Yesler Way
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| File:Seattle - Pioneer Square, looking east on Yesler Way 01.jpg
Yesler Way at 1st Avenue, looking east from the bottom of the hill.
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| Former name(s) | Mill Street[1] |
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| Namesake | Henry Yesler |
| Maintained by | Seattle Department of Transportation |
| Length | 2.2 mi[2] (3.5 km) |
| Location | Seattle |
| West end | Alaskan Way at Colman Dock |
| Major junctions |
Broadway at Yesler Terrace |
| East end | Leschi Park |
Yesler Way is an east–west street in downtown Seattle named for Henry Yesler. East–west streets in Seattle south of Yesler Way are prefixed “South”;[3] avenues are suffixed with “South” as they cross Yesler Way.[4]
History
File:Looking west on Yesler Way, Seattle, WA, USA - panoramio.jpg
Westbound on Yesler Way as it crosses over I-5.
In the 1850s, when freshly cut logs were sent down the steep street, the street was referred to as Skid Road, which became genericized as Skid Row in other cities.[5]
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