Driving On WA I-405 North In 1995 (Tukwila, Renton, Bellevue, Kirkland, Bothell, Lynnwood)

Back in 1995, The Washington State Department of Transportation drove North on WA I-405 and recorded video to document the highway. This was part of a project that photographed/videotaped the states highways every couple of years. This video now resides at The Washington State Archives who were kind enough to share it.

[@jacuzzi8898]

Ahh, the old carpool lane on the right side of the road. I forgot this dynamic feature of the old 405! Certainly a beacon of excellent planning by the ever efficient WSDOT!

[@wisp2007]

To be fair, it may have been feasible at the time. However, I believe that the population of King County increased dramatically in the interval between 1994-5 and 2002, which is when the HOV lanes were fully migrated over.

[@ARLOO7]

I stayed in Bellevue in 1996 when I visited to watch a Huskies game, and remember it like this. I came back to Seattle many times after that, but never crossed the lake. When I moved to Redmond in 2020, I got a huge shock when I saw, for the first time, how many more high-rise buildings there were in the Bellevue skyline.

[@skobunny]

Great flashback to the short-lived era of the right-hand HOV lanes on I-405

[@jonasbrothersrockist]

I'm a year older than 1995. I was born and raised in Washington State (Vancouver).

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Tukwila was Nintendo of America's real estate man Mario Segale's (1934-2018) hometown. It was him who the character Mario was named for.

[@hiroshihiga1181]

Driving On WA I-405 East In 1981 (Tukwila, Renton, Bellevue, Kirkland, Bothell, Lynnwood Seattle )

[@GMC6523]

I sure hope that Oregon & Idaho & Alaska would be able to do something like this.

[@dgendvil]

Is it also like that in the Bay Area, LA, San Diego, Sacramento, among other places in California?

[@Thinking.Of.Some.Handle]

Ccrazy how bellevue is so small aand such little traffic heading north. Ususally it's a parking lot

[@nimam81]

Drivers were civilized. Not many aggressive drivers or speeders.

[@LuisChavez-bl6ti]

I would love to see SR 525!

[@wisp2007]

Putting the carpool lanes on the right side of the freeway sure didn’t last very long.

[@1MinuteFlipDoc]

from down by the airport to south 405 up through bellevue then into bothell then lynnwood, all in 40 minutes. can't do that in 2024! hahaha traffic is terrible now!

[@kadentunc381]

Can you post videos of Sammamish?

[@victorharitonov6207]

❤❤

[@glm88]

Take me back

[@thomasdeturk5142]

Almost 30 years ago.

[@evillangbuildsmc2468]

Is this your last video?

[@highwayvideos3434]

Still got a few left to try to get uploaded.

[@rowland84outdoors11]

​@@highwayvideos3434keep going!!

[@alfreddsgamingpictures]

15:13 I cannot see powerlines