WASHINGTON STATE ROUTE 500

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'State Route 500', commonly known as 'SR-500', 'Highway 500', or '500', is a state highway in the U.S. state of Washington.

Contents

Route description

History

Exit list

References

See also

Route description

SR-500 begins at an interchange with I-5 near downtown Vancouver, at the level of 39th Street. It runs eastward along an expressway to a traffic signal controlled intersections with St. Johns Blvd., Falk Rd., and NE 54 Ave. Afterwhich, it continues as an expressway to Westfield Shopping Town Vancouver (The Vancouver Mall) to a cloverleaf interchange with I-205. It continues as a freeway for short period before traveling over local roads to the Padden Parkway where it meets with the southern terminus of SR-503, the route then turns eastward to follow Padden Parkway to its terminus as Ward Rd. which SR-500 follows a short distance to N.E. 162th Ave., where it turns south to 4th Plain Rd. to follow it to its terminus. From there is follows various local roads southeastward to its terminus just south of downtown Camas.
Due to a high accident rate and traffic volumes, WSDOT is converting the expressway section of WA 500 between Interstate 5 and SR-503 to a freeway in phases. Three of the five planned interchanges have been completed, at N.E. Andresen Rd. (1996), N.E. Thurston Rd. (2002), and N.E. 112th Ave./N.E. Gher Rd. (2005). Two more interchanges and an overcrossing will complete the freeway at N.E. St. Johns Rd. (interchange), N.E. 42nd Ave. (overpass), and N.E. 54th Ave. (half-interchange, eastbound only).

History

Prior to 2005, SR-500 followed 4th Plain Rd. from Orchards to its current junction instead of traveling north to Padden Parkway.
Prior to 1964 SR-500 was designated PSH-8A
Prior to the construction of the freeway sections of SR-500, the route followed 4th Plain Rd. from I-5 to its current junction.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Clark	Vancouver	0.00	N/A	Southbound I-5	Westbound exit only
		0.79	N/A	Northbound I-5, E. 39th St., N.E. 15th Ave.	Westbound exit only
		1.13	N/A	N.E. St. Johns Rd.	Expressway begins
		1.80	N/A	Falk Rd./N.E. 42nd Ave.
		2.38	N/A	N.E. 54th Ave.
		2.67	N/A	N.E. Andresen Rd.	Expressway ends; Freeway begins
		3.52	N/A	N.E. Thurston Rd.
		4.39	N/A	Southbound I-205 - Portland
		4.80	N/A	Northbound I-205, N.E. 112th Ave./N.E. Gher Rd.
		5.96	N/A	SR 503, N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd., N.E. 117th Ave.	Freeway ends; Surface Arterial begins
		6.69	N/A	N.E. 76th St.
		6.98	N/A	Padden Parkway, SR 503, N.E. 117th Ave.
		7.98	N/A	N.E. 137th Ave.
		8.73	N/A	N.E. 152nd Ave.
		8.96	N/A	N.E. Ward Rd.
		9.26	N/A	N.E. 162nd Ave.
		10.13	N/A	Fourth Plain Blvd.
		15.67	N/A	N.E. 28th St.
	Camas	19.73	N/A	N.E. Lake Rd.
		21.12	N/A	N.E. Dallas St., N.E. 3rd Ave.
		22.18	N/A		End highway

References

1. State Highway Log, 2005 B Washington State Department of Transportation

See also

★ List of Washington State Routes