SR 516 begin in Des Moines at Marine View Drive as SR 509 turn north towards Burien near the East Passage of Puget Sound . The two concurrent highways travel east on the Kent @-@ Des Moines Road past Highline Community College and Mount Rainier High School to an intersection with SR 99 in western Kent , where SR 509 turn south towards Tacoma . Shortly thereafter , SR 516 intersects I @-@ 5 at a partial cloverleaf interchange and continue east onto a four @-@ lane divided highway over the Green River and its pedestrian and bicycle trail into downtown Kent . The highway serve as the southern terminus of SR 181 before intersecting SR 167 in a diamond interchange at the western edge of downtown Kent . SR 516 shifts south onto Willis Street and cross the Interurban Trail and a BNSF rail line before turning north onto Central Avenue and east onto Smith Street near Kent Station . The highway travel southeast along Mill Creek onto the Kent @-@ Kangley Road and serve as the southern terminus of SR 515 at Kent @-@ Meridian High School before leaving Kent for Covington . SR 516 pass Lake Meridian as 272nd Street and intersect SR 18 at a diamond interchange located in Covington . The highway continue east past Pipe Lake and into Maple Valley before crossing the Cedar to Green River Trail and ending at an intersection with SR 169 .