Washington State Route 519

Infobox WA State Route
type=WA
route=519
sec=717
parent=5
parent_type=Interstate

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length_mi=1.14
length_ref=cite web|author=Washington State Department of Transportation|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/HwyLog2006.pdf|title=State Highway Log, 2006|accessdate=2007-04-22]
length_round=2
formed=1992
dir1=South
dir2=North
from=
to=Colman Dock in Seattle
previous_type=WA
previous_route=518
next_type=WA
next_route=520

State Route 519 is a highway entirely within the city of Seattle, Washington, slightly over a mile in length. Defined by the legislature as "beginning at a junction with state route number 90 in Seattle, thence westerly, and northerly to the Washington state ferry terminal", it was created in 1992 and began at the end of Interstate 90 at 4th Avenue S. It then ran south to the intersection of 4th Avenue S. and S. Royal Brougham Way, turned west on Royal Brougham, crossed the tracks of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, and ran to the intersection of Royal Brougham and Alaskan Way S. There, it turned north, and ran to Washington State Ferries' Colman Dock on Elliott Bay.

History

In spring 2004, the Washington State Department of Transportation finished Phase 1 of its South Seattle Intermodal Access project, which involved the closure of the I-90 on- and off-ramps at 4th Avenue S., the extension of S. Atlantic Street (now known as Edgar Martínez Drive S.) over the rail tracks, and the connection of this new bridge to new ramps to I-90.cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR519|title=SR 519 South Seattle Intermodal Access Project|author=Washington State Department of Transportation|accessdate=2007-04-30] Interstate 90 eastbound now begins at the intersection of 4th Avenue S. and Edgar Martinez Drive S. However, SR 519 is still signed from its original terminus at 4th Avenue S. and S. Royal Brougham Way, which is still the terminus of Interstate 90 westbound.

Phase 2 of the project originally planned to have the new Atlantic Street bridge to be eastbound only, with a westbound bridge over the railroad built at S. Royal Brougham Way. However, changes to the project area during Phase 1 construction caused the DOT, the City of Seattle, and the Port of Seattle to consider different options. On November 2, 2006, the three agencies decided that the Atlantic Corridor – connecting I-90 westbound to Edgar Martinez Drive via a new rampcite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/EC35A20F-6DB7-4DEE-B62E-299F7E14BBD2/27679/SR_519_Atlantic_Corridor_Fact_Sheet_LowRes.pdf|title=SR 519 Atlantic Corridor Fact Sheet|author=Washington State Department of Transportation|month=November|year=2006|accessdate=2007-04-30] – was the best option for Phase 2. Construction is expected to start by 2008,cite news|first=Larry|last=Lange|title=New ramp is best way for things to go, consensus says|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transportation/292037_stadiumhwy11.html|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=2006-11-11|accessdate=2007-04-30] and completed by 2011. Once construction is complete, the southern terminus of SR 519 would move to Edgar Martinez Drive, instead of the current intersection of I-90 and 4th Avenue S. near S. Royal Brougham Way.

References

External links

* [http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/hwysofwastate/sr519.html Highways of Washington State]
* [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/SR519/ Washington State Department of Transportation]