Aubrey Davis Park, formerly the Mercer Island Lid and First Hill Lid, is a
park lid covering of
Interstate 90
Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain states, Mountain West, Great Pla ...
(I-90) between West Mercer Way and 76th Avenue Southeast on
Mercer Island
Mercer Island is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located on an island of the same name in the southern portion of Lake Washington. Mercer Island is in the Seattle metropolitan area, with Seattle to its west and Bellevue t ...
,
Washington
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** A ...
, United States. The park was created as to minimize the impact of I-90, opening to the public in the 1990s. Former Mercer Island mayor
Aubrey Davis lobbied for the park's creation in the 1970s. After his death in 2013, the park was renamed after him.
See also
*
List of structures built on top of freeways
References
External links
Park profile
Interstate 90
Parks in Seattle
Transportation in King County, Washington
Transportation in Seattle
Road tunnels in Washington (state)
1990s establishments in Washington (state)
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