Talk:Interstate 580 (California)

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Contents 1 Los Angeles? 2 MacAurthur Freeway 3 Exit list? 4 Junctions 5 Collapse 6 History Needs Work 7 Interstate 180?

[edit] Los Angeles?

Okay, dumb question. Los Angeles is listed on the list of control cities, even though the highway is in the San Francisco bay area. Could someone explain to me how this is? Is there another Los Angeles in California that is lesser known? Or is it a typo? Hypnometal 16:54, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

When you're heading into Oakland from San Francisco a sign tells you to take 580 in order to get to Los Angeles (although trucks have to take a parallel route through Oakland). And then when you're approaching Tracy you're told to veer right toward the easternmost leg of 580 if you want to get to LA. Basically, 580-to-5 is the main route between SF and LA. If I-5 were strictly an SF-LA route it would probably follow 580's path (hence the 5 in 580). Michael Patrick 23:06, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MacAurthur Freeway

the MacAurtheer Freeway only refers the section between the Bay Bridge Maze and the 238 split/merge in Castro Valley.

[edit] Exit list?

The exit list is lovely, but it seems to have fogotten Berkeley! --Jfruh 19:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

That's all part of I-80 - it seems redundant to list those exits on both articles. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 20:49, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough, except that the main I-80 page doesn't have such a nice list ... not that I'm complaining about your fine work! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. --Jfruh 16:27, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Junctions

Shouldn't I-238 and I-205 be included? I'd definitely include 205 because it connects Tracy and I-5 from the north (Stockton). Stockton is a control city for 580 eastbound. Actually, the junction with I-80 in Oakland also includes I-880, a major route into the Silicon Valley. You don't have to put I-980 at all, or maybe you could call the junction the MacArthur Maze. --Geopgeop 11:09, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

I've updated the junctions to include all freeway junctions. Argyriou 23:02, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Collapse

Info on the 580 collapse in Oakland this weekend? (Unsigned)

This should probably be listed somewhere in the article, as it affects a major on-ramp to I-580. It was originally stuck somewhere in the middle of the History section. I moved it to the bottom of the bulleted history items, and corrected some of the information. Perhaps a separate section should be created. Tuyvan 02:29, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History Needs Work

The history section should be pruned. It's unnecessary to reiterate the details of the route, except in terms of the older highways superceded by 580. The rest of the history can be had at the articles for those older highways. There needs to be more on the MacArthur Freeway as this, along with the Nimitz and Eastshore---are among the oldest in Bay Area. Tmangray (talk) 04:01, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Interstate 180?

Interstate 180 redirects to this article, but I couldn't find any explanation for the redirect in the article. Shouldn't that be added? VashiDonsk 16:40, 9 June 2008 (UTC)