Washington State Route 202

{{Short description|State highway in King County, Washington, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Good article}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox road |state=WA |type=SR |route=202 |alternate_name=Cascade Valleys Scenic Byway |spur_type=US |spur_of=2 |section=385 |map=Washington State Route 202 Map.svg |map_notes=Map of western King County, with SR 202 highlighted in red |length_mi=30.53 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="log">{{WSDOT State Highway Log |year=2019 |pages=1144–1157 |link=yes |access-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref> |established=1964<ref name="RCW">{{cite web |url=https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.385 |title=47.17.385: State route No. 202 |year=1970 |work=Revised Code of Washington |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=June 3, 2017}}</ref> |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=WA|WA|522}} in Woodinville |junction={{plainlist| *{{jct|state=WA|WA|520}} in Redmond *{{jct|state=WA|WA|203}} in Fall City }} |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=WA|I|90}} in North Bend |tourist=20px|alt=|link= Cascade Valleys Scenic Byway |county=King |previous_type=US |previous_route=197 |next_type=SR |next_route=203 }}

'''State Route 202''' ('''SR 202''') is a state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving part of the Seattle metropolitan area. It runs southeasterly for {{convert|31|mi|km}} in the Eastside region of King County, connecting Woodinville, Redmond, Fall City, and North Bend. The highway begins at SR 522 in Woodinville, intersects SR 520 in Redmond and SR 203 in Fall City, and terminates at Interstate 90 (I-90) in North Bend. The entire highway is designated as the '''Cascade Valleys Scenic Byway''', a state scenic and recreational highway.

Railroads and roads in the Sammamish River and Snoqualmie River valleys, where modern-day SR 202 runs, were built during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The early roads were incorporated into the Yellowstone Trail in the 1910s and became a state highway in 1925. SR 202 was established in 1964 as part of a new state highway system, running from Woodinville to Monroe; SR 522 was designated to the Woodinville–North Bend highway, continuing west to Seattle. By 1970, the designations were reversed, with SR 202 moved to the Woodinville–North Bend highway, and SR 522 moved to the Bothell–Monroe highway.

SR 202 begins at an interchange with SR 522 northwest of downtown Woodinville and east of the I-405 interchange. The highway travels south on 131st Avenue NE, crossing under a railroad overpass, before turning west onto NE 175th Street. SR 202 then crosses a railroad grade crossing and bridges the Sammamish River, before turning south onto Redmond–Woodinville Road. The highway travels south along the west side of the Sammamish River valley into Woodinville wine country, a district of wineries and tasting rooms south of Woodinville.<ref>{{cite news |last=Whitely |first=Peyton |date=May 10, 2006 |title="Wine village" plan growing |page=B1 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/eastsidenews/2002983818_wine10e.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=June 3, 2017}}</ref> SR 202 turns east onto NE 145th Street and crosses over the Sammamish River, and then enters the first in a series of three roundabouts that turn the highway southward.<ref name="Times-Roundabout">{{cite news |last=Whitely |first=Peyton |date=February 10, 2006 |title=Woodinville intersection to be redone — in a roundabout way |page=B3 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060210/round09e/woodinville-intersection-to-be-redone-8212-in-a-roundabout-way |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=June 3, 2017}}</ref><ref name="google">{{google maps |title=State Route 202 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/47.7583143,-122.1639542/47.488382,-121.796563/@47.6232964,-122.1173989,11z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d-122.1345912!2d47.7188379!3s0x54900d075b870361:0x991941a442969f68!3m4!1m2!1d-122.0117346!2d47.6404617!3s0x549073ce94a32c01:0xe752c5b55efb7a68!1m0!3e0 |access-date=June 3, 2017}}</ref>

SR 202 continues south along the east side of the rural Sammamish River valley and passes Sammamish River Regional Park before entering the city of Redmond. The highway travels along the western end of Education Hill and turns due south onto 164th Avenue NE while approaching downtown Redmond. SR 202 turns east onto Redmond Way at the terminus of former SR 908 and passes through Downtown Redmond near the Redmond Town Center.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 27, 2010 |title=SR 202: Junction SR 202 Couplet Redmond |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR202/202X007.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=June 3, 2017}}</ref> The street crosses over Bear Creek and under a freeway interchange with SR 520 before turning southeast.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 31, 2011 |title=SR 520: Junction SR 202 |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR520/520X012.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=June 3, 2017}}</ref> SR 202 continues along the edge of Marymoor Park near the north shore of Lake Sammamish, leaving Redmond and briefly entering the city of Sammamish.<ref name="google"/><ref name="StateMap">{{cite map |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |year=2014 |title=Washington State Highways, 2014–2015 |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2006/06/13/TouristMapFront_withoutHillshade.pdf |location=Olympia |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=June 3, 2017 |archive-date=February 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221194441/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/2D10703F-9ADF-4A95-A14E-2A36FEAF1C20/0/Statewide2014NoHillshade.pdf |url-status=dead }} ([https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2017/08/31/highway-map-PugetSound_Full.pdf Inset map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709142759/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2017/08/31/highway-map-PugetSound_Full.pdf |date=July 9, 2019 }})</ref>

SR 202 continues into unincorporated King County, traveling east and south around the Sammamish Plateau by following the course of Patterson Creek. The highway turns east at Duthie Hill and passes through Fall City, turning north to cross the Snoqualmie River. At the north end of the bridge, SR 202 intersects SR 203 in a roundabout, forming the latter's terminus. The highway continues southeast along the Snoqualmie River, passing Fall City Airport and crossing Tokul Creek via a long hairpin turn. SR 202 passes Snoqualmie Falls, enters a roundabout at Tokul Road, and travels south across the Snoqualmie River towards downtown Snoqualmie. From Snoqualmie, it travels southeast through the Three Forks lowlands and crosses the South Fork Snoqualmie River into North Bend. The highway turns southwest onto Bendigo Boulevard and travels through the city's downtown, exiting via a crossing of the South Fork Snoqualmie River. SR 202 passes the North Bend Premium Outlets mall and intersects I-90, where it terminates at a partial dumbbell interchange.<ref name="google"/><ref name="StateMap"/><ref>{{cite web |date=April 23, 2012 |title=SR 90 - Exit 31: Junction SR 202/Bendigo Blvd |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR090/090X031.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=July 7, 2017}}</ref>

SR 202 is maintained by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), who conduct an annual survey on its highways to measure traffic volume in terms of annual average daily traffic. In 2016, WSDOT calculated that 40,000 vehicles used SR 202 at its western terminus in Woodinville and 7,500 vehicles used it in Woodinville wine country, the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively.<ref>{{cite report |year=2017 |title=2016 Annual Traffic Report |pages=161–162 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_2016.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=May 31, 2017 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812180326/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_2016.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The entire highway is also designated as the Cascade Valleys Scenic Byway, a state scenic and recreational highway and heritage corridor.<ref>{{cite web |year=2012 |title=Washington State's Scenic Byways & Road Trips |pages=46–47 |url=ftp://ftp.wsdot.wa.gov/public/LocalPrograms/ScenicHighways/ScenicByways_TravelPlanner.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918222447/ftp://ftp.wsdot.wa.gov/public/LocalPrograms/ScenicHighways/ScenicByways_TravelPlanner.pdf |archive-date=2021-09-18 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RCW 47.39.020: Designation of portions of existing highways and ferry routes as part of system. |url=https://app.leg.wa.gov/Rcw/default.aspx?cite=47.39.020 |work=Revised Code of Washington |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=July 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Burgess |first=Rebecca |date=May 19, 1997 |title=Volunteers push to preserve SR 202 corridor |page=A3 |work=Snoqualmie Valley Reporter}}</ref>

==History==

The Sammamish River valley was settled in the late 19th century and served by the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, built in 1889 from Bothell to North Bend,<ref>{{cite web |last=Stein |first=Alan J. |date=November 9, 1998 |title=Redmond — Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/304 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref> traveling through Redmond, present-day Sammamish, Issaquah, Fall City, and Snoqualmie.<ref>{{cite map |year=1901 |title=Washington |pages=410–411 |work=Cram's Standard American Railway System Atlas of the World |publisher=George F. Cram Company |oclc=58932862 |url=https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~213320~5500961 |via=David Rumsey Historical Map Collection |access-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref> By 1902, several wagon roads were built along the railroad, including a road between Fall City and North Bend,<ref name="DAHP">{{cite web |date=January 2014 |title=Washington State's Historic State Roads: Historic Context for Island, Snohomish, King, Pierce, and Kitsap Counties |pages=144–146 |url=https://dahp.wa.gov/sites/default/files/Roads%20Historic%20Context.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation |access-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |author=United States Geological Survey |author-link=United States Geological Survey |date=October 1897 |title=Washington: Snohomish Quadrangle |scale=1:125,000 |location= Reston, VA |publisher=United States Geological Survey |url=https://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/washington/txu-pclmaps-topo-wa-snohomish-1895.jpg |via=Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection |access-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref> which was incorporated into the Sunset Highway when it was designated as a state highway in 1909.<ref>{{cite map |year=1909 |title=Map of the state of Washington Showing State Roads—Located and Proposed |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission |url=https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/222A1618DFFCA81FD6505991DFCA120B |via=Washington State Archives |access-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref> The road from Redmond to North Bend became part of the national Yellowstone Trail in the 1910s,<ref>{{cite news |date=September 7, 1919 |title=How the Roads Are |page=4 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> including a section near Redmond that was paved with bricks in 1913.<ref>{{cite news |last=Whyte |first=Murray |date=February 2, 1997 |title=Follow the red brick road |page=B3 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970902/2558008/follow-the-red-brick-road----84-year-old-path-serves-as-bone--rattling-marker-toward-redmonds-past |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |date=December 22, 2015 |title=Red Brick Road Condition Assessment |pages=7–8 |url=http://www.kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/transportation/roads/culturalresources/redbrickroadcondassmt.ashx?la=en |publisher=King County Department of Transportation |access-date=July 2, 2017 |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828134246/https://www.kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/transportation/roads/culturalresources/redbrickroadcondassmt.ashx?la=en |url-status=dead }}</ref> A portion of the Yellowstone Trail, along with unpaved roads from Redmond to Bothell, were designated as a state highway in 1925.<ref>{{cite book |date=February 18, 1925 |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington, 1925 |chapter=Chapter 26: Primary and Secondary State Highways |pages=59–60 |chapter-url=https://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1925c26.pdf |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |year=1925 |title=Rand McNally Official 1925 Auto Trails Map of Washington and Oregon |publisher=Rand McNally and Company |url=https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~2161~200067 |via=David Rumsey Historical Map Collection |access-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref> The highway was paved in the late 1920s,<ref name="DAHP"/> and was incorporated into the Seattle–Fall City branch of the Sunset Highway (Primary State Highway 2) in 1937.<ref>{{cite book |date=March 17, 1937 |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington, Twenty-Fifth Session |chapter=Chapter 190: Establishment of Primary State Highways |page=934 |chapter-url=https://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1937c190.pdf |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |year=1939 |title=Highways of the State of Washington |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/maps/maps_detail.aspx?m=28 |location=Olympia |publisher=Washington State Department of Highways |author1=Washington State Department of Highways |author2=Rand McNally |via=Washington Secretary of State |access-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref> After the opening of the North Bend bypass in 1941, the branch highway was extended to North Bend over the former Sunset Highway.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 17, 1941 |title=North Bend 'Creaks' a Bit; Moves Over for New Road |page=11 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |year=1944 |title=Highways of the State of Washington |location=Olympia |publisher=Washington State Department of Highways |author1=Washington State Department of Highways |author2=Rand McNally |url=https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~290279~90061931 |via=David Rumsey Historical Map Collection |access-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref>

In 1963, the Washington State Legislature commissioned a new state highway numbering system to ease confusion over similarly-numbered routes. The new system debuted in 1964, assigning State Route 522 (SR 522) to the Seattle–Bothell–North Bend highway, and State Route 202 (SR 202) to a proposed branch of the Stevens Pass Highway between Monroe and Bothell.<ref>{{cite web |last=Prahl |first=C. G. |date=December 1, 1965 |title=Identification of State Highways |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/Identification-of-state-highways.pdf |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission |access-date=June 2, 2017 |archive-date=October 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030044024/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6836215D-E301-43F3-895A-472BD2FDE86A/0/Identification.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 26, 1964 |title=To End Confusion: Highways Given Different Numbers |page=24 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> By 1970, SR 522 was moved to the completed Bothell–Monroe highway, retaining the Seattle–Bothell portion, while SR 202 was designated to the remaining highway from Woodinville (east of Bothell) to North Bend.<ref>{{cite book |date=February 24, 1970 |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington, 1970 1st extraordinary session |chapter=Chapter 51: State Highways—Route Numbers |pages=367, 380 |chapter-url=https://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1970ex1c51.pdf |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=December 9, 1970 |title=Hearing planned on Snoqualmie Falls left turn |page=A7 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

SR 202 was extended {{convert|0.62|mi|km|0}} southwest of downtown North Bend to a new interchange with I-90 in 1978, after it was moved to a freeway bypass of North Bend.<ref>{{cite web |year=1980 |title=Annual Traffic Report, 1980 |page=135 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_1980.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=July 7, 2017 |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211124753/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_1980.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Marshall |date=October 25, 1978 |title=It only hurts a little while, they hope |page=H1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The area around the new interchange was annexed by the city of North Bend prior to the opening of the I-90 bypass,<ref>{{cite news |last=Corsaletti |first=Louis T. |date=June 1, 1977 |title=North Bend plan: Does it reflect what people want? |page=H10 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> and a factory outlet mall opened at the interchange in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |last=Corsaletti |first=Louis T. |date=August 9, 1990 |title=North Bend's growth prompts new hiring |page=B3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> Since the early 2000s, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has built several roundabouts on SR 202 in Woodinville,<ref name="Times-Roundabout"/> Snoqualmie,<ref>{{cite news |last=Cornwell |first=Paige |date=August 13, 2015 |title=Snoqualmie Tribe says city is building on sacred ground |page=B6 |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/eastside/snoqualmie-tribe-says-city-is-building-on-sacred-ground/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=July 7, 2017}}</ref> Fall City,<ref>{{cite web|title=SR 202 - Preston Fall City Road and Jct SR 203 - Complete July 2008 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov:80/projects/SR202/PrestonFallCity_SR203/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826004252/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/SR202/PrestonFallCity_SR203/ |archive-date=August 26, 2008 |access-date=July 7, 2017 }}</ref> and North Bend,<ref>{{cite press release|date=September 27, 2007 |title=Two-lane Roundabout Open on SR 202 at I-90 in North Bend |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2007/09/27_202RoundaboutOpen.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230004747/http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2007/09/27_202RoundaboutOpen.htm |archive-date=December 30, 2009 |access-date=July 7, 2017 }}</ref> in an effort to improve the road's safety as traffic increases along the corridor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tokul Roundabout: Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://www.ci.snoqualmie.wa.us/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=22160&PortalId=0&TabId=273 |publisher=City of Snoqualmie |access-date=July 7, 2017 |archive-date=March 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329072839/http://www.ci.snoqualmie.wa.us/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=22160&PortalId=0&TabId=273 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another section of SR 202 between Redmond and Sammamish was widened in 2008 to accommodate additional traffic and included the construction of a new flyover ramp at the SR 520 interchange.<ref>{{cite news |last=Giroux |first=Wendy |date=September 23, 2008 |title=Gregoire, officials, commuters tout success of 202 improvements |url=https://www.redmond-reporter.com/news/gregoire-officials-commuters-tout-success-of-202-improvements/ |work=Redmond Reporter |access-date=July 7, 2017}}</ref> In 2007, WSDOT also studied possible improvements to SR 202 in the Sammamish area, recommending the construction of new lanes, traffic signals, guardrails, and other projects.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 2009 |title=State Route 202 Corridor Planning Study: Sahalee Way NE to Duthie Hill Road/292nd Avenue SE |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/8C601511-1F2A-46D2-90C0-B2305A5FBFBC/0/SR202CPS_072009.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002034546/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/8C601511-1F2A-46D2-90C0-B2305A5FBFBC/0/SR202CPS_072009.pdf |archive-date=October 2, 2012 |access-date=July 7, 2017 }}</ref> The study's recommended projects would cost an estimated $52.9 million to complete, and were not funded by the state government.<ref>{{cite web|title=SR 202 - Sahalee Way to Duthie Hill Road Corridor Study - Complete July 2009 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/planning/RDP/SR202/SahaleeWayToDuthieHill/Default.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305001309/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/planning/RDP/SR202/SahaleeWayToDuthieHill/Default.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2013 |access-date=July 7, 2017 }}</ref>

==Major intersections== {{WAinttop|county=King|length_ref=<ref name="log"/>}} {{WAint |location=Woodinville |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=WA|SR|522|to2=to|I|405|city1=Bothell|city2=Monroe}} |notes=Interchange}} {{WAint |location=Redmond |lspan=2 |mile=6.97 |road=Redmond Way |notes=Former SR 908}} {{WAint |mile=7.70 |road={{jct|state=WA|SR|520|dir1=west|city1=Seattle|road|Avondale Road}} |notes=Interchange}} {{WAint |location=Fall City |mile=21.77 |road={{jct|state=WA|SR|203|dir1=north|city1=Carnation}} |notes=Roundabout}} {{WAint |location=North Bend |mile=30.53 |road={{jct|state=WA|I|90|city1=Seattle|city2=Spokane}} |notes=Interchange}} {{jctbtm}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Attached KML}} *[https://www.angelfire.com/wa2/hwysofwastate/sr202.html Highways of Washington State: SR 202]

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