Washington State Route 16

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Basic data
Overall length:	43.47 km, 27.01 miles
Opening:	1964
Starting point:	I-5 Interstate 5 Tacoma
End point:	WA 3 Washington State Route 3 Gorst
Counties:	Pierce County Kitsap County
Important cities:	Tacoma Gig Harbor Port Orchard

State Route 16 , commonly called Highway 16, is a 43.47 km long freeway in the US state of Washington , of the Interstate 5 and State Route 3 connects.

Route description

The State Route 16 begins at the Interstate 5 in Tacoma (exit 132, called Nalley Valley Interchange), from there to the north and crosses at milestone 5.62 the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to Gig Harbor Peninsula. From Interstate 5 to the Gig Harbor Olympic Drive Northwest exit, SR 16 offers a high-occupancy vehicle lane in both directions. The section between the Union Avenue exit and Interstate 5 is currently under construction. From Gig Harbor, SR16 continues towards Burley , Bethel and Port Orchard . The end point of SR16 is in Gorst , where SR 16 and Washington State Route 3 meet.

Motorway feeder

The 0.63 km (0.39 mile) motorway slip State Route 16 trail connects Washington State Route 3 and State Route 16th

List of exits and milestones

county	place	milestone	exit	Directions	Remarks
Pierce	Tacoma	0.00		Interstate 5 Seattle interchange , Portland
		0.38		Sprague Avenue
		1.14	1B	Union Avenue
		1.95	1C	Center Street - Fircrest
		2.51	2	South 19th Street, Orchard Street	2A (west) and 2B (east)
		3.63	3	Junction toward State Route 163 6th Avenue and Ruston
		4.67	4th	Jackson Avenue, 6th Avenue - University Place
		5.62	Tacoma Narrows Bridge
		6.54	8th	Point Fosdick , Wollochet	Toll in the direction of Tacoma
		7.74	9	36th Street Northwest - Tacoma Narrows Airport
	Gig Harbor	8.51	10	Olympic Drive Northwest
		9.78		Wollochet Drive Northwest - Gig Harbor City Center
		12.63		Burnham Drive Northwest
		13.52		Key Center, Purdy
		15.81		Shelton , Key Center , Purdy
Kitsap		17.88	20th	Burley-Olalla Road
		20.38		Mullenix Road
	Port Orchard	22.91		Sedgwick Road - Southworth Ferry
		24.46		Old Clifton Road, Tremont Street - Port Orchard
		25.63		Port Orchard
	West end of SR 16
	Gorst	26.67		State Route 3 , Belfair , Shelton
		01/27		State Route 3 , Bremerton , Poulsbo

Individual evidence

1. ^ WSDOT Project SR 16 Nalley Valley
2. ↑ Mark Finch: State Highway Log - Planning Report 2010. (PDF; 4.4 MB) Washington State - Department of Transport, Strategic Planning Division, 2010, pp. 1216–1223 , accessed on October 22, 2012 (English).