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 Interstate-5
in the Tacoma, WA
Area
Is located on Puget Sound in
Washington
State
The Tacoma Area is
really Pierce County, Washington
State, USA
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Interstate 5 continues north on our Seattle Area Page
The King County / Pierce County
Line
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Exit 137
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Fife / Milton / US Highway 99 - Fife, WA – Gas,
food, and lodging in the area.
Fife is in the Puyallup River
valley east of Tacoma. The freeway actually runs east and west
here. The port
of Tacoma is to the north and west
of Fife.
Old US Highway 99 lies just west (actually north) of the freeway
here and is lined with local businesses and tourist services. The southern end of Highway 99 begins at
this exit and continues north from here all the way to Everett where it ends at I-5 exit
189. Milton
is a mainly residential area which lies east of the City of Fife.
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Exit 136
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Port
of Tacoma / Fife – The Fife City Hall plus lots of tourist
facilities lie north (west side of freeway) of this exit
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Exit 135
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Puyallup / Bay Street / WA-167 – Highway
167 heads east to Puyallup
and the Western Washington State Fairgrounds. West of the freeway is the Tacoma Dome,
fuel, food, and lodging.
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Exit 133
City Page
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Tacoma
City Center
via I-705 – This exit will take you to into downtown Tacoma via a short freeway.
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Exit 132
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Bremerton / Gig
Harbor / Highway WA-16 – This
freeway take you to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
through northwest Tacoma. There are no tourist facilities at the
exit and no return to Interstate 5.
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Exit 129
Exit 130
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Exits 129 and 130 exit into the South Tacoma Area.
This area is highly commercial
and has lots of tourist facilities.
The newer malls and shopping centers in this area qualify it as Tacoma’s new shopping
area.
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Exit 130
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Tacoma Mall Blvd. – Tacoma Mall
is at this exit along with many other tourist facilities.
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Exit 129
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72nd Street / 84th Street – Fuel,
food, and lodging
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Exit 128
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(northbound only) –
exits into same area as exit 129
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Exit 127
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Tacoma Way / Puyallup
/ Mt. Rainier / Highway 512 - Fuel, food,
lodging.
This exit actually is in the City of Lakewood.
Highway 512 heads east from
this exit to Puyallup
and the Western Washington State Fairgrounds. Heading east from Puyallup
on highways 167 and 410 you will go through the Towns of Buckley and Enumclaw on your way
to Mount Rainier
National Park.
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Exit 125
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Lakewood / McCord Air Force Base – HOSPITAL
– Fuel, food, lodging
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Exit
124
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Gravelly Lake Drive – Mainly access to the
residential area around Gravelly
Lake.
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Exit
123
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Thorne Lane / Tillicum
Lane – No tourist facilities.
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Exit
122
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Camp Murray – HOSPITAL AT CAMP MURRAY – Fuel
and food at this exit
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Exit
120
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Fort Lewis
main gate
– Fort Lewis Military
Museum – No
facilities at this exit
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Exit
119
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Du Pont Road / Steilacoom – This exit has no tourist facilities.
This exit will take you west
(actually north) to the historic Town of Steilacoom. The county runs a ferry from Steilacoom
to Ketron and Anderson Islands
from Steilacoom.
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Exit =118
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Center
Drive – No facilities at this exit.
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Next Page
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The Pierce County
/ Thurston County
Line
Interstate 5 continues south on our Olympia Area Page
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