Washington State Route 16
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| Image:WA-16.svg | |||||||||
| State Route 16 | |||||||||
| RCW 47.17.065 | |||||||||
| Length: | 29.2 mi (47.0 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1964 | ||||||||
| East end: | Image:I-5.svg I-5 in Tacoma | ||||||||
| Major junctions: | Image:WA-302.svg SR 302 in Purdy Image:WA-160.svg SR 160 in Port Orchard | ||||||||
| West end: | Image:WA-3.svg SR 3 in Gorst | ||||||||
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State Route 16 is a state highway in Washington, U.S.A. It extends just over 27 miles (43 km) from Tacoma in the southeast to Gorst in the northwest.
[edit] Route description
SR-16 originates at Interstate 5, runs through the city of Tacoma, and crosses the Tacoma Narrows of Puget Sound on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to Gig Harbor on the Kitsap Peninsula. From there, it continues northwest past Burley, Bethel, and Port Orchard, and ends at State Route 3 in Gorst, at the western end of Sinclair Inlet.
SR-16 is a freeway for its entire length with the exception of a single remaining at-grade intersection with Burley-Olalla Road two miles north of the Pierce-Kitsap county line. The Washington State Department of Transportation has initiated a project to transform the intersection to a grade-separated interchange, with construction scheduled to begin in 2008. [1]
Although the route of SR-16 is geographically runs north-south, its even number indicates an east-west route, and is usually signed as such, with the western terminus in at State Route 3 on the Kitsap Peninsula and the eastern terminus at Interstate 5 in Tacoma.
[edit] Related routes
| State routes in Washington related to SR 16 | |
| SR 16 Spur - SR 160 - SR 161 - SR 162 - SR 163 - SR 164 - SR 165 - SR 166 - SR 167 - SR 169 | |
| Former or proposed: SR 168 | |
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