Exit 14 — Whalers on the Lake

Sal on I-405 Southbound: Lynnwood to Tukwila · Oct 29, 2026 · 1m

Sal: Between exits thirteen and fourteen. Sal: Northeast Eighth Street leads into downtown Bellevue, a name taken from the French for "beautiful view." Bellevue Square opened here on August 20, 1946, with a Frederick and Nelson department store. Nordstrom, then a local shoe store, joined in 1958. Sal: Down on Meydenbauer Bay, the town once kept a stranger business. From 1919 to 1942, the ships of the American Pacific Whaling Company spent seven months a year there, repaired and readied for the next season in Alaska waters. The fresh water took care of the barnacles on their hulls. Peggy: A…