Interstate 880 is a regional bypass interstate highway in the Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. For most of that distance, it runs parallel to the southeastern shore of San Francisco Bay, where it is called the Nimitz Freeway, after World War II admiral Chester Nimitz, who retired to the Bay Area. A typical rural stretch of Interstate highway, with two lanes in each direction separated by a large grassy median, and with cross-traffic limited to overpasses and underpasses. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary in which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... Northern California (sometimes NorCal) refers to the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, roughly covering all of those counties except for the eight counties which make up Southern California. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary in which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Chester Nimitz Chester William Nimitz (February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was the Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces for the United States and Allied forces during World War II. He was the nations leading authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navy Bureau of Navigation in...

The northern terminus is in Oakland at the junction with Interstate 80 and Interstate 580 (known as the MacArthur Maze), near the eastern approach of the Bay Bridge. The southern terminus is at Interstate 280 in San Jose. Aerial view looking west over downtown Oakland, Lake Merritt and the Port of Oakland in the upper left portion of the image. ... Interstate 80 as seen from an overpass in Davis, California Interstate 80 is the second-longest interstate highway in the United States. ... Interstate 580 is the designation for two tertiary interstate highway routes, spurring from Interstate 80. ... The Bay Bridge, with the skyline of San Francisco in the background. ... A view of the scenic portion of 280. ... City nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley County Santa Clara County, California Area  - Total  - Water 461. ...

Length

Major cities along the route

• Oakland
• San Leandro
• San Lorenzo
• Hayward
• Union City
• Newark
• Fremont
• Milpitas.
• San Jose

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Intersections with other Interstates

• Interstate 80
• Interstate 980
• Interstate 238
• Interstate 280

Interstate 80 as seen from an overpass in Davis, California Interstate 80 is the second-longest interstate highway in the United States. ... Interstate 238 is a short Interstate highway entirely within the state of California. ... A view of the scenic portion of 280. ...

Notes

Cypress Viaduct Loma Prieta earthquake 1989

Portion of the collapsed Cypress Viaduct in Oakland.

A large double-decker section in Oakland, known as the Cypress Viaduct, collapsed during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, causing 42 deaths, the greatest loss of life of that earthquake. Rebuilding that section of the freeway took nearly a decade, due to environmental impact concerns, the feeling that the freeway divided the neighborhood, and design considerations. The highway was rebuilt on a new route around the outskirts of West Oakland, and the path of the former Cypress Structure was turned into a wide boulevard. USGS photo from 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. ... USGS photo from 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on October 17, 1989 in the greater San Francisco Bay Area in California at 5:04 pm local time and measured 7. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998. ... Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Design as a process can take many forms depending on the object being designed and the individual or individuals participating. ...

California Highway 17

South of Interstate 280 in San Jose, Interstate 880 loses its interstate designation and becomes California Highway 17. Until it was given interstate status in January 1986, however, the present-day Interstate 880 was designated as California Highway 17 along its entire route, from Santa Cruz to Oakland. Looking downhill from the Summit Road overpass; brake lights can be seen as cars slow down in anticipation of the tight curves ahead. ... Downtown Santa Cruz Santa Cruz is the county seat of Santa Cruz County, California, United States. ...

Sacramento bypass

Interstate 880 was at one time designated as a bypass of Sacramento. Its route is now used by Interstate 80. Sacramento is the county seat of Sacramento County, California and the capital of the U.S. state of California. ...

Historic Business U.S. Highway 50

The northern portion of I-880 was designated Business Route U.S. Highway 50 before it became part of the interstate system. A Business Route can be a branch from an Interstate, U.S. or State Highway route. ... United States Highway 50 is an east-west United States highway. ...

External links

• The October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake—Selected Photographs (http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/dds/dds-29/) - U.S. Geological Survey
  • Oakland Cypress Viaduct (http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/geologic/ca/dds-29/oakland.html)
• Cypress Street Viaduct (http://home.pacbell.net/hywaymn/Cypress_Viaduct_Freeway.html) includes map of old MacArthur Maze with old U.S. Highway 40/U.S. Highway 50 designations
• Cypress Viaduct Reconstruction (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/cadiv/techapps/cypress.htm) from Federal Highway Administration