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Originating at Interstate 5 in Fife at 54th Avenue E., from there it follows the route of old United States Route 99 up Pacific Highway through Federal Way and Des Moines, and into SeaTac, where, as International Boulevard, it skirts the eastern edge of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The road loses its state highway designation at the intersection of Washington State Route 518 and regains it in Tukwila at the junction of Washington State Route 599. From there, it continues first as West, then as East Marginal Way into Seattle, the changeover happening after it crosses the Duwamish RiverThe Duwamish River is the name of the lower 12 miles (19 km) of Washington state's Green River. Its industrialized estuary is known as the Duwamish Waterway . At one time, the Black River and the White and Green Rivers, which combined at Auburn, joined at on the First Avenue South Bridge . It is then routed onto the Alaskan Way ViaductThe Alaskan Way Viaduct is an elevated section of Washington State Route 99 that runs along the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle's Industrial District and downtown. It is the smaller of the two major traffic corridors through Seattle, carrying up to 110, south of downtownDowntown is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. It is fairly compact compared to other city centers on the West Coast because of its geographical situation: hemmed in on the north and east by hills, on the west by Elliott Bay, and on the south by recla Seattle, which overlooks Elliott BayPacific Coast Co. 1907 Elliott Bay is the body of water on which Seattle, Washington is located. A line drawn from Alki Point in the south to West Point in the north serves to mark the generally accepted division between the bay and the open sound. Part o. Tunneling under BelltownBelltown is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. Formerly a low-rent semi-industrial/arty district, in recent decades it has transformed into a neighborhood of upscale restaurants, dance clubs, and condominiums. Named after William Nathaniel Bell, on wh (the Battery Street TunnelThe Battery Street Tunnel built in 1952, runs 3,140 feet under Battery Street in Seattle, Washington's Belltown neighborhood from Western Avenue in the southwest to Denny Way in the northeast. It connects the Alaskan Way Viaduct to Aurora Avenue N. provid), it emerges as Aurora Avenue N. Aurora runs along the eastern slope of Queen Anne HillQueen Anne Hill is the highest named hill in Seattle, Washington, with a maximum elevation of 456 feet (139 m), though the highest point in the city is the aptly named High Point in West Seattle, at 520 feet (158 m). It is situated just north of Seattle C, crosses the Lake Washington Ship Canal on the George Washington Memorial Bridge ( 1932), and continues beyond the city limits through Shoreline, Lynnwood, and into Everett, where it ends at Interstate 5 north of Everett Mall at the south end of Broadway.