NE 85th Street
General information
LocationKirkland, Washington, US
Coordinates47°40′50″N 122°11′0″W / 47.68056°N 122.18333°W / 47.68056; -122.18333
Owned bySound Transit
Bus routes1
Bus stands2
Bus operatorsSound Transit
History
Opening2024 (planned)

Northeast 85th Street is a planned bus rapid transit station in Kirkland, Washington, to be operated by Sound Transit. The station is planned to be located at the intersection of Interstate 405 and Northeast 85th Street near the city center. Its construction will entail the removal of the existing cloverleaf interchange, replacing it with a three-level interchange with separate ramps for buses.[1][2]

Projected costs of the NE 85th Street station are estimated at up to a third of a billion dollars, making it one of the most expensive BRT projects planned by Sound Transit.[3][4] The city's existing transit center is located about a mile away and at about 200 feet lower in elevation. A proposal to connect the two stations with a funicular climbing Rose Hill,[1] the first aerial tramway in the Seattle area, was proposed in the late 2010s.[5]

The project was approved by voters in 2016 with the passage of Sound Transit 3 and is fully funded at $250–300 million.[6] Public meetings for the project kicked off in April 2018.[7][8] The station is planned to open in 2024 after three years of construction.[4] If accepted, the three-level design incorporating a dogbone interchange under Interstate 405 will be the first of its kind in the United States, and the most expensive bus stop in Sound Transit's bus rapid transit system.[1] Sound Transit estimates that the station could transport a few hundred passengers a day in the 2020s.[1]

A five-building office development for Google is planned to be constructed southeast of the interchange on the current site of a car dealership. An estimated 7,000 employees would work on the campus by 2032.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mike Lindblom (September 6, 2018). "Sound Transit is taking a $300 million gamble on a new I-405 bus station in Kirkland". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ Lindblom, Mike (November 10, 2022). "I-405 drivers to get triple-deck interchange at Kirkland". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  3. ↑ Dan Ryan (April 30, 2018). "Kirkland's NE 85th BRT Station". Seattle Transit Blog. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Katie Metzger (May 8, 2018). "Council weighs in on NE 85th Street BRT station". Kirkland Reporter. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Tram could finally give Kirkland more of an identity". MyNorthwest.com. June 4, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ I-405/SR 167 Corridor Executive Advisory Group, Washington State Department of Transportation, June 2018
  7. ↑ Lizz Giordano (May 1, 2018). "Sound Transit kicks off planning for I-405 bus rapid transit". The Everett Herald. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Bus rapid transit I-405 updates". Sound Transit. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  9. ↑ Miller, Brian (November 3, 2022). "6,000 Google workers slated to occupy Lee Johnson's 10 acres in Kirkland". Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
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