Washington State Route 96

State Route 96 marker

State Route 96

SR 96 is highlighted in red.
Route information
Auxiliary route of SR 9
Defined by RCW 47.17.153
Maintained by WSDOT
Length: 6.75 mi[1] (10.86 km)
Existed: 1991[2] – present
Major junctions
West end: I‑5 in Paine Field-Lake Stickney
  SR 527 in Mill Creek
East end: SR 9 near Snohomish
Location
Counties: Snohomish
Highway system
← SR 92US 97 →

State Route 96 (SR 96) is a 6.75-mile-long (10.86 km) state highway located within Snohomish County in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway travels east from an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) in Paine Field-Lake Stickney through Mill Creek and an intersection with SR 527 to end at SR 9 south of Snohomish. SR 96 was established in 1991 and follows the route of a wagon road constructed by Snohomish County in the late 1880s to connect Snohomish to Seattle. The highway was closed during the Great Coastal Gale of 2007 after a culvert was damaged and its eastern terminus was re-constructed in 2009 to serve increasing volumes of traffic.

Route description

The eastern terminus of SR 96 south of Snohomish, viewed from SR 9

SR 96 begins as 128th Street at a diamond interchange with I-5 in Paine Field-Lake Stickney, located in suburban Snohomish County south of Everett.[3][4] The highway travels east and crosses the Interurban Trail and North Creek before turning southeast onto 132nd Street and entering the city of Mill Creek.[5][6] SR 96 passes north of McCollum Pioneer Park and Henry M. Jackson High School before it intersects SR 527 at the city center.[7][8] The highway continues east and passes Archbishop Murphy High School before turning northeast onto Seattle Hill Road and ascends the eponymous hill into Silver Firs.[9][10][11] SR 96 descends southeast into the Snohomish River valley from Larimers Corner to Rees Corner on 131st Street,[12][13] ending at an intersection with SR 9 south of Snohomish.[1][14]

Every year, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) conducts a series of surveys on its highways in the state to measure traffic volume. This is expressed in terms of average annual daily traffic (AADT), which is a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. In 2011, WSDOT calculated that the busiest section of SR 96 was its western terminus at I-5, serving 43,000 vehicles, while the least busy section is its eastern terminus at SR 9, serving 11,000 vehicles.[15]

History

Seattle Hill Road and 131st Street have existed since 1885 on their present route as part of a wagon road constructed by Snohomish County connecting Snohomish to Seattle.[16][17] The highway from Seattle Hill through Mill Creek was completed by the late 1950s and paved in the early 1960s by the county.[18][19] SR 96 was added to the state highway system and codified in 1991, traveling east from I-5 to SR 9 via Mill Creek.[2] Seattle Hill Road was bypassed to the south by Cathcart Way in 2004, planned by the county government since 1978 to redirect traffic on the two-lane SR 96.[20] During the Great Coastal Gale in December 2007, Seattle Hill Road was washed out by a damaged culvert and subsequently closed until late January as WSDOT crews repaired the highway.[21][22] The eastern terminus of SR 96, an intersection with SR 9, was expanded between April 2008 and December 2009 by WSDOT, adding turning lanes and a traffic camera.[23]

Major intersections

The entire highway is in Snohomish County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Paine Field-Lake Stickney0.00–
0.12
0.00–
0.19
I‑5 â€“ Seattle, Vancouver BCWestern terminus, interchange
Mill Creek1.372.20 SR 527 (Bothell-Everett Highway) â€“ Everett
 6.7510.86 SR 9 â€“ SnohomishEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 3 Staff (2012), State Highway Log: Planning Report 2012, SR 2 to SR 971 (PDF), Washington State Department of Transportation, pp. 802–805, retrieved February 23, 2013
  2. 1 2 "47.17.153: State route No. 96", Revised Code of Washington (Washington State Legislature), 1991, retrieved February 23, 2013
  3. ↑ SR 5 - Exit 186: Junction SR 96/128th St SW (PDF), Washington State Department of Transportation, May 5, 2009, retrieved February 23, 2013
  4. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Paine Field-Lake Stickney Census Designated Place", Geographic Names Information System (United States Geological Survey), March 11, 2008, retrieved February 23, 2013
  5. ↑ Interurban Trail (PDF) (Map). Community Transit. 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: North Creek", Geographic Names Information System (United States Geological Survey), September 10, 1979, retrieved February 23, 2013
  7. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: McCollum Pioneer Park", Geographic Names Information System (United States Geological Survey), May 1, 1992, retrieved February 23, 2013
  8. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Henry M Jackson High School", Geographic Names Information System (United States Geological Survey), July 15, 2008, retrieved February 23, 2013
  9. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Archbishop Murphy High School", Geographic Names Information System (United States Geological Survey), May 6, 2009, retrieved February 23, 2013
  10. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Silver Firs", Geographic Names Information System (United States Geological Survey), March 11, 2008, retrieved February 23, 2013
  11. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Seattle Hills", Geographic Names Information System (United States Geological Survey), March 11, 2008, retrieved February 23, 2013
  12. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Larimers Corner", Geographic Names Information System (United States Geological Survey), September 10, 1979, retrieved February 23, 2013
  13. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Rees Corner", Geographic Names Information System (United States Geological Survey), September 10, 1979, retrieved February 23, 2013
  14. ↑ Google (February 23, 2013). "State Route 96" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  15. ↑ Staff (2011), 2011 Annual Traffic Report (PDF), Washington State Department of Transportation, pp. 117–118, retrieved February 23, 2013
  16. ↑ "Snohomish County: Highway's history", The Seattle Times, May 24, 2006, retrieved February 23, 2013
  17. ↑ Washington: Snohomish Quadrangle (JPG) (Map). 1:250,000. United States Geological Survey. October 1897. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  18. ↑ Seattle, 1958 (JPG) (Map). 1:250,000. United States Geological Survey. 1958. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  19. ↑ Seattle, 1965 (JPG) (Map). 1:250,000. United States Geological Survey. 1965. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  20. ↑ Whitely, Peyton (May 14, 2003), "New stretch links Highway 9, I-5", The Seattle Times, retrieved May 5, 2009
  21. ↑ Staff (December 3, 2007), "Seattle Hill Road closed between Mill Creek, Snohomish", The Everett Herald, retrieved February 23, 2013
  22. ↑ Velush, Lukas (January 21, 2008), "State fixes Seattle Hill Road quickly, cheaply", The Everett Herald, retrieved February 23, 2013
  23. ↑ Chi, John (December 2009), SR 9 - 176th to Marsh Road - Complete December 2009, Washington State Department of Transportation, retrieved February 23, 2013

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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