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Bellevue

Bellevue is a city in the Puget Sound region of Washington state, and often considered a suburb of Seattle.

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• State route 520 connects Bellevue to Seattle, via the Evergreen Point floating bridge on Lake Washington. Prone to traffic jams.

• The more modern and capacious Interstate 90 provides another route from Seattle across Lake Washington, traversing Mercer Island. It continues eastward to Spokane, and ultimately, Boston.

• Interstate 405 runs North-South right through the middle of Bellevue, leading north to Kirkland (and eventually rejoining I-5 on the way to Bellingham and ultimately the Canadian border) To the south, I-405 leads to Renton and the Southcenter shopping district before rejoining I-5 (continuing southbound to Portland, OR, and ultimately the Mexican border).

[edit] By bus

• Sound Transit Express line 550 runs frequently between Downtown Seattle and Downtown Bellevue.
• Sound Transit Express line 560 runs every half hour between SeaTac Airport and Downtown Bellevue.

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The Puget Sound (which includes Bellevue) has a decent bus transportation network if you're staying in the city.

• Metro offers both local bus service (good for short distances) and expre...
  
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