Redmond Technology station
Redmond Technology station, formerly Overlake Transit Center, is a bus and light rail station in Redmond, Washington, United States. The bus station opened in 2002 adjacent to State Route 520 on the headquarters campus of Microsoft. It was served by Sound Transit Express and King County Metro, as well as Microsoft's private shuttle buses. The light rail station is the eastern terminus of the 2 Line, part of Sound Transit's Link light rail system, and opened on April 27, 2024.
View of the light rail station from an overpass on NE 40th St.
The bus bays at the old Overlake Transit Center before it was demolished
Washington State Route 520
State Route 520 (SR 520) is a state highway and freeway in the Seattle metropolitan area, part of the U.S. state of Washington. It runs 13 miles (21 km) from Seattle in the west to Redmond in the east. The freeway connects Seattle to the Eastside region of King County via the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge on Lake Washington. SR 520 intersects several state highways, including Interstate 5 (I-5) in Seattle, I-405 in Bellevue, and SR 202 in Redmond.
SR 520 eastbound approaching SR 202 in Downtown Redmond
SR 520 under construction in 1963, pictured east of Montlake Boulevard
The original Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (left) and its under-construction replacement (right), seen in 2015 from the east approach
