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| Interstate
580: I-580 is a heavily traveled, 76 mile long spur route
of Interstate 80 that connects the San Francisco Bay Area to Interstate
5 in the state's Central Valley. Much of I-580, from near Tracy west to
Oakland, follows the general path of the transcontinental Lincoln
Highway, later known as U.S. Route 50, in that area. On the final west
bound portions, I-580 is the only Interstate freeway not open to trucks.
Trucks over 4.5 tons are prohibited through Oakland between Grand Avenue
and the San Leandro border. The alternate route for the prohibited 14
miles is I-880.
The western termination of I-580 is in San Rafael, at a junction with
U.S. Route 101. The eastern terminus is with I-5 southeast of the town
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 Point Richmond and follows a right-of-way
formerly named Hoffman Boulevard, once designated Route 17. |
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In
Albany I-580 joins I-80 and then splits five miles later in Oakland. The route
roughly parallels Macarthur Boulevard, (named after General Douglas MacArthur)
formerly the route of 580's predecessor US 50, toward San Leandro and in Castro
Valley turns eastward toward Dublin Canyon. 580 descends into Dublin and
Pleasanton, and then after Livermore it enters the Altamont Pass. The road
emerges in the Central Valley near Tracy, where, after I-205 splits near the
Altamont Speedway, it turns southeastward and terminates by merging with
Interstate 5 near Patterson. I-580 is also a heavily used commuter route, with
several sections featuring eight or more lanes, including the section passing
through the thinly populated Altamont Pass.
On the
section of 10-lane freeway that is designated both I-80 and I-580, from
Emeryville to Albany, the two routes are labeled with opposite directions – that
is, while a vehicle is physically moving north on the road, it is on both I-80
East and I-580 West.
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