 Yesler Way at 1st Avenue, looking east from the bottom of the hill. | |
| Former name(s) | Mill Street[1] |
|---|---|
| Namesake | Henry Yesler |
| Maintained by | Seattle Department of Transportation |
| Length | 2.2 mi (3.5 km)[2] |
| Location | Seattle |
| West end | Alaskan Way at Colman Dock |
| Major junctions | Broadway at Yesler Terrace |
| East end | Leschi Park |
Yesler Way is an east–west street in Seattle named for Henry Yesler, the founder of Seattle. East–west streets in Seattle south of Yesler Way are prefixed "South";[3] avenues are suffixed with "South" as they cross Yesler Way.[4] The street originates at Alaskan Way on the downtown Seattle waterfront and runs east through Yesler Terrace, the Central District, and Leschi to just east of 32nd Avenue, where the arterial route switches to Lake Dell Avenue. A short residential segment of East Yesler Way, which turns into east of Broadway, exists to the west of Lake Washington Boulevard.
- ^ Dorpat, Paul (October 8, 2015). "Check out Seattle's building boom of 1883". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ "Yesler Way" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ Crowley, Walt; Dorpat, Paul (1998). "Navigating Downtown". National Trust Guide, Seattle: America's Guide for Architecture and History Travelers. New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-471-18044-9. LCCN 97-34627. OCLC 37527608. OL 687664M.
avenues south of Yesler Way are followed by 'South' ... Streets south of Yesler Way bear the prefix 'South'
- ^ Durham, Scott (May 31, 2010). "Key to Central District street addresses". Central District News. Seattle. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
The north/south streets become suffixed with 'South' when they are south of Yesler Way ... East/west streets that are south of Yesler Way are prefixed with 'South'