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I-5, Everett to Olympia
24 stories · 21 min
Everett
Olympia
Northbound
Southbound
Totem Park to Quil Ceda Village
1 story · 1 min
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Stretch
I-5 — Totem Park to Quil Ceda Village
I-5 runs along the Tulalip Indian Reservation past Quil Ceda Village, a municipality established by the Tulalip Tribes.
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64 s
Quil Ceda Village to Everett
1 story · 1 min
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Stretch
I-5 — Quil Ceda Village to Everett
Between Quil Ceda Village and Everett, Interstate 5 crosses the Snohomish River delta on its final section, opened in 1969.
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63 s
Everett to Pinehurst
Northbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Pinehurst to Mill Creek
1 story · 1 min
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Stretch
I-5 — Pinehurst to Mill Creek
I-5 runs south past the Everett Mall and Silver Lake to SR 96, west of Mill Creek, a planned community incorporated in 1983.
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64 s
Mill Creek to Lynnwood
Northbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Lynnwood to Ridgecrest
Northbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Ridgecrest to Green Lake
1 story · 1 min
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Stretch
I-5 — Ridgecrest to Green Lake
I-5 through north Seattle opened in 1965, partly over the old Seattle–Everett Interurban Railway, and was widened to eight lanes in 1966.
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62 s
Green Lake to First Hill
5 stories · 3 min
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Place
U District Station
Proposed as early as 1911, U District station opened under Brooklyn Avenue on October 2, 2021.
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17 s
Place
Denny Regrade (Belltown)
This flat stretch used to be Denny Hill — they blasted most of it into the bay with water cannons, and it took them over thirty years.
Hear it on your drive
55 s
Place
Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream
Molly Moon Neitzel opened the first Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream shop in Wallingford in 2008; the business grew across the Seattle area.
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48 s
Place
Archie McPhee
A Seattle novelty dealer selling rubber chickens and strange gifts since 1983.
Hear it on your drive
45 s
Place
Montlake Lid over SR 520
That's the new lid over five-twenty here in Montlake — three acres built on top of the highway, with transit stops and open green space.
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10 s
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First Hill to Rainier Valley
2 stories · 2 min
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Place
Pike Place Fish Market
A Pike Place fish market since 1930, famous for fishmongers who throw customers' orders.
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55 s
Place
Ivar's Acres of Clams
Old Ivar opened a fish-and-chips stand on that pier in nineteen thirty-eight — 'keep clam' was his motto, and his restaurant's still on the pier.
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43 s
Rainier Valley to Foster
1 story · 1 min
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I-5 — Rainier Valley to Foster
Foster was a King County community, named for an early settler, later annexed into Tukwila.
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55 s
Foster to Des Moines
Northbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Des Moines to Lakeland North
3 stories · 3 min
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Place
Dick's Drive-In
Dick's Drive-In's Kent location on Highway 99 opened in 2018, after over 177,000 people voted in a poll that favored South King County.
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48 s
View
Star Lake (Lake)
Star Lake, an old Military Road army campground, gave its name to a light rail station across I-5.
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66 s
View
Lake Fenwick (Lake)
A long, narrow Kent lake where Fenwick fishing rods began in a lakeside garage in 1952.
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61 s
Lakeland North to Lakeland South
4 stories · 4 min
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Place
Dick's Drive-In
Dick's Drive-In, a Seattle chain founded in 1954, opened its ninth location in Federal Way in 2023.
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52 s
View
Steel Lake (Lake)
A Federal Way lake named for settler Arthur Steele, where the city dropped an equipment-yard plan in 2023 after local opposition.
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55 s
View
Lake Dolloff (Lake)
Lake Dolloff, a eutrophic King County lake stocked yearly with rainbow trout, with public access on its southeast end.
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57 s
Stretch
I-5 — Lakeland North to Lakeland South
I-5 skirts Federal Way between the Lakeland communities, past an SR 18 interchange that began as the 1962 Auburn cutoff cloverleaf.
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66 s
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Lakeland South to Fife
Northbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Fife to South Tacoma
Northbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
South Tacoma to Lakeview
Northbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Lakeview to Hillside
Northbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Hillside to Nisqually
Northbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Nisqually to Thompson Place
Northbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Thompson Place to Olympia
Northbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Olympia to Tumwater
4 stories · 3 min
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Deschutes River (Stream)
The Deschutes River is a 50-mile Washington river ending at Budd Inlet on Puget Sound.
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49 s
Place
Brewery Park at Tumwater Falls
A 15-acre private park on the Deschutes River, given to the community in 1962, with three waterfalls and a half-mile walking trail.
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44 s
View
Moxlie Creek (Stream)
Moxlie Creek, named for an early settler, flows from Watershed Park springs to Budd Inlet in Olympia.
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42 s
Stretch
I-5 — Olympia to Tumwater
Interstate 5 between Olympia and Tumwater, the oldest permanent Anglo-American settlement on Puget Sound.
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49 s
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Tumwater to Maytown
1 story · 1 min
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I-5 — Tumwater to Maytown
Interstate 5 runs south from Tumwater, named from the Chinook Jargon word for waterfall, to Maytown, a lumber town founded in 1911.
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62 s
Maytown to Grand Mound
Northbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Maytown to Grand Mound
Southbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Tumwater to Maytown
1 story · 1 min
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Stretch
I-5 — Tumwater to Maytown
Interstate 5 runs south from Tumwater, named from the Chinook Jargon word for waterfall, to Maytown, a lumber town founded in 1911.
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62 s
Olympia to Tumwater
4 stories · 3 min
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View
Deschutes River (Stream)
The Deschutes River is a 50-mile Washington river ending at Budd Inlet on Puget Sound.
Hear it on your drive
49 s
Place
Brewery Park at Tumwater Falls
A 15-acre private park on the Deschutes River, given to the community in 1962, with three waterfalls and a half-mile walking trail.
Hear it on your drive
44 s
View
Moxlie Creek (Stream)
Moxlie Creek, named for an early settler, flows from Watershed Park springs to Budd Inlet in Olympia.
Hear it on your drive
42 s
Stretch
I-5 — Olympia to Tumwater
Interstate 5 between Olympia and Tumwater, the oldest permanent Anglo-American settlement on Puget Sound.
Hear it on your drive
49 s
Show all 4
Thompson Place to Olympia
Southbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Nisqually to Thompson Place
Southbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Hillside to Nisqually
Southbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Lakeview to Hillside
Southbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
South Tacoma to Lakeview
Southbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Fife to South Tacoma
Southbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Lakeland South to Fife
Southbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Lakeland North to Lakeland South
4 stories · 4 min
Play the stretch
Place
Dick's Drive-In
Dick's Drive-In, a Seattle chain founded in 1954, opened its ninth location in Federal Way in 2023.
Hear it on your drive
52 s
View
Steel Lake (Lake)
A Federal Way lake named for settler Arthur Steele, where the city dropped an equipment-yard plan in 2023 after local opposition.
Hear it on your drive
55 s
View
Lake Dolloff (Lake)
Lake Dolloff, a eutrophic King County lake stocked yearly with rainbow trout, with public access on its southeast end.
Hear it on your drive
57 s
Stretch
I-5 — Lakeland North to Lakeland South
I-5 skirts Federal Way between the Lakeland communities, past an SR 18 interchange that began as the 1962 Auburn cutoff cloverleaf.
Hear it on your drive
66 s
Show all 4
Des Moines to Lakeland North
3 stories · 3 min
Play the stretch
Place
Dick's Drive-In
Dick's Drive-In's Kent location on Highway 99 opened in 2018, after over 177,000 people voted in a poll that favored South King County.
Hear it on your drive
48 s
View
Star Lake (Lake)
Star Lake, an old Military Road army campground, gave its name to a light rail station across I-5.
Hear it on your drive
66 s
View
Lake Fenwick (Lake)
A long, narrow Kent lake where Fenwick fishing rods began in a lakeside garage in 1952.
Hear it on your drive
61 s
Foster to Des Moines
Southbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Rainier Valley to Foster
1 story · 1 min
Play the stretch
Stretch
I-5 — Rainier Valley to Foster
Foster was a King County community, named for an early settler, later annexed into Tukwila.
Hear it on your drive
55 s
First Hill to Rainier Valley
2 stories · 2 min
Play the stretch
Place
Pike Place Fish Market
A Pike Place fish market since 1930, famous for fishmongers who throw customers' orders.
Hear it on your drive
55 s
Place
Ivar's Acres of Clams
Old Ivar opened a fish-and-chips stand on that pier in nineteen thirty-eight — 'keep clam' was his motto, and his restaurant's still on the pier.
Hear it on your drive
43 s
Green Lake to First Hill
5 stories · 3 min
Play the stretch
Place
U District Station
Proposed as early as 1911, U District station opened under Brooklyn Avenue on October 2, 2021.
Hear it on your drive
17 s
Place
Denny Regrade (Belltown)
This flat stretch used to be Denny Hill — they blasted most of it into the bay with water cannons, and it took them over thirty years.
Hear it on your drive
55 s
Place
Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream
Molly Moon Neitzel opened the first Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream shop in Wallingford in 2008; the business grew across the Seattle area.
Hear it on your drive
48 s
Place
Archie McPhee
A Seattle novelty dealer selling rubber chickens and strange gifts since 1983.
Hear it on your drive
45 s
Place
Montlake Lid over SR 520
That's the new lid over five-twenty here in Montlake — three acres built on top of the highway, with transit stops and open green space.
Hear it on your drive
10 s
Show all 5
Ridgecrest to Green Lake
1 story · 1 min
Play the stretch
Stretch
I-5 — Ridgecrest to Green Lake
I-5 through north Seattle opened in 1965, partly over the old Seattle–Everett Interurban Railway, and was widened to eight lanes in 1966.
Hear it on your drive
62 s
Lynnwood to Ridgecrest
Southbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Mill Creek to Lynnwood
Southbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Pinehurst to Mill Creek
1 story · 1 min
Play the stretch
Stretch
I-5 — Pinehurst to Mill Creek
I-5 runs south past the Everett Mall and Silver Lake to SR 96, west of Mill Creek, a planned community incorporated in 1983.
Hear it on your drive
64 s
Everett to Pinehurst
Southbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.
Quil Ceda Village to Everett
1 story · 1 min
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Stretch
I-5 — Quil Ceda Village to Everett
Between Quil Ceda Village and Everett, Interstate 5 crosses the Snohomish River delta on its final section, opened in 1969.
Hear it on your drive
63 s
Totem Park to Quil Ceda Village
1 story · 1 min
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Stretch
I-5 — Totem Park to Quil Ceda Village
I-5 runs along the Tulalip Indian Reservation past Quil Ceda Village, a municipality established by the Tulalip Tribes.
Hear it on your drive
64 s
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