Driving On I-90 West In 1995 (Bellevue, Seattle)

Back in 1995, The Washington State Department of Transportation drove West on I-90 and recorded video to document the highway. This was part of a project that photographed/videotaped the states highways every couple of years. This video now resides at The Washington State Archives who were kind enough to share it.

[@nickw22689]

Right around this time the Mariners would start their magical season 1995 playoff run in that dome.

[@creativeloafer9792]

Hmmm a Thursday. I woulda been at work near the 520 and 405 at that moment lol

[@747captain]

I think I was in Nevada and California with my folks on a family vacation on this date.

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

I was living in Upper Queen Anne... This is the Seattle I'll always remember- computers were new and dial up was the thing. WTO hadn't happened and there were houses instead of stucco apartments.

[@DJBlueX]

Imagine how people would react if they were told that trains would be running in those lanes 30 years into the future. Remarkable how much the I-90 corridor still looks the same after all these years.

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

Traffic wasn't really that bad back then

[@RickSanchez-ig3lp]

@@GardenerEarthGuy It still isn't.

[@herrbrahms]

What a mistake it was to steal the I-90 Express Lanes for Sound Transit. They should have been forced to build their own bridge for light rail.

[@eljefecom]

The express lanes that are now closed down and being converted to light rail.

[@dgendvil]

Was nobody using it? It sure quite a waste of our taxpayer dollars.

[@RickSanchez-ig3lp]

@@dgendvil People were but it's a lot cheaper to build the train on the existing infrastructure.