196th Ave Northeast, Bear / Evans

This road is a red-brick paved road, which is really unusual for the area. It is a bumpy ride, but very cute. 196th Ave connects from Union Hill Road and Redmond-Fall City Road (Highway 202). The road is for local residents and you wouldn't want to use it as a shortcut, anyway. King County is striving to protect and preserve the surface to keep the road historic.

Where the road connects to Union Hill Road there is a nursery with beautiful plants and if you head east to Sahalee Way right off 202 there is another nursery, the Gray Barn which is also the home of Pacific Topsoils.

Close by, in downtown Redmond it would be hard to find a store that didn't fulfill your needs. From department stores to pet stores, from health and fitness to fast food – Redmond is not really lacking. The nearby elementary school, Emily Dickinson, is ranked well in Washington state. Right next to it is Evergreen Junior High which is also an excellent school. Merging right from 196th to SR-202 is much easier now as there are two lanes in both directions.