State Route 516 | ||||
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 SR 516 is highlighted in red. | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route of I-5 | ||||
| Maintained by WSDOT | ||||
| Length | 16.49 mi[1] (26.54 km) | |||
| Existed | 1964[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR 509 in Des Moines | |||
| East end |  SR 169 in Maple Valley | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Washington | |||
| County | King | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Route 516 (SR 516) is a 16.49-mile-long (26.54 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving communities in southern King County. The highway travels east as the Kent-Des Moines Road and the Kent-Kangley Road from a concurrency with SR 509 in Des Moines through Kent and Covington to an intersection with SR 169 in Maple Valley. SR 516, designated as part of the National Highway System within Kent, intersects three major freeways in the area: Interstate 5 (I-5) in western Kent, SR 167 in downtown Kent, and SR 18 in Covington. The roadway, built in the 1890s, was codified in 1937 as Secondary State Highway 1K (SSH 1K) from Des Moines to Kent and SSH 5A from Kent to Maple Valley. The two highways were combined during the 1964 highway renumbering to form SR 516 on its current route.
- ^ Strategic Planning Division (January 25, 2013). State Highway Log Planning Report 2012, SR 2 to SR 971 (PDF) (Report). Washington State Department of Transportation. pp. 1586–1598. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ "47.17.710: State route No. 516". Revised Code of Washington. Washington State Legislature. 1970. Retrieved February 23, 2013.