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Sal on SR 520 Westbound: Redmond to Seattle
The history, landmarks, and stories along SR 520 westbound from Redmond to Seattle, timed to the drive interchange by interchange. Spoken by Sal and Peggy.
Episodes
- Sal on SR 520 Westbound: Redmond to Seattle
Montlake — A Bridge Retiring
Sal: Between Interstate Five and Montlake. Sal: Between Interstate Five and Montlake, this road crosses Portage Bay on a bridge from the 1960s, and the state…
- Sal on SR 520 Westbound: Redmond to Seattle
Lake Washington Boulevard — Five Times No
Sal: Between Montlake and Lake Washington Boulevard. Sal: Just north of here, the Montlake Bridge carries traffic over the Montlake Cut. It opened on June 27…
- Sal on SR 520 Westbound: Redmond to Seattle
Eighty-Fourth Avenue — Ramps, Dumps, Pontoons
Sal: Between Lake Washington Boulevard and Eighty-Fourth Avenue. Sal: For decades, a set of concrete ramps stood in the wetlands at the north end of the…
- Sal on SR 520 Westbound: Redmond to Seattle
Ninety-Second Avenue — Hunt's Absent Point
Sal: Between Eighty-Fourth Avenue and Ninety-Second Avenue. Sal: Close by is Hunts Point, a finger of land nearly a mile long but less than a quarter mile…
- Sal on SR 520 Westbound: Redmond to Seattle
Bellevue Way — Before the Bridges
Sal: Between Ninety-Second Avenue and Bellevue Way. Sal: Before the bridges, there were ferries. The new towns on the lake's eastern shore were first served by…
- Sal on SR 520 Westbound: Redmond to Seattle
Interstate Four-Oh-Five — Dick's Comes Back
Sal: Between Bellevue Way and Interstate Four-Oh-Five. Sal: Dick's Drive-In started in 1954 in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood, and in the early 1960s it…
- Sal on SR 520 Westbound: Redmond to Seattle
One Twenty-Fourth Avenue — Rails Reach Bellevue
Sal: Between Interstate Four-Oh-Five and One Twenty-Fourth Avenue. Sal: Light rail reached the Eastside on April 27, 2024, when the 2 Line opened with eight…
- Sal on SR 520 Westbound: Redmond to Seattle
One Forty-Eighth Avenue — Warehouses to Towers
Sal: Between One Twenty-Fourth Avenue and One Forty-Eighth Avenue. Sal: Beside this stretch is the Bel-Red area, named for its location along Bel-Red Road…
- Sal on SR 520 Westbound: Redmond to Seattle
Northeast Fortieth Street — Nintendo's Landlord
Sal: Between One Forty-Eighth Avenue and Northeast Fortieth Street. Sal: Nintendo of America's first Seattle-area home was a warehouse office on Southcenter…
- Sal on SR 520 Westbound: Redmond to Seattle
West Lake Sammamish Parkway — Microsoft's Interchange
Sal: Between Northeast Fortieth Street and West Lake Sammamish Parkway. Sal: In January 1985, Microsoft chose to move its headquarters from Bellevue to…
- Sal on SR 520 Westbound: Redmond to Seattle
End of the road — Mary's Farm
Sal: Between West Lake Sammamish Parkway and the end of the road. Sal: At the Redmond end of the road, the freeway runs beside Marymoor Park. In the spring of…