The Historic Sunset Highway
in Washington

Fall City to North Bend

SE Fish Hatchery Rd

Fish Hatchery Road was the original route of the 1915 Sunset Highway. Leaving Fall City heading east, Fish Hatchery Road turns to the right to avoid the hill. The first wagon road through here climbed the hill to the left of the new highway. Fish Hatchery Road connects back up with the wagon road as it rounds the hill and passes by the new highway. The old Sunset Highway and the old wagon road both follow the path of Fish Hatchery Road to the Tokul Creek Bridge. 

The first wagon road to Tokul Creek was built in 1856 as the military road between Seattle and Fort Tilton. The fort was only used for about 4 months and never saw a battle and the military road faded back into the forest. In the 1873 at the mouth of Tokul Creek was the site of Allen's Sawmill.

In 1925 a cut was made in the hill at Fish Hatchery Road and continued east over Tokul Creek at the "Big Cut" and climbed the hill on the 1918 Highway. this continues to be the route of the highway today.