Animals from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus have just disembarked from a train in Renton. The city of Kent is warning of traffic backups on the West Valley Highway for about the next hour.
Circus officials will unload the animals near Oaksdale Avenue Southwest and Southwest 41st Avenue in Renton.
From there, the animals head south on 80th Avenue South to South 196th Street; west on 196th to West Valley Highway; south on West Valley to South 228th Street; east on 228th to Fourth Avenue (also known as 76th Avenue South); south on Fourth to Cloudy Street; west on Cloudy to the arena’s back entrance.
Eleven elephants, 13 tigers, 10 horses, four miniature horses, five zebras and 33 dogs are expected to be in the parade.
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