{"id":992327,"date":"2007-09-03T19:09:11","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T02:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.washingtonhighways.org\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2019-08-10T10:02:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T17:02:42","slug":"interstate-5-sr-548-to-sr-543","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/?p=992327","title":{"rendered":"Interstate 5, SR 548 to SR 543"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>Last Driven June 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"891\" height=\"497\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>MP: <\/strong>266.74<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: I-5 and Grandview Rd, Whatcom Cty<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Reassurance shield after SR 548<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/2new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"941\" height=\"543\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>(Historic Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/2.JPG\">April 2007<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>MP: <\/strong>270.87<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: I-5 and Birch Bay-Lynden Rd, Whatcom Cty<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Reassurance shield just after Birch Bay-Lynden Rd<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"954\" height=\"536\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>MP:\u00a0<\/strong>274.12<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: I-5 and Peace Portal Dr, Blaine<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">A few miles later, we&#8217;ll approach SR 543, which WSDOT is really trying to emphasize as an alternative to the Peace Arch crossing with their newest re-signing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/3new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"831\" height=\"542\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>(Historic Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/3.JPG\">April 2007<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>MP: <\/strong>274.15<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: I-5 and Peace Portal Dr, Blaine<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">3\/4 mile to SR 543, which is more than just &#8220;Truck Customs&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/3a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"822\" height=\"542\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>MP:\u00a0<\/strong>274.26<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: I-5 and Peace Portal Dr, Blaine<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Only 23 miles to Point Roberts, Washington &#8211; but it&#8217;s only accessible via Canada and BC 99\/BC 17.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/3b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"545\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>MP:\u00a0<\/strong>274.34<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: I-5 and Peace Portal Dr, Blaine<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Two miles to both the I-5 and the SR 543 border crossings.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/4new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"542\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>(Historic Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/4.JPG\">April 2007<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>MP: <\/strong>274.43<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: I-5 and SR 543, Blaine<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">An admirable reproduction of BCMOT shields, given their relative complexity. They only forgot the base &#8220;BC&#8221; at the bottom. Anyway, take SR 543 to get to BC-15, and I-5 for BC-99. Trucks use SR 543 to BC-15<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/4a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"892\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>MP:\u00a0<\/strong>274.73<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: I-5 and SR 543, Blaine<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Both crossings have Nexus lanes.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/5new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"595\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>(Historic Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/5.JPG\">April 2007<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>MP: <\/strong>274.77<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: I-5 and SR 543, Blaine<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">SR 543 to BC-15 exits, I-5 continues to 548 and then Canada<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/5\/548to543\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"474\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>MP:\u00a0<\/strong>274.84<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: I-5 and SR 543, Blaine<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Exit for SR 543 north.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/120px-I-5.svg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/?p=992328\">N to SR 548<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/?p=992326\">S to SR 539<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/120px-WA-543.svg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/?p=992723\">N to BC-15\/BC International Boundary<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/120px-WA-548.svg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/?p=992722\">W to I-5<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Driven June 2019 MP: 266.74 Location: I-5 and Grandview Rd, Whatcom Cty Reassurance shield after SR 548 (Historic Photo: April 2007) MP: 270.87 Location: I-5 and Birch Bay-Lynden Rd, Whatcom Cty Reassurance shield just after Birch Bay-Lynden Rd \u00a0 MP:\u00a0274.12 Location: I-5 and Peace Portal Dr, Blaine A few miles later, we&#8217;ll approach SR [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-992327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=992327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=992327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=992327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=992327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}