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 or later closed. An unused ramp can be referred to as a stub ramp, stub street, stub-out, or simply stub. 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. 19

• Short ramp stubs exist on the Alaskan Way Viaduct near Safeco Field, only a short distance west from the Interstate 5/Interstate 90 interchange it was to connect to 20, and where the Viaduct crosses over University Ave 21. This has been turned into a breakdown area, as seen here.

• 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. The former configuration can still be seen [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=11&Z=10&X=1376&Y=13177&W=1&qs=|seattle|wa| here] but now looks like this, with all former stubs removed.

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 . 22

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 and pavement stub left on State Route 512. 23

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 200824. 25

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. 26

See also

• list of ghost towns