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{{Short description|State highway in Snohomish County, Washington, US}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox road
|state=WA
|type=SR
|route=529
|alternate_name=[[Yellow Ribbon]] Highway
|spur_type=I
|spur_of=5
|section=752
|map=Washington State Route 529.svg
|map_notes=SR&nbsp;529 is highlighted in red.
|length_mi=7.88
|length_round=2
|length_ref=<ref name="log">{{WSDOT State Highway Log |year=2019 |pages=1607–1615 |link=yes |access-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref>
|established=1971<ref name="rcw">{{cite web |orig-year=1971 |year=1991 |title=RCW 47.17.752: State route No. 529 |url=https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.752 |work=[[Revised Code of Washington]] |publisher=[[Washington State Legislature]] |access-date=July 21, 2009}}</ref>
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=WA|I|5}} in [[Everett, Washington|Everett]]
|junction={{plainlist|
*{{jct|state=WA|US|2}} in Everett
*{{jct|state=WA|I|5}} in [[Marysville, Washington|Marysville]]}}
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=WA|SR|528}} in Marysville
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=528
|next_type=SR
|next_route=530
|county=Snohomish
}}

'''State Route&nbsp;529''' ('''SR&nbsp;529''', officially the '''[[Yellow Ribbon]] Highway''') is a [[State highways in Washington|Washington state highway]] that connects the cities of [[Everett, Washington|Everett]] and [[Marysville, Washington|Marysville]]. The {{convert|7.88|mi|km|adj=mid|-long|2}} roadway extends north from an interchange with {{nowrap|[[Interstate 5 in Washington|Interstate 5]]}} (I-5), numbered exit 193, past the western terminus of {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|U.S. Route 2]]}} (US&nbsp;2), its [[spur route]], Downtown Everett and [[Naval Station Everett]] to cross the [[Snohomish River]] onto Smith Island. After crossing the Steamboat Slough, the road encounters an interchange with I-5, numbered exit 198, before crossing the Ebey Slough and entering Marysville. In Marysville, SR&nbsp;529 ends at {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 528|SR 528]]}}. Before being realigned in 1991, SR&nbsp;529 started at exit 192 of I-5 and traveled north as Broadway through Downtown Everett to Marysville.

A map published in 1895 of the [[Snohomish, Washington|Snohomish]] area showed the current and former routes in Everett already complete. By 1898, citizens of both Everett and Marysville were interested in a road that would traverse the Snohomish River delta. A 1911 map of the [[Mount Vernon, Washington|Mount Vernon]] area showed the route in Marysville, but the bridges between Everett and Marysville were railroad bridges. The roads were combined with other highways to form the [[Pacific Highway (United States)|Pacific Highway]] in 1913, which became {{nowrap|[[List of Primary State Highways in Washington#Primary State Highway 1|State Road 1]]}} in 1923 and {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 99|US 99]]}} in 1926, but the cutoff actually opened in 1927. State Road&nbsp;1 became {{nowrap|[[List of Primary State Highways in Washington#Primary State Highway 1|Primary State Highway 1]]}} (PSH&nbsp;1) in 1937 and PSH&nbsp;1 became US&nbsp;99 in 1964. After US&nbsp;99 was decommissioned, SR&nbsp;529 was established in 1971. Naval Station Everett was opened in 1991 and SR&nbsp;529 was realigned on Everett Avenue and Marine View Drive to serve the new naval base. The former route of the highway, now named Broadway, had an interchange with I-5 that was reconstructed between 2005 and 2008 to include [[high-occupancy vehicle lane|high-occupancy vehicle]] (HOV) lanes and now includes a [[single-point urban interchange]] with 41st Street.

==Route description==
[[File:Everett Library 01.jpg|thumb|left|The main branch of the [[Everett Public Library]], located at the intersection of Everett Avenue (SR&nbsp;529) and Hoyt Avenue]]

SR&nbsp;529 begins at exit 193 on [[Interstate 5 in Washington|I-5]], a [[half-diamond interchange]] with Pacific Avenue in downtown Everett. The highway turns north on Maple Street and travels along the side of I-5, intersecting the western terminus of [[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|US&nbsp;2]] at Hewitt and California avenues near Judd and Black Park.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 3, 2011 |title=SR 5 – Exit 193/194: Junction Pacific Avenue/SR 2/SR 529 |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR005/005X193.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name="googlemaps">{{google maps |title=State Route 529 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/47.976719,-122.1904867/48.0518109,-122.1770037/@48.0143936,-122.230648,13z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m19!4m18!1m15!3m4!1m2!1d-122.1910152!2d47.9788407!3s0x549aaa9244a5cb57:0xb8afa01740a25c94!3m4!1m2!1d-122.1913956!2d47.9818244!3s0x549aaa93683d86db:0xa70ca5d76cf92db4!3m4!1m2!1d-122.2137806!2d48.0001765!3s0x549aaab598cced33:0x7def650f995f884b!1m0!3e0 |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref>

The roadway then west to become Everett Avenue, which continues east to I-5 as SR&nbsp;529&nbsp;Spur.<ref name="i5-exit193/194">{{cite web |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=SR 5&nbsp;– Exit 193 / 194; Junction Pacific Avenue / SR 2 / SR 529 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR005/005X193.pdf |date=May 12, 2009 |access-date=July 22, 2009 |archive-date=October 8, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008155118/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR005/005X193.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Everett Avenue then travels west through Downtown Everett and intersects various streets including Broadway, which was once SR&nbsp;529 and {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 99|US 99]]}}, Hoyt Avenue, which is the location of the [[Everett Public Library]],<ref name="everettpubliclibrary">{{cite web |url=http://www.epls.org/mlmap.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827012249/http://www.epls.org/mlmap.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 27, 2007 |title=Main Library&nbsp;– Downtown Everett |author=Everett Public Library |access-date=July 22, 2009 |author-link=Everett Public Library }}</ref> listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]],<ref name="register">{{cite web |url=http://www.historiceverett.org/registers.html |title=Historic Everett&nbsp;– National, State & Everett Historic Registers: National Register of Historic Places Properties in Everett, WA |author=HistoricEverett.org |access-date=July 22, 2009 |archive-date=March 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311070147/http://www.historiceverett.org/registers.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Marine View Drive, where the road turns north to parallel a [[BNSF Railway]] route and serve the Everett waterfront, which includes [[Naval Station Everett]] and [[Jetty Island]], accessed via a ferry near 10th Street.<ref name="rail">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=Washington State Railroad System |year=2008 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/8CFBC47D-3549-4CB9-9DE6-14CE9739671F/0/RailSystemMap_Sept2008_update.pdf |access-date=July 22, 2009}}</ref><ref name="jetty">{{cite web |url=http://www.portofeverett.com/home/index.asp?page=87 |title=Port of Everett Properties: Jetty Island |author=Port of [[Everett, Washington]] |access-date=July 22, 2009 |archive-date=August 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829204349/http://www.portofeverett.com/home/index.asp?page=87 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="everettmap">{{cite map |url=http://www.everettwa.org/Get_PDF.aspx?pdfID=2242 |title=City of Everett Zoning Map |publisher=[[Everett, Washington|City of Everett, Washington]] |scale=1 in. = 1600 ft. |access-date=July 22, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[File:Snohomish River Bridge on SR 529 in 2009.jpg|thumb|right|SR 529 crosses the Snohomish River on a pair of [[vertical-lift bridge]]s.]]
Leaving the waterfront, SR&nbsp;529 parallels the [[Snohomish River]] southeast to a [[partial cloverleaf interchange]] with Broadway, which was SR&nbsp;529 before 1991 and US&nbsp;99, and Marine View Drive,<ref name="sr529-marineviewdrive">{{cite web |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=SR 529; Junction Marine View Drive / Walnut Street |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR529/529X003.pdf |date=October 3, 2004 |access-date=July 22, 2009 |archive-date=October 8, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008160805/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR529/529X003.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> which continues southeast to I-5 at exit 195.<ref name="i5-exit195">{{cite web |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=SR 5&nbsp;– Exit 195; Junction Marine View Drive |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR005/005X195.pdf |date=May 11, 2009 |access-date=July 22, 2009 |archive-date=October 8, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008161506/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR005/005X195.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The highway travels over the Snohomish River onto Smith Island, part of the Delta neighborhood of Everett that is named after the [[River delta|delta]] of the Snohomish River located to the southwest.<ref name="everettmap"/><ref name="delta">{{cite web |title=Delta in Everett |url=http://www.ci.everett.wa.us/default.aspx?ID=190 |author=City of Everett, Washington |access-date=July 22, 2009 |archive-date=October 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021022351/http://www.ci.everett.wa.us/default.aspx?ID=190 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Snohomish River crossing was the busiest segment of SR&nbsp;529 in 2007, with an estimated [[average annual daily traffic|daily average]] of 33,000&nbsp;motorists.<ref name="2007atr">{{cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_2007.pdf |title=2007 Annual Traffic Report |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |year=2007 |access-date=July 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326014935/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_2007.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2009 }}</ref> Crossing the Steamboat Slough as a freeway, SR&nbsp;529 interchanges with I-5 northbound as exit 198 and enters [[Marysville, Washington|Marysville]] after crossing the Ebey Slough.<ref name="i5-exit198">{{cite web |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=SR 5&nbsp;– Exit 198; Junction SR 529 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR005/005X198.pdf |date=September 15, 2004 |access-date=July 22, 2009 |archive-date=October 8, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008160809/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR005/005X198.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Now named State Avenue, the street passes through the waterfront area of Downtown Marysville and the [[Marysville Mall]] before ending at the intersection with Fourth Street,<ref name="googlemaps"/><ref name="WSDOT2008">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |year=2008 |edition=2008–09 |title=Washington State Highways, 2008–2009 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/87105CAD-83A9-49A7-80F3-5719637C1E2D/0/FrontMapBig.pdf |section=D3 |cartography=[[United States Geological Survey]] |scale=1:842,000 |access-date=July 22, 2009}}</ref> signed as {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 528|SR 528]]}} while State Avenue continues north to [[Smokey Point, Washington|Smokey Point]].<ref name="marysvillemap">{{cite map |publisher=[[Marysville, Washington|City of Marysville, Washington]] |title=City of Marysville, December 2008 |year=2008 |scale=1:40,000 |url=http://www.marysvillewa.gov/gis/maps/Marysville_11x17.pdf |access-date=July 22, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="atlas">{{cite map |publisher=[[Thomas Bros.]], [[Rand McNally]] |title=King, Pierce & Snohomish Counties Street Guide |year=2008 |cartography=[[NAVTEQ]] |scale=1:24,000 |series=The Thomas Guide series |pages=F, 376, 396 |isbn=0-528-86671-0}}</ref>

===Former route (1971–1991)===
Prior to 1991, SR&nbsp;529 was {{convert|1.19|mi|km|2}} shorter and extended from I-5 and 41st Street (exit 192) to Marysville via Broadway.<ref name="log"/> The former and current routes both used the same route from the Marine View Drive intersection to Marysville. The former southern terminus was a large interchange with I-5 and 41st Street, which was {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 526|SR 526]]}} until 1969,<ref name="snohomish history"/> that had an underpass under I-5 southbound for a northbound I-5 offramp to Broadway and connections to I-5 northbound were accessed via 41st Street prior to 2005.<ref name="i5-exit192-2004">{{cite web |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=SR 5&nbsp;– Exit 192; Junction 41st Street / Old SR 529 / Broadway Avenue |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR005/005X192.pdf  |date=September 15, 2004 |access-date=July 26, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061008162307/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR005/005X192.pdf |archive-date = October 8, 2006}}</ref> Broadway continued north past the [[Everett Memorial Stadium]], home of the [[Everett AquaSox]],<ref name="memorialstaduim">{{cite web |author=Everett AquaSox |title=Everett AquaSox: Ballpark |url=http://everett.aquasox.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20090109&content_id=493866&vkey=ballpark_t403&fext=.jsp&sid=t403 |year=2009 |access-date=July 26, 2009|author-link=Everett AquaSox }}</ref> Everett Avenue (current SR&nbsp;529) and the [[Everett Community College]] to join current SR&nbsp;529 at the Marine View Drive interchange.<ref name="sr529-marineviewdrive"/><ref name="formermap">{{google maps |title=Former Route of State Route 529 |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Broadway&daddr=E+Marine+View+Dr%2FWA-529&hl=en&geocode=Fbni2wIdzVy3-A%3BFSCY3AIdVYa3-A&mra=ls&sll=47.987625,-122.19591&sspn=0.083411,0.15398&ie=UTF8&ll=47.988083,-122.19595&spn=0.08341,0.15398&z=13 |access-date=July 26, 2009}}</ref> Between 2005 and 2008, exit 192 on I-5 was reconstructed. A new [[Overpass|flyover]] ramp from I-5 northbound to Broadway northbound was added and the 41st Street interchange was transformed into a [[single-point urban interchange]].<ref name="sr526tous2-hov">{{cite web |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/i5/hovsr526tous2 |title=I-5&nbsp;– Everett SR 526 to US 2 HOV Lanes&nbsp;– Complete June 2008 |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |year=2008 |access-date=July 26, 2009}}</ref><ref name="sr526tous2-hov-map">{{cite map |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I5/HOVSR526toUS2/map.htm |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |year=2005 |title=Expanding I-5 Through Everett |access-date=July 26, 2009}}</ref><ref name="i5-exit192-2009">{{cite web |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=SR 5&nbsp;– Exit 192; Junction 41st Street / Old SR 529 / Broadway Avenue |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR005/005X192.pdf |date=May 13, 2009 |access-date=July 26, 2009 |archive-date=October 8, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008162307/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR005/005X192.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==

As early as 1915, citizens of both Everett and [[w:Marysville, Washington|Marysville]] proposed that a road between the two cities across the [[w:Snohomish River|Snohomish River]] [[w:river delta|delta]] was needed. At the time, the only route between the two cities was a winding road traveled around the northeast side of the delta. The first bridge across the delta was opened the following year, connecting Everett to Smith Island.<ref name="Herald-Effort">{{cite news |date=August 22, 1927 |title=First Effort to Gain New Short Route to North Started in 1917; S. Frank Spencer Sponsored Act |page=2 |work=The Everett Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-everett-daily-herald-first-effort-to/139578965/ |via=[[w:Newspapers.com|Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=January 27, 2024}}</ref>

In 1913, the [[Pacific Highway (US)|Pacific Highway]] was added to the [[State highways in Washington|state highway system]] and used Broadway (former SR&nbsp;529) in Everett and State Avenue in Marysville to travel between [[Seattle]] and the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]].<ref name="session1913">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7w4AAAAIAAJ |access-date=July 26, 2009 |edition=1913 |date=March 12, 1913 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=[[Olympia, Washington]] |page=221 |chapter=Chapter 65: Classifying Public Highways}}</ref> The Pacific Highway between Everett and Marysville, named the Vernon Road, was paved in 1916 and paid by a county road bond issue.<ref name="snohomish history">{{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. |editor1-last=Grimes |editor1-first=Lynne |title=Snohomish County: An Illustrated History |year=2005 |publisher=Kelcema Books LLC |location=[[Index, Washington]] |isbn=0-9766700-0-3 |pages=170, 223, 254, 335, 351, 354–356}}</ref> The highway was later signed as {{nowrap|[[State Road 1 (Washington 1923-1937)|State Road 1]]}} in 1923,<ref name="session1923">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G784AAAAIAAJ |edition=1923 |date=March 19, 1909 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |pages=627–628 |chapter=Chapter 185: Primary and Secondary State Highways}}</ref> which became the Washington segment of {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 99]]}} (US&nbsp;99) during the creation of the [[United States Numbered Highways]] in 1926.<ref name="map1926a">{{cite map |author1= [[Bureau of Public Roads]] |author2= [[American Association of State Highway Officials]] |date= November 11, 1926 |title= United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials |url= https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_System_of_Highways_Adopted_for_Uniform_Marking_by_the_American_Association_of_State_Highway_Officials.jpg |scale= 1:7,000,000 |location= Washington, DC |publisher= [[United States Geological Survey]] |oclc= 32889555 |access-date= November 7, 2013 |via= [[Wikimedia Commons]] |name-list-style= amp}}</ref> Since the bridges over the Snohomish River delta weren't complete at the time of planning, US&nbsp;99 used present-day {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|US 2]]}}, {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 204|SR 204]]}} and Sunnyside Boulevard to connect Everett and Marysville.<ref name="map1926b">{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally |title=Rand McNally Junior Road Map, Washington |url=http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Northwest/Washington/unitedstates1926ra_076.html |year=1926 |access-date=July 26, 2009}}</ref> The bridges were completed in 1926 and opened on August 23, 1927,<ref name="cutoffopening">{{cite web |first=Phil |last=Dougherty |title=Roadway known as the Marysville-Everett cutoff opens on August&nbsp;23, 1927. |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8159 |website=[[HistoryLink]] |date=May 10, 2007 |access-date=September 18, 2009}}</ref> after the creation of US&nbsp;99.<ref name="snohomish history"/>

[[File:Naval Station Everett from Grand Avenue Park, 2021b.jpg|thumb|right|In 1991, SR&nbsp;529 was realigned to serve [[Naval Station Everett]]]]
State Road&nbsp;1 was replaced by {{nowrap|[[Primary State Highway 1 (Washington)|Primary State Highway 1]]}} (PSH&nbsp;1) in the [[Primary State Highways (Washington)|Primary state highways]], which was created in 1937.<ref name="session1937">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dcQ4AAAAIAAJ |access-date=July 26, 2009 |edition=1937 |date=March 17, 1937 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |page=933 |chapter=Chapter 190: Establishment of Primary State Highways}}</ref><ref name="map1946">{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally |title=Northwest, 1946 |year=1946 |url=http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Northwest/randmcnally_ra_1946_016.html |page=16 |access-date=July 26, 2009 |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207094145/http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Northwest/randmcnally_ra_1946_016.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="map1958">{{cite map |publisher=[[University of Texas at Austin]] |cartography=United States Geological Survey |title=Seattle, 1958 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-seattle-1958.jpg |year=1958 |scale=1:250,000 |access-date=July 26, 2009}}</ref> A [[twin bridges|second set of bridges]] crossing the Snohomish River delta were completed in 1954; however, the expansion excluded the Ebey Slough Bridge, which remained single-spanned.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caldbick |first1=John |title=Ebey Slough Bridge (1925-2012) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/10023 |website=HistoryLink |access-date=May 11, 2023 |date=March 23, 2012}}</ref> US&nbsp;99 fully replaced PSH&nbsp;1 during the [[1964 highway renumbering (Washington)|1964 highway renumbering]].<ref name="sr">{{cite web |title=Identification of State Highways |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/Identification-of-state-highways.pdf |author=C. G. Prahl |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission, Department of Highways |date=December 1, 1965 |access-date=July 26, 2009 |archive-date=February 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217112902/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6836215D-E301-43F3-895A-472BD2FDE86A/0/Identification.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{nowrap|[[Interstate 5 in Washington|Interstate 5]]}} (I-5) later replaced US&nbsp;99 between 1966 and 1970.<ref name="map1965">{{cite map |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |cartography=United States Geological Survey |title=Seattle, 1965 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-seattle-1965.jpg |year=1965 |scale=1:250,000 |access-date=July 26, 2009}}</ref><ref name="map1966">{{cite map |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |cartography=United States Geological Survey |title=Victoria, 1966 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-victoria-1966.jpg |year=1966 |scale=1:250,000 |access-date=July 26, 2009}}</ref> SR&nbsp;529 was created in 1971 and ran from what was {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 526|SR 526]]}} until 1969,<ref name="snohomish history"/> now 41st Street, north on old US&nbsp;99 (Broadway) to {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 528|SR 528]]}} in Marysville.<ref name="rcw"/> The state government considered a transfer of the Ebey Slough Bridge to local control in the late 1980s, but dropped the proposal.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bergsman |first=Jerry |date=August 2, 1989 |title=Traffic grows, so city looks for solutions |page=H1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

In May 1983, the location of a new [[home port]] for the [[United States Navy]] was narrowed down to Everett and Seattle, as proposed by [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Henry M. Jackson]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]), who died later that September. Everett was selected in April 1984 and the [[groundbreaking]] ceremony was held on November 9, 1987. On September 5, 1991, the new navy base was opened and SR&nbsp;529 was shortened and rerouted to serve the new base, later named [[Naval Station Everett]].<ref name="snohomish history"/><ref name="law1991">{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/1991-92/Htm/Bills/Session%20Law%201991/5801.SL.htm |title=Chapter 342, Laws of 1991: State Highway Routes – Revisions To (House Bill 5801) |year=1991 |author=Washington House of Representatives |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=July 26, 2009 |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804092641/http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/1991-92/Htm/Bills/Session%20Law%201991/5801.SL.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> A new spur route to serve as a connector between SR&nbsp;529 and I-5 northbound in 1991.<ref name="law1991"/> The highway was declared the [[Yellow Ribbon]] Highway in November 2009 by the Legislature after a successful campaign led by Everett resident Nathan Olson.<ref name="yellowribbon">{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010201566_webyellow04m.html |title=State renames Everett-Marysville road to honor military |date=November 4, 2009 |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]] |access-date=November 4, 2009}}</ref> The sign unveiling ceremony was attended by WSDOT, elected officials, Naval Station Everett and community members on November 5, 2009.<ref name="yellowribbon2">{{cite press release |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=Local officials and the community help dedicate the SR 529 Yellow Ribbon Highway in Everett |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2009/11/05_SR529YellowRibbon.htm |date=November 5, 2009 |access-date=November 6, 2009}}</ref> The 4-lane fixed bridge over Ebey Slough that connects SR&nbsp;529 from Everett to Marysville was fully completed in 2013, replacing a two-lane [[swing bridge]] that was 87 years old.<ref name=ebyslough>{{cite web|last=Washington State Department of Transportation|title=SR 529 - Ebey Slough Bridge Replacement - Completed July 2013|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr529/ebeysloughbridge/|publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation|access-date=December 18, 2013}}</ref>

The southbound Steamboat Slough bridge was rebuilt in 1993. Following the discovery of additional wear in 2023, the speed limit on the bridge was slowed to {{convert|25|mph|kph|abbr=on}} and three closures to replace gusset plates were scheduled. WSDOT had already planned to rehabilitate the other Steamboat Slough bridge as well as both Snohomish River crossings later in the year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hansen |first=Jordan |date=June 22, 2023 |title=WSDOT slows southbound Steamboat Slough Bridge traffic after structural concerns |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/wsdot-slows-southbound-steamboat-slough-bridge-traffic-after-structural-concerns |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=June 22, 2023}}</ref>

The I-5 and SR&nbsp;529 interchange in Marysville is planned to be expanded by 2024 with the addition of two ramps and a roundabout that would provide complete access in all directions. The project would also provide traffic to Marysville with a bypass of the congested SR&nbsp;528 corridor, which is often blocked by trains.<ref>{{cite news |last=Winters |first=Chris |date=February 7, 2015 |title=New I-5 interchange planned for Marysville |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-i-5-interchange-planned-for-marysville/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=I-5 – NB Marine View Drive to SR 529 – Corridor and Interchange Improvements |url=https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/search-projects/i-5-nb-marine-view-drive-sr-529-corridor-and-interchange-improvements |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=February 17, 2023}}</ref> The project is planned to concurrently occur with rehabilitation work on both spans of the Steamboat Slough Bridge and the northbound span of the Snohomish River Bridge; the latter bridge will be closed for four months in late 2023 for WSDOT to conduct the work in compliance with [[United States Coast Guard]] regulations.<ref>{{cite web |title=SR 529/Snohomish River & Steamboat Slough - Bridge Repair, Rehab & Paint |url=https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/search-projects/sr-529-snohomish-river-steamboat-slough-bridge-repair-rehab-paint |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=May 11, 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Chris |title=Construction projects near Marysville to mess with traffic until 2025 |url=https://mynorthwest.com/3881882/construction-projects-near-marysville-to-mess-with-traffic-until-2025/ |access-date=May 11, 2023 |work=[[KIRO-FM|KIRO Newsradio]] |date=April 27, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Major intersections==
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==Spur route==
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SR&nbsp;529 also has a {{convert|0.20|mi|km|2|adj=on}} long [[spur route]] in [[Everett, Washington|Everett]] that extends from SR&nbsp;529 to {{nowrap|[[Interstate 5 in Washington|Interstate 5]]}} (I-5) northbound, numbered exit 194.<ref name="log"/><ref name="i5-exit193/194"/> Since exit 193, the southern terminus of SR&nbsp;529, only serves I-5 southbound, the spur route was established in 1991 to complete the interchange.<ref name="i5-exit193/194"/><ref name="law1991"/> Exit 194 also serves {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|U.S. Route 2]]}} (US&nbsp;2), which terminates at SR&nbsp;529.<ref name="i5-exit193/194"/> In 2007, the highway had a [[average annual daily traffic|daily average]] of 17,000&nbsp;motorists.<ref name="2007atr"/>

;Major intersections
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==See also==
* {{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
* {{Portal-inline|United States}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [https://www.angelfire.com/wa2/hwysofwastate/sr529.html Highways of Washington State]

{{State highways in Washington related to I-5}}

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[[Category:State highways in Washington (state)|529]]
[[Category:Transportation in Snohomish County, Washington]]
[[Category:Everett, Washington]]
[[Category:U.S. Route 99]]