Interstate 880
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- For the former Interstate 880 around Sacramento, California, now part of Interstate 80, see Interstate 880 (Sacramento, California).
Interstate 880 (abbreviated I-880) is an interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area. For most of that distance, it runs parallel to the southeastern shore of San Francisco Bay, where it is called the Nimitz Freeway, after World War II admiral Chester Nimitz, who retired to the Bay Area. Before that, it was the southern segment of the Eastshore Freeway. Due to relatively dense land development along the I-880 corridor, a number of noise barriers have been designed to protect sensitive receptors from elevated sound levels.
The northern terminus is in Oakland at the junction with Interstate 80 and Interstate 580 (known as the MacArthur Maze), near the eastern approach of the Bay Bridge. The southern terminus is at Interstate 280 in San Jose.
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[edit] Control cities
Northbound
- Oakland - between I-280 and the Oakland city limits
- Downtown Oakland - between the Oakland city limits and I-980
- San Francisco and Berkeley - between I-980 and I-80
Southbound
- San Jose, California - between I-80 and the San Jose city limits
- Santa Cruz, California - between the San Jose city limits and I-280
[edit] Major cities along the route
[edit] Intersections with other interstates
[edit] Exit list
| Postmile<ref name="bridge log">January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways</ref> | Municipality | #<ref>Cal-NExUS Interchange Exit Numbering</ref> | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Statewide | ||||
| SCL 0.00 | 0.00 | San José | 1A | Image:California 17.svg SR 17 South - Santa Cruz | Southbound exit and northbound entrance |
| 1B | Image:Interstate 280 (California).svg I-280 South - Downtown San Jose North - San Francisco | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| SCL 0.41 | 0.41 | 1C | Stevens Creek Boulevard West San Carlos Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northbound exit accessible via SR-17 North or I-280 West | |
| SCL 1.25 | 1.25 | 1D | Bascom Avenue Santa Clara | Exits 1A (Bascom Ave - South) and 1B (Bascom Ave - North) northbound | |
| SCL 2.08 | 2.08 | 2 | Image:California 82.svg SR 82 Santa Clara; The Alameda | ||
| SCL 2.67 | 2.67 | 3 | Coleman Avenue San Jose International Airport | ||
| SCL 3.56 | 3.56 | 4A | First Street Downtown | ||
| SCL 4.08 | 4.08 | 4B | Image:US 101 (CA).svg US-101 SOUTH Los Angeles | ||
| 4C | Image:US 101 (CA).svg US-101 NORTH San Francisco | Combined with Exit 4D southbound | |||
| SCL 4.28 | 4.28 | 4D | Gish Road (Old Bayshore Highway) | ||
| SCL 5.34 | 5.34 | 5 | Brokaw Road | ||
| SCL 6.69 | 6.69 | 7 | Image:Santa Clara County Route G4 CA.svg Montague Expressway (Santa Clara County Route G4) | ||
| SCL 7.69 | 7.69 | Milpitas | 8A | Great Mall Parkway (Tasman Drive) | |
| SCL 8.42 | 8.42 | 8B | Image:California 237.svg SR 237 EAST Alviso-Milpitas Road Calaveras Boulevard | Combined as Exit 8B northbound | |
| 8C | Image:California 237.svg SR 237 WEST Mountain View | ||||
| SCL 10.42 | 10.42 | 10 | Dixon Landing Road | ||
| ALA R1.95 | 12.48 | Fremont | 12 | (Image:California 262.svg) TO Image:Interstate 680 (California).svg I-680 Mission Boulevard (SR 262); Warren Avenue | |
| ALA 3.25 | 13.78 | 13B | Landing Parkway Fremont Boulevard (SOUTH) | ||
| ALA 4.71 | 15.24 | 15 | Durham Road Auto Mall Parkway | ||
| ALA 6.24 | 16.77 | 16 | Stevenson Boulevard | ||
| ALA 7.18 | 17.71 | 17 | Mowry Avenue | ||
| ALA 8.85 | 19.38 | 19 | Image:California 84.svg SR 84 EAST Thornton Avenue | ||
| ALA 10.30 | 20.83 | 21 | Image:California 84.svg SR 84 WEST Dumbarton Bridge; Decoto Road | ||
| ALA 11.50 | 22.03 | 22 | Alvarado Boulevard Fremont Boulevard (NORTH) | ||
| ALA 13.00 | 23.53 | 23 | Alvarado-Niles Road | ||
| ALA 13.67 | 24.20 | Hayward | 24 | Whipple Road Dyer Street Industrial Parkway | |
| ALA 14.54 | 25.07 | 25 | Industrial Parkway | Combined with Exit 24 northbound | |
| ALA 15.65 | 26.18 | 26 | Tennyson Road | ||
| ALA 16.71 | 27.24 | 27 | Image:California 92.svg SR 92 San Mateo Bridge; Jackson Street | ||
| ALA 17.60 | 28.13 | 28 | Winton Avenue | ||
| ALA 18.35 | 28.88 | 29 | A Street San Lorenzo | ||
| ALA 20.16 | 30.69 | 30 | Hesperian Boulevard | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| ALA 20.32 | 30.85 | 30 | Lewelling Boulevard San Lorenzo | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
| ALA 20.69 | 31.22 | San Leandro | 31A | Image:Interstate 238 (California).svg I-238 TO Image:Interstate 580 (California).svg I-580 Castro Valley; Stockton Washington Avenue | Exit 31 southbound; Washington Avenue southbound only |
| ALA 20.82 | 31.35 | 31B | Washington Avenue | Combined with Exit 31 southbound | |
| ALA 22.84 | 33.37 | 33A | Marina Boulevard East | ||
| 33B | Marina Boulevard West | ||||
| ALA 23.65 | 34.18 | 34 | Image:California 61.svgImage:California 112.svg SR 61 Davis Street (SR 112) | Exits currently unsigned as either SR-61 or SR-112 | |
| ALA 24.74 | 35.27 | Oakland | 35 | 98th Avenue Oakland Airport | |
| ALA 25.49 ALA 25.50 | 36.02 36.03 | 36 | Hegenberger Road Oakland Airport; Coliseum | Northbound exit accessible via Edes Avenue | |
| ALA 26.61 | 37.14 | 37 | 66th Street Zhone Way - McAfee Coliseum | Northbound exit accessible via Coliseum Way | |
| ALA 27.70 | 38.23 | 38 | Image:California 185.svgImage:California 77.svg SR 185 High Street; 42nd Avenue Alameda (SR 77) | Exits currently unsigned as either SR-185 or SR-77; Northbound exit accessible via Coliseum Way and southbound entrance accessible via Oakport Street | |
| ALA 28.24 | 38.77 | 39A | 29th Avenue Fruitvale Avenue | Northbound entrance and exit accessible via East 8th and East 9th Streets; Southbound exit accessible via Elmwood Avenue; No southbound entrance, must use East 8th St to High St | |
| ALA 28.93 ALA 28.98 | 39.46 39.51 | 39B | 23rd Avenue | Southbound exit and entrance accessible via Kennedy Street | |
| 40 | Embarcadero 5th Avenue 16th Avenue | No northbound entrance | |||
| 41A | Oak Street Lake Shore Drive | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 41B | Jackson Street Broadway | Exit 42 southbound, accessible via 5th St from Union St; No southbound entrance, must use 5th St to Oak St | |||
| ALA 31.68 | 42.21 | 42A | Image:Interstate 980 (California).svg I-980 TO SR 24 Image:California 24.svg Walnut Creek | ||
| 42B | Market Street | Northbound exit only; Northbound entrance accessible via 6th Street to Union St | |||
| ALA 33.50 | 44.03 | 44 | 7th Street West Grand Avenue | ||
| ALA 34.52 | 45.05 | 46A | Image:I-80.svg I-80 WEST Bay Bridge; San Francisco | Northbound left exit and southbound entrance | |
| ALA 34.31 | 44.84 | 46B | Image:I-80.svgImage:Interstate 580 (California).svg I-80 EAST I-580 WEST Berkeley; Sacramento | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
[edit] Notes
[edit] Cypress Viaduct Loma Prieta earthquake 1989
A large double-decker section in Oakland, known as the Cypress Street Viaduct, collapsed during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, causing 42 deaths, the greatest loss of life of that earthquake. Rebuilding that section of the freeway took nearly a decade, due to environmental impact concerns, the feeling that the freeway divided the neighborhood, and design considerations. The highway was rebuilt on a new route parallel to rail lines around the outskirts of West Oakland. The former path of the structure, Cypress Street, was renamed Mandela Parkway, and the median where the freeway stood became a landscaped linear park. [1]
[edit] State Route 17
South of Interstate 280 in San Jose, Interstate 880 loses its interstate designation and becomes State Route 17, which passes through the Santa Cruz Mountains and terminates in the city of Santa Cruz. Until it was given interstate status in January 1986, however, the present-day Interstate 880 was designated as SR 17 along its entire route from San Jose to Oakland, and SR 17 continued northward beyond Oakland to US 101 in San Rafael via the Eastshore Freeway, Richmond city streets, and the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge (now included in I-580's routing).
[edit] Sacramento bypass
Interstate 880 was at one time designated as a bypass of Sacramento. Its route is now used by Interstate 80. The old path of I-80 through downtown Sacramento is now designated Business Loop Interstate 80.
[edit] Sound barriers
Due to high sound levels generated from this highway and the relatively dense urban development in the highway corridor, CalTrans has conducted numerous studies to retrofit the right-of-way with noise barriers. This activity has occurred in Oakland, San Leandro, Hayward, Newark and Fremont. For example in the 1989 widening of I-880 in parts of Newark and Fremont, scientific studies were conducted to determine the need for sound walls and to design optimum heights to achieve Federal noise standards.<ref>Acoustical study for the widening of Interstate 880 in the cities of Newark and Fremont, Alameda County, California, Earth Metrics Inc, for the Federal Highway Administration, October, 1989</ref>
[edit] Flood plains
Several aspects of the I-880 facility have been constructed in designated floodplains such as the 1990 interchange improvements at Dixon Landing Road. In that case the Federal Highway Administration was required to make a finding that there was no feasible alternative to the new ramp system as designed. In that same study, the FHWA produced an analysis to support the fact that adequate wetlands mitigation had been designed into the improvement project.<ref>Environmental Assessment for the I-880 Dixon Landing Road Interchange Improvement Project, Cities of Fremont and Milpitas, California, Report EMI 7360, Federal Highway Administration Publication, February, 1989</ref>
[edit] Historic Business U.S. Route 50
The northern portion of I-880 was designated Business U.S. Route 50 for a time between the I-80 interchange and downtown Oakland.
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- AA Roads - I-880 Guide
- The October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake—Selected Photographs - U.S. Geological Survey
- Cypress Street Viaduct includes map of old MacArthur Maze with old U.S. Highway 40/U.S. Highway 50 designations
- Cypress Viaduct Reconstruction from Federal Highway Administration
- Western Exit Guide - Interstate 880 California
| Auxiliary routes of Interstate 80 | |
| I-180 | Illinois - Nebraska - Pennsylvania - Wyoming |
| I-280 | California - Illinois/Iowa - New Jersey - Ohio |
| I-380 | California - Iowa - Pennsylvania |
| I-480 | Iowa/Nebraska - Ohio |
| I-580 | California - Nevada |
| I-680 | California - Iowa/Nebraska - Ohio |
| I-780 | California |
| I-880 | California |
| I-980 | California |
| past/ future | I-180: California - Pennsylvania - I-280: Iowa/Nebraska - Pennsylvania - I-480: California - Pennsylvania - I-580: Nebraska - I-680: Pennsylvania |
