 SR 516 begins in Des Moines at Marine View Drive as SR 509 turns 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 turns south towards Tacoma . Shortly thereafter , SR 516 intersects I @-@ 5 at a partial cloverleaf interchange and continues east onto a four @-@ lane divided highway over the Green River and its pedestrian and bicycle trail into downtown Kent . The highway serves 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 crosses the Interurban Trail and a BNSF rail line before turning north onto Central Avenue and east onto Smith Street near Kent Station . The highway travels southeast along Mill Creek onto the Kent @-@ Kangley Road and serves as the southern terminus of SR 515 at Kent @-@ Meridian High School before leaving Kent for Covington . SR 516 passes Lake Meridian as 272nd Street and intersects SR 18 at a diamond interchange located in Covington . The highway continues east past Pipe Lake and into Maple Valley before crossing the Cedar to Green River Trail and ending at an intersection with SR 169 . 
 SR 516 <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>begins</mark></a> in Des Moines at Marine View Drive as SR 509 <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>turns</mark></a> 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 <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>turns</mark></a> south towards Tacoma . Shortly thereafter , SR 516 intersects I @-@ 5 at a partial cloverleaf interchange and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>continues</mark></a> east onto a four @-@ lane divided highway over the Green River and its pedestrian and bicycle trail into downtown Kent . The highway <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>serves</mark></a> 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 <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>crosses</mark></a> the Interurban Trail and a BNSF rail line before turning north onto Central Avenue and east onto Smith Street near Kent Station . The highway <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>travels</mark></a> southeast along Mill Creek onto the Kent @-@ Kangley Road and <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>serves</mark></a> as the southern terminus of SR 515 at Kent @-@ Meridian High School before leaving Kent for Covington . SR 516 <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>passes</mark></a> Lake Meridian as 272nd Street and <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>intersects</mark></a> SR 18 at a diamond interchange located in Covington . The highway <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>continues</mark></a> east past Pipe Lake and into Maple Valley before crossing the Cedar to Green River Trail and ending at an intersection with SR 169 . 
SR 516 begin in Des Moines at Marine View Drive as SR 509 turn north towards Burien near da East Passage of Puget Sound . The two concurrent highways travel east on tdaKent @-@ 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 . Thdaighway serve as thedauthern terminus of SR 181 before intersecting SR 167 in a diamond interchange at the datern edge of downtown Kent . SR 516 shifts south onto Willis Street and cross the Interurban Trail and a BNSF rail line before turnin north onto Central Avenue and east onto Smith Street near Kent Station . The highway travel southeast along Mill Creek onto the Kda @-@ Kangley Road and serve as the southern terminus of SR 515 at Kent @-@ Meridian High School b4 leavin 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 Ceda to Green River Trail and ending at an intersection with SR 169 .