A Popular Highway 99 Roadside Restaurant
Photograph description
A large gabled roadside restaurant stands beside Highway 99 with parked automobiles and prominent roadside “EAT” signage.
- Date or period
- Mid-20th century; before Interstate 5 diverted through traffic in the 1960s.
- Place
- Pacific Highway South / U.S. 99 north of Kent-Des Moines Road, Washington
- People
- Owners and patrons are not identified in the current web record.
Historical context
The Half Way House was one of the roadside eating establishments serving residents and motorists on U.S. 99. DMHS records I-5 opening from Puyallup to Midway in 1962 and from Midway to Seattle in 1967, shifting regional through traffic away from Highway 99.
Research references
Historical identifications are stated only where supported by the existing DMHS collection or corroborating research. Unresolved dates, names, and locations are identified as such rather than inferred from appearance alone.