Broadway (Seattle)

Broadway

Broadway Avenue
Looking south on Broadway at Thomas St.
Maintained by	Seattle Department of Transportation
Length	1.6 mi (2.6 km)
Location	Seattle
South end	Yesler Way at Yesler Terrace
Major junctions	Madison Street in First Hill
North end	10th Avenue East / East Roy Street in Capitol Hill

Broadway is a major north–south thoroughfare in Seattle, Washington. The 1.6-mile-long (2.6 km) arterial runs north from Yesler Way at Yesler Terrace through the First Hill and Capitol Hill neighborhoods to East Roy Street. Broadway East (the directional designation changes at East Denny Way) continues north to East Highland Drive. North of there the street is made up of shorter segments: one from just south of East Blaine Street to just north of East Miller Street, another from East Roanoke Street to East Shelby Street, and the last from East Allison Street to Fuhrman Avenue East.

Broadway begins at an intersection with Yesler Way in the Yesler Terrace neighborhood, several blocks east of Interstate 5 and Downtown Seattle. The two-lane street travels north, climbing First Hill with streetcar tracks and a protected bike lane on its east side, passing Boren Place and Harborview Medical Center on its west side. At the crest of First Hill, between James and Madison streets, Broadway forms the eastern boundary of the Swedish Medical Center campus and the western boundary of Seattle University. Broadway crosses into Capitol Hill at Pike Street, forming the eastern boundary of Seattle Central College for several blocks, passing Cal Anderson Park and the future Capitol Hill light rail station at East John Street. The Capitol Hill branch of the Seattle Public Library is located a block west of Broadway at Republican Street and Harvard Avenue. At East Roy Street, the arterial shifts to the east and becomes 10th Avenue East, continuing north to East Roanoke Street at Roanoke Park and thence on Harvard Avenue East to Eastlake Avenue East and the University Bridge.