Er ste St ras Snoqualmie Pass Wagon Road, ca. 1900.s e Corridor ends DSC02711A Courtesy of the Eastside Heritage Museum he original route of this corridor, t N F the Snoqualmie Wagon D 9 0 Olallie State Park 4 Road from Seattle 0 I-9 Middle Fork R 0 d F Snoqualmie w to Ellensburg, was y I- NRCA 90 Alpine Lakes Wilderness R am completed in 1867. d p R Snoqualmie Pass 0 Its establishment 5 3 D I- F 90 provided a direct link 9 N 0 I- F 9 w Segment 3 0 y for trade and movement L I N o -9 o 0 F p SE Homestead Valley Rd F D east and west of the w 9 d d y 0 R R 3 1 Cascade Mountains for 1 0 2 1 R 1 0 d 9 D settlement and business. D F F Corridor begins N N Segment 1 I-9 0 R am d p Forest Road 58/Denny Creek Rd y NFD 5027 R w F Rd d 0 9030 R 9 NFD 800 - FD 5 I NFD 5010 Rd N Kittitas County NF N I-90 I-90 Ramp D 5 N FD Fwy 026 FD 55 Rd 902 0-1 Rd NFD 55 d NFD 2236A Rd R N F 0 D 9 5 5 5 0 2 0 D R F d Segment 2 N NF N D 5 d FD 02 Forest Road 55/Tinkham Rd 5 1 R 0 R R d d NFD 8 0 10 Rd 1 5 5 d D F R N 0 3 Old SunS4et HigHway Heritage COrridOr D N F N F N N FD From SeattleD F Segment 3: 5 D 00 1 N 0 1 FD 513 2 6 2 R R 0 1 d d Segment 1: 0 y Take I-90 West to Seattle R R d d N FD 513 y I-90 E to Spokane y Exit 38 SE Homestead Valley Road 4 Rd d R 0 N 3 y Exit 52 to W Summit y Left at SE Homestead Valley Road F 0 D 5 21 D 0 F y Left SR 906/Forest Road 9041 R N N d N FD F 11 y D 0 R First left5 onto Forest Road 58 12.8 miles d 00 Corridor length: 02 R d Alpental Access Road d Begins: N R N F F D 0 D Segment 2: 0 5 Ends: I-90 5 1 1 1 5 3 4 0 y Take I-90 West to Seattle 0 D R F Highlights: Mountain, forest and R d N d y Exit 47 Denny Creek Road/ creek views Horses towing Asahel Curtis Road d N N d 04 R F F Nearby: Snoqualmie R D 1 D D 44 NF N two Buicks along y Left Asahel Curtis5 Road/ 0 F 5 0 5 D 0 4 D 4 d 0 0 Valley Historical F 10 R Sunset Highway, 0 R N R 0 Forest Road 553 d d 1 5 1916. P0-123-1enh R Museum in North Bend D d N F y Right at Forest Road 55/ F N Photo Courtesy of 3 Rd D N 504 3 F d NFD 1 D TinkhamR d Road 0 51 d Snoqualmie Historical 3 R R 5 R 5 d 0 0 0 5 N R 0 5 FD 5 N 0 052 d 7 Museum Rd F D 5 1 D d F 5 5 R N D 0 F D 4 7 1 N F 5 4 N R d D F N Old SunSet HigHway Mile-by-Mile tOur Please be respectful and courteous of private residences and property. SEGMENT 1 Forest Rd 58/Denny Creek Road Mile 1.0 – 2.0 Mile 0.0 - 1.0 • At mile 1.2 bear right to continue on Tinkham Road. • Segment 1 off Alpental Road, paralleling I-90. On Left is a turn off onto Forest Road 5510, not part of north side is a low masonry wall of flat-topped the historic corridor. ashlar rock. Falls of South Fork Snoqualmie River Mile 2.0 – 3.0 visible below. • Mile 2.3 cross over Hansen Creek. Mile 1.0 – 2.0 • Road has a built-up roadbed and deep ditches on • Mile 1.1, 1915 switchbacks through boulder field. either side. • Mile 1.5. on southeast edge of road is an • Mile 2.9 is an older wood-decked span over Carter old radiator water fill. Concrete trough, about 5’ Creek. long, 2’ wide, now nearly buried with vegetation. Mile 4.0 – 5.0 • Road has no shoulders or centerline. • Mile 4.4 is entrance to Tinkham Campground Mile 2.0 – 3.0 with restrooms, campsites and picnic tables. • Mile 2.0, road runs along Franklin Falls Trail • Mile 4.6 is a modern concrete ford through No. 1036, visible by its log railings. Harris Creek. • Springboard cuts in old growth stumps on either • Mile 4.9, site of recent wash-out repairs. side of road. Mile 5.0 – 6.0 • Mile 2.5 is turn off to Forest Road 5830. Opposite is • Mile 5.0 is a narrow ford over Rock Creek. a small interpretive sign marking access to hikeable, one-mile section of old Snoqualmie Pass Wagon • Mile 5.8 Tinkham Road becomes paved. Road. Mile 6.0 – 7.0 • Mile 2.7 Entrance to Denny Creek Campground, • At mile 6.0 is Washington State Department of with 32 campsites and access to Franklin Falls. Transportation maintenance facility. Mile 3.0 – 4.0 • Tinkham Road crosses over the river and I-90; enter • Mile 3.0, before bridge crossing, is former site of westbound I-90 to reach corridor segment No. 3. Granite Mountain Lodge. Between road and river are SEGMENT 3 SE Homestead Valley Road remnants of foundations, a stone chimney and other Mile 0.0 – 1.0 features. • West on I-90 to exit 38. Left under freeway, to • New Forest Service bridge over South Fork beginning of SE Homestead Valley Road. Snoqualmie, built with rust-finished steel frame, • Road follows both Snoqualmie Wagon Road and and wood decking in the spirit of original 1914 later Sunset Highway alignments. bridge. • Olallie Dam is at mile 0.5–no public access. • Across bridge, at northwest side of road is • Mile 0.9 1930s-style concrete pour panel pavement. Yellowstone Trail marker--a painted yellow arrow within black circle points east, marking the 1910 Mile 1.0 – 2.0 route made by Yellowstone Trail Association. • Mile 1.2 is Olallie State Park. This day-use park features Twin Falls Natural Area trails, a fish wier Mile 4.0 – 5.0 and small hydroelectric station at Weeks Falls, and • Mile 4.4, is a large grove of cedar trees, some show old-growth trees. signs of bark striped for use in native basketry. • At mile 1.2 begins parallel highway alignments-- SEGMENT 2 Forest Rd 55/Tinkham Road one is paved with early 1930s-style concrete pour Mile 0.0 – 1.0 panels. • South over I-90, cross a modern concrete bridge • Concrete bridges over Change Creek illustrate two over the river. At mile 0.0, go right, west onto eras. Earlier bridge date stamped 1953. Tinkham Road. • Mile 1.7 begins a rock wall, date uncertain. To • Gravel road follows old route of Snoqualmie Wagon northwest is entrance to Twin Falls/Iron Horse Trail. Road along south bank of river–this is not part of Sunset Highway alignment. • Mile 1.8 road crosses a modern bridge. Road continues under I-90, and reconnects to westbound freeway. 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