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Revision as of 05:54, 21 January 2008
Template:Infobox Interstate/Intrastate
Interstate 580 (abbreviated I-580) is an interstate highway in Northern California. The heavily traveled, 80-mile (129 km) long spur route of Interstate 80 connects the San Francisco Bay Area to Interstate 5 in the state's Central Valley.
A portion of I-580 is called the MacArthur Freeway, after General Douglas MacArthur. Other portions are named the John T. Knox Freeway (after a former California State Assemblyman and Speaker Pro Tempore), the Eastshore Freeway (after its location on San Francisco Bay), the Arthur H. Breed Jr. Freeway (after a former California State Assemblyman and Senator), and the William Elton "Brownie" Brown Freeway (after a Tracy resident instrumental in determining the route of Interstate 5 through the San Joaquin Valley)[1].
Route description
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The western terminus of I-580 is north of San Francisco in San Rafael, at a junction with U.S. Route 101. The eastern terminus is with I-5 southeast of Tracy. Leaving San Rafael, I-580 runs next to the San Quentin State Prison before crossing San Francisco Bay over the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. The road then passes through Richmond and El Cerrito.
In Albany, I-580 joins I-80 and then turns east at the interchange known as the MacArthur Maze. From here, it is known as the MacArthur Freeway which runs through Oakland and San Leandro to Castro Valley. About halfway to Castro Valley from the Maze, is an interchange with the Warren Freeway (State Route 13). Between this interchange and Castro Valley, I-580 runs near or along the trace of the Hayward Fault, a major branch of the San Andreas Fault.
In Castro Valley, I-580 turns eastward toward Dublin Canyon before descending into Dublin and Pleasanton. After passing through Livermore, the freeway enters the Altamont Pass. The road emerges in the Central Valley near Tracy, where, after Interstate 205 splits near the Altamont Speedway, it turns southeastward and terminates by merging with Interstate 5 near Patterson.
I-580 provides interstate highway access between San Francisco and Los Angeles since Interstate 5 runs east of the Bay Area.
Truck ban through Oakland
Trucks over 4.5 tons are prohibited through Oakland between Grand Avenue and the San Leandro border. Specifically, eastbound trucks cannot travel beyond the Grand Avenue/Lakeshore Avenue exit, and those going westbound must take the MacArthur Boulevard/Foothill Boulevard exit.[2][3] They are instead instructed to take Interstate 238 and Interstate 880 as an alternative route through Oakland.[2]
The truck prohibition has been in effect since the freeway was built in 1963 as part of U.S. 50. Both the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) imposed the restriction, partly because the City of Oakland already had a truck ban through the area prior to the freeway's construction. Since then, the restriction was grandfathered in when the freeway was both renumbered and added to the Interstate Highway System.
For decades, the trucking industry lobbied to have the ban removed, but was unsuccessful due to local opposition. In 2000, the California State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 500, adding the I-580 truck restriction into the California Vehicle Code.[4] However, the California Highway Patrol has frequently allowed trucks through temporarily when major accidents occur on I-880 or I-238.
Legal definition
Legal definition of Route 580: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 618
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History
I-5 to Castro Valley
For the most part, the I-580 freeway in this segment was constructed over or alongside the right-of-way of U.S. Route 50, previously part of the old Lincoln Highway, during the course of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The segment which begins at the split with I-205 was constructed during the same period of time over a new right-of-way to a junction with I-5, running through some low hills on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley near the city of Patterson.
In the 1990s, the freeway segment from Castro Valley through Pleasanton was enlarged and otherwise re-engineered in conjunction with the construction of the Dublin/Pleasanton Line of the Bay Area Rapid Transit. The BART tracks were placed in a new median between the westbound and eastbound lanes of I-580 as was the new Dublin/Pleasantion Station. The interchange with I-238 and the Hayward exit ramps was also re-engineered at this time.
The MacArthur Freeway: Castro Valley to Oakland
The I-580 freeway in this segment was constructed in the 1950s adjacent to the city streets which were part of U.S. Route 50 between Castro Valley and the large interchange along the eastern approach to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in Oakland now called the "MacArthur Maze". The freeway was named in honor of World War II General Douglas MacArthur. Some years prior to the construction of this freeway, the various city streets of Oakland (principally 38th Street, Hopkins Street, and part of Foothill Blvd.) had been named for the General as "MacArthur Boulevard" which, for the most part, still parallels the MacArthur Freeway.
Oakland to San Rafael
The segment of I-580 running from the MacArthur Maze to San Rafael is the most recent to be signed as I-580, beginning in 1984. Before 1984, this segment was part of State Route 17.
From the Maze to the interchange locally known as the Hoffman Split in Albany, just north of the Gilman Street interchange, I-580 follows the Eastshore Freeway, which is also signed for I-80 throughout. In this section of the Eastshore, one finds what might be termed directional humor at best, or confusing signs at worst. For instance, heading north on the Eastshore, the highway signs indicate I-80 East and I-580 West. Southbound, one finds signs indicating I-80 West and I-580 East.
At the Hoffman Split, I-580 leaves the Eastshore Freeway in a northwesterly direction through the cities of El Cerrito and Richmond. It then crosses San Francisco Bay over the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. The freeway in this section, officially named the John T. Knox Freeway, was constructed from 1987 to 1991. It replaced a number of city streets which comprised the earlier highway leading to the San Rafael Bridge, principally, Hoffman and Cutting Boulevards.
After crossing the bridge, I-580 runs west to San Rafael, ending at an interchange with U.S. Route 101. This freeway segment supplanted an earlier boulevard constructed as part of State Route 17.
Exit list
Note that postmiles increase from east to west, the reverse of the exit numbers. This is because Interstate 580 assimilated much of what was State Route 17 and Interstate 5W, both south-north highways.
County | Location | Postmile[3] | #[5] | Destinations | Notes | |
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Westbound traffic defaults onto ![]() | ||||||
Marin | San Rafael | MRN 4.78 | 0.00 | 1A | ![]() ![]() |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
MRN 4.50 | 0.28 | 1B | ![]() ![]() |
Exit 1 eastbound | ||
MRN 3.29 | 1.49 | 2A | Sir Francis Drake Boulevard | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
MRN 2.63 | 2.15 | 2B | Francisco Boulevard – San Quentin | Exit 2 eastbound | ||
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge over San Francisco Bay. $4.00 toll westbound. | ||||||
Contra Costa | Richmond | |||||
CC 6.01 | 6.56 | 7A | Western Drive – Point Molate | No eastbound exit | ||
CC 5.11 | 7.46 | 7B | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Exit 7 eastbound; proposed SR 93 | ||
CC 4.64 | 7.93 | 8 | Canal Boulevard, Garrard Boulevard | |||
CC 3.79 CC 3.60 |
8.78 8.97 |
9 | Harbour Way, Cutting Boulevard | Split into Exit 9A (Harbour Way south) and Exit 9B (Harbour Way north) westbound | ||
CC 2.89 | 9.68 | 10A | Marina Bay Parkway, South 23rd Street | |||
CC 2.09 | 10.48 | 10B | Regatta Boulevard | |||
CC 1.21 | 11.36 | 11 | Bayview Avenue | |||
CC 0.24 | 12.33 | 12 | Central Avenue | |||
Alameda | Albany | 13 | Buchanan Street – Albany | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; other ramps are on I-80 | ||
ALA 47.35 | 13.26 | ![]() ![]() |
No direct access from eastbound I-580 to eastbound I-80; west end of I-80 overlap | |||
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Berkeley | 13.53 | 12 | Gilman Street | Traffic from westbound I-80/eastbound I-580 must use this exit to access University Avenue west/Berkeley Marina | ||
11 | University Avenue – Berkeley | No access from westbound I-80/eastbound I-580 to University Avenue west/Berkeley Marina, traffic must use Gilman Street. | ||||
15.56 | 10 | ![]() ![]() |
Shellmound St. is limited to an eastbound I-80/westbound I-580 exit and a westbound I-80/eastbound I-580 entrance | |||
Emeryville | 16.36 | 9 | Powell Street – Emeryville | Westbound I-80/eastbound I-580 exit accessible via Frontage Rd. | ||
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16.54 | 18 | San Francisco carpool exit | Carpools of 3 persons and more and buses only; leads to Bay Bridge toll plaza; eastbound exit only | |||
Oakland | ALA 46.95 | 17.66 | 19A | ![]() ![]() |
East end of I-80 overlap | |
ALA 46.53 | 18.08 | ![]() ![]() |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
ALA 45.99 | 18.62 | 19A | MacArthur Boulevard, San Pablo Avenue (SR 123} | Left eastbound exit and westbound entrance, SR 123 not signed | ||
ALA 45.99 ALA 45.39 |
18.62 19.22 |
19B | San Pablo Avenue (SR 123}, West Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance, SR 123 not signed | ||
ALA 45.15 | 19.46 | 19C | ![]() ![]() |
Exit 19B eastbound | ||
ALA 45.15 | 19.46 | 19D | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Exit 19C eastbound | ||
ALA 44.81 ALA 44.51 |
19.80 20.10 |
20 | Broadway-Auto Row, Webster Street | Eastbound exit only | ||
ALA 44.33 ALA 44.28 |
20.28 20.33 |
21A | Harrison Street, Oakland Avenue, MacArthur Boulevard | |||
ALA 43.48 ALA 43.23 |
21.13 21.38 |
21B | Grand Avenue, Lakeshore Avenue | |||
ALA 43.23 | 21.38 | 22A | Lake Shore Avenue | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
ALA 42.67 ALA 42.18 |
21.94 22.29 |
22B | Park Boulevard, 14th Avenue | Exit 22 eastbound | ||
ALA 41.43 ALA 41.14 |
23.04 23.33 |
23 | Fruitvale Avenue, Coolidge Avenue | Exit 24 westbound | ||
ALA 40.65 | 23.82 | 24 | 35th Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
ALA 40.08 | 24.39 | 25A | High Street | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
ALA 39.77 | 24.86 | 25B | MacArthur Boulevard, High Street | Exit 25 westbound | ||
ALA 39.24 | 25.39 | 26A | ![]() ![]() |
Combined as Exit 26 eastbound; Eastbound exit to SR 13 accessible via Calaveras Avenue and Mountain Blvd; Eastbound exit to Seminary Ave accessible via Calaveras Avenue; Westbound entrance from both SR 13 and Seminary Ave accessible via Mountain Blvd | ||
ALA 38.92 | 25.71 | 26B | Seminary Avenue | |||
ALA 38.31 | 26.32 | 27A | Edwards Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
ALA 37.80 | 26.83 | 27B | Keller Avenue, Mountain Boulevard | Exit 27 westbound | ||
ALA 36.34 | 28.29 | 29A | Golf Links Road, 98th Avenue | Exit 29 westbound | ||
ALA 35.71 | 28.92 | 29B | 106th Avenue, Foothill Boulevard | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
ALA 35.10 | 29.53 | 30 | MacArthur Boulevard, Foothill Boulevard | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
ALA 34.81 ALA 34.48 |
29.82 30.15 |
31A | Dutton Avenue, Estudillo Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
San Leandro | ALA 34.48 | 30.15 | 31B | Grand Avenue, Estudillo Avenue – Downtown San Leandro | Exit 31 westbound | |
32A | Benedict Drive | Westbound exit only | ||||
ALA 32.84 ALA 32.72 |
31.79 31.91 |
32B | 150th Avenue, Fairmont Drive | Exit 32 eastbound | ||
ALA 31.71 | 32.92 | 33 | 164th Avenue, Miramar Avenue, Carolyn Street | Eastbound:Miramar Avenue only; Westbound:Carolyn Street only | ||
ALA 30.92 | 33.71 | 34 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
Castro Valley | ALA 30.92 | 33.71 | 34 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Left westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
ALA 30.36 | 34.27 | 35 | Strobridge Avenue | |||
ALA 29.37 | 35.26 | 36A | Redwood Road – Castro Valley | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
ALA 28.75 ALA 28.41 |
35.88 36.22 |
36B | Center Street, Crow Canyon Road – Castro Valley | Exit 37 westbound | ||
ALA 26.23 | 38.40 | 39 | Eden Canyon Road, Palomares Road | |||
Pleasanton | ALA 21.43 | 43.20 | 44A | San Ramon Road, Foothill Road – Dublin | ||
ALA 20.70 | 43.93 | 44B | ![]() | |||
ALA 19.86 | 44.77 | 45 | Hopyard Road, Dougherty Road | |||
ALA 18.82 | 45.81 | 46 | Hacienda Drive, Dublin Boulevard | |||
ALA 17.96 | 46.67 | 47 | Santa Rita Road, Tassajara Road | |||
Dublin | ALA 16.70 | 47.93 | 48 | El Charro Road, Fallon Road | ||
Livermore | ALA 14.98 ALA 14.95 |
49.65 49.68 |
50 | ![]() | ||
ALA 13.22 | 51.41 | 52A | Portola Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
ALA 12.53 | 52.10 | 52B | North Livermore Avenue – Downtown Livermore | Exit 52 westbound | ||
ALA 10.69 | 53.94 | 54 | First Street, Springtown Boulevard | former SR 84 | ||
ALA 9.68 | 54.95 | 55 | Vasco Road – Brentwood | |||
ALA 8.29 | 56.34 | 57 | North Greenville Road, Altamont Pass Road, Laughlin Road | Eastbound exit signed as Altamont Pass Road; Westbound exit signed as Laughlin Road | ||
ALA 5.93 | 58.70 | 59 | North Flynn Road | |||
ALA 1.48 | 63.15 | 63 | Grant Line Road – Byron | |||
ALA 0.42 | 64.21 | 65 | ![]() ![]() |
Eastbound left exit and westbound left entrance | ||
San Joaquin | SJ 13.54 | 66.43 | 67 | Mountain House Parkway, Patterson Pass Road | ||
Tracy | SJ 8.15 | 71.82 | 72 | Corral Hollow Road | ||
SJ 4.35 | 75.62 | 76A | ![]() |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
SJ 4.02 | 75.95 | 76B | ![]() |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
SJ 0.00 | 79.97 | 78 | ![]() ![]() |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
Eastbound traffic defaults onto ![]() |
References
- Interstate Highways in California
- Lincoln Highway
- San Francisco Bay Area freeways
- Three-digit Interstate Highways
- U.S. Route 50
- Interstate 80
- Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
- Marin County, California
- Contra Costa County, California
- Alameda County, California
- San Joaquin County, California
- Scenic highways in California