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Santa Clara County Route G8 is an important north-south arterial from the south valley area of Santa Clara County, California, USA to near Downtown San Jose. G8 runs for 29.4 miles over both rural roads, expressway and urban streets, but it is most commonly known by residents for its expressway portion, Almaden Expressway. G8 is also part of the Santa Clara County expressway system. Section of an artery An artery or arterial is also a class of highway. ...
Location of Santa Clara County within California. ...
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The Santa Clara County expressway system is a system of expressways in Santa Clara County, California. ...
Route summary
G8 begins in the south at the its junction with California State Route 152 in Gilroy. It proceeds north along Watsonville Road as a two-lane country road until it reaches the intersection of Watsonville Rd and Uvas Road. G8 turns left and proceeds north along Uvas Road which is a winding two-lane mountain road that passes by Uvas, Chesbro and Calero reservoirs and their surrounding parks. In Calero Resevior County Park, Uvas Road is renamed McKean Road and proceeds into the Almaden Valley area of San Jose. At the north end of McKean Rd, G8 turns briefly right on Harry Road for a short distance and then left on to the south end of Almaden Expressway. JUNCTION POSTMILE ? Legend < Route 151 Route 153 > California State Highways Current - Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic California State Route 152 is a state highway in California, USA, running from Watsonville to California State Route 99 near Chowchilla. ...
Gilroy is a city located in Santa Clara County, California. ...
Almaden Valley (often just called Almaden) is a neighborhood in the south of San Jose, California, USA, roughly equivalent to the 95120 ZIP Code. ...
City nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ...
As Almaden Expressway G8 expands to a 4-8 lane divided expressway with a large center divider and the majority of access limited to major intersections controlled by traffic signals. The major exception to this is near California State Route 85 and Blossom Hill Road (G10) where there are several major shopping centers. JUNCTION MILE POST US-101 SCL 0. ...
Santa Clara County Route G10, more commonly known along the majority of its route as Blossom Hill Road is an important east-west arterial roadway through the Almaden Valley area of Santa Clara County, California, in Silicon Valley. ...
G8 intersects G10 at Blossom Hill Rd and CA-85 a quarter mile north. This interchange is one of the busiest in Silicon Valley due to several shopping centers and a Costco warehouse store all sharing driveways with this interchange. G8 continues north resuming its expressway design. G8 shares a separated grade interchange with the terminus of Capitol Expressway (G21) and again with Curtner Avenue. Other intersections along this part of the route are at grade. Almaden Expressway crosses California State Route 87 with which it shares a northbound only interchange. A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. Like many large cities, San Joses downtown is expansive and encompasses much more area than shown in this view. ...
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the world, and headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, United States, with its flagship warehouse #1 in nearby Seattle. ...
JUNCTION MILE POST SR-85 SCL 0. ...
G8 continues past the north end of Almaden Expressway on to Almaden Road which is a 4 lane city street. At the intersection Almaden Rd and Alma Avenue, G8 turns east along Alma Ave and proceeds for about a quarter mile to its eastern terminus at California State Route 82 (First Street) JUNCTION POSTMILE 101 SCL 0. ...
History and legislative status G8 was originally designated in 1962 along Almaden Expwy which had begun contruction in 1959. Almaden Expwy was not completed to its southern terminus until 1984. Before that time the section between McKean Rd and the southern end of the expressway (which was further north at the time) took a zig zag path from McKean Rd to Harry Rd to Alamden Road (S) to Barnes Lane, to the then southern end of Almaden Expwy. 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
G8 is signed sporadically along its entire length.
Landmarks and points of interest - Uvas Reservoir and Uvas Reservior Park
- Chesbro Reservoir and Chesbro Reservoir Park
- Calero Reservoir and Calero Reservoir County Park
- Spartan Stadium, San Jose (just east of G8s northern terminus on Alma Ave)
Spartan Stadium, located in San Jose, California, is the football stadium of the San Jose State University Spartans. ...
Major cities Gilroy is a city located in Santa Clara County, California. ...
City nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ...
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