Tag: wilburton trestle

June 17, 2024

NE 8th Street Eastrail bridge opening June 23

The Eastrail’s NE 8th Street bridge near Wilburton Station in Bellevue is scheduled to open at noon June 23 (Sunday). As we noted when the station first opened this spring, the bridge is a key link to an area that “seems destined to play a special role in connecting biking and transit on Eastside.” Once…
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tagged: bellevue, eastrail, eastrail partners, king county parks, ne 8th street bridge, wilburton station, wilburton trestle
April 30, 2024

Wilburton Station is destined to be a major bike/transit hub of the Eastside

To celebrate Sound Transit’s 2 Line opening over the weekend, my kid and I biked across the 520 Bridge to a station that seems destined to play a special role in connecting biking and transit on Eastside. The newly-opened Wilburton Station is basically part of the EasTrail. The connection for trail users is seamless, easy…
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tagged: bellevue, eastrail, sound transit, wilburton station, wilburton trestle
February 21, 2019

Proposed $738M King County Parks levy would fund Eastside, Lake Sammamish and Lake to Sound Trails

About 80 percent of the King County Parks budget comes from a levy that goes to voters every six years, and King County Executive Dow Constantine is proposing an even bigger levy to send to voters this autumn for 2020–25. The $738 million proposal would cost the average property owner about $7 per month, $2…
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tagged: dow constantine, eastside trail, king county parks, king county parks levy, lake to sound trail, renton, wilburton trestle
October 8, 2018

Tuesday: Open house for stunning Eastside Trail Wilburton segment

King County Parks will show off the latest plans for what could easily become one of the most stunning segments of trail in the region: The Eastside Trail through Wilburton. The open house is 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bellevue City Hall. This segment will include the rehabbed Wilburton Trestle, a very cool old…
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tagged: eastside rail corridor, eastside trail, king county parks, wilburton trestle