State Route Nine — The Fourteen-Year Bypass

Sal on US 2 Westbound: Gold Bar to Everett · Oct 29, 2026 · 1m

Sal: Between Bickford Avenue and State Route Nine. Sal: Near Bickford Avenue, this highway is the Snohomish bypass, a two-lane expressway that loops north and east of the historic downtown. Bickford Avenue itself used to carry US 2, and it is named for a local car dealership. Sal: It finally opened in October 1983, fourteen years after it was approved. Sal: The original plan also called for a bypass of Monroe. That part was never built. Monroe has had plans for a bypass since the 1970s, but it is still unfunded, and the highway still runs through town. In 2019, parts of the road between…