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Interstate 405

The 30-mile Eastside freeway bypassing Seattle, running through the center of Bellevue and intersecting I-90 and SR 520.

30 miles
Length
1956
Bellevue-Kirkland segment opened
1965
Full route completed

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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Visitor and education center

Bellevue Botanical Garden Aaron Education Center

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
Regional multi-use trail

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
Light rail station

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
Historic rail trestle / trail

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