Interstate 880 North in Oakland, California | The Nimitz Freeway
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I-880 CA is by far the busiest freeway along the East Bay and is one of the busiest freeways in Alameda County other than I-580 CA, even for the truckers.
Great stuff. Loved the approach up to the Oakland skyline - it's really quite impressive especially considering how close it is to SF!
The old Cypress Fwy was double-decker, and the top deck collapsed onto the lower deck during Loma Prieta, and was where a good majority of the fatalities occurred. The only other time that that happened was during the Kobe, Japan earthquake in the 1990s.
I-238 and the section of I-880 you showed, were once part of U.S. 50. U.S. 50 ran from SF to Stockton, and then north to Sacramento. There was no I-580. I-880 and the piece of I-580 west/north of the MacArthur Maze, used to be S.R. 17---which ran from San Rafael to Santa Cruz.
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Yup, US-50’s western terminus is now at I-80 near Sacramento, though it used to be in the place of I-580. Adding to this, when navigating through the MacArthur Maze in the I-80 W / I-580 E direction, The 580 is signed towards (yes, I did memorize this) Downtown Oakland, Hayward, and Stockton. The “Stockton” portion of the control city signage is the remnant of where the old US-50 alignment used to go.
Also, I don’t want to be the “erm actually 🤓” person, but even after I-880 was designated, CA-17 still exists, although it was cut short. CA-17 still goes down to CA-1 in Santa Cruz, but it now terminates at the junction with I-280 in San Jose. Whatever is going on north of the 280 interchange is now designated as I-880.
This is area were I was born 1957 on Naval base. We had a red & white house in El Sobrante.
Do you prefer driving in rural areas, away from people? Or in very busy areas like this?
I'll take a rural drive over a busy urban freeway anyday.
What kind of you drive and also what’s it like driving in California expressways
There's still one thing that confuses me about I-238, not even the not in line with the interstate numbering system thing. Why is it designated as north south when it clearly goes east west?
It's an extension of CA Route 238, which mostly runs north-south.
Why is I-880 hated? Disregarding the usual reasons urban freeways are disliked (that sketchy neighborhood has likely taken a large hit by this freeway), what made this one more hated than the other Bay Area freeways?
Truck traffic, and the industrial areas it travels through. Quite a contrast to the 580 which is quite scenic going through hilly areas.
They could rename this interstate interstate 180 and do something about CA-180 making it Ca-238
"480" is now available, since SF's Embarcadero Freeway was torn down.
@@travist.7279 good point, was the Embarcadero freeway I-480 or something? Why was it torn down? Is it proposed or something?
They should just revert it back to a state route like it was before. There is really no difference in urban California - a freeway is a freeway. Doubtful Caltrans will revert it though, especially since it was already changed once. No, we're stuck with this oddball for the foreseeable future, I'm afraid.
@@theautomotivegabe The Embarcadero freeway was constructed in the late 50's. The original plan would extend 4 miles, to connect the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge. This was to be Interstate 480. I -280 was originally planned to connect the Golden Gate to Daly City, along the west side of SF. The present route of I-280 through SF, was to be S.R. 82. Complicated? This was all part of a planned network of freeways in SF. The plan was scrapped in the 60's, due to supposed public opposition.
In the end, only a little over a mile of I-480 was ever built. It was a double-deck structure, and butt-ugly. Because it was never completed, the numbering was demoted to S.R. 480. Though no longer an interstate, California's antiquated highway database system kept the number 480 tied-up. The freeway continued with this designation until 1989, when the earthquake damaged the double-deck structure beyond repair. The entire freeway was demolished in '91---leaving the number, 480 available.
@@gosnooky It has something to do with federal funding. The state gets more if a freeway is designated as an "Interstate". I-238 got its number because it was originally part of S.R. 238. As for numbering, why else would Cali decide (in 1984) to renumber much of S.R. 17, as I-880? It was totally unnecessary, as that section was already freeway (and had been for decades). Same down in L.A., with S.R. 11 becoming I-110, and S.R. 7 becoming I-710. Eventually, the federal government got wise to this scam, and imposed strict standards on what could be classified as an "Interstate". However, all of those earlier changes got grandfathered-in. So, we are stuck with those absurd numbers for now, even though some of those renumbered freeways are incredibly old, and make a joke of the Interstate system.