Mercer Street (Seattle)

Mercer Street
Mercer Place
Looking west on Mercer Street from I-5 towards the South Lake Union neighborhood
NamesakeThomas Mercer
TypeArterial street
Maintained bySeattle Department of Transportation
Length1.9 mi (3.1 km)[1]
LocationSeattle
West endElliot Avenue West in Interbay
Major
junctions
Westlake Avenue in South Lake Union
East end I-5 in Cascade

Mercer Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in the Lower Queen Anne and South Lake Union neighborhoods of Seattle, Washington. It travels 2 miles (3.2 km) and connects Elliott Avenue to the west and Interstate 5 to the east, serving as one of several downtown exits on the freeway. The street carries an average weekday volume of 38,000 vehicles on its central section.

  1. ^ "Mercer Street" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 9, 2017.