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| − | [[Highway 99]] is the North-South highway also known as Aurora Avenue within the Seattle city limits. The highway used to be an interstate road (U.S. Route 99) which spanned from Canada all the way down to Mexico. |
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| − | In 1914, the North Trunk Road was established between [[Everett]] and Seattle as a small red brick road. In Seattle, the North Trunk Road comprised of Woodland Park Avenue, [[85th Street]], [[Greenwood Avenue]], [[Phinney Avenue]], [[Freemont Avenue]], the [[Freemont Bridge]] and [[Westlake Avenue]]. The original Aurora Avenue ran alongside the North Trunk Road and is now called [[Linden Avenue]]. Ronald Place in [[Shoreline]] near 175th Street and next to the Present Day Aurora Avenue is the last remaining part of the North Trunk Road's original brick roadbed. Most of this segment is impassable to car traffic. |
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| ⚫ | Seattle North is part of the Seattle District. It is officially located on the historic Highway 99, the North-South highway also known as Aurora Avenue within the Seattle city limits. The highway used to be an interstate road which spanned from Canada all the way down to Mexico. Old historic motels that were once part of U.S. Route 99 are still visible today on Aurora Avenue, which became State Route 99 after the U.S. Highway was decommissioned in Washington. |
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| − | At the time it was established in 1926, U.S. Route 99 ran south along present day [[Lake City Way]] (State Route 522), Roosevelt Way and Eastlake Avenue before reaching downtown Seattle. After traffic began increasing down U.S. Route 99, new plans were proposed to merge U.S. Route 99 and the North Trunk Road together and rebuild the North Trunk Road as a Speedway. |
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Latest revision as of 18:10, 5 December 2014
Seattle North is part of the Seattle District. It is officially located on the historic Highway 99, the North-South highway also known as Aurora Avenue within the Seattle city limits. The highway used to be an interstate road which spanned from Canada all the way down to Mexico. Old historic motels that were once part of U.S. Route 99 are still visible today on Aurora Avenue, which became State Route 99 after the U.S. Highway was decommissioned in Washington.