| Dzidzilalich | |
 Aerial view of Alaskan Way under reconstruction in 2022, looking north from Madison Street | |
| Former name(s) | Railroad Avenue |
|---|---|
| Namesake | Alaska |
| Maintained by | Seattle Department of Transportation |
| Length | 1.5 mi (2.4 km)[1] |
| Location | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| South end | South King Street |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Broad Street |
Alaskan Way, originally Railroad Avenue, is a street in Seattle, Washington, that runs along the Elliott Bay waterfront from just north of S. Holgate Street in the Industrial District—south of which it becomes East Marginal Way S.— to Broad Street in Belltown, north of which is Myrtle Edwards Park and the Olympic Sculpture Park. The right-of-way continues northwest through the park, just west of the BNSF Railway mainline, and the roadway picks up again for a few blocks at Smith Cove.[2][3][4] It follows a route known in the late 19th century as the "Ram's Horn" because of its shape.[5] The street gave its name to the Alaskan Way Viaduct, which until 2019 carried Washington State Route 99 through Downtown Seattle. The northern section of Alaskan Way is also signed as its honorary name, Dzidzilalich.
- ^ "Alaskan Way" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ Seattle Public Utilities City Property Finder
- ^ Paul Dorpat, Seattle Central Waterfront Tour, Part 6: From Railroad Avenue to Alaskan Way Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, HistoryLink, May 24, 2000. Accessed online 20 October 2008.
- ^ Google Maps
- ^ Larson Anthropological Archaeological Services Limited 2004, p. 58 (p. 66 of PDF).