Interstate freeway · Wilburton
Interstate 405
The 30-mile Eastside freeway bypassing Seattle, running through the center of Bellevue and intersecting I-90 and SR 520.
Interstate 405 is a 30-mile freeway that bypasses Seattle along the east side of Lake Washington, serving Renton, Bellevue, Kirkland, and Bothell between its two junctions with I-5 in Tukwila and Lynnwood. Through Bellevue it forms the city's primary north-south spine and intersects SR 167, I-90, and SR 520.
The corridor traces back to an early-20th-century Eastside highway added to the state system in 1937; the modern freeway was designated I-405 under the Interstate program, with the Bellevue-to-Kirkland section completed in October 1956 and the full route finished by 1965.
I-405 is among the most congested freeways in Washington, and its Bellevue segment carries notable history: in 1973 the state's first highway sound wall was erected from plywood near the Wilburton interchange to mitigate construction noise. The freeway is now being widened with express toll lanes through the Bellevue area.
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Wilburton
LEED Gold visitor and education center at Bellevue Botanical Garden, designed by Olson Kundig, opened 2014.
- Type
- Visitor / education center
- Building opened
- June 2014
- Architect
- Olson Kundig
Eastrail
Wilburton
A planned 42-mile regional rail-trail along the former Eastside Rail Corridor connecting Bellevue with five other Eastside cities.
- Length
- ~42 miles
- Lead
- King County Parks
- Connects
- Bellevue, Renton, Kirkland, Woodinville, Snohomish, Redmond
Wilburton Station
Wilburton
Elevated 2 Line station on a viaduct over I-405 and the Eastrail corridor in the Wilburton area.
- Opened
- April 27, 2024
- Line
- 2 Line
- Type
- Elevated viaduct
Wilburton Trestle
Wilburton
A 975-foot, 102-foot-high 1904 wooden railroad trestle, the longest in the Pacific Northwest, being converted to an Eastrail bridge.
- Built
- 1904
- Length
- 975 ft
- Height
- 102 ft