California State Route 84
 State Route 84 | ||||
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 SR 84 highlighted in red with recently relinquished portions in pink | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Caltrans | ||||
| Length | 96 mi[1] (154 km) | |||
| Restrictions | Special restrictions[2]
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| Section 1 | ||||
| West end |  SR 1 at San Gregorio | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| East end |  I-580 in Livermore | |||
| Section 2 | ||||
| South end |  SR 12 in Rio Vista | |||
| North end | Levee Access Road near West Sacramento | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | California | |||
| Counties | San Mateo, Alameda, Solano, Yolo | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Route 84 (SR 84) is California State Highway consisting of two sections. The first section is an east–west arterial road running from San Gregorio to Menlo Park, across the Dumbarton Bridge through Fremont and Newark and ending at I-580 in Livermore. The route overlaps the freeway segment of US 101 between Woodside Road in Redwood City and Marsh Road in Menlo Park. The segment between Marsh Road and the Dumbarton Bridge has been upgraded to an expressway and is known as the Bayfront Expressway. The segment from the eastern end of the Dumbarton Bridge to the interchange with I-880 has been upgraded to a freeway.
The other section is a north-south arterial road that begins at SR 12 in Rio Vista, passes through Ryer Island (where it connects to SR 220), and ends at the I-80 interchange in West Sacramento. A ferry provides the crossing over Cache Slough from Rio Vista to Ryer Island. The ferry, a diesel-powered boat operated by Caltrans, is in operation twenty-four hours per day and charges no toll. There are no plans to finish the unconstructed portion of the highway at this time.
Route description
Southern section
The route begins at SR 1 on the Pacific coast near San Gregorio. It then heads northeast through San Mateo County crossing the Santa Cruz Mountains. As it enters Woodside, where it intersects SR 35, also known as Skyline Boulevard, then I-280. It then enters Redwood City, where it intersects SR 82, which carries El Camino Real through the South Bay. A few miles later, it interchanges with US 101, which it overlaps for a few miles. Upon routing eastward, it enters the city of Menlo Park as an expressway, called the Bayfront Expressway where it intersects SR 114 and SR 109 at grade intersections. The SR 114 (Willow Road) intersection was the site of the car crash in which author David Halberstam was killed on April 23, 2007.[3]
SR 84 then becomes a freeway at the south end of San Mateo County as it crosses as the Dumbarton Bridge over the San Francisco Bay. Midway over the bridge, it enters Alameda County. In Alameda County, it runs northward through the city of Newark, where it begins a concurrency southwards with I-880 for about one mile. Both interchanges with I-880 are partial cloverleaf interchanges. Upon separation, the route isn't upgraded to freeway standards as it enters the city of Fremont, following the streets of Thornton Ave, Fremont Blvd, Peralta Blvd, and Mowry Ave, which after, it has a short concurrency northwards with SR 238.
SR 84 then leaves Fremont through the historic Sunol Valley. Parts of the valley are extremely narrow and are referred to as Niles Canyon; this part of the route is now officially a scenic route.[4] After exiting the valley, it begins an overlap with I-680. After separating, it runs through Vallecitos Valley. It then goes over grasslands until it reaches a pass, then enters the city of Livermore with Ruby Hill development on the left. Here, one must turn left onto Isabel Avenue to stay on the highway. CA 84 then runs along Isabel Ave until it meets I-580, as the end of its southern section. SR 84 is unconstructed from I-580 to SR 12.
Northern section
The second section of SR 84 starts in Rio Vista at SR 12. It then follows the Ryer Island Ferry, which carries the route across the Cache Slough. When it leaves the ferry, it intersects SR 220. It continues northward and meets the end of state maintenance at the West Sacramento city limit, about six miles east of an intersection with CR E19. It then enters the city of West Sacramento in Yolo County. It then interchanges with I-80 Business, also signed as US 50. As it continues northward, it ends at I-80. From north of West Sacramento, SR 84 has been relinquished and given to the city of West Sacramento in 2003.[5]
SR 84 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,[6] but is not part of the National Highway System,[7] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.[8] SR 84 is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System,[9] and is designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation from SR 238 to I-680 in Alameda County,[10] meaning that it is a substantial section of highway passing through a "memorable landscape" with no "visual intrusions", where the potential designation has gained popular favor with the community.[11]
History
Original routing
Until recent years, all of CA-84 consisted of narrow, two-lane roads in California. This has remained almost unchanged except for urban areas and the CA-84 widening project in the Tri-Valley.
Modern history
Mid-State Tollway
Route 84 is legally defined to continue from I-580 to SR 4 in Antioch, but there are currently no plans in place to bridge the gap at this time. A plan to build a $600 million toll road called the Mid-State Tollway along the proposed route was suspended in 2001 due to local opposition.[12]
CA-84 widening project
In the late 2000s and 2010s, a widening project began on Route 84 from I-680 near Sunol to I-580 in Livermore. This included a better connection between Stanley Boulevard and Isabel Avenue.[13] The project was to be done in five phases:
- Isabel Avenue/I-580 interchange
- Jack London Boulevard to Concannon Boulevard, including connections to Stanley Boulevard
- Concannon Boulevard to Vallecitos Road intersection and southern Ruby Hill entrance
- Northern side of pass
- Southern side of pass to I-680
Costs were estimated to be between $400 and $500 million.[14]
As of late 2017, phases 1, 2, and 4 are complete. This still leaves much of CA 84 in its original condition.
Major intersections
Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary ().[15] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.
| County | Location | Postmile [15][1][16] | Exit [17] | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Mateo SM 0.00-R30.15 | San Gregorio | 0.00 | SR 1 – Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz | ||||
| Woodside | 14.95 |  SR 35 (Skyline Boulevard) – San Francisco, Santa Cruz | |||||
| 21.54 |  I-280 (Junipero Serra Freeway) – San Francisco, San Jose | Interchange; I-280 exit 25 | |||||
| Redwood City | 24.70 |  SR 82 (El Camino Real) | Interchange | ||||
| 5.72 5.39[N 1] |   US 101 north (Bayshore Freeway) – San Francisco | Interchange; west end of US 101 overlap; US 101 exit 408 | |||||
| | West end of freeway on US 101 | ||||||
| Menlo Park | | East end of freeway on US 101 | |||||
| 3.59[N 1] R25.81 |  US 101 south (Bayshore Freeway) – San Jose, Atherton | Interchange; east end of US 101 overlap; US 101 exit 406 | |||||
| R27.66 |   SR 114 (Willow Road) to US 101 south – Menlo Park | ||||||
| R28.19 |  SR 109 (University Avenue) – East Palo Alto | ||||||
| | West end of freeway | ||||||
| | Ravenswood, S.F. Bay National Wildlife Refuge | ||||||
| San Mateo–Alameda county line | Menlo Park–Newark line | | Dumbarton Bridge over San Francisco Bay | ||||
| Alameda ALA R0.00-R28.63 | Newark | R3.75 | 36 | Thornton Avenue, Paseo Padre Parkway | |||
| R4.88 | 37 | Newark Boulevard, Ardenwood Boulevard | |||||
| R6.01 10.30[N 2] |   I-880 north (Nimitz Freeway) – Oakland | Interchange; west end of I-880 overlap; I-880 exit 21 | |||||
| Fremont | | East end of freeway on I-880 | |||||
| 8.84[N 2] 6.92 |  I-880 south (Nimitz Freeway) – San Jose | Interchange; east end of I-880 overlap; I-880 exit 19 | |||||
| 10.82 3.31[N 3] |   SR 238 south (Mission Boulevard) – San Jose | West end of SR 238 overlap | |||||
| 3.64[N 3] 10.83 |  SR 238 north (Mission Boulevard) – Hayward, Union City | East end of SR 238 overlap | |||||
| Sunol | 16.93 | Sunol (Main Street) | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
| | 17.99 R11.04[N 4] |  I-680 south – Fremont, San Jose | Interchange; west end of I-680 overlap; I-680 north exit 21A, south exit 21 | ||||
| | | West end of freeway on I-680 | |||||
| | R11.85[N 4] 17.99 | I-680 north – Walnut Creek, Sacramento | East end of I-680 overlap; I-680 north exit 21B, south via a U-turn at exit 21 | ||||
| | | East end of freeway | |||||
| Pleasanton | 23.56 | Vallecitos Road – Downtown Livermore | Former SR 84 east | ||||
| Livermore | R26.22 | Stanley Boulevard | Interchange | ||||
| | I-580 – Oakland, Stockton | Interchange; I-580 exit 51 | |||||
| Gap in route | |||||||
| Solano SOL 0.13-13.67 | Rio Vista | 0.13 | SR 12 – Lodi, Fairfield, Rio Vista | Interchange | |||
| | 2.49 | Ryer Island Ferry across Cache Slough | |||||
| | 7.25 |   SR 220 east – Ryde | |||||
| Yolo YOL 0.00-24.05 | | 9.53 |  CR E19 (Clarksburg Road) – Clarksburg | ||||
| West Sacramento | 15.69 | North end of state maintenance at West Sacramento city limit | |||||
| R21.78 |  US 50 (Capital City Freeway) – San Francisco, Sacramento | Interchange; former I-80; US 50 exit 3 | |||||
| 21.84 | To Capitol Mall (SR 275, Tower Bridge Gateway) | Interchange; former US 40 / US 99W | |||||
| 22.06 | West Capitol Avenue | Former US 40 / US 99W | |||||
| 22.68 | Sacramento Avenue, Kegle Drive | Sacramento Avenue was former SR 16 east | |||||
| 23.47 | Sunset Avenue – Woodland | Former SR 16 west | |||||
| 24.05 |    I-80 to I-5 – Reno, San Francisco | Interchange; former I-880; I-80 exit 83 | |||||
| 24.05 | Reed Avenue | Continuation beyond I-80 | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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- ^ a b Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along US 101 rather than SR 84.
- ^ a b Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along I-880 rather than SR 84.
- ^ a b Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along SR 238 rather than SR 84.
- ^ a b Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along I-680 rather than SR 84.
See also
References
- ^ a b California Department of Transportation (July 2007). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
- ^ "Special Route Restrictions". Caltrans. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
- ^ Coté, John (April 23, 2007). "Author David Halberstam killed in Menlo Park". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
- ^ "California State Route 84--newest Scenic Highway". AMERICAN ROAD® FORUM—the ultimate road trip planning community. Copyright AMERICAN ROAD, LLC 2006-2015. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- ^ Garcia, Robert L. (May 21, 2003). "Memorandum" (PDF). 90(2.3c1).pdf. CalTrans. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ "Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Division 1". California Streets and Highways Code. Sacramento: California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: California (North) (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
- ^ "Article 2.5 of Chapter 2 of Division 1". California Streets & Highways Code. Sacramento: California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ California Department of Transportation (August 2019). "Officially Designated State Scenic Highways and Historic Parkways" (XLSX). Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ California Department of Transportation (2012). Scenic Highway Guidelines (PDF). Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. p. 5. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "Mid-State Tollway". CalTrans. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ "Isabel Avenue/State Route 84 Widening to Begin Monday". Livermore, CA Patch. 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- ^ "Isabel Widening Information" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2003, 2005, and 2006
- ^ California Department of Transportation, California Numbered Exit Uniform System, SR-84 Northbound and SR-84 Southbound, accessed February 2008
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