INTERSTATE 580 (CALIFORNIA)

'Interstate 580' (abbreviated 'I-580') is an interstate highway in Northern California. The heavily traveled, 80-mile (129 km) long spur route of Interstate 80 connects the San Francisco Bay Area to Interstate 5 in the state's Central Valley.
A portion of I-580 is called the 'MacArthur Freeway', after General Douglas MacArthur. Other portions are named the 'John T. Knox Freeway' (after a former California State Assemblyman and Speaker Pro Tempore), the 'Eastshore Freeway' (after its location on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay), the 'Arthur H. Breed Jr. Freeway' (after a former California State Assemblyman and Senator), and the 'William Elton "Brownie" Brown Freeway' (after a Tracy resident instrumental in determining the route of Interstate 5 through the San Joaquin Valley)^[3].

Contents

Route description

History

Truck ban through Oakland

Control cities

Major cities/towns along route

Intersections with other interstates

Notes

State law

Exit list

References

Route description

The western terminus of I-580 is north of San Francisco in San Rafael, at a junction with U.S. Route 101. The eastern terminus is with I-5 southeast 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.
In Albany, I-580 joins I-80 and then splits five miles later in Oakland. The route then roughly parallels MacArthur Boulevard, formerly the route of 580's predecessor US 50, to San Leandro, 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 near Tracy, where, after Interstate 205 splits near the Altamont Speedway, it turns southeastward and terminates by merging with Interstate 5 near Patterson.
I-580 provides interstate highway access between San Francisco and Los Angeles since Interstate 5 runs east of the Bay Area.

History

Much of I-580, from near Tracy to Oakland, follows the general alignment of the transcontinental Lincoln Highway, later U.S. Route 50 in that area. This (and other roads) had been defined as 'Legislative Route 5' in 1909, forming a two-pronged route from Stockton west over Altamont Pass to Hayward, where it split towards Santa Cruz and Oakland:^[4][5]

★ State Route 17 from Santa Cruz to San Jose

★ Oakland Road, Main Street, Milpitas Boulevard and Warm Springs Boulevard (replaced by Interstate 680) from San Jose to Warm Springs

★ State Route 262, Mission Boulevard and State Route 238 from Warm Springs to near Hayward (SR 262 west to Interstate 880 was a spur of pre-1964 Legislative Route 69, now I-880)

★ Present I-580 and Interstate 80 from near Hayward to the east end of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

★ Present I-580, Interstate 205 and Interstate 5 (along El Dorado Street) from Hayward to Stockton, where it turned east on State Route 4 to end at pre-1964 Legislative Route 4 (State Route 99).

★ In 1933, an extension was added from Stockton east to present State Route 49 at Mokelumne Hill, and it was further extended to present State Route 104 at West Point in 1963. This is now State Route 26.
For details on the sections that are not I-580, see the articles on State Route 17, Interstate 680, State Route 262, Mission Boulevard, State Route 238, Interstate 205 and State Route 26. For detailed history of the I-580 section, see Lincoln Highway in California.
The Lincoln Highway was designated in late 1913 along this road from Jack London Square in downtown Oakland via Hayward to French Camp (south of Stockton), the original end of Route 5, where it ran north on Route 4 to Sacramento. In late 1926, U.S. Route 48 was designated along the part of Route 5 from San Jose via Hayward to French Camp, ending at U.S. Route 101 in San Jose and U.S. Route 99 at French Camp. (The route was not marked until 1928.) The San Jose-Hayward section of Route 5 was designated as U.S. Route 101E ca. 1929, as was the Hayward-Oakland section, truncating US 48 at Hayward. Also around that time, Route 4 was relocated to the east of French Camp, and Route 5 was extended northeast to Stockton.
Around 1931, US 48 became part of a western extension of U.S. Route 50, running south on Route 4 from Sacramento to Stockton and then west on Route 5 via Hayward to Oakland.
Route 5 from Oakland to west of Tracy and present I-580 and State Route 132 to Modesto (pre-1964 Legislative Route 110) was added to the planned Interstate Highway System on August 7, 1947. In May 1957, the planned I-5 was moved west from Route 99 to its present alignment, and I-580 was truncated to I-5 east of Tracy. Interstate 205 was added on November 8, 1957.
In August 1957, Caltrans proposed I-72 for what is now I-580, but AASHTO denied the request. The number I-5W was eventually approved on November 10, 1958. [1] [2]
The number Interstate 5W was applied to present I-580, as well as present Interstate 505, on August 14, 1957. It kept this number until July 1, 1964, when California executed its 1964 renumbering. Route 5, and all other pre-1964 legislative routes, were replaced with existing or new signed numbers, including I-580 from south of Tracy to Oakland. I-580 had been signed as U.S. Route 50 west of the I-205 split near Tracy; this was truncated to Sacramento.
In April 1978, 'Interstate 180' was assigned to the spur from Interstate 80 in Albany northwest and west over the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to U.S. Route 101 in San Rafael. This was signed as State Route 17, and in 1984 it was transferred to an extension of I-580 (number approved by AASHTO in June 1983 because of conflicts with State Route 180). Construction on this section, named the John T. Knox Freeway, was begun in 1987 and completed in 1991^[6] This segment was signed as "Temporary I-580" from 1984 until construction of the freeway I-580 was completed.^[7]

Truck ban through Oakland

Trucks over 4.5 tons are prohibited through Oakland between Grand Avenue and the San Leandro border. Specifically, eastbound trucks cannot travel beyond the Grand Avenue/Lakeshore Avenue exit, and those going westbound must take the MacArthur Boulevard/Foothill Boulevard exit.^[8] They are instead instructed to take Interstate 238 and Interstate 880 as an alternative route through Oakland.
The truck prohibition has been in effect since the freeway was built in 1963 as part of U.S. 50. Both the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) imposed the restriction, partly because the City of Oakland already had a truck ban through the area prior to the freeway's construction. Since then, the restriction was grandfathered in when the freeway was both renumbered and added to the Interstate Highway System.
For decades, the trucking industry lobbied to have the ban removed, but was unsuccessful due to local opposition. In 2000, the California State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 500, adding the I-580 truck restriction into the California Vehicle Code.^[9] However, the California Highway Patrol has frequently allowed trucks through temporarily when major accidents occur on I-880 or I-238.

Control cities

'Eastbound'

★ Richmond Bridge - between US 101 and the aforementioned bridge

★ Oakland - between US 101 and I-80

★ San Francisco - between I-80 and Bay Bridge approach/San Francisco carpool exit

★ San Jose - between Powell Street/Emeryville and I-880

★ Downtown Oakland - between Bay Bridge approach and I-980

★ Hayward - between I-80 and the I-238/SR-238 interchange

★ Stockton - between I-80 and I-205

★ Fresno - between Livermore and I-5

★ Los Angeles - between I-205 and I-5
'Westbound'

★ San Francisco - between I-5 and I-80

★ Oakland - between I-205 and Oakland

★ Berkeley - between MacArthur Maze and Berkeley city limits

★ Sacramento - between MacArthur Maze and I-80 split

★ Point Richmond - between Albany and I-80 split

★ San Rafael - between I-80 split and San Rafael

Major cities/towns along route

I-580 as it passes through Castro Valley.

★ San Rafael

★ Richmond

★ Albany

★ Berkeley

★ Emeryville

★ Oakland

★ San Leandro

★ Castro Valley

★ Dublin

★ Pleasanton

★ Livermore

★ Tracy

Intersections with other interstates

★ Joins Interstate 80 in Albany.

★ Separates from I-80 in Emeryville (junction is also the north terminus of Interstate 880). This intersection is known as the MacArthur Maze.

★ Interstate 980 (northern terminus of I-980) in Oakland.

★ Interstate 238 (southern terminus of I-238) in Castro Valley. I-238 runs almost exactly east-west, though is signed as a north-south route; the intersection with I-238 is at the easternmost part of I-238.

★ Interstate 680 in Pleasanton.

★ Interstate 205 (western terminus of I-205) between Livermore and Tracy.

★ Interstate 5 near Patterson.

Notes

★ 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.

★ The Dublin/Pleasanton Line of the Bay Area Rapid Transit runs in the freeway's center median between the Interstate 238 interchange and the Dublin/Pleasanton Station.

★ The portion of I-580 between Highways 13 and 238 runs very close to the Hayward Fault Zone, and crosses it 4 times.

State law

'Legal definition of Route 580:' California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 618

Exit list

Postmiles are derived fromand exit numbers derived from^[10].
Note that postmiles increase from east to west, the reverse of the exit numbers. This is because Interstate 580 assimilated much of what was Highway 17 and Interstate 5W, both south-north highways.

County	Location	Postmile		#	Destinations	Notes
		County	Statewide
Westbound traffic defaults onto US 101 north
Marin	San Rafael	MRN 4.78	0.00	1A		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		MRN 4.50	0.28	1B	, Francisco Boulevard	Exit 1 eastbound
		MRN 3.29	1.49	2A	Sir Francis Drake Boulevard	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		MRN 2.63	2.15	2B	Francisco Boulevard - San Quentin	Exit 2 eastbound
Marin-Contra Costa county line		Richmond-San Rafael Bridge over San Francisco Bay. $4.00 toll westbound.
Contra Costa	Richmond	CC 6.01	6.56	7A	Western Drive - Point Molate	No eastbound exit
		CC 5.11	7.46	7B	( proposed SR 93) Richmond Parkway to Interstate 80 east - Port Richmond	Exit 7 eastbound
		CC 4.64	7.93	8	Canal Boulevard; Garrard Boulevard
		CC 3.79 CC 3.60	8.78 8.97	9	Harbour Way; Cutting Boulevard	Split into Exit 9A (Harbour Way South) and Exit 9B (Harbour Way North) westbound
		CC 2.89	9.68	10A	Marina Bay Parkway; South 23rd Street
		CC 2.09	10.48	10B	Regatta Boulevard
		CC 1.21	11.36	11	Bayview Avenue
		CC 0.24	12.33	12	Central Avenue
Alameda	Albany			13	Buchanan Street; Albany	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; other ramps are on I-80
		ALA 47.35	13.26			'No direct access from eastbound I-580 to eastbound I-80'; I-80 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
	I-5 I-580 I-580 joins I-80 and uses its exit numbers.[11]
	Berkeley		13.53	''12''	Gilman Street	Traffic from westbound I-80/eastbound I-580 must use this exit to access University Avenue west/Berkeley Marina
				''11''	University Avenue - Berkeley	No access from westbound I-80/eastbound I-580 to University Avenue west/Berkeley Marina, traffic must use Gilman Street.
			15.56	''10''	– Shellmound Street	Shellmound St. is limited to a eastbound I-80/westbound I-580 exit and a westbound I-80/eastbound I-580 entrance
	Emeryville		16.36	''9''	Powell Street; Emeryville	Westbound I-80/eastbound I-580 exit accessible via Frontage Rd.
		I-580 I-580 separates from I-80
			16.54	18	San Francisco carpool exit	Carpools of 2 persons and more and buses only; leads to Bay Bridge toll plaza; eastbound exit only
	Oakland	ALA 46.95	17.66	19A		I-80 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
		ALA 46.53	18.08		, West Grand Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		ALA 45.99	18.62	19A	() MacArthur Boulevard; San Pablo Avenue	Left eastbound exit and westbound entrance, SR 123 not signed
		ALA 45.99 ALA 45.39	18.62 19.22	19B	() San Pablo Avenue; West Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance, SR 123 not signed
		ALA 45.15	19.46	19C		Exit 19B eastbound
		ALA 45.15	19.46	19D	– Downtown Oakland	Exit 19C eastbound
		ALA 44.81 ALA 44.51	19.80 20.10	20	Broadway-Auto Row; Webster Street	Eastbound exit only
		ALA 44.33 ALA 44.28	20.28 20.33	21A	Harrison Street; Oakland Avenue; MacArthur Boulevard
		ALA 43.48 ALA 43.23	21.13 21.38	21B	Grand Avenue; Lakeshore Avenue
		ALA 43.23	21.38	22A	Lake Shore Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		ALA 42.67 ALA 42.18	21.94 22.29	22B	Park Boulevard; 14th Avenue	Exit 22 eastbound
		ALA 41.43 ALA 41.14	23.04 23.33	23	Fruitvale Avenue; Coolidge Avenue	Exit 24 westbound
		ALA 40.65	23.82	24	35th Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		ALA 40.08	24.39	25A	High Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		ALA 39.77	24.86	25B	MacArthur Boulevard; High Street	Exit 25 westbound
		ALA 39.24	25.39	26A		Combined as Exit 26 eastbound; Eastbound exit to SR 13 accessible via Calaveras Avenue and Mountain Blvd; Eastbound exit to Seminary Ave accessible via Calaveras Avenue; Westbound entrance from both SR 13 and Seminary Ave accessible via Mountain Blvd
		ALA 38.92	25.71	26B	Seminary Avenue
		ALA 38.31	26.32	27A	Edwards Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		ALA 37.80	26.83	27B	Keller Avenue; Mountain Boulevard	Exit 27 westbound
		ALA 36.34	28.29	29A	Golf Links Road; 98th Avenue	Exit 29 westbound
		ALA 35.71	28.92	29B	106th Avenue; Foothill Boulevard	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		ALA 35.10	29.53	30	MacArthur Boulevard; Foothill Boulevard	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		ALA 34.81 ALA 34.48	29.82 30.15	31A	Dutton Avenue; Estudillo Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	San Leandro	ALA 34.48	30.15	31B	Grand Avenue; Estudillo Avenue - Downtown	Exit 31 westbound
				32A	Benedict Drive	Westbound exit only
		ALA 32.84 ALA 32.72	31.79 31.91	32B	150th Avenue; Fairmont Drive	Exit 32 eastbound
		ALA 31.71	32.92	33	164th Avenue; Miramar Avenue; Carolyn Street	Eastbound:Miramar Avenue only; Westbound:Carolyn Street only
		ALA 30.92	33.71	34		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Castro Valley	ALA 30.92	33.71	34		Left westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		ALA 30.36	34.27	35	Strobridge Avenue
		ALA 29.37	35.26	36A	Redwood Road - Castro Valley	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		ALA 28.75 ALA 28.41	35.88 36.22	36B	Center Street; Crow Canyon Road - Castro Valley	Exit 37 westbound
		ALA 26.23	38.40	39	Eden Canyon Road; Palomares Road
	Pleasanton	ALA 21.43	43.20	44A	San Ramon Road; Foothill Road - Dublin
		ALA 20.70	43.93	44B
		ALA 19.86	44.77	45	Hopyard Road; Dougherty Road
		ALA 18.82	45.81	46	Hacienda Drive; Dublin Boulevard
		ALA 17.96	46.67	47	Santa Rita Road; Tassajara Road
	Dublin	ALA 16.70	47.93	48	El Charro Road; Fallon Road
	Livermore	ALA 14.98 ALA 14.95	49.65 49.68	50	– Airway Boulevard; Collier Canyon Road
		ALA 13.22	51.41	52A	Portola Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		ALA 12.53	52.10	52B	North Livermore Avenue - Downtown Livermore	Exit 52 westbound
		ALA 10.69	53.94	54	First Street; Springtown Boulevard
		ALA 9.68	54.95	55	Vasco Road - Brentwood
		ALA 8.29	56.34	57	North Greenville Road; Altamont Pass Road; Laughlin Road	Eastbound exit signed as Altamont Pass Road; Westbound exit signed as Laughlin Road
		ALA 5.93	58.70	59	North Flynn Road
		ALA 1.48	63.15	63	Grant Line Road - Byron
		ALA 0.42	64.21	65		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
San Joaquin		SJ 13.54	66.43	67	Mountain House Parkway; Patterson Pass Road
	Tracy	SJ 8.15	71.82	72	Corral Hollow Road
		SJ 4.35	75.62	76A		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		SJ 4.02	75.95	76B	, Chrisman Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		SJ 0.00	79.97	78		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Eastbound traffic defaults onto I-5 south

References

1. California Highways: Interstate Highway Types and the History of California's Interstates
2. California Highways: Interstate 580
3. California Highways: Interstate 580
4. California Highways: Pre-1964 Legislative Route 1964
5. 1963 State Highway Map
6. http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/History%20d%204.htm
7. http://cahighways.org/505-805.html#580
8. Interstate 580 Truck Restriction History, CalTrans.
9. California Assembly Bill 500
10. Cal-NExUS Interchange Exit Numbering
11. Cal-NExUS: I-580 Eastbound