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--Freeway Model Displayed--
A 40-foot model of the Tacoma Freeway as it will appear when completed in several years is being displayed this month on the second floor of the county-City Building. Picture shows freeway running east to and over the Puyallup River. G. M. Schuster, city public works director, front right, points to state approach to city's projected Yakima Avenue Bridge. Under his arm are Delin Avenue and Tacoma Avenue undercrossings. Behind Schuster are Harold A. Hagestad, left, coordinating engineer between Tacoma and state, and Myron Calkins, city engineer. They are pointing to the complex of crossings and approaches that will be the Pacific Avenue Interchange, designed to relieve Freeway of Cross-town traffic congestion.

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--Who Needs a Sign?--
No arrow is necessary at the South 108th Street and Pacific Avenue intersection to point out Mount Rainier. Not in good weather anyway. The early spring, with crystal-like skies, is now in its seventh consecutive rainless day. It affords new opportunities to capture Tacoma's favorite mountain on film, as seen in this framed photograph by News Tribune Staff Photographer Wayne Zimmerman.

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Pacific Ave Interchange opening.
Gov. Evans, 7-year-old Paul DuCharme, Daffodil Princess Diane Lind
Back: C. W. Beck, John T. McCutcheon, Tacoma Mayor Harold Tollefson

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Southbound traffic on I-5 in Seattle was backed up North of N. 45th street Saturday afternoon because of a wreck near the convention center downtown. Shot was taken from an overpass at North 45th. The lane on the right with no traffic is the express lane.
Bruce Kellman for South King Edition

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Pacific Ave Interchange opening.
Woodrow Wilson High band plays for crowd.

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Traffic coming up the hill on I-5 southbound just south of the Tacoma Dome.
Gillie/biz
Bill Hunter/photo

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--Puyallup Valley Freeway System--
The proposed Puyallup Valley Freeway's effect on Puyallup is revealed in the mockup (photo 1) by the State Highways Department. The map shows proposed construction. Except for the section of SR 410 between Fife and Highway 161, the system is scheduled to be operational by late 1971.

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--Up, Up Goes the Viaduct--
Rapid progress is being made on the SR 512 viaduct at Puyallup, Joe Michel, assistant project engineer for the State Highway Department, reported Wednesday. The concrete bridge over East Pioneer and Main avenues and the Puyallup River is being erected by Dale M. Madden Construction, Inc., Seattle, under a $1.8 million contract. The west span is going up now and its twin will be constructed under a future contract. (news 06/17/1971)

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--A Light Fantastic Trip--
Motorists who travel on Interstate 5 during night and early morning hours have noticed something new in addition to a concrete barrier separating the north and southbound lanes between Tacoma and Ft. Lewis. A major portion of the project includes the installation of a powerful lighting system. Persons who have driven past the new lights say they are so bright that headlights are hardly needed

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--Highway 167 'Missing Link'--
The State Highways Department has announced that construction of this section of SR 167 between Sumner and Pacific City has been delayed for lack of funding. However, a $900,000 contract has been awarded Scarsella Bros., Seattle, to construct the 1.4-mile section between Main Street at Sumner and 32nd Street East (in foreground). A temporary connection will carry traffic from the freeway to the nearby West Valley Highway at 32nd, Ralph Kerslake, the department's District 3 engineer, said Wednesday.
(news 06/02/1971)

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A Year From Now

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--High-rise Curb Splits Interstate 5--
Work on a concrete divider strip separating the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 5 has progressed from North Ft. Lewis to 56th Street in Tacoma. The project will be complete when the divider is in place all the way to the Puyallup River bridge. Most of the divider is made of pre-cast concrete, although some sections are poured on the spot. The project also includes illumination in some spots. Division of the freeway adds up to a $2,320,000 contract for Woodworth & Co., Inc., of Tacoma.
Russ Carmack Photographer

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Freeway Dedication Site
Road-opening ceremonies, featuring a military review of America's latest Field Artillery rocketry, will be conducted on Wednesday, October 13 for the new 13.5 mile, $15 million Tacoma-Midway Freeway. Site of the ceremonies is the Auburn Interchange shown in the attached photograph. The Field Artillery units, part of the 4th Infantry Division Artillery from Fort Lewis, will assemble in the northbound lanes (marked "D" in the picture) beginning at 10:00 a.m. Visitors and spectators wishing to view the ceremonies will be permitted to park on the roadway in the areas designated "B" (southbound from Seattle) and "C" (northbound from Tacoma). Route of the military parade is shown as a series of arrows, starting at the assembly area and passing through the cloverleaf interchange from the northbound lanes onto the southbound lanes and past the reviewing stand.

TNT 10/07/1962 A1

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Pacific Avenue Interchange

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Tacoma Freeway - Interstate Route No. 5 (PSH No. 1) - Pacific Avenue Interchange.
Construction of grades, drainage system and structures at the Pacific Avenue Interchange of the Tacoma Freeway. View is from the north of the right of way, vicinity of the intersection of East 30th Street and East "A" Street, looking south across the area of the proposed interchange. The East 34th Street Bridge over the C.M. & St. P. & P. RR shows in the background.
Photo by Jerry Gray

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WA State Highway Dept. Photo
by Forest and Whitmire Photography

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Tacoma Spur Groundbreaking

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Workers remove a bridge at E. 30th street in Tacoma 02/28/87 to make way for the Tacoma Spur...That's the Tacoma Dome in the background...
Photo by Mike Siegel

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Aerial view of the Tacoma Spur construction with Tacoma in the background.
Photo by Russ Carmack

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This section of the downtown freeway spur will open this week. This is north bound, getting off I5.
Photo by Peter Haley

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Must 30th Street be Saved?
Photograph by Jerry Buck

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Will this be Pacific Avenue?