Eighth Street — The River Moved

Sal on SR 167 Southbound: Renton to Tacoma · Oct 29, 2026 · 1m

Sal: Between Twenty-Fourth Street East and Eighth Street. Sal: The freeway runs under a bluff along the west side of the White River Valley here, and the rivers of this valley are not where they used to be. The Stuck River, reportedly called "Stax," meaning "plowed through," by local Native Americans, began as a tiny stream. Floods came every year, in towns from Kent to Puyallup, and the White and Green rivers would overflow into the Stuck. Then, beginning on November 14, 1906, the largest flood to date swept away bridges, ruined farmland, interrupted logging, and redirected the White River…