Exit 6 — Pier Over Water

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

Sal: Between exits six and seven. Sal: Northeast Thirtieth Street meets the freeway here. Running up to this exit along the shore, Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park covers 57 acres of Lake Washington. Sal: For decades the shoreline shipped coal from Coal Creek, stored logs, and held surplus ships. During construction, workers even discovered World War Two fighter plane parts beneath the water. Peggy: Most parks turn up bottle caps. This one turned up fighter-plane parts. Sal: Gene Coulon, who directed Renton's parks until 1977, championed turning the industrial debris into parkland. It opened…