Washington State Route 528

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SR 528 is {{convert|3.5|mi|km|1}} long and lies entirely within the city of Marysville in northern Snohomish County.{{cite WSDOT map |year=2014 |inset=[https://web.archive.org/web/20210410003359/https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2017/08/31/highway-map-PugetSound_Full.pdf Puget Sound] |accessdate=June 21, 2020}} It begins at an interchange with I-5 and Marine Drive on the city's border with the Tulalip Indian Reservation near Ebey Slough.{{cite web |date=January 12, 2006 |title=SR 5 – Exit 199: Junction SR 528/4th Street |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR005/005X199.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=November 22, 2008}} The highway travels east into downtown Marysville on 4th Street, crossing over a section of the BNSF Railway's Bellingham Subdivision (which also carries Amtrak's Cascades passenger trains) near Comeford Park and the city's landmark water tower.{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=April 26, 2013 |title=Coal trains would worsen Marysville's traffic problem |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/coal-trains-would-worsen-marysvilles-traffic-problem/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 21, 2020}}{{cite web |date=December 14, 2018 |title=Corridor Sketch Summary – SR 528: I-5 Jct to SR 9 Jct |pages=1–2, 4 |url=https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-10/CSS473-SR528-i5Jct-SR9Jct.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=June 21, 2020}} SR 528 then passes north of a shopping center and intersects State Avenue, which serves as the northernmost section of SR 529 and was formerly part of U.S. Route 99 (US 99).{{cite news |last=Winters |first=Chris |date=February 27, 2017 |title=Marysville's Village Restaurant to reopen in Everett for now |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/marysvilles-village-restaurant-to-reopen-in-everett-for-now/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 21, 2020}} This highway continues south from Marysville over the Snohomish River delta to Everett and Naval Station Everett.{{google maps |title=State Route 528 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/48.051866,-122.1854959/48.0533969,-122.1107733/@48.0527933,-122.1656576,14z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1 |accessdate=December 20, 2015}}

The highway continues east on 4th Street and crosses Allen Creek, a tributary of Ebey Slough with large wetlands. After crossing the creek, SR 528 veers northeast onto 64th Street Northeast, returning to its due east course at the southeast corner of Jennings Memorial Park.{{cite map |year=2012 |title=City of Marysville Topography |url=https://www.marysvillewa.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=75 |publisher=City of Marysville |accessdate=June 21, 2020}} The street passes through residential neighborhoods in eastern Marysville and ascends a hill. SR 528 then terminates at an intersection with SR 9 near Lake Cassidy and Lake Stevens. Community Transit operates two bus routes on the corridor: Route 209, which runs on the whole street and connects Marysville to Smokey Point and Lake Stevens; and Route 222, which uses a short section from 67th to 83rd avenues and connects Marysville to the Tulalip Indian Reservation.{{cite map |date=September 2022 |title=Community Transit System Map |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/docs/default-source/mappdfs/systemmappdfs/mapsystem.pdf |publisher=Community Transit |accessdate=March 1, 2023}}

SR 528 is a suburban arterial with four lanes, continuous sidewalks, and bicycle lanes in some sections. It is mainly used by commuter traffic within Marysville and to connect I-5 and SR 9, becoming congested during rush hours. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) conducts an annual survey of traffic volumes on state highways measured in terms of annual average daily traffic. Traffic volumes on SR 528 range from a minimum of 14,000 vehicles at SR 9 to a maximum of 33,000 vehicles at the I-5 interchange.{{cite report |year=2017 |title=2016 Annual Traffic Report |pages=205–206 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_2016.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109083720/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_2016.pdf |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |access-date=June 21, 2020}} The westernmost section of SR 528 between I-5 and SR 529 is designated as a minor route of the National Highway System.{{cite web |title=2017 State Highway National Highway System Routes in Washington |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/hpms/pdf/washington-2017-state-highway-nhs-list.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=June 21, 2020}}

Marysville was established in 1878 and platted in 1885, including 4th Street as one of its principal east–west streets.{{cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=July 26, 2007 |title=Marysville — Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/8227 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=June 21, 2020}} Initially, the only bridge across Allen Creek connected 3rd Street with Sunnyside Boulevard, forming part of the Pacific Highway until the completion of four bridges over the Snohomish River delta in 1927.{{cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=May 10, 2007 |title=Roadway known as the Marysville-Everett cutoff opens on August 23, 1927. |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/8159 |work=HistoryLink |accessdate=February 25, 2021}} A trail used by Coast Salish peoples had existed between modern-day Marysville and Lake Stevens by the 19th century.{{cite book |last1=Cameron |first1=David A. |last2=LeWarne |first2=Charles P. |last3=May |first3=M. Allan |last4=O'Donnell |first4=Jack C. |last5=O'Donnell |first5=Lawrence E. |year=2005 |title=Snohomish County: An Illustrated History |page=31 |publisher=Kelcema Books LLC |location=Index, Washington |isbn=978-0-9766700-0-1 |oclc=62728798}}

An east–west corridor to be built across Marysville was added to the state highway system in 1963 as a branch of Primary State Highway 1 (PSH 1), which was concurrent with US 99 and later I-5. The branch highway, which connected PSH 1 to Secondary State Highway 1A (SSH 1A), was planned to be signed once construction was completed by the state government at an unspecified date.{{cite book |date=April 6, 1963 |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington, 1963 extraordinary session |chapter=Chapter 3: Highways |page=1299 |chapter-url=https://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1963ex1c3.pdf |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=February 25, 2021}} The branch highway became SR 528 during the 1964 highway renumbering, which replaced the earlier system with a new numbering scheme.{{cite web |author=Washington State Department of Highways |author-link=Washington State Department of Highways |date=December 1, 1965 |title=Identification of State Highways |page=7 |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission |url=https://cdm16977.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16977coll11/id/1583/rec/1 |via=WSDOT Library Digital Collections |accessdate=March 1, 2023}} The state government widened the westernmost {{convert|1/2|mi|km}} of SR 528 between I-5 and Columbia Avenue to {{convert|60|ft|m}} and installed traffic signals in 1972. This section of 4th Street was also signed as a state highway.

The highway remained split into two sections by Allen Creek, with 4th Street in downtown and 64th Street (also named Hickok Road) to the east of the city.{{cite map |date=February 1982 |title=Snohomish County General Highway Map: Marysville and Stimson Crossing |page=31{{hyphen}}3A |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=https://cdm16977.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16977coll18/id/732/rec/313 |via=WSDOT Library Digital Collections |accessdate=June 15, 2023}} A connection for the two sections of SR 528 was planned in the late 1960s by the state government and approved for construction in 1969,{{cite web |date=September 1980 |title=Legislative Study: State Route 528, Marysville to State Route 9 |pages=3, 12–13 |publisher=Washington State Transportation Commission |url=https://cdm16977.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16977coll20/id/4150/rec/1 |via=WSDOT Library Digital Collections |access-date=June 14, 2020}} but was delayed until the 1980s due to a lack of available funds from a federal program.{{cite news |date=August 30, 1973 |title=SR 528 not set for construction |page=2 |work=Marysville Globe |url=http://myg.stparchive.com/Archive/MYG/MYG08301973P02.php |via=SmallTownPapers |access-date=June 14, 2020}}{{cite news |date=August 31, 1983 |title=Eyeing the future |pages=9–10 |work=Marysville Globe |url=http://myg.stparchive.com/Archive/MYG/MYG08311983P26.php |via=SmallTownPapers |access-date=June 14, 2020}} The state government chose to keep the highway on 4th and 64th streets rather than relocate it to 88th Street, which had been studied but would require a new freeway interchange. Construction of the connector began in 1986 and was split into two phases, which cost a combined $1.5 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US-GDP|1.5|1988|r=0}} million in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US-GDP}} and was mostly funded by the federal government.{{cite news |date=September 24, 1986 |title=Second phase awarded on SR528 construction |page=2 |work=Marysville Globe}}{{cite news |last=Pearce |first=Tom |date=August 17, 1988 |title=Allen Creek bridge links 4th, Hickok |page=1 |work=Marysville Globe}} The final section of SR 528, which included a {{convert|56|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}} bridge over Allen Creek and restored wetlands, opened in August 1988.{{cite news |last=Pearce |first=Tom |date=June 8, 1988 |title=Connecting road nears completion |page=1 |work=Marysville Globe}} The I-5 interchange in downtown Marysville was expanded in the 1970s and rebuilt in 1993 with wider ramps and a new traffic signal, funded by a federal grant.{{cite news |date=March 31, 1993 |title=Work begins on access ramps to Interstate 5 |page=D3 |work=The Seattle Times}}

A {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=mid|spell=in|-long}} section of SR 528 from 64th Avenue Northeast to 83rd Avenue Northeast was originally two lanes wide with a graded roadbed suitable for later widening. A project to widen the section to four lanes cost $4.8 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US-GDP|4.8|2000|r=0}} million in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}} dollars),{{inflation-fn|US-GDP}} largely funded by the state's Transportation Improvement Board, and was completed in November 2000.{{cite news |last=Middleton |first=Shannon |date=November 29, 2000 |title=City re-opens new, improved SR 528 |page=1 |work=Marysville Globe |url=http://myg.stparchive.com/Archive/MYG/MYG11292000P001.php |via=SmallTownPapers |access-date=June 14, 2020}} The eastern terminus at SR 9 was rebuilt in 2004 to add a traffic light, wider shoulders, and a left-turn lane.{{cite web |date=October 2004 |title=SR 9 – SR 528 Intersection – Complete October 2004 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr9/sr528/ |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929033114/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr9/sr528/ |archive-date=September 29, 2009 |accessdate=November 25, 2008}} The westernmost section of the highway through downtown Marysville was rebuilt in 2008 as part of a repaving project that also replaced a set of water mains.{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=June 15, 2008 |title=Marysville traffic: Fourth Street repaving begins |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/marysville-traffic-fourth-street-repaving-begins/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 2, 2023}} A HAWK signal was installed on SR 528 near Asbery Field in 2017 to provide a safer pedestrian crossing.{{cite news |date=April 1, 2017 |title=New signal on Fourth Street will stop traffic for crosswalk |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-signal-on-fourth-street-will-stop-traffic-for-crosswalk/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 21, 2020}}

Since the 2000s, the Marysville city government has studied various projects that would ease traffic congestion on 4th Street.{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=May 23, 2007 |title=Untangling gridlock at Fourth Street in Marysville |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/untangling-gridlock-at-fourth-street-in-marysville/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 22, 2020}} A new set of ramps are planned to be added to the SR 529 interchange south of Marysville to provide an alternative route for Marysville commuters,{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=April 6, 2008 |title=Could new ramps help loosen Marysville traffic glut? |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/could-new-ramps-help-loosen-marysville-traffic-glut/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 22, 2020}} connecting with an extension of 1st Street to 47th Avenue that opened in 2020.{{cite news |last=Powell |first=Steven |date=May 13, 2019 |title=Marysville leaders updated on historic I-5 interchange |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/marysville-leaders-updated-on-historic-i-5-interchange/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 22, 2020}}{{cite news |last=Davey |first=Stephanie |date=October 3, 2020 |title=Marysville opens new road to ease downtown congestion |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/marysville-opens-new-road-to-ease-downtown-congestion/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=November 4, 2021}} The I-5 interchange is planned to be partially rebuilt in the late 2020s to address congestion and allow for free right turns on red from the northbound ramp.{{cite news |last=Watanabe |first=Ben |date=August 9, 2021 |title=It's hurry up and wait coming off I-5 at Fourth in Marysville |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/its-hurry-up-and-wait-coming-off-i-5-at-fourth-in-marysville/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=August 9, 2021}} A long-term plan from WSDOT and the Tulalip Tribes proposes adding a set of roundabouts to replace the traffic signals in and around the interchange.{{cite web |title=4th Street and 88th Street NE Corridor Improvements Project: Description of the Preferred Alternative |url=https://projects.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Corridor/UpcomingActivities/PreferredAlternative |publisher=Tulalip Tribes |accessdate=March 4, 2022}}

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