Washington State Route 532

11203 State Route 532 Stanwood WA 98292 | MLS# 1027977

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State Route 532 (SR 532) is a short Washington state highway in Island and Snohomish counties, located in the United States. The 10.09-mile (16.24 km) long roadway begins at Sunrise Boulevard in Camano and travels east through Stanwood to end at Interstate 5 (I-5). The road first appeared on a map in 1911 and in 1945 was designated Secondary State Highway 1Y (SSH 1Y), which became SR 532 in 1964. As of 2009, the Washington State Department of Transportation is improving the whole corridor from Camano to I-5 with repaving projects, new traffic cameras, new lanes and replacing the Mark Clark Bridge between Camano and Stanwood with the Gateway Bridge.

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Route description

State Route 532 (SR 532) begins at an intersection with Sunrise Boulevard on Camano Island, which in turn is the census-designated place of Camano. From Sunrise Boulevard, the highway travels east through rural areas and a wetland to cross Davis Slough from Island County to Snohomish County. After entering Snohomish County, the roadway crosses the Stillaguamish River on the Gateway Bridge and enters Stanwood. Between Sunrise Boulevard and the Stillaguamish River bridge, a daily average of 20,000 motorists used these sections of SR 532 in 2007, higher than the 3,500 that used the same stretch of road in 1970. The route intersects city streets, crosses a railroad track owned by the BNSF Railway that serves Amtrak's Cascades route between Vancouver, British Columbia, and Seattle. The tracks serve the Stanwood station, which was completed on November 12 and opened November 21, just north of SR 532. After crossing the tracks, the roadway intersects the Pioneer Highway, which was SR 530 from 1964 until 1991. The highway eventually leaves Stanwood and continues eastward past suburban housing areas and Sunday Lake to a diamond interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5).

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History

SR 532 first appeared on a map in 1911, which showed a road extending from Camano past East Stanwood (present-day Stanwood). The state began maintaining the highway in 1945, when Secondary State Highway 1Y (SSH 1Y) was established, running along the current route of SR 532. The Mark Clark Bridge, which is located on SR 532 between Camano Island and Stanwood, was constructed in 1949 and dedicated on July 23, 1950, to World War II general Mark Wayne Clark, who served out of Fort Lewis. During the 1964 highway renumbering, SSH 1Y became SR 532; since the 1964 renumbering, no major renumberings or route changes have been made. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) arranged a minor project in 2007 and is currently working on a corridor improvement, a project designed to improve the highway from Camano to Interstate 5 (I-5). During floods in January 2009, residents in Stanwood constructed a barrier to prevent water damage to the highway. WSDOT is improving the whole corridor in a project divided into four miniature projects, all of which are expected to be complete by 2011. The improvements include installing left-turn lanes and replacing the Mark Clark Bridge with a wider, four-lane bridge. In 2001, when the project plans were underway, it was suggested that the roadway become five lanes wide and that a ferry from Everett to Camano Island be added; WSDOT began seeking contractors in August 2008 and hired four by September.