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Washington State Route 96

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State Route 96 marker

State Route 96
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SR 96 is highlighted in red.
Route information
Auxiliary route of SR 9
Defined by RCW 47.17.153
Maintained by WSDOT
Length: 6.75 mi[2] (10.86 km)
Existed: 1991[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: I‑5 in Paine Field-Lake Stickney
  SR 527 in Mill Creek
East end: SR 9 near Snohomish
Location
Counties: Snohomish
Highway system
← SR 92 US 97 →

State Route 96 (SR 96) is a 6.75-mile-long (10.86 km) state highway located within Snohomish County in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway travels east from an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) in Paine Field-Lake Stickney through Mill Creek and an intersection with SR 527 to end at SR 9 south of Snohomish. SR 96 was established in 1991 and follows the route of a wagon road constructed by Snohomish County in the late 1880s to connect Snohomish to Seattle. The highway was closed during the Great Coastal Gale of 2007 after a culvert was damaged and its eastern terminus was re-constructed in 2009 to serve increasing volumes of traffic.

Route description

File:WA-96 eastern terminus from WA-9.JPG
The eastern terminus of SR 96 south of Snohomish, viewed from SR 9

SR 96 begins as 128th Street at a diamond interchange with I-5 in Paine Field-Lake Stickney, located in suburban Snohomish County south of Everett.[3][4] The highway travels east and crosses the Interurban Trail and North Creek before turning southeast onto 132nd Street and entering the city of Mill Creek.[5][6] SR 96 passes north of McCollum Pioneer Park and Henry M. Jackson High School before it intersects SR 527 at the city center.[7][8] The highway continues east and passes Archbishop Murphy High School before turning northeast onto Seattle Hill Road and ascends the eponymous hill into Silver Firs.[9][10][11] SR 96 descends southeast into the Snohomish River valley from Larimers Corner to Rees Corner on 131st Street,[12][13] ending at an intersection with SR 9 south of Snohomish.[2][14]

Every year, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) conducts a series of surveys on its highways in the state to measure traffic volume. This is expressed in terms of average annual daily traffic (AADT), which is a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. In 2011, WSDOT calculated that the busiest section of SR 96 was its western terminus at I-5, serving 43,000 vehicles, while the least busy section is its eastern terminus at SR 9, serving 11,000 vehicles.[15]

History

Seattle Hill Road and 131st Street have existed since 1885 on their present route as part of a wagon road constructed by Snohomish County connecting Snohomish to Seattle.[16][17] The highway from Seattle Hill through Mill Creek was completed by the late 1950s and paved in the early 1960s by the county.[18][19] SR 96 was added to the state highway system and codified in 1991, traveling east from I-5 to SR 9 via Mill Creek.[1] Seattle Hill Road was bypassed to the south by Cathcart Way in 2004, planned by the county government since 1978 to redirect traffic on the two-lane SR 96.[20] During the Great Coastal Gale in December 2007, Seattle Hill Road was washed out by a damaged culvert and subsequently closed until late January as WSDOT crews repaired the highway.[21][22] The eastern terminus of SR 96, an intersection with SR 9, was expanded between April 2008 and December 2009 by WSDOT, adding turning lanes and a traffic camera.[23]

Major intersections

The entire highway is in Snohomish County.

Location mi[2] km Destinations Notes
Paine Field-Lake Stickney 0.00–
0.12		 0.00–
0.19		 I‑5 – Seattle, Vancouver BC Western terminus, interchange
Mill Creek 1.37 2.20 SR 527 (Bothell-Everett Highway) – Everett
​ 6.75 10.86 SR 9 – Snohomish Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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