Interstate 580 (California)
Route information | ||||
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Auxiliary route of I-80 | ||||
Maintained by Caltrans | ||||
Length | 75.550 mi[1][a] (121.586 km) | |||
Existed | July 1, 1964[2]–present | |||
Tourist routes | William Elton "Brownie" Brown Freeway, and the MacArthur Freeway through Oakland[4] | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Restrictions | No trucks over 4.5 short tons (4.1 t; 4.0 long tons) through Oakland[3] | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | US 101 in San Rafael | |||
East end | I-5 near Tracy | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | California | |||
Counties | Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Joaquin | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 580 (I-580) is an approximately 76-mile-long (122 km) east–west
A portion of I-580 is called the MacArthur Freeway, after General
Route description
The western terminus of I-580 is roughly 10 miles (16 km) north of
After joining I-80, I-580 runs directly south for several miles along the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in the segment known as the
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 west of Tracy, where, after I-205 splits near Altamont Raceway Park, it turns southeastward and terminates by merging with I-5 south of Tracy just shy of the Stanislaus County line.
I-580 through Altamont Pass is a major crossing of the Diablo Range, linking the Central Valley to the Bay Area, and also a major route to Southern California. I-580 is the only freeway that crosses the Diablo Range, making it the safest route through the mountains. Prior to the construction of this route, traffic was detoured to Pacheco (SR 152) and Polonio (SR 46) passes.
I-580 provides Interstate Highway access between San Francisco and Los Angeles since I-5 runs east of the Bay Area. However, the primary control city listed on freeway signs along eastbound I-580 between I-80 and I-205 is instead Stockton, a vestige of when this segment used to be part of US 50.
I-580 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System[5] and is part of the National Highway System,[6] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).[7] The route is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System[8] and is officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) from the San Leandro city limits to SR 24 and from I-5 to I-205,[9] meaning that these are substantial sections of highway passing through a "memorable landscape" with no "visual intrusions", where the potential designation has gained popular favor with the community.[10]
Truck ban through Oakland
Trucks over 4.5 short tons (4.1 t; 4.0 long tons) are prohibited through Oakland between Grand Avenue and the San Leandro border. Specifically, eastbound trucks cannot travel beyond Grand Avenue/Lakeshore Avenue (exit 21B), and those going westbound must get off at MacArthur Boulevard/Foothill Boulevard (exit 30).
The truck prohibition has been in effect before the freeway was since the freeway was built in 1963 as part of US 50. Both the
As a result, it is the only segment of Interstate Highway in California that is not part of the
A collaborative study by the Environmental Defense Fund, Google, and the University of Texas at Austin used Google Street View cars equipped with air quality monitors to measure pollution data through Oakland. It found that along I-880, concentrations of black carbon were 80 percent higher, concentrations of nitrogen dioxide were 60 percent higher, and concentrations of nitric oxide were at least double than those along I-580.[14] This has led community leaders to revisit the truck ban, particularly because I-880 runs along minority communities while I-580 runs through middle and upper middle class neighborhoods. Once a proponent of the ban when he served on the Oakland City Council in the 1990s,[14] Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley held a December 2021 virtual town hall on the issue, and asked both Caltrans and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to conduct studies on the ban. He did however concede that the California State Legislature would have to eventually repeal the aforementioned rule in the California Vehicle Code for any change to occur.[17]
Tolls
Richmond–San Rafael Bridge
Tolls are collected only for westbound traffic on the
Express lanes
As of August 2022[update], the HOT lanes' hours of operation is weekdays between 5:00 am and 8:00 pm. Solo drivers are tolled using a congestion pricing system based on the real-time levels of traffic. Carpools, motorcycles, and clean air vehicles are not charged.[22] All tolls are collected using an open road tolling system, and therefore there are no toll booths to receive cash. Each vehicle using the HOT lanes is required to carry either a FasTrak Flex or CAV (Clean Air Vehicle) transponder, with its switch set to indicate the number of the vehicle's occupants (1, 2, or 3 or more). Solo drivers may also use the FasTrak standard tag without the switch.[22] Drivers without any FasTrak tag will be assessed a toll violation regardless of whether they qualified for free.[23]
History
I-5W and the San Francisco Bay Area
Location | Tracy–Dunnigan |
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Existed | 1957–1970 |
Interstate 5W (I-5W) was originally conceived as part of a loop Interstate with a directional suffix and was what is now I-580 from I-5 to Oakland.[24][self-published source] However, I-5W and most of the other Interstates around the country with directional suffixes were eventually renumbered or eliminated, except for I-35E and I-35W in Texas and Minnesota, and more recently in Texas, the designations of I-69W, I-69C, and I-69E, along with proposed suffixed segments for future extensions of I-14 and I-27. The former route of I-5W now corresponds to I-580 from I-5 to Oakland, I-80 from Oakland to Vacaville, and I-505 from Vacaville to I-5 near Dunnigan.
I-5 to Castro Valley
For the most part, the I-580 freeway in this segment was constructed over or alongside the
In the 1990s, the freeway segment from Castro Valley through Pleasanton was enlarged and otherwise reengineered in conjunction with the construction of the
MacArthur Freeway: Castro Valley to Oakland
The I-580 freeway in this segment was constructed starting in February 1960, adjacent to the city streets which were part of US 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.[25] The freeway was named in honor of World War II General Douglas MacArthur. Prior to the construction of this freeway, the various city streets of Oakland that were designated for US 50 (principally 38th Street, Hopkins Street, Moss Avenue, Excelsior Avenue, and part of Foothill Boulevard) had been renamed for the General as "MacArthur Boulevard" which, for the most part, still parallels the MacArthur Freeway. The renaming occurred on March 26, 1942, by a resolution of the Oakland City Council.[26][27]
The freeway was opened to traffic in eight segments until its completion in May 1966 (last segment, connecting with
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 SR 17.
From the Maze to the interchange locally known as the "Hoffman Split" in
At the Hoffman Split, I-580 leaves the Eastshore Freeway in a northwesterly direction through the cities of Albany 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 US 101. This freeway segment supplanted an earlier boulevard constructed as part of SR 17.
Interstate 180
Location | San Rafael, California |
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Existed | 1978–1983 [29] |
Interstate 180 (I-180) was a temporary designation used in 1978 for the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge, now part of I-580. At the time, the bridge had been identified as part of SR 17 but was marked for inclusion in the Interstate Highway System.
Briefly the bridge used the number 180, despite the Fresno-area SR 180's use of the number. The California Streets and Highways Code has a policy against using one route number for multiple noncontiguous highways. Unless the existing SR 180 is renumbered, which is unlikely due to its familiarity as the road to Kings Canyon National Park, there will not be an I-180 in California.
Future
The segment of I-580 from I-680 to I-205 is undergoing significant expansion. Among the projects along this segment is the now-completed high-occupancy vehicle lanes in each direction, a westbound auxiliary lane between Fallon and Tassajara roads, the now-completed construction of a new interchange at Isabel Avenue in Livermore, the reconstruction of several interchanges, the construction of additional truck climbing lanes for the eastward ascent to the Altamont Pass, and plans to preserve the right-of-way to accommodate a future BART extension in the median of the freeway.[30]
Exit list
County | Location | mi[31] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Marin MRN 4.78–0.00 | San Rafael | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1A | US 101 north – San Rafael, Santa Rosa | Access to US 101 south via exit 1B or 2A; west end of I-580; US 101 south exit 451B |
1B | Francisco Boulevard south to US 101 – San Francisco | Signed as exit 1 eastbound | ||||
1.49 | 2.40 | 2A | Sir Francis Drake Boulevard south to US 101 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
2.15 | 3.46 | 2B | Francisco Boulevard – San Quentin | Signed as exit 2 eastbound | ||
San Francisco Bay | 4.78 | 7.69 | Richmond–San Rafael Bridge (westbound toll only) | |||
Contra Costa CC 7.79–0.00 | Richmond | 6.56 | 10.56 | 7A | Stenmark Drive – Point Molate | No eastbound exit |
7.46 | 12.01 | 7B | Port Richmond, Sacramento | Signed as exit 7 eastbound | ||
7.93 | 12.76 | 8 | Canal Boulevard, Garrard Boulevard | |||
8.97 | 14.44 | 9 | Cutting Boulevard, Harbour Way | Signed as exits 9A (Cutting Boulevard, Harbour Way south) and 9B (Harbour Way north) westbound | ||
9.68 | 15.58 | 10A | Marina Bay Parkway, South 23rd Street | |||
10.48 | 16.87 | 10B | Regatta Boulevard | |||
11.31 | 18.20 | 11 | Bayview Avenue | |||
12.28 | 19.76 | 12 | Central Avenue | |||
Alameda ALA 48.04–0.00 | Albany | 13.01 | 20.94 | 13 | Buchanan Street | Westbound signage |
13.31 | 21.42 | — | Eastshore Freeway) – Vallejo, Sacramento | West end of I-80 overlap; Hoffman Split interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-580 west follows I-80 east exit 13B | ||
13A[b] | Buchanan Street – Albany | Westbound I-580 / Eastbound I-80 signage | ||||
Berkeley | 14.24 | 22.92 | 12[b] | Gilman Street | ||
15.07 | 24.25 | 11[b] | University Avenue – Berkeley | |||
16.37 | 26.34 | 10[b] | SR 13 south (Ashby Avenue) / Shellmound Street | Shellmound Street accessible only from westbound I-580 / eastbound I-80 | ||
Emeryville | 16.94 | 27.26 | 9[b] | Powell Street – Emeryville | No exit from I-880 north | |
Oakland | 18.09 | 29.11 | ♦ | San Francisco (I-80 west) | HOV access only via I-80 west; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
— | San Francisco | Eastbound signage; east end of I-80 overlap; west end of MacArthur Maze; I-580 east follows I-80 exit 8B | ||||
— | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastbound exit is part of I-80 west exit 8B; access to Oakland International Airport; former SR 17 south | |||||
19A | San Francisco | Westbound left exit and eastbound entrance; east end of MacArthur Maze | ||||
19.03 | 30.63 | 19A | MacArthur Boulevard, San Pablo Avenue (SR 123 ) | Eastbound left exit and westbound entrance | ||
19B | West Street, San Pablo Avenue (SR 123 ) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
19.89 | 32.01 | 19C | Grove-Shafter Freeway) – Berkeley, Walnut Creek | Signed as exit 19B eastbound; provides direct exit ramp onto Martin Luther King Jr Way/51st Street; SR 24 exit 2B | ||
19D | Grove-Shafter Freeway) to I-880 – Downtown Oakland | Signed as exit 19C eastbound; provides direct exit ramp onto 27th Street/West Grand Avenue; I-980 exit 2A; signed as only I-980/Downtown Oakland from 1989-1998 | ||||
20.23 | 32.56 | 20 | Webster Street, Broadway- Auto Row | Eastbound exit only | ||
20.76 | 33.41 | 21A | Harrison Street, Oakland Avenue, MacArthur Boulevard | MacArthur Boulevard not signed eastbound, Oakland Avenue not signed westbound | ||
21.29– 21.56 | 34.26– 34.70 | 21B | Grand Avenue, Lakeshore Avenue | Signed as exits 21B (Grand Avenue) and 22A (Lakeshore Avenue) westbound | ||
22.37 | 36.00 | 22B | Park Boulevard, 14th Avenue | Signed as exit 22 eastbound; 14th Avenue not signed eastbound | ||
23.47 | 37.77 | 23 | Fruitvale Avenue, Coolidge Avenue | Signed as exit 24 westbound; Coolidge Avenue not signed eastbound | ||
23.75 | 38.22 | 24 | 35th Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
24.82– 24.98 | 39.94– 40.20 | 25 | MacArthur Boulevard, High Street | Signed as exits 25A (High Street) and 25B (MacArthur Boulevard) eastbound | ||
25.82– 26.14 | 41.55– 42.07 | 26 | Warren Freeway) / Seminary Avenue – Berkeley | Signed as exits 26A (SR 13) and 26B (Seminary Avenue) westbound; SR 13 exits 1A-B | ||
26.75 | 43.05 | 27A | Edwards Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
27.26 | 43.87 | 27B | Keller Avenue, Mountain Boulevard | Signed as exit 27 westbound | ||
28.72 | 46.22 | 29A | Golf Links Road, 98th Avenue | Signed as exit 29 westbound | ||
30.01 | 48.30 | 29B | 106th Avenue, Foothill Boulevard | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
Oakland–San Leandro line | 30 | MacArthur Boulevard, Foothill Boulevard | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
30.58 | 49.21 | 31A | Dutton Avenue, Estudillo Avenue – Downtown San Leandro | Signed as exit 31 westbound; Dutton Avenue not signed westbound | ||
Downtown San Leandro | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||||
31.63 | 50.90 | 32A | Benedict Drive | Westbound exit only | ||
32.21 | 51.84 | 32B | 150th Avenue, Fairmont Drive | Signed as exit 32 eastbound | ||
33.34 | 53.66 | 33 | 164th Avenue, Miramar Avenue, Carolyn Street | Carolyn Street not signed eastbound, Miramar Avenue not signed westbound | ||
SR 238 south – Hayward | No westbound exit | |||||
I-238 north to I-880 | Left exit westbound; I-238 exit 14 | |||||
34.72 | 55.88 | 35 | Strobridge Avenue | |||
35.58 | 57.26 | 36 | Redwood Road – Castro Valley | Castro Valley not signed westbound | ||
36.53 | 58.79 | 37 | Grove Way, Crow Canyon Road | Eastbound signage | ||
Castro Valley Boulevard | Westbound signage | |||||
38.71 | 62.30 | 39 | Eden Canyon Road, Palomares Road | |||
Pleasanton–Dublin line | 44.61 | 71.79 | 44A | San Ramon Road, Foothill Road – Dublin | ||
44.21 | 71.15 | — | I-580 Express Lanes west ends | West end of westbound Express Lanes | ||
44B | I-680 – Sacramento, San Jose | I-680 exits 30A-B | ||||
45.08 | 72.55 | 45 | Hopyard Road, Dougherty Road | |||
46.12 | 74.22 | 46 | Hacienda Drive, Dublin Boulevard | Dublin Boulevard not signed eastbound | ||
— | I-580 Express Lanes east begins | West end of eastbound Express Lanes | ||||
46.99 | 75.62 | 47 | Santa Rita Road, Tassajara Road | |||
Dublin | 48.24 | 77.63 | 48 | El Charro Road, Fallon Road | ||
Livermore | 49.97 | 80.42 | 50 | Airway Boulevard, Collier Canyon Road | ||
50.84 | 81.82 | 51 | SR 84 west (Isabel Avenue) / Portola Avenue | Eastern terminus of SR 84 | ||
51.78 | 83.33 | 52A | Portola Avenue ( CR J2 ) | Closed; former eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
52.41 | 84.35 | 52 | North Livermore Avenue ( Downtown Livermore | Formerly signed as exit 52B eastbound | ||
54.25 | 87.31 | 54 | First Street, Springtown Boulevard | Former SR 84 | ||
55.26 | 88.93 | 55 | Vasco Road – Brentwood | Brentwood not signed westbound | ||
55.80 | 89.80 | — | I-580 Express Lanes | East end of Express Lanes in both directions | ||
56.68 | 91.22 | 57 | North Greenville Road, Altamont Pass Road, Laughlin Road | Laughlin Road not signed eastbound, Altamont Pass Road not signed westbound | ||
| 58.99 | 94.94 | 59 | North Flynn Road | ||
Altamont Pass, elevation 1,009 feet (308 m)[32] | ||||||
| 63.49 | 102.18 | 63 | Grant Line Road – Byron | ||
| 64.84 | 104.35 | 65 | I-205 east to I-5 north – Tracy, Stockton | Eastbound left exit and westbound entrance; former US 50 east | |
— | I-580 Truck west / Grant Line Road | Westbound truck bypass | ||||
San Joaquin SJ 15.31–0.00 | | 66.99 | 107.81 | 67 | International Parkway, Patterson Pass Road | |
CR J2 ) | ||||||
| 76.01 | 122.33 | 76 | SR 132 east – Modesto | Eastbound signage | |
| Chrisman Road to SR 132 east – Tracy, Modesto | Westbound signage; ramps connect directly to Chrisman Road to the south of its interchange with SR 132 | ||||
| 81.12 | 130.55 | — | Los Angeles | Access to I-5 north via exit 65 or 76; east end of I-580; I-5 north exit 446 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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In popular culture
- I-580 features prominently throughout the
- I-580 through the Altamont Pass is a stage in the 2011 racing video game Need for Speed: The Run.
Notes
See also
- California Roads portal
References
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If you use Bay Area Express Lanes, you must use a FasTrak toll tag, otherwise you will receive a violation notice including toll evasion penalties
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External links
- Caltrans: I-580 highway conditions
- Caltrans Traffic Conditions Map
- California Highway Patrol Traffic Incidents
- Bay Area FasTrak – includes toll information on the I-580 Express Lanes, the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge, and the other Bay Area toll facilities
- California @ AARoads.com - I-580
- California Highways: I-580
- CA Highways