Spanaway: SR 7 at MP 48.33: 176th St E (SR 704)
Spanaway Lake helps define the setting of Spanaway — this lowland community in Pierce County extends around a small lake and the busy State Route 7 corridor. The highway, also known locally as Pacific Avenue, runs north toward Tacoma and south through communities leading toward the foothills of Mount Rainier. Spanaway is unincorporated rather than an incorporated city, with neighbourhoods, schools, shops and roadside services arranged along its main arterial roads. Spanaway Lake Park gives the area a public lakeshore focus, while the surrounding landscape belongs to the forested Puget Sound lowlands. The community lies close to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, an important presence in the wider south Puget Sound region.
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