Project Background
The City of Kenmore is improving SR 522 to increase safety, improve transit reliability, and ease congestion. Drivers and pedestrians will see many benefits to the project including:

• Improved transit reliability with completed Business Access and Transit lanes
• An enhanced corridor with new landscaping and medians
• Increased safety with new sidewalks, street lighting and traffic signals

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East segment – 73rd Ave. NE to 83rd Pl. NE
Major construction on this section of the SR 522 Improvement Project has been completed. Some of the improvements include:

• Extending Business Access and Transit lanes from 73rd Ave NE to the east city limits at 83rd Pl NE
• Replacing the bridge over Swamp Creek
• New traffic signals at 77th Ct. NE (Kenmore Square) and 83rd Pl. NE
• New sidewalks, medians, street lighting and landscaping

Burke-Gilman Trail – 73rd Ave. NE pedestrian underpass
Construction is complete on the new pedestrian underpass at 73rd Ave. NE, providing a safe route for trail users.

Central segment – 65th Ave. NE to 73rd Ave. NE
Construction for this section of SR 522 is currently taking place and will continue into 2010. Some of the improvements include:

• New traffic signal at 73rd Ave. NE and NE 181st St.
• Realignment of the 68th Ave. NE and NE 181st St. intersection
• Traffic lane work on the south side of SR 522 at the intersection with 68th Ave. NE, adding dual westbound left turn lanes onto SR 522 and a northbound lane on 68th Ave. NE.
• Realignment of the SR 522 and 65th Ave. NE intersection (including an associated minor shift of the Burke-Gilman Trail)
• New sidewalks, medians, street lighting and landscaping

West segment – 60th Ave. NE to 65th Ave. NE
Design for this section of SR 522 is currently taking place and will continue into 2010. The City is actively pursuing the remaining funds needed to move forward with right of way acquisition and construction.
Some of the planned improvements include:

• Widening SR 522 from west of 61st Ave. NE to 65th Ave. NE
• Widening 61st Ave. NE from NE 181st St. to NE 175th St.
• Additional lanes at the intersection of 61st Ave. NE and SR 522 to increase capacity
• Conversion to underground utilities
• New sidewalks, street lighting, landscaping, medians and traffic signals

Project funding
The improvements to SR 522 will cost approximately $80 million with support from a variety of sources including:

• City of Kenmore
• Washington State Transportation Improvement Board
• King County
• Washington State Department of Transportation
• Sound Transit
• Gas tax