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Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
The history, landmarks, and stories along SR 167 northbound from Tacoma to Renton, timed to the drive interchange by interchange. Spoken by Sal and Peggy.
Episodes
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
Interstate Four-Oh-Five — Renton's Own Space Needle
Sal: Between Interstate Four-Oh-Five and the end of the road. Sal: The interchange with Interstate Four-Oh-Five was overloaded for years. Voters rejected a…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
South One-Eightieth Street — Built in Twenty-Eight Days
Sal: Between South One-Eightieth Street and Interstate Four-Oh-Five. Sal: Near here, at Renton Junction, stood Longacres, the home of thoroughbred racing in…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
South Two-Twelfth Street — The Wagon Wheel
Sal: Between South Two-Twelfth Street and South One-Eightieth Street. Sal: The freeway follows the edge of the Green River Valley here, with the industrial…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
Central Avenue — Kent Gets a Library
Sal: Between Central Avenue and South Two-Twelfth Street. Sal: Kent station, a block from Central Avenue, has 996 parking stalls and two platforms joined by a…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
Willis Street — Hops, Then Lettuce
Sal: Between Willis Street and Central Avenue. Sal: Here the freeway crosses the Green River at downtown Kent and passes the accesso ShoWare Center arena and…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
South Two Seventy-Seventh Street — Just Plain Washington
Sal: Between South Two Seventy-Seventh Street and Willis Street. Sal: In 2016, this was the busiest spot on the whole highway: an average of 129,000 vehicles a…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
Fifteenth Street Northwest — Horses and Trolleys
Sal: Between Fifteenth Street Northwest and South Two Seventy-Seventh Street. Sal: Through here the freeway runs along Mill Creek and the Interurban Trail…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
State Route Eighteen — Once Called Slaughter
Sal: Between State Route Eighteen and Fifteenth Street Northwest. Sal: State Route Eighteen began as the Echo Lake Cutoff, a two-lane road chosen to avoid…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
Fifteenth Street Southwest — The Supermall
Sal: Between Fifteenth Street Southwest and State Route Eighteen. Sal: The Outlet Collection opened in August 1995 as the Supermall of the Great Northwest. In…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
Ellingson Road — Valley of Flowers
Sal: Between Ellingson Road and Fifteenth Street Southwest. Sal: The town beside this junction was first known as Valley City. A 1907 classified ad in the…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
Eighth Street — Pacific City
Sal: Between Eighth Street and Ellingson Road. Sal: This is Pacific, a small city that straddles the line between King and Pierce counties. The first sign of a…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
Twenty-Fourth Street East — The River Moved
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…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
State Route Four-Ten — The Ryan House
Sal: Between State Route Four-Ten and Twenty-Fourth Street East. Sal: The freeway makes a long curve along the Puyallup River in Sumner and meets the western…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
State Route Five-Twelve — Lost, Then Found
Sal: Between State Route Five-Twelve and State Route Four-Ten. Sal: State Route Five-Twelve meets this freeway at a trumpet interchange, and it gives Puyallup…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
North Meridian — Very Long Girders
Sal: Between North Meridian and State Route Five-Twelve. Sal: This is the south end of the State Route One Sixty-Seven freeway, which shares its lanes for a…
- Sal on SR 167 Northbound: Tacoma to Renton
Interstate Five — Domes, Hops, Fords
Sal: Between Interstate Five and North Meridian. Sal: This end of State Route One Sixty-Seven sits beside the Emerald Queen Casino, near the headquarters of…