Roads in Alameda County, California: Interstate 238, Interstate 80 in California, Interstate 680, Interstate 880, Interstate 580


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Interstate 238, Interstate 80 in California, Interstate 680, Interstate 880, Interstate 580, Macarthur Maze, Interstate 205, California State Route 84, California State Route 13, California State Route 24, California State Route 123, Eastshore Freeway, California State Route 92, Interstate 980, Telegraph Avenue, California State Route 238, Solano Avenue, California State Route 61, California State Route 185, California State Route 262, International Boulevard, Oakland, California, Piedmont Avenue, California State Route 77, California State Route 112, California State Route 260. Excerpt: State Route 61 is a California , United States , highway which runs through Alameda and along the Oakland International Airport . The western terminus is with State Route 260 at Webster Street in Alameda, and it runs along east Central Avenue and Encinal Avenue until reaching Broadway Street . It goes south along Broadway, then east along Otis Drive until crossing off of the island of Alameda on the Bay Farm Island Bridge. It then follows Dolittle Drive near the Oakland International Airport until it reaches State Route 112 at Davis Street in San Leandro . As legislatively defined, Route 61 extends as far north as Albany and as far south as the Dumbarton Bridge ’s east approach. Only the portion between Routes 260 and 112 is presently constructed; the unbuilt remainder of the route exists today either as open San Francisco Bay or wetlands. This route would likely have sit atop landfill; as public opinion shifted against filling in the bay, completing the remaining portions of Route 61 also fell out of favor. Route 87 is another highway once proposed to traverse present-day wetlands and open water. Routes 112 and 260 are “hidden” routes that, despite having legal descriptions separate from Route…

Roads in Alameda County, California: Interstate 238, Interstate 80 in California, Interstate 680, Interstate 880, Interstate 580

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