Exit 4 — Five and Dime

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

Sal: Between exits three and four. Sal: State Route 515 climbs Talbot Hill here, leading toward Benson Hill. Down below, downtown Renton grew around its rail junctions and coal mines. Sal: On South Third Street stands a two-story building from 1954 that was the first store in the Northwest to feature a 100% self-service model. Peggy: Grabbing your own socks off a rack was modern living. Sal: The company opened it during its diamond jubilee, with 6,000 square feet of open shopping space. After the five-and-dime closed in the 1970s, Renton Western Wear occupied the building for nearly four…