Washington State Route 702

State Route 702 (SR 702) starts at a t intersection with SR 507, east of McKenna Elementary School, headed easterly along 352nd Street. The highway travels through sections of lightly populated rural Pierce County, with sections of alternating houses and small sections of heavily wooded land. The highway terminates at SR 7, however the roadway continues east past the intersection.{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=WA-702+W%2F352nd+St+E%2FMc+Kenna+Tanwax&daddr=WA-507+N%2FSpanaway+McKenna+Hwy&hl=en&geocode=FSwyzAIdaPm0-A%3BFaQ3zAIdUvmx-A&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=15&sll=46.936404,-122.362676&sspn=0.008732,0.027595&ie=UTF8&ll=46.926586,-122.474556&spn=0.069871,0.351563&z=12 |title=SR 702 |access-date=October 29, 2010 }} The entire route is a two lane undivided highway with a {{convert|55|mph|km/h}} speed limit posted.

Every year the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) conducts a series of surveys on its highways in the state to measure traffic volume. This is expressed in terms of annual average daily traffic (AADT), which is a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. In 2009, WSDOT calculated that as few as 4,400 cars traveled over the highway at the eastern terminus at SR 7, and as many as 8,600 cars at the western terminus at SR 507.{{cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_2009.pdf|title=2009 Annual Traffic Report|publisher=WSDOT|page=212|access-date=October 29, 2010|archive-date=June 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616135639/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_2009.pdf|url-status=dead}}

The roadway linking McKenna to now SR 7 has existed since at least 1931,{{cite map|publisher=Washington State Highway Commission|title=Washington State Highway Map|url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=34|access-date=October 29, 2010|year=1931|format=DjVu}} then designated State Highway 10, and by 1939 the highway designation had been changed to Secondary State Highway 5J (SSH 5J).{{cite map|publisher=Washington State Highway Commission|title=Washington State Highway Map|url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=28|access-date=October 29, 2010|year=1939|format=DjVu}} This number remained until the 1964 state highway renumbering, where the number was changed to the current SR 702.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/state-route-numbers.pdf|title=Sign Route Numbers with Corresponding Legislative Highway Numbers|date=December 1, 1965|publisher=Washington State Department of Highways|page=4|access-date=October 29, 2010|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030023216/https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/state-route-numbers.pdf|url-status=dead}} The highways SR 702 have connected to also been renumbered over the years, the western highway being numbered SSH 5H, and the highway on the east was formerly designated Primary State Highway 5.{{cite map|publisher=Washington State Highway Commission|title=Washington State Highway Map|url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=29|access-date=October 29, 2010|year=1950|format=DjVu}}

In February 2010, Representative Tom Campbell secured funding to install a traffic light at the eastern terminus, claiming it "will save lives and support jobs."{{cite news|url=http://www.theolympian.com/2010/02/27/1153932/under-the-dome-for-feb-27.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205073516/http://www.theolympian.com/2010/02/27/1153932/under-the-dome-for-feb-27.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 5, 2013|title=Under the Dome|date=February 27, 2010|work=The Olympian|last=Shannon|first=Brad|access-date=October 29, 2010}} Two roundabouts are planned to be built in 2024 to replace existing uncontrolled intersections at Harts Lake Road and 40th Avenue.{{cite news |last=Sailor |first=Craig |date=January 5, 2022 |title=These three rural Pierce County intersections will soon become roundabouts, WSDOT says |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article257045827.html |work=The News Tribune |accessdate=May 5, 2024}}

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