NationMaster - Encyclopedia: California State Route 480

State Route 480 was a proposed state highway in San Francisco, California, United States, consisting of the elevated double-decker Embarcadero Freeway (also known as the Embarcadero Skyway), the partly-elevated Doyle Drive approach to the Golden Gate Bridge, and an unbuilt section in between. The Embarcadero Freeway was demolished after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and Doyle Drive is now part of U.S. Route 101. SR 480 was Interstate 480, an auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System, from 1955 to 1965^[1]^[2]. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Example signage of the Califonia State Route System. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This U.S. Highway article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the WikiProject U.S. Highways. ... :The Interstate 505 number was also used for a never-built spur in Portland. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Below is a list and summary of the entirely unconstructed state highways in California as outlined by the legislature in and after 1964. ... Below is a list and summary of the deleted State Routes (i. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: California Streets and Highways Code Section 250-257 The California Freeway and Expressway System is a system of existing or planned freeways and expressways in the U.S. state of California. ... The following highways are designated, in whole or part, by the State of California as State Scenic Highways: // State Scenic Highways Entire route The following routes have their entire length designed as a scenic highway: California State Route 28 California State Route 35 California State Route 38 - In San Bernardino... This article is about the idea of state highways State Highway, and is more formally known as Route 139 State highway, and state route are terms that usually apply to numbered highways that are primarily administered and financed by a state government in countries that are divided into states. ... San Francisco redirects here. ... The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ... The Loma Prieta earthquake was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p. ... Highway 101 redirects here. ... Interstate Highways in the 48 contiguous states. ...

History

Legislative Route 224 was defined in 1947 to connect U.S. Route 101 (pre-1964 Legislative Route 2) at the intersection of Lombard Street and Van Ness Avenue with U.S. Route 40 and U.S. Route 50 (pre-1964 Legislative Route 68) at the west end of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (near the Transbay Terminal).^[3] Its alignment was roughly along Lombard Street and the Embarcadero.^[4] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Highway 101 redirects here. ... It has been suggested that U.S. Route 101#California be merged into this article or section. ... Lombard Streets famed twists Lombard Street is an east-west street in San Francisco, California. ... U.S. Route 40 is an east-west United States highway. ... U.S. Route 50 is a major east-west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over 3000 miles (4800 km) from West Sacramento, California east to Ocean City, Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean. ... The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ( ; known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a toll bridge which spans San Francisco Bay and links the California cities of Oakland and San Francisco in the United States, as part of Interstate 80. ... San Francisco Transbay Terminal or simply Transbay Terminal, is a transportation complex in San Francisco, California which is located roughly in the center of the rectangle bounded north-south by Mission Street and Howard Street, and east-west by Beale Street and Second Street. ... The Embarcaderos Ferry Building The Embarcadero is the name given the eastern waterfront roadway of the Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, along San Francisco Bay. ...

Legislative Route 224, as well as Route 2 (US 101) from Route 224 west to the junction with State Route 1 near the Golden Gate Bridge, was added to the Interstate Highway System on September 15, 1955. This included the 1936 Doyle Drive, an early freeway built to access the Golden Gate Bridge.^[5] After some discussion, the number Interstate 480 was assigned on November 10, 1958. (Interstate 280, as originally planned, ran south from the west end of I-480 along SR 1, through the MacArthur Tunnel and Golden Gate Park, to join its present alignment in Daly City.)^[6] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x931, 134 KB) City map from the 1955 Yellow Book of Interstate Highway System plans, from [1]. Interstates in todays terms I-80 I-280 (not connected to I-80) I-480 (only partly built and later demolished) I-580... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x931, 134 KB) City map from the 1955 Yellow Book of Interstate Highway System plans, from [1]. Interstates in todays terms I-80 I-280 (not connected to I-80) I-480 (only partly built and later demolished) I-580... Bay Area redirects here. ... JUNCTION MILE POST US-101 SCL 0. ... Interstate 80 as seen from an overpass in Davis, California Interstate 80 is the second-longest interstate highway in the United States. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE I-5 ORA 0. ... The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ... Interstate Highways in the 48 contiguous states. ... is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ... is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ... Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park. ... Daly City is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States with a 2000 population of 103,621. ...

The first section of the Embarcadero Freeway, from the Bay Bridge approach (Interstate 80) north to Broadway, opened in 1959.^[7] As a consequence of the freeway revolt, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed Resolution 45-59 in January 1959, opposing certain freeways including the remainder of I-480.^[8] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 467 Ã— 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (936 Ã— 1202 pixel, file size: 571 KB, MIME type: image/png) July 1, 1998 (?) USGS topo from TerraServer-USA, showing the now-gone Embarcadero Freeway (purple). ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 467 Ã— 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (936 Ã— 1202 pixel, file size: 571 KB, MIME type: image/png) July 1, 1998 (?) USGS topo from TerraServer-USA, showing the now-gone Embarcadero Freeway (purple). ... Interstate 80 (abbreviated I-80) is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States. ... Late 1940s San Francisco Planning Department Freeway Plan The Freeway Revolt is the name given to public opposition against building freeways through San Francisco, California in the 1950s. ... San Francisco skyline. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the 1964 renumbering, Route 480 was designated for the full route of I-480, including the US 101 concurrency. The route was deleted from the Interstate Highway System in January 1968, with Interstate 280 being rerouted north of Daly City at the same time. The short piece of former I-480 from the junction with new I-280 (previously State Route 87) south to the Bay Bridge approach became part of I-280 (to allow I-280 to meet I-80).^[6] These changes were made to the state highway system in 1968; Route 480 was only truncated slightly, with the 5.47 miles^[9] (8.80 km) from I-280 to SR 1 remaining, though downgraded to State Route 480.^[8] Cover of the March-April 1964 edition of California Highways and Public Works, showing an extended State Route 1 replacing U.S. Route 101 Alternate In 1963 and 1964, the California Division of Highways implemented a major renumbering of its state highways. ... A multiplex or concurrency on a road network occurs where a single physical road carries two or more different highway, motorway or other road numbers. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ... Daly City is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States with a 2000 population of 103,621. ... State Route 87, locally called Highway 87 or the Guadalupe Freeway, is a north-south state highway entirely within San Jose, California, United States. ...

The freeway was featured in a few films, including Magnum Force, Freebie and the Bean, Bullitt, Serial, Superman IV and Koyaanisqatsi, as well as several TV shows such as Full House (in several overhead screen shots) and The Streets of San Francisco. In a shot at the start of Zodiac, the freeway was digitally added behind a shot of the Ferry Building. This article is about motion pictures. ... Magnum Force was the first of the sequels to the film Dirty Harry, starring Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Dirty Harry Callahan. ... Freebie and The Bean is a 1974 comedy film about two San Francisco police detectives who have one goal in life, bringing down a local hijacking boss. ... Bullitt is a 1968 action crime mystery thriller film starring Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset, with Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Carl Reindel, Felice Orlandi, Vic Tayback, Pat Renella, Paul Genge, Bill Hickman, Norman Fell and Brandy Carroll. ... Serial is a comedy film from 1980 from Paramount Pictures. ... Superman IV: The Quest For Peace is a 1987 film, the last of the Superman theatrical movies starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel. ... Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance is a 1982 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by minimalist composer Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke. ... This article is about the TV show. ... The Streets of San Francisco was a successful 1970s television police drama filmed on location in San Francisco, California, and produced by Quinn Martin Productions, with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros. ... Zodiac, a Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. ...

The Board of Supervisors voted on November 5, 1985 to tear down the Embarcadero Freeway.^[7] The proposal was put to the voters in 1987, and soundly defeated. The October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the structure, and Caltrans planned to retrofit and retain the two-decker freeway. Many accounts since then have suggested that the earthquake resulted in the demolition of the freeway, but the record shows that the city convulsed over the issue, with many supporting a rebuild. Then Mayor Art Agnos proposed instead demolishing the freeway in favor of a boulevard with an underpass at the Ferry Building to allow for a large plaza. Opposition to demolishing the freeway mounted again, with over 20,000 signatures gathered to again create a ballot measure. The strongest opposition came from Chinatown and the city's downtown. Agnos continued to negotiate with federal and state officials to win enough funding to make the demolition practical, and the opposition quieted. Demolition began on February 27, 1991.^[10] That year Agnos was defeated for reelection as Chinatown switched its support away from him. On June 16, 2006, the Port of San Francisco unveiled a monument to Mayor Agnos honoring his vision and courage, noting "This pedestrian pier commemorates the achievement of Mayor Agnos in leaving our city better and stronger than he found it." Legislative changes that year deleted Route 480 from the state highway system; the northwest section was transferred to U.S. Route 101.^[8] The only piece of the Embarcadero Freeway to remain was the beginning of the ramp from the Bay Bridge to Fremont Street, including a short ramp stub that formerly carried traffic to the freeway (Interstate 280 there after 1968). This part was rebuilt as a part of the Bay Bridge retrofit project. (I-280 was never finished to that interchange, though its legislative definition still takes it there.^[11]) Prior to the earthquake, the Embarcadero Freeway carried approximately 70,000 vehicles daily in the vicinity of the Ferry Building. Another 40,000 vehicles/day used associated ramps at Main and Beale Sts. In all, loss of the Embarcadero Freeway disrupted access to I-80 for a total of approximately 110,000 daily vehicles. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x1025, 118 KB)Scan of a picture dated May 9th, 1991 of a section of the Embarcadero Freeway in front of the Ferry Building being torn down File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x1025, 118 KB)Scan of a picture dated May 9th, 1991 of a section of the Embarcadero Freeway in front of the Ferry Building being torn down File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version... The Embarcaderos Ferry Building The Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay and a shopping center located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The Loma Prieta earthquake was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p. ... Arthur Christ Agnos (often called Art) (born 1938) is a U.S. political figure. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Highway 101 redirects here. ... A ghost ramp is a ramp which is built (or partially built) to connect a freeway or other highway to another route which is planned or proposed, and left stranded when the latter route is abandoned or cancelled. ... A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ... High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ...

In 2003, Caltrans began work on a retrofitting project to replace the western approach to the Bay Bridge. This retrofitting is part of a larger, $6 billion project to upgrade the aging Bay Bridge to modern earthquake standards - which includes replacing the entire eastern span. While the entire project is scheduled to be complete in 2013, the west approach should be replaced by 2009. In late 2005, Caltrans began the demolition of the original west approach after traffic was routed onto a temporary bypass structure. As a result of this retrofitting project, all old parts of the approach will be replaced, removing the final remains of the Embarcadero Freeway. ^[12] Caltrans logo The soaring ramps in the stack interchanges favored by Caltrans often provide stunning views. ...

Exit list

The following is an exit list of the former Embarcadero Freeway prior to the Loma Prieta earthquake and subsequent demolition. The Loma Prieta earthquake was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p. ...

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