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|map_notes=SR&nbsp;104 highlighted in red
|length_mi=31.75
|length_notes=Mileage does not include ferry route
|length_ref=<ref name="log">{{cite web|author=Staff |year=2012 |title=State Highway Log: Planning Report 2011, SR 2 to SR 971 |publisher=[[Washington State Department of Transportation]] |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/roadway/pdf/HwyLog2011Statewide.pdf |pages=972–985 |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref>
|established=1964<ref name="RCW">{{cite web |url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.175 |title=47.17.175: State route No. 104 |orig-year=1970|year=1994 |work=[[Revised Code of Washington]] |publisher=[[Washington State Legislature]] |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref>
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=WA|US|101}} near [[Discovery Bay, Washington|Discovery Bay]]
|junction={{plainlist|
*{{jct|state=WA|SR|19}} near [[Port Ludlow, Washington|Port Ludlow]]
*{{jct|state=WA|SR|3}} near [[Port Gamble, Washington|Port Gamble]]
*{{jct|state=WA|SR|524}} in [[Edmonds, Washington|Edmonds]]
*{{jct|state=WA|SR|99}} in Edmonds
*{{jct|state=WA|I|5}} in [[Shoreline, Washington|Shoreline]]
}}
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=WA|SR|522}} in [[Lake Forest Park, Washington|Lake Forest Park]]
|counties=[[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]], [[Kitsap County, Washington|Kitsap]], [[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish]], [[King County, Washington|King]]
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'''State Route&nbsp;104''' ('''SR&nbsp;104''') is a {{convert|31.75|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[State highways in Washington|state highway]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]], serving four counties: [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]] on the [[Olympic Peninsula]], [[Kitsap County, Washington|Kitsap]] on the [[Kitsap Peninsula]], and [[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish]] and [[King County, Washington|King]] in the [[Puget Sound region]]. It begins south of [[Discovery Bay, Washington|Discovery Bay]] at [[U.S. Route 101 in Washington|U.S. Route&nbsp;101]] (US&nbsp;101) and crosses the [[Hood Canal Bridge]] over [[Hood Canal]] to the terminus of [[Washington State Route 3|SR&nbsp;3]] near [[Port Gamble, Washington|Port Gamble]]. SR&nbsp;104 continues southeast onto the [[Edmonds–Kingston Ferry]] to cross the [[Puget Sound]] and intersects [[Washington State Route 99|SR&nbsp;99]] and [[Interstate 5 in Washington|Interstate&nbsp;5]] (I-5) before ending at [[Washington State Route 522|SR&nbsp;522]] in [[Lake Forest Park, Washington|Lake Forest Park]]. SR&nbsp;104 also has a short [[#Spur route|spur route]] that connects the highway to SR&nbsp;99 at an at-grade signal on the Snohomish–King county line.

Established during the [[1964 state highway renumbering (Washington)|1964 state highway renumbering]], SR&nbsp;104 was formed out of four highways, themselves created in 1937: Secondary State Highway&nbsp;9E (SSH&nbsp;9E) from Discovery Bay to Port Gamble, [[Primary State Highway 21 (Washington)|Primary State Highway&nbsp;21]] (PSH&nbsp;21) from Port Gamble to Kingston, SSH&nbsp;1W within Edmonds, and SSH&nbsp;2B from Edmonds to Lake Forest Park. PSH&nbsp;21 was originally part of [[State Road 21 (Washington)|State Road&nbsp;21]], added to the state highway system in 1915 to connect the Port Gamble–Shine ferry to the Kingston ferry landing. The Edmonds–Kingston ferry at the end of State Road&nbsp;21 has been in operation under various companies since 1923 and was served by the 14-car ''[[City of Edmonds (ferry)|City of Edmonds]]''. SSH&nbsp;9E extended from Discovery Bay to [[Port Ludlow, Washington|Port Ludlow]] initially and was moved south and extended to the South Point ferry landing in the late 1940s. The bridge replaced the South Point–Lofall ferry when it opened in 1961, but the ferry was re-used during the construction of the second Hood Canal Bridge after the first bridge sank in 1979 and before the new bridge opened in 1982. The Edmonds–Kingston ferry was added to the [[Washington State Ferries|state ferry system]] in 1951 before it was incorporated into SR&nbsp;104 in 1994.

==Route description==
[[File:WA-104 west on Hood Canal Bridge.jpg|thumb|left|SR&nbsp;104 westbound on the [[Hood Canal Bridge]], traveling towards the [[Olympic Peninsula]]]]

SR&nbsp;104 begins at an intersection with [[U.S. Route 101 in Washington|US&nbsp;101]], located south of [[Discovery Bay, Washington|Discovery Bay]] on the [[Olympic Peninsula]].<ref name="interchange-us101">{{cite web |date=November 19, 1992 |title=SR 101: Junction SR 104 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR101/101X284.pdf |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The highway travels south through rural [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson County]] towards [[Crocker Lake (Washington)|Crocker Lake]] and turns southeast, intersecting [[Washington State Route 19|SR&nbsp;19]] south of [[Port Ludlow, Washington|Port Ludlow]]. SR&nbsp;104 continues east along the northern shore of [[Squamish Harbor]], part of the [[Hood Canal]], and crosses into [[Kitsap County, Washington|Kitsap County]] on the {{convert|7,869|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} [[Hood Canal Bridge]], the [[Pontoon bridge#Current|third longest]] [[Pontoon bridge|floating bridge]] in the world.<ref name="bridge-numbers">{{cite web |title=SR 104 - Hood Canal Bridge - By the Numbers |date=March 2010 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR104HoodCanalBridgeEast/numbers.htm |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The highway serves as the northern terminus of [[Washington State Route 3|SR&nbsp;3]] east of the bridge and turns northeast towards [[Port Gamble, Washington|Port Gamble]], located on the [[Kitsap Peninsula]]. SR&nbsp;104 turns south along the western shore of Port Gamble, the bay the community is named after, and turns southeast to intersect [[Washington State Route 307|SR&nbsp;307]].<ref name="interchange-307">{{cite web |date=August 20, 2002 |title=SR 104: Junction SR 307 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR104/104X020.pdf |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The highway continues east from the intersection to [[Kingston, Washington|Kingston]], where it splits into a [[one-way pair]] before the designation travels onto the [[Edmonds–Kingston Ferry]].<ref name="kingston-couplet">{{cite web |date=February 1, 2002 |title=SR 104: Junction SR 104 CO KNGSTN |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR104/104X024.pdf |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name="google">{{google maps |title=State Route 104 |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=Ballinger+Way+NE&hl=en&ll=47.854015,-122.580495&spn=0.250188,0.676346&sll=47.753869,-122.276252&sspn=0.000979,0.002642&geocode=FTe62wId0fSs-A%3BFTyp2AId9TW2-A&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=19&t=m&z=11 |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref>

The ferry, operated by [[Washington State Ferries]] (WSF), takes approximately 30 minutes to cross {{convert|5.95|mi|km}} across [[Puget Sound]].  It departs from Kingston on [[Appletree Cove]] and arrives in [[Edmonds, Washington|Edmonds]] in [[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish County]].<ref name="wsf-map">{{cite map |title=Edmonds/Kingston Route Map |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/info_desk/route-maps/index.cfm?region_id=3 |publisher=Washington State Ferries |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> WSF operates thirteen round-trip crossings every day.<ref name="wsf-schedule">{{Cite journal |title=WSF Sailing Schedule for Edmonds / Kingston |url=http://www.wsdot.com/ferries/schedule/ScheduleDetailByRoute.aspx?route=ed-king |date=December 30, 2012 |publisher=Washington State Ferries |access-date=January 27, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="wsf-schedule-pdf">{{cite web |title=Winter 2013 Sailing Schedule: Edmonds / Kingston |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/pdf/2013Winter.pdf |date=December 30, 2012 |publisher=Washington State Ferries |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123233819/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/pdf/2013winter.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Westbound passengers must pay a $7.70 toll or they may alternately pay with a prepaid Wave2Go card.<ref name="wsf-fares">{{cite web |title=Passenger and Vehicle Fares |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/pdf/CurrentFares.pdf |date=May 1, 2012 |publisher=Washington State Ferries |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-date=March 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329004521/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/pdf/CurrentFares.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

SR&nbsp;104 resumes in Edmonds on Main Street and crosses a [[BNSF Railway|BNSF]] rail line south of [[Edmonds (Amtrak station)|Edmonds Station]].<ref name="rail-2012">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=2011 Washington State Rail System |date=January 2012 |url=http://wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/FDBE2AB4-E504-4AC5-9E30-6A2CC4FAAD34/0/2011Ownership.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name="railstations-2012">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=Passenger Rail System - Washington State |date=January 2012 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/55697D20-A6E8-4544-A680-AE8889934FFB/0/PassengerRailSystemStations.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The highway turns south at an intersection with [[Washington State Route 524|SR&nbsp;524]] onto Sunset Avenue towards [[Woodway, Washington|Woodway]]. The roadway travels southeast along Edmonds Way towards the Snohomish–[[King County, Washington|King]] county line, intersecting [[Washington State Route 524 Spur (Edmonds)|SR&nbsp;524&nbsp;Spur]] and 5th Street at a [[Grade separation|grade-separated]] interchange. Edmonds Way travels through a [[partial cloverleaf interchange]] with [[Washington State Route 99|SR&nbsp;99]] before SR&nbsp;104 intersects its [[Washington State Route 104 Spur|spur route]], which travels west towards an at-grade signal with SR&nbsp;99.<ref name="interchange-99">{{cite web |date=May 27, 2010 |title=SR 99: Junction SR 104 / SR 104 SP AURORA |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR099/099X043.pdf |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The highway continues east along Ballinger Way to a partial cloverleaf interchange with [[Interstate 5 in Washington|I-5]] southeast of [[Lake Ballinger]].<ref name="interchange-5">{{cite web |date=October 19, 2011 |title=SR 5 - Exit 177: Junction SR 104 / NE 205th St |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR005/005X177.pdf |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The highway travels southeast into [[Lake Forest Park, Washington|Lake Forest Park]], where SR&nbsp;104 ends at [[Washington State Route 522|SR&nbsp;522]] on the north shore of [[Lake Washington]].<ref name="google"/>

SR&nbsp;104 is considered, by the [[Washington State Department of Transportation]] (WSDOT), an [[auxiliary route]] of US&nbsp;101, part of a [[State highways in Washington|numbering system]] established during the [[1964 state highway renumbering (Washington)|1964 state highway renumbering]].<ref name="wsdot-name">{{cite web |last=Terpening |first=Dustin |title=Name that highway |date=July 6, 2010 |url=http://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/name-that-highway.html |work=The WSDOT Blog |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref> Every year, WSDOT conducts a series of surveys on its highways in the state to measure traffic volume. This is expressed in terms of [[annual average daily traffic]] (AADT), which is a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. In 2011, WSDOT calculated that between 3,800 and 44,000 vehicles per day used the highway, mostly in the Shoreline area.<ref name="ATR">{{cite web |author=Staff |year=2011 |title=2011 Annual Traffic Report |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_2011.pdf |pages=133–136 |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-date=June 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613043942/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_2011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Edmonds–Kingston ferry carried 3.808 million passengers and 2.025 million vehicles in 2012, according to WSF statistics.<ref name="wsf-info">{{cite web |title=WSDOT Ferries Division (WSF) - Nation's Largest Ferry System |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/0B14963D-DFE3-479A-A178-087D05E837F9/0/WSFFactSheetJanuary2013v1Web.pdf |date=January 2013 |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The segments of the highway between Discovery Bay and Kingston and SR&nbsp;99 and I-5 in Edmonds and Shoreline are designated as part of the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]],<ref name="NHS">{{cite map |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |title=National Highway System: Seattle, WA |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/washington/seattle_wa.pdf |date=October 1, 2012 |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> while the whole route is designated by WSDOT as a Highway of Statewide Significance because it connects major communities in the [[Washington (state)|state of Washington]].<ref name="HSS-list">{{cite web |title=Transportation Commission List of Highways of Statewide Significance |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2006/03/16/HSSlist2009mod2.pdf |publisher=[[Washington State Transportation Commission]] |date=July 26, 2009 |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-date=July 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724190950/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/50EC9EB9-DB3D-4823-B5D2-5348409FB8CE/0/HSSlist2009mod2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="HSS-about">{{cite web |last=Lorenzo |first=Judy |title=Highways of Statewide Significance |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/planning/HSS/Default.htm |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Washington State Ferry 6415.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Jumbo class ferry|Jumbo class]] {{MV|Spokane}} serving the [[Edmonds–Kingston Ferry|Edmonds–Kingston]] route in 2008.]]

SR&nbsp;104 was established during the [[1964 state highway renumbering (Washington)|1964 state highway renumbering]] as the successor to several state highways: SSH&nbsp;9E between [[Discovery Bay, Washington|Discovery Bay]] and [[Port Gamble, Washington|Port Gamble]], [[Primary State Highway 21 (Washington)|PSH&nbsp;21]] between Port Gamble and [[Kingston, Washington|Kingston]], SSH&nbsp;1W in [[Edmonds, Washington|Edmonds]], and SSH&nbsp;2B between Edmonds and [[Lake Forest Park, Washington|Lake Forest Park]].<ref name="RCW"/><ref name="sr">{{cite web |last=Prahl |first=C. G. |title=Identification of State Highways |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/Identification-of-state-highways.pdf |publisher=[[Washington State Highway Commission]], [[Department of Highways (Washington)|Department of Highways]] |date=December 1, 1965 |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030155114/https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/Identification-of-state-highways.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="usgs-1965">{{cite map |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |title=Seattle, 1965 |year=1965 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-seattle-1965.jpg |scale=1:250,000 |format=JPG |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The highway between Port Gamble and Kingston was established in 1915 as part of [[State Road 21 (Washington)|State Road&nbsp;21]], which extended south to [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]].<ref name="law1915">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |edition=1915 |date=March 19, 1915 |access-date=January 27, 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w7w4AAAAIAAJ |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |chapter=Chapter 53: Public Highways Appropriation |pages=491}}</ref> During the creation of the [[Primary State Highways (Washington)|Primary and secondary state highways]] in 1937, State Road&nbsp;21 was re-designated as PSH&nbsp;21 and extended south to [[Gorst, Washington|Gorst]].<ref name="law1937">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |edition=1937 |date=March 17–18, 1937 |access-date=January 27, 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dcQ4AAAAIAAJ |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |chapter=Chapter 190: Establishment of Primary State Highways, Chapter 207: Classification of Public Highways |pages=941–942, 998, 1006}}</ref> SSH&nbsp;9E was also established, connecting [[U.S. Route 101 in Washington|US&nbsp;101]] and [[Primary State Highway 9 (Washington)|PSH&nbsp;9]] in Discovery Bay to [[Port Ludlow, Washington|Port Ludlow]], along with SSH&nbsp;1W from [[U.S. Route 99|US&nbsp;99]] and [[Primary State Highway 1 (Washington)|PSH&nbsp;1]] in [[Lynnwood, Washington|Lynnwood]] through Edmonds to US&nbsp;99 and PSH&nbsp;1 in [[Woodway, Washington|Woodway]], following the route of an unpaved road built in the 1890s.<ref name="law1937"/><ref name="usgs-1895">{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Washington: Snohomish Quadrangle |date=October 1897 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/washington/txu-pclmaps-topo-wa-snohomish-1895.jpg |scale=1:125,000 |format=JPG |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> SSH&nbsp;2B was created in 1937 to serve as a connector between US&nbsp;99 and PSH&nbsp;1 in [[Shoreline, Washington|Shoreline]] to a branch of [[Primary State Highway 2 (Washington)|PSH&nbsp;2]] in [[Lake Forest Park, Washington|Lake Forest Park]].<ref name="law1937"/>

SSH&nbsp;9E was extended southeast to the South Point ferry over [[Hood Canal]] in 1947,<ref name="law1947">{{cite book |author=State of Washington Department of Highways |title=Twenty-Second Biennial Report of the Department of Highways |edition=1946 |series=Biennial Reports of the Department of Highways |year=1946–1947 |access-date=January 27, 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGsPAAAAIAAJ |publisher=Department of Highways |location=Olympia, Washington |chapter=Chapter 232 |quote=Secondary State Highway No. 9-E, from junction with Primary State Highway No. 9 in vicinity south of Discovery Bay by most feasible route to vicinity of South Point on Hood Canal.}}</ref> as the ferry traveled east to a branch of PSH&nbsp;21 at Lofall created in 1949.<ref name="law1949">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |edition=1949 |date=March 22, 1949 |access-date=January 27, 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcc4AAAAIAAJ |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |chapter=Chapter 225: Establishment of Primary and Secondary State Highways |page=774}}</ref><ref name="usgs-1958">{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Seattle, 1958 |year=1958 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-seattle-1958.jpg |scale=1:250,000 |format=JPG |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The highway was moved south from Discovery Bay to intersect US&nbsp;101 near [[Crocker Lake (Washington)|Crocker Lake]] in 1957 and was extended across the [[Pontoon bridge|floating]] [[Hood Canal Bridge]] in 1959 to PSH&nbsp;21 west of Port Gamble prior to the bridge opening on August 12, 1961.<ref name="law1957">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |edition=1957 |year=1957 |access-date=January 27, 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zck4AAAAIAAJ |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |chapter=Chapter 172 |page=636}}</ref><ref name="law1959">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |edition=1959 |year=1959 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |chapter=Chapter 319}}</ref><ref name="bridge1961">{{cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Charles |date=March 17, 2005 |title=Hood Canal Bridge opens on August 12, 1961. |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7280 |publisher=[[HistoryLink]] |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The westernmost section of the highway was straightened and redirected to an interchange with US&nbsp;101 in November 1965.<ref>{{cite news |last=Paxson |first=Donald V. |date=March 27, 1970 |title=A busy decade for Peninsula highways: When the Hood Canal bridge opened they scratched another ferry run |page=E6 |work=Port Angeles Evening News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40594229/a-busy-decade-for-peninsula-highways/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=October 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 1965 |title=Construction Roundup |page=21 |work=Washington Highway News |volume=12 |issue=7 |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission |oclc=29654162 |url=https://cdm16977.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16977coll1/id/4955 |via=WSDOT Library Digital Collections |access-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref>

SR&nbsp;104 was designated over the highways in 1964 and was signed into law in 1970.<ref name="RCW"/><ref name="sr"/> The highway was widened and relocated onto a limited-access bypass between downtown Edmonds and Aurora Village in 1974, at a cost of $8 million.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 7, 1969 |title=Highway 104 Widening May Begin in Spring |page=16 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Satterfield |first=Archie |year=1990 |title=Edmonds: The First Century |page=125 |publisher=City of Edmonds |isbn=0-9625484-0-5 |oclc=24993143}}</ref> The bypass, which included an interchange at SR&nbsp;99, was proposed in the 1960s and required several years of right-of-way acquisition.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 20, 1968 |title=County Road Plan Need Reaffirmed by Official |page=5B |work=The Everett Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-county-road-plan-need-r/149471598/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=June 16, 2024}}</ref> That same year, the state government studied a realignment of SR&nbsp;104 east of I-5 to generally continue along the King–Snohomish county line to a junction with [[Washington State Route 527|SR&nbsp;527]]. The study concluded that an extension would likely be subject to litigation from local residents based on feedback from earlier meetings and would not provide major benefits.<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnston |first=Steve |date=July 16, 1974 |title=Neighbors Fighting 'New Road' |page=A9 |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |date=September 1974 |title=A Legislative Study: SR 104 Relocation |page=2 |publisher=Washington State Department of Highways |url=https://cdm16977.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16977coll20/id/4348/rec/1 |via=WSDOT Library Digital Collections |accessdate=February 17, 2023}}</ref>

The Hood Canal Bridge, officially named after highways director [[William A. Bugge]], sank during the [[February 13, 1979 windstorm]] and was replaced by a ferry operating between Lofall and South Point until the west span was re-opened on October 23, 1982.<ref name="bridge1979">{{cite web |last=Long |first=Priscilla |date=August 5, 2003 |title=Hood Canal Bridge sinks during a severe storm on Tuesday, February 13, 1979. |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5501 |publisher=HistoryLink |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name="bridge1979b">{{cite news |title=Winds collapse Hood Canal Bridge |date=February 14, 1979 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7T1OAAAAIBAJ&dq=hood%20canal%20bridge&pg=4389%2C6542399 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |page=1 |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Balley |first=Gil |date=October 24, 1982 |title=Hood Canal Bridge ties state together again |page=A6 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> The east span of the bridge was replaced between 1997 and 2010, closing the bridge to traffic in May 2009 and re-opening the South Point–Lofall ferry.<ref name="wsdot-bridge2010">{{cite web |date=March 2010 |title=SR 104 - Hood Canal Bridge Project - Complete March 2010 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr104hoodcanalbridgeeast/ |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-date=May 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501162618/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR104HoodCanalBridgeEast/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ferry-2008">{{cite news |last=Morris |first=Jennifer |date=June 18, 2008 |title=Survey says: 'It's South Point to Lofall' |url=http://www.northkitsapherald.com/news/20514829.html |work=[[North Kitsap Herald]] |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The route of the highway has not been revised significantly since the 1994 inclusion of ferry routes.<ref name="wsdot2011/12-map">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=Washington State Highways, 2011–2012 |year=2011 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/14A6187A-B266-4340-A351-D668F89AC231/0/TouristMapFront_withHillshade.pdf |format=PDF |scale=1:842,000 |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-date=July 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726042334/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/14A6187A-B266-4340-A351-D668F89AC231/0/TouristMapFront_withHillshade.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Edmonds–Kingston Ferry|Edmonds–Kingston ferry]], added to SR&nbsp;104 in 1994,<ref name="law1994">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |edition=1994 |access-date=February 1, 2013 |url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?year=1993&bill=2618 |date=March 30, 1994 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |chapter=Chapter 209: Substitute House Bill 2618}}</ref> was first served by the 14-car and 76-passenger ''[[City of Edmonds (ferry)|City of Edmonds]]'' in 1923.<ref name="ferry-1923">{{cite web |last=LeWarne |first=Charles |title=The automobile ferry City of Edmonds makes its first run from Edmonds across Puget Sound to Kingston on May 20, 1923. |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8544 |publisher=HistoryLink |date=March 24, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The ferry ran three crossings on weekdays and six on weekends and a toll of $1.50 for vehicles and $0.25 for passengers was later charged.<ref name="ferry-1923"/> After the establishment of [[Washington State Ferries]] in 1951, the 59-car {{MV|Nisqually}} was assigned to the Edmonds–Kingston route. Between 1968 and 2005, the [[Evergreen State class ferry|Evergreen State class]] {{MV|Tillikum}} and {{MV|Evergreen State}} were used on the route, while the [[Steel Electric class ferry|Steel Electric class]] {{MV|Illahee}} and {{MV|Quinault}} were used on extra summer runs.<ref name="ferry-demoro">{{cite book |last=Demoro |first=Harre |title=The Evergreen Fleet – A Pictorial History of Washington State Ferries |pages=57–63 |publisher=[[Golden West Books]] |location=[[San Marino, California]] |year=1971 |isbn=0870950371}}</ref> The [[Jumbo class ferry|Jumbo class]] {{MV|Spokane}} and {{MV|Walla Walla}} began serving the route in 2005,<ref name="ferry2005">{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Charles E. |title=Philip Spaulding, 92, designed state ferries, other vessels |date=May 16, 2005 |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2002276222_spauldingobit16m.html |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> but sometimes are replaced by other ferries, especially during maintenance.<ref name="wsf-schedule"/><ref name="wsf-schedule-pdf"/>

==Spur route==
{{Infobox road small
|state=WA
|type=SR-Spur
|route=104
|location=[[Shoreline, Washington|Shoreline]]–[[Edmonds, Washington|Edmonds]]
|length_mi=0.34
|length_ref=<ref name="log"/>
|formed=2009
|yr_ref=<ref name="2009-log">{{cite web |author=Staff |year=2009 |title=State Highway Log: Planning Report 2009, SR 2 to SR 971 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/roadway/pdf/HwyLog2009.pdf |page=5 |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref>
}}
[[File:SR 104 Spur eastbound from SR 99.jpg|thumb|left|SR&nbsp;104&nbsp;Spur at its western terminus, [[Washington State Route 99|SR&nbsp;99]], on the [[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish]]–[[King County, Washington|King]] county line.]]

SR&nbsp;104&nbsp;Spur begins its short, {{convert|0.34|mi|m|adj=mid|-long}} route as 244th Street at SR&nbsp;104 on the [[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish]]–[[King County, Washington|King]] county line between [[Edmonds, Washington|Edmonds]] and [[Shoreline, Washington|Shoreline]].<ref name="log"/> 244th Street travels west on the 5-lane roadway (including a [[Reversible lane#Turn lanes and flush medians|center turning lane]]) north of the [[Aurora Village]] shopping center to end at an intersection with Aurora Avenue, signed as [[Washington State Route 99|SR&nbsp;99]].<ref name="interchange-99"/><ref name="google-spur">{{google maps |title=State Route 104 Spur |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=N+205th+St&daddr=N+205th+St&hl=en&ll=47.777945,-122.342445&spn=0.003915,0.010568&sll=47.77782,-122.34578&sspn=0.000979,0.002642&geocode=FeAI2QIdxUK1-A%3BFQoI2QId3iS1-A&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=19&t=m&z=17 |link=no |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> The highway was originally part of SSH&nbsp;2B from 1937 to 1964 and SR&nbsp;104 after the [[1964 highway renumbering (Washington)|1964 highway renumbering]] and was created in 2009 after SR&nbsp;104 was realigned onto a new [[divided highway]].<ref name="usgs-1965"/><ref name="usgs-1958"/><ref name="2009-log"/> [[Washington State Department of Transportation|WSDOT]] estimated that between 18,000 and 19,000 vehicles per day used the spur route, according to [[average annual daily traffic|AADT]] data in 2011.<ref name="ATR"/>
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==Major intersections==
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|county=Jefferson
|cspan=2
|location=none
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=WA|US|101|city1=Port Townsend|city2=Port Angeles|city3=Olympia}}
|notes=Western terminus; interchange}}
{{WAint
|location=none
|mile=8.67
|road={{jct|state=WA|SR|19|dir1=north|name1=Beaver Valley Road|city1=Chimacum|city2=Port Townsend}}
|notes=Southern terminus of SR 19}}
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|state=WA
|river=[[Hood Canal]]
|mile=13.73
|mile2=14.53
|bridge=[[Hood Canal Bridge]]}}
{{WAint
|county=Kitsap
|cspan=2
|location=none
|mile=15.34
|road={{jct|state=WA|SR|3|dir1=south|city1=Poulsbo|city2=Bremerton}}
|notes=Northern terminus of SR 3}}
{{WAint
|location=none
|mile=20.38
|road={{jct|state=WA|SR|307|dir1=south|city1=Poulsbo}}
|notes=Northern terminus of SR 307}}
{{jctbridge
|state=WA
|river=[[Puget Sound]]
|mile=24.40
|mile2=24.41
|bridge={{jct|extra=ferry}} [[Edmonds–Kingston Ferry]]<br /><small>Mileage does not include ferry</small>}}
{{WAint
|county=Snohomish
|cspan=3
|location=Edmonds
|lspan=2
|mile=24.47
|road={{jct|state=WA|SR|524|dir1=east|name1=Sunset Avenue|city1=Lynnwood}}
|notes=Western terminus of SR 524}}
{{WAint
|mile=25.09
|road={{jct|state=WA|SR-Spur|524|dab1=Edmonds|dir1=east|name1=Pine Street|to2=to|SR|524|dir2=east|city1=Lynnwood}}
|notes=Southern terminus of SR 524 Spur}}
{{WAint
|location=Woodway
|mile=25.51
|road=5th Avenue – [[Edmonds City Center, Washington|Edmonds City Center]]
|type=incomplete
|notes=Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance}}
{{WAint
|county1=Snohomish
|county2=King
|cspan=3
|location1=Edmonds
|location2=Shoreline
|location_group=city
|lspan=2
|mile=27.78
|road={{jct|state=WA|SR|99|name1=Aurora Avenue|city1=Lynnwood|city2=Everett}}
|notes=Interchange}}
{{WAint
|lspan=2
|mile=28.11
|road={{jct|state=WA|SR-Spur|104|dir1=west|name1=244th Street|to2=to|SR|99}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of SR 104 Spur}}
{{WAint
|location1=Mountlake Terrace
|location2=Shoreline
|location_group=city
|mile=29.13
|road={{jct|state=WA|I|5|city1=Seattle|city2=Everett|location3=[[Vancouver|Vancouver, BC]]}}
|notes=I-5 exit 177; interchange.}}
{{WAint
|county=King
|location=Lake Forest Park
|mile=31.75
|road={{jct|state=WA|SR|522|name1=Bothell Way|city1=Bothell|city2=Seattle}}
|notes=Eastern terminus}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=incomplete}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://www.angelfire.com/wa2/hwysofwastate/sr104.html Highways of Washington State]
*[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/ Washington State Ferries]

{{State highways in Washington related to US 101}}
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[[Category:State highways in Washington (state)|104]]
[[Category:Transportation in Jefferson County, Washington]]
[[Category:Transportation in Kitsap County, Washington]]
[[Category:Transportation in Snohomish County, Washington]]
[[Category:Transportation in King County, Washington]]