Driving On WA SR-516 West In 1983 (Covington, Kent, Des Moines)
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2022
- Back in 1983, The Washington State Department of Transportation drove West on WA SR-516 and recorded video to document the highway. This was part of a project that photographed/videotaped the states highways every couple of years. This video now resides at The Washington State Archives who were kind enough to share it.
I miss that place so bad. And I still live there. ;-)
This one is my favorite. My family moved to the Seattle area in 1977 and we moved to Covington literally in June of 1983. I turned 8 later that summer. Watching this is like having a time machine. So much change the McDonald’s at Wax road wasn’t even built yet. All those houses on the road. 4 corners had nothing.😜
Wow, you went right past my parents/our house on the right at Kent Kangley and 124th at the 10:47 mark, where that orange road construction sign is that was our property our driveway was right there...when it was still 2 lanes...the city bought part of our property to make it 5 lanes with the turn lane...I love kent...now it isn't as great as it was, but still love it...I still live in Kent across from the Kent Station in North Park...It has changed sooooo much. Thank you for posting this, brings back lots of memories. Even Johnnys was still in Covington...We also lived in Timberlane for a few years in one of the brand new homes when it was first developed. I remember Sequoia was the closes Jr High to Timberlane and people would walk all the way to school sometimes. That is a long ways...
Wow Covington and Four Corners is almost unrecognizable
Right?! Absolutely nothing until you pass lake meridian
@@rickeyholmes420 I grew up in Covington. If someone had shown me this video with no context, I would've laughed at them for saying this was Covington.
Covington wasn’t incorporated until 1987 I think? So technically Covington didn’t even exist when this video was made.
It’s mind blowing seeing the roads you drive on 40 years ago
Omg I had no idea where anything was until I saw highway 18 in Covington. It’s sad that there can’t be a forest anywhere anymore. They have to clear it for something. Weird seeing hardly any traffic lights.
Just wow! I tell people Covington was just trees, well here's the proof! A trip down memory lane for sure. I remember the Johnnie's Grand Central opening. It was amazing. I'd like to see this same video going the other other way. Great video!
Me too! So was the grand central what is big lots now??
What even was that, I'm way too young to know what that even was?
Man this was awesome to see. I grew up off Witte Road and I remember a lot of trees as a kid. It’s so sad to see how it’s changed.
Ooo, the good old days when house doors weren't locked and it was safe in Covington!
17:00 Damn near 40 years later, and that Jack in the Box is still there.
I enjoyed seeing the things that are still the same, the log mailbox by maple valley, the billboard going down canyon road and the Wendy's all unchanged
There used to be homes where Wendy's is now...I have dreams of it, still how it used to be with the houses there.
4 corners was literally 4 corners with stop signs. I recognize a bunch of places. I would have been in the 10th grade at Kent JR high
I honestly didn’t recognize anything until Willis st and the green river lol
Wow! Motorcyclist lucky he didn’t get smoked at the beginning of the tape, he crossed the centre line when he didn’t have the broken yellow on his side
Is that some kind of mill where Kent Station is now? (Update: Yes, found on Wikipedia it was a feed mill that was torn down to make way for the Sounder Train station.)
That was part of Burdic's feed store...
We need a time machine, lol.
I think I can make out the Pla-Mor
I thought they meant Des Moines , Iowa.
So many telephone ☎️ poles and telephone lines!
5:28
Covington wasn't a city at this time.. It' didn't incorporate until the late 90's.