California State Route 13
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by Caltrans | ||||
Length | 9.73 mi[1] (15.66 km) | |||
Existed | 1964 renumbering[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | I-580 in Oakland | |||
North end | I-80 / I-580 in Berkeley | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | California | |||
Counties | Alameda | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Route 13 (SR 13) is a
It consists of three contiguous segments: the Warren Freeway from I-580 to State Route 24 in Oakland; Tunnel Road, a narrow two-lane road to Claremont Avenue in Berkeley; and Ashby Avenue, a main east–west street through south Berkeley to I-80/I-580.
Route description
The route currently begins at
The tall trees on the highway's side make the highway appear narrower, and until late 2004, a dense group of trees also lined most of the highway's median. For most of the day, the freeway experiences only modest traffic, which makes it a speedy bypass around downtown Oakland. Much of the traffic on this highway comes from SR 24's commute hour congestion backing up onto SR 13 northbound via the exchange between the highways.
After going through an interchange with
SR 13 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,[3] and is part of the National Highway System,[4] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.[5] SR 13 is known as the Warren Freeway from Route 24 to Route 580, as named by Assembly Concurrent Resolution 96, Chapter 166 in 1957.[6]
History
SR 13 was created to accommodate the construction of the
State Route 13 was formed in 1947, from SR 24 to then-US 50 via Warren Boulevard. In the 1964 state highway renumbering, it extended north to I-80 over part of SR 24, and was rerouted on its current routing. Before its designation, it was known as several different legislative route numbers, including 258 from Interstate 580 to present-day SR 61, and 227 from Warren Boulevard to U.S. Route 50. This latter segment was not finished in 1963 and only existed from SR 24 to Joaquin Miller Road. However, the finished portion along Warren Boulevard was commissioned as part of the state highway system in 1947.
The portion of SR 13 between SR 24 and I-80 was known as Sign Route 24; however, it was legislatively designated as Route 206 since 1935. The portion between I-80 and SR 61 was also part of Legislative Route 206 and was commissioned into the state highway system in 1959.[2]
Route 13 was to have been a freeway bypass of Oakland and Berkeley and would have extended south from its present end to the
In August 2004, Caltrans began replacing the median's original metal guardrails with a new wall along the 3.5-mile (5.6 km) stretch of SR 13 between SR 24 and I-580. This allowed road crews to drive street-sweeping vehicles along the shoulders throughout the week, rather than sending people to pick up trash by hand. However, residents frequenting SR 13 have said that the median appears to be filled with fewer trees and bushes than prior to Caltrans construction. These trees once densely lining the median have long supplemented the lush vegetation on both sides of the highway to beautify this scenic route.[according to whom?]
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 ( ).[1] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The entire route is in Alameda County.
Location | Postmile [1][7][8] | Exit [9] | Destinations | Notes | |
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Oakland | 4.26 | 1A | I-580 east (MacArthur Freeway) – Hayward, Stockton | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of SR 13; I-580 west exit 26A | |
26[a] | Seminary Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
1B | Mountain Boulevard to San Francisco | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-580 east exit 26 | |||
5.01– 5.39 | 1C | Carson Street, Redwood Road | Signed as exit 1 northbound | ||
6.47 | 2 | Joaquin Miller Road, Lincoln Avenue | |||
7.40 | 3 | Park Boulevard | |||
8.30 | 4 | Moraga Avenue, Thornhill Drive | |||
9.07 | 5A | Broadway Terrace | Signed as exit 5 southbound | ||
R9.62 | 5B | SR 24 east (Grove-Shafter Freeway) – Walnut Creek, Concord | No southbound exit; SR 24 west exits 5A-B | ||
R9.62 | 5C | SR 24 west (Grove-Shafter Freeway) – Oakland | Northbound left exit and southbound entrance; SR 24 east exits 4-5 | ||
| North end of freeway | ||||
| Tunnel Road east to SR 24 – Walnut Creek, Downtown Oakland | ||||
Berkeley | 11.61 | Telegraph Avenue | |||
| Shattuck Avenue | ||||
13.18 | SR 123 (San Pablo Avenue) – Albany, Oakland | ||||
13.93 | San Francisco | Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of SR 13; I-80/I-580 exit 10; I-580 was former SR 17 | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
- ^ Exit number follows I-580 rather than SR 13.
See also
- California Roads portal
- San Francisco Bay Area portal
References
- ^ a b c California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ a b "California Highways: State Route 13". Cahighways.org. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ^ "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: San Francisco–Oakland, CA (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved October 20, 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.
- Caltrans. p. 78. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
- ^ California Department of Transportation (July 2007). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
- ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, 2006
- California Numbered Exit Uniform System, State Route 13 Freeway Interchanges, I-580 EastboundRetrieved on 2009-02-05 (Note: The exit number for Seminary Avenue is used from I-580 mileage, but the number is signed on SR 13).