Route Description
State Route 524 (SR 524) begins at an intersection with SR 104 in Edmonds near the Edmonds Ferry Terminal, which is owned and operated by Washington State Ferries and serves as the eastern end of the Edmonds-Kingston route across Puget Sound to Kingston. From the interchange, the highway travels east as Main Street and intersects 3rd Avenue, which continues south as SR 524 Spur. The roadway then turns north as 3rd Avenue and later turns east as Caspers Street and north as 9th Avenue before becoming Puget Drive and later 196th Street Southwest and continuing east into Lynnwood. In Lynnwood, the road passes the Edmonds Community College and intersects SR 99 before passing Scriver Lake and 44th Avenue, which is another SR 524 Spur, to interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5). Within the interchange, SR 524 passes over I-5 while Alderwood Mall Boulevard, which connects to nearby Alderwood Mall, passes over the roadway. Leaving the interchange, the road is named Filbert Road and leaves Lynnwood before curving northeast under I-405. From I-405, the highway travels southeast into Bothell, where the roadway is once again renamed to 208th Street and intersects SR 527, where it is again renamed to Maltby Road. Leaving Bothell, SR 524 continues east into Maltby and passes SR 9 before crossing railroad tracks once owned by Northern Pacific Railway. After the crossing, the road turns south as Yew Way and east as Paradise Lake Road before ending at SR 522. The busiest section on the highway in 2007 was west of the I-5 interchange, which was used by an estimated daily average of 47,000 motorists; the bustiest section in 1970 was at the Cedar Way (now 44th Avenue / SR 524 Spur), with a daily average of 25,900 motorists.
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