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The Interstate 5 in Washington state is the most commonly
traveled Washington state highway... the i-5 is the main north-south
transportation route/corridor through Washington state for both people
and cargo.
The i-5 in Washington travels generally in a north-south direction
through the state... the highway conveniently
connects to most of the the larger cities in
Washington state, like;
Seattle,
Tacoma,
Vancouver,
and
Everett...
as well as, a number of other smaller cities & communities, like;
Bellingham,
Blaine.
Chehalis,
Centralia,
Federal Way,
Lakewood,
Marysville,
Mt. Vernon,
Olympia,
Shoreline,
and many more, which ultimately provides for a convenient & efficient
transportation between a large number of cities and communities
located along the i-5 corridor.
Traveling north on the i-5 through Washington state, you'll
eventually reach the US/Canada border crossing, located just to
the
north-side of
Blaine WA,
after crossing the border into Canada, the i-5 becomes the
Highway 99... the Highway 99 can be followed into
Vancouver BC...
Vancouver is located just approx. a 1 hour drive north of the
US/Canada border.
Traveling south on the i-5 through Washington, you will eventually reach the
Washington/Oregon border, where the cities of
Vancouver WA and
Portland
OR sit across from each other, separated by the
Columbia River... where the Columbia River forms the border
between Washington
and Oregon
states.
In the Seattle area, i-5 in Washington is
intersected by Interstate 90... the i-90 is a "trans-continental"
interstate highway
that travels east through
Washington state,
which travels generally in an eastward direction all the way across the USA to
Boston,
MA. In the Vancouver Washington area, the i-5 is intersected by the 205 Highway...
the 205 connects to the south-east
traveling Interstate 84 in northern
Oregon,
which eventually connects to Interstate 15 in the Utah/Idaho
area.
According to the software program
Streets & Trips,
the length of the i-5 in Washington state is approximately 278 miles long, with an estimated driving
time of approx. 4 hrs. & 30 minutes.
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