
junction=jct|state=WA|I|90 near Issaquah
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=WA|I|5 in Snohomish County
counties=
system=
spur_type=Interstate
spur_of=5
previous_type=SR
previous_route=603
next_type=SR
next_route=702

Interstate 605 (I-605), consisted of a convert|40|mi|km|sing=on, north-south, six-lane highway to be built west of Lake Sammamish.

First Proposal

In the early 1960s while Washington's old primary highway system was active, the state legislature proposed a new route to be called PSH 19 and go on the proposed ring route of the current proposed I-605. It was meant to become SR 605 but failed, thus creating the proposals for I-605.Fact|date=March 2008

econd Proposal

In 1968, the state of Washington proposed that a new commerce corridor be built in King County. The proposal, dubbed by some as I-605. Rejected by residents of the time, the state then proposed building the highway east of Lake Sammamish, but residents there also rejected the plan.

Third Proposal

A later study then conducted by the state indicated that the highway was not needed, but that decision was changed when another north-south highway proposal surfaced in 2000. This newer proposal was for a north-south highway to run through the Snoqualmie Valley with the terminus points located in Tacoma and Everett, but King County rejected the idea and the state then focused on other ways to reduce congestion in the region. [cite news| author=Klockow, Jim |url=http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_071504WABi605JK.2ffde016b.html |title=I-605: The highway that wouldn't die |date=July 15, 2004| accessdate=2008-08-27|publisher=KING 5 TV |location=Seattle]

Fourth Proposal

Another proposal that surfaced in 2002 was for a north-south highway to be built east of the Cascade Mountains and terminate at the Canadian border and Lewis County, but was rejected by environmental and anti-sprawl activitists.cite news |author= Solomon, Chris |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6809561_ITM |title=Seattle's Puget Sound Region Is Site of I-605 Freeway Proposal Debate |publisher=Seattle "Times" |date=April 29, 2002| accessdate=2008-08-27 ] ; while a proposal from 2003 would have placed the highway with terminus points in North Bend, Washington and south Snohomish County.cite news| author=Pryne, Eric |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002586071_605freeway27m.html |title=Backing for interstate proposal disputed |publisher=Seattle "Times" |date=October 27, 2005| accessdate=2008-08-27]

At the present time, the state of Washington has no plans to begin construction of a new north-south highway in the Puget Sound region to be named Interstate 605, but the Washington State Department of Transportation is widening SR 18 between Auburn and Interstate 90 from a two-lane highway to a four-lane limited access freeway. Three-fourths of that project is completed, with the final stretch to I-90 yet to be constructed.

References

External links

* [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-6525685.html "See more articles from The Columbian"]
* [http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_071504WABi605JK.2ffde016b.html "I-605: The highway that wouldn't die"]