By plane
By plane
The nearest airport is Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which is south of Bellevue on I-405; see the article for more details..
By car
By car
State route 520
connects Bellevue to Seattle, via the Evergreen Point floating bridge on Lake Washington. Prone to traffic jams. This bridge will be tolled from 5:00AM to 11:00 PM starting Spring of 2011 using the GoodToGo! pass or by licence plate and Pay By Mail.* 520 Tolling Fees, . edit.
The more modern and capacious Interstate 90 provides another route from Seattle across Lake Washington, traversing Mercer Island. It continues eastward to Spokane, and ultimately, Boston.
Interstate 405
runs North-South right through the middle of Bellevue, leading north to Kirkland and eventually rejoining I-5 on the way to Bellingham and ultimately the Canadian border To the south, I-405 leads to Renton and the Southcenter shopping district before rejoining I-5 continuing southbound to Portland, OR, and ultimately the Mexican border.