Ghost ramps on 520 being torn down

[Bruce]

520 "˜ramps to nowhere' to come down

The Highway 520 "˜ramps to nowhere' will finally be removed in an agreement between Washington Park Arboretum and the state Department of Transportation.

From The Seattle Times

[707]

It's a damn shame that they never built the R.H. Thompson Expressway. That would have relieved rush hour traffic from I-5 that I constantly get stuck in.

[KEK Inc.]

Ah, I canoe by them every weekend.    There's a lot of stubs, but I think there's only one ghost ramp. 

U District could have benefited from the Expressway for sure.  At least we'll get light rail to downtown and the airport soon.

[Truvelo]

There's a lot of stubs, but I think there's only one ghost ramp.

Does anyone have a map showing what was planned? There's so many ramps that I can't make out how it would have looked.

[KEK Inc.]

This illustration doesn't really show the geography well (unless they intend to landfill some water...) 

[Truvelo]

That illustration makes clear why there are so many stubs. I just assumed it was going to be a three way junction without any continuation north.

[Henry]

Those were one of the first things I noticed as a roadgeek who'd just moved to Seattle in 2000! I will miss seeing them, though.

[SteveG1988]

Kind of reminds me of the betsy ross bridge in philadelphia. sad that they never did get to use any of the stubs for the 520 ghost ramps.