Geography Bellevue, Washington

1 geography

1.1 cityscape
1.2 climate
1.3 surrounding cities
1.4 transportation

geography

bellevue located @ 47°36′n 122°12′w / 47.6°n 122.2°w / 47.6; -122.2 (47.5976, -122.1592).

according united states census bureau, city has total area of 36.47 square miles (94.46 km), of which, 31.97 square miles (82.80 km) land , 4.50 square miles (11.65 km) water.

the city s name derived french term beautiful view . under favorable weather conditions, scenic vistas of olympic mountains , cascade mountains can viewed hilltops (and strategically positioned high-rise buildings) within incorporated city.

the city lies between lake washington west , smaller lake sammamish east. of bellevue drained kelsey creek watershed, source located in larsen , phantom lake green belt , outlet near interstate 90 meets lake washington s eastern shore. city bisected interstate 405 running north-south, , southern portion crossed west east interstate 90. state route 520 freeway delineates upper reaches of bellevue.

south of i-90, city continues cougar mountain, @ top of lies unincorporated king county location called hilltop. west of cougar mountain, bellevue includes coal creek, somerset, , factoria neighborhoods.

bellevue bordered cities of kirkland north , redmond northeast along overlake , crossroads neighborhoods. across short east channel bridge, i-90 connects bellevue mercer island southwest. issaquah east, down i-90 @ south end of lake sammamish. city bordered west many affluent suburbs such medina, clyde hill, hunts point , yarrow point. south end of bellevue bordered city of renton, , southeast, relatively incorporated city of newcastle.

cityscape

communities within bellevue include bellecrest, bridle trails, crossroads, eastgate/cougar mountain, enatai, factoria, newport, northeast bellevue, northwest bellevue, sammamish/east bellevue, somerset, sunset, tam o shanter, west bellevue, west lake hills, wilburton, , woodridge.

climate

like of puget sound lowland, bellevue has mild oceanic climate. has frequent rain showers october may, precipitation levels typically being on 2 inches. on average, hottest month july, while january coldest.

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transportation

i-405 seen ne 8th street overpass

bellevue main eastside hub both local transit authority, king county metro, , sound transit, regional transit system. bellevue transit center, serves both metro , sound buses, located in heart of downtown business district , connected interstate 405 ne 6th st. , direct-access texas t hov ramp. local buses run kirkland, redmond, issaquah, renton, , university district; regional buses go bothell, lynnwood, everett, seattle, renton, kent , auburn, among other cities.

the east link light rail line planned run seattle through mercer island , bellevue before ending in redmond. measure including , other regional road , transit projects went before voters on november 4, 2008 , approved.

the bellevue city council lobbied hard sound transit—a regional transit authority—to construct light-rail line underground through bellevue s rapidly growing downtown. bellevue promised devote between $104 million $150 million toward potential tunnel in form of cash, services, free access rights-of-way , one-time tax revenues result east link project. in november 2011, council signed agreement sound transit. tunnel construction started in 2016 while remainder of downtown bellevue construction began in mid-2017. former bellevue city council member claudia balducci member of sound transit board of directors.

the city of bellevue has undertaken extensive bel-red area transformation process seeks plan 900 acres (3.6 km) in northern portion of city, of premised on extension of light rail eastside under sound transit 2. top-down , highly integrated land use , transportation planning similar earlier planning downtown.

bellevue served railroad, burlington northern branch line known woodinville subdivision, included historic wilburton trestle. local freight line subject of debate on whether railbank line , construct multi-purpose trail. of march 2009, port of seattle had postpone acquisition of corridor because of instability in bond market. of 2016 line disused part of track bed @ wilburton station reused sound transit s light-rail construction.

the city once had operating air-field named bellevue airfield.