This state highway runs
northwest to southeast through
the approximate center of
the Gig Harbor Peninsula
from the Kitsap County line
to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
A series of east-west oriented
county and city arterial
roadways connect the local
road network to the highway.
Those connecting arterials
include 14th Avenue/Stone
Drive NW, Olympic Drive
NW, Wollochet Drive NW,
Burnham Drive NW/Sehmel
Drive NW, and State Route
302 (Purdy Drive)
Transit bus
service is provided by
Pierce
Transit and is oriented
primarily to weekday commuters
traveling to and from work
or school in Tacoma and
Seattle. Commuter service
picks up and drops off passengers
at two park and ride facilities
adjacent to State Route
16.
The new
Narrows
Bridge opened
to traffic on July 16, 2007,
four weeks early and under
budget.
The new Narrows Bridge is parallel
to and south of the 1950
Narrows Bridge. It carries
four 11-foot-wide lanes
of eastbound traffic toward
Tacoma. The left lane is
a high-occupancy-vehicle
(HOV) lane, the two center
lanes are general purpose
lanes open to all traffic,
and the right lane is an
"add/drop" lane that extends
across the bridge to the
Jackson Avenue exit.
In addition, the bridge
has a 10-foot right shoulder
for disabled vehicles
and a 10-foot barrier-separated
bicycle/pedestrian lane.
The new Tacoma
Narrows Bridge is the
first toll facility in
western Washington in
nearly two decades.
Good To Go passes offer
a great way to avoid
toll lines on the new Bridge!
Tacoma Narrows Airport, operated
by Tacoma, is located in
Gig Harbor which provides
private plane service and
can service private jets.
Commuter service has operated
from this airport in the
past and no doubt will in
the future.
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Freight air service
and
Truck
terminals
Port of Tacoma
Amtrak and
Sound Transit
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