1st Avenue South - Seattle

Northbound 1st Avenue S approaches the intersection with S Spokane Street below the West Seattle Bridge. Spokane Street east leads directly to ramps for both north and south Interstate 5.

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Left turns from 1st Avenue S north to S Spokane Street west are restricted. Motorists bound for Harbor Island or the West Seattle Bridge to West Seattle must make a U-turn just east of 1st Avenue onto the westbound roadway of Spokane Street.

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A trailblazer reaffirms the S Spokane Street eastbound connection to Interstate 5 (Exit 163).

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1st Avenue S passes under the West Seattle Bridge between intersections with S Spokane Street east and west. The West Seattle Bridge is an elevated freeway linking I-5 and Columbian Way from South Seattle with Youngstown and West Seattle.

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1st Avenue S southbound at King Street. Many ground level traffic signal assemblies remain in use within the Seattle central business district. Signals vary in manufacture from Crouse Hinds type D signals to Eagle brand signals.

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A set of ramps connected the Alaskan Way Viaduct with 1st Avenue S at Dearborn Street. Elevated ramps brought motorists from SR 99 south and northbound onto the viaduct from north 1st Avenue S.
These ramps were altered to carry the SR 99 mainline onto a temporary bypass over 1st Avenue S so that the Alaskan Way Viaduct to the west could be demolished in October 2011.

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The wye interchange with SR 99 tied into 1st Avenue S adjacent to CenturyLink Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks.

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Approaching Royal Brougham Way on south 1st Avenue S. Royal Brougham Way was upgraded to include an railroad overpass east of Occidental Avenue S between Safeco and CenturyLink Fields. Built as part of the SR 519 S Seattle Intermodal Access - Royal Brougham Project, the overpass opened on April 12, 2010. SR 519 was relocated southward to Atlantic Street (Edgar Martinez Drive) in this process.

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Traffic to CenturyLink Field is directed onto Royal Brougham Way east to access the CenturyLink Field Parking Garage.

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1st Avenue S enters the SoDo Business District at Royal Brougham Way.

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Connections to I-90 and I-5 from 1st Avenue S are made via Atlantic Street / Edgar Martinez Way east. SR 519 follows this alignment east from Alaskan Way to ramps for 4th Avenue S and I-90 east ahead of the exchange with Interstate 5.

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Nearing SR 519 (Atlantic Street) on 1st Avenue south. Work on a new ramp to I-90 east from Atlantic Street was completed in 2003. Follow up work added a direct ramp from I-90 west to Atlantic Street on April 24, 2010. Upon completion of the new off-ramp, SR 519 shifted south from Royal Brougham Way as a new truck route.

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The stretch of Atlantic Street between 1st Avenue S and 4th Avenue S was renamed to honor Edgar Martinez of the Seattle Mariners in October 2004. Martinez played his entire 18-year career for the M's, including every season from 1995 onward as the full time designated hitter. His production as a designated hitter led Major League Baseball to rename the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award after him.

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Holgate Street east to 4th Avenue S north provides an alternate route to Interstate 90 east from 1st Avenue S.

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Holgate Street ends one block to the west and connects with Beacon Avenue South at Airport Way.

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Traffic lights at 1st Avenue S and Stacy Street. Stacy Street travels just one block each direction.

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Trailblazers for I-5/90 posted along 1st Avenue S at Lander Street. Lander Street constitutes a five lane arterial east to 4th Avenue S and Airport Way S.

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Lander Street ends two blocks to the west at Colorado Avenue S.

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Hanford Street provides the first street connecting 1st Avenue S with East Marginal Way south of SR 519 (Atlantic Street).

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Horton Street follows as an east-west road between East Marginal Way and 4th Avenue S.

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Rising in the background is the West Seattle Bridge, an elevated freeway connecting West Seattle with Interstate 5 and Columbian Way.

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S Spokane Street is the surface level component of the West Seattle Bridge, running below the viaduct west from Airport Way S to Riverside, Harbor Island and West Marginal Way. Spokane Street provides the connections to the freeway west and east from 1st Avenue S.

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1st Avenue S leaves the West Seattle Bridge and S Spokane Street to elevate over a large railroad yard tied into the BNSF and Union Pacific lines.

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