SR 901 was created in 1964 from Secondary State Highway 2D. At the time of its creation, SR 901 began at the intersection of Lake Washington Boulevard and
State Route 520, on the border of
Kirkland and
Bellevue. It then traveled north along Lake Washington Blvd. to downtown Kirkland. At the intersection of Lake St. and Central Way, SR 901 turned right, traveling east along Central Way. It then continued as Redmond Way into
Redmond turning south onto West
Lake Sammamish Parkway when the roads intersected. It then followed West Lake Sammamish Parkway into
Issaquah, ending at its intersection with
State Route 900. SR 901 also had a spur leading from West Lake Sammamish Parkway into downtown Redmond along Redmond Way. In 1971, SR 901 was broken into two parts. The western part, from SR 520 to the intersection of Redmond Way and West Lake Sammamish Parkway (including the spur into Redmond), was renamed
State Route 908. The remainder retained the SR 901 designation, with one exception; West Lake Sammamish Parkway lost its state route designation from Exit 13 of
Interstate 90 to its intersection with SR 900. Effective April 1, 1992, SR 901's path was changed again; now it ran through the city of
Sammamish along
East Lake Sammamish Parkway from Front Street in Issaquah to
State Route 202 east of downtown Redmond. In June, SR 901 was completely dropped as a state route in Washington, following outcry from residents on East Lake Sammamish Parkway. ==State Route 908==