King County Road Services - Map Counter

Map Counter hours and location

The Map Counter at the King County Map and Records Center is open Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except on government holidays and county furlough days. We're located in the King Street Center Building in historic Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle. View our contact information and driving directions.

Products we offer

Contract bid specifications
The King County Road Services Division's construction project bid specifications are available for purchase at the Map Counter. While a contract is open for bid, plan holder lists are updated nightly and are available online at the King County Procurement Web site.

King County GIS data DVDs
The Map and Records Center sells King County GIS data on DVDs created by the King County GIS Center. The KCGIS DVD is a standard set of data updated four times per year (January, April, July, and October). The disk includes a large subset of the GIS vector data files that are stored and maintained in "plibrary," the enterprise data warehouse that is accessible to all internal KCGIS users. The disk also includes parcel data in tabular form. More information on purchasing a King County GIS DVD.

King County Road Index maps
King County Road Index maps illustrate the network of roadways maintained by King County. The bold red numbers alongside roads in unincorporated King County represent the Road Log number used to inventory lane miles for taxation purposes. Black and white hard copies of the Road Index maps are available for purchase.

King County Road Standards
The 2007 update of King County Road Standards includes new road design and construction requirements and practices, and complies with current storm water management, environmental policies, state and federal requirements, and the County's Comprehensive Plan. Hard copies of the Road Standards are available for purchase at the Map Counter.

Free trail maps
The Map and Records Center also provides free hard copies of the King County Bicycle Map (OUT OF STOCK), Regional Trails in King County and the Pierce County Bike Map (available while supplies last).

Historic roads-related documents
In addition to the many documents available digitally from our Map Vault, the Map and Records Center maintains a physical collection of GLO field notes and copies of territorial township plat maps, topography maps, inspection books for early road projects and survey field books. Photocopies of these documents are available for purchase at the Map Counter.

Map and Records Center location

The Map and Records Center is located on the first floor of the King Street Center building which is on the east side of Second Avenue between South Jackson and South King Streets. There is limited public parking in the basement of King Street Center just off of South King Street. We do not offer parking validation.

For information about taking the bus to the Map Counter, use Metro's Regional Trip Planner.

Contact information

King County Road Services Division
Map and Records Center, KSC-TR-0106
201 South Jackson Street, 1st Floor
Seattle, WA 98104-3856
206-296-6548
206-205-7350 (fax)
map.roads@kingcounty.gov

Driving directions

From I-5 southbound:
Take I-5 southbound to Exit 165A - James St.
Merge onto 6th Ave. S.
Stay right. Continue 8 blocks to S. Jackson St.
Turn right on S. Jackson St.
Continue 4 blocks to 2nd Ave. S. & S. Jackson St.
King Street Center is on the left.

From I-5 northbound
Take I-5 northbound to Exit 164B - 4th Ave. S.
Turn left onto 4th Ave. S.
Veer left on 2nd Ave. Ext. S.
Turn left on S. Jackson St.
Continue 1 block to 2nd Ave. S. & S. Jackson St.
King Street Center is on the left.

From I-90 westbound
Take I-90 westbound to 4th Ave. S. Exit
Turn left onto 4th Ave. S.
Veer left on 2nd Ave. Ext. S.
Turn left on S. Jackson St.
Continue 1 block to 2nd Ave. S. & S. Jackson St.
King Street Center is on the left.