California State Route 84

State Route 84
Route information
Defined by S&HC § 384
Maintained by Caltrans
Length: 96 mi[1] (154 km)
Section 1
South end: SR 1 at San Gregorio
Major
junctions:
I-280 at Woodside
US 101 in Redwood City
I-680 near Sunol
North end: I-580 in Livermore
Section 2
South end: SR 12 in Rio Vista
North end: I-80 in West Sacramento
Highway system

State highways in California(list • pre-1964)
History • Unconstructed • Deleted • Freeway • Scenic

SR 83 SR 85

State Route 84 (SR 84) is a split-section California State Highway consisting of two sections. The first section is an east–west arterial road running from San Gregorio to Menlo Park, across the Dumbarton Bridge through Fremont and Newark and ending at I-580 in Livermore. The route overlaps the freeway segment of U.S. 101 between Woodside Road in Redwood City and Marsh Road in Menlo Park. The segment between Marsh Road and the Dumbarton Bridge has been upgraded to an expressway and is known as the Bayfront Expressway. The segment from the western end of the Dumbarton Bridge to the interchange with I-880 has been upgraded to a freeway.

The other section is a north-west arterial road that begins at Route 12 in Rio Vista, passes through Ryer Island (where it connects to Route 220), and ends at the Interstate 80 interchange in West Sacramento. However, plans are underway to turn maintenance of SR 84 through West Sacramento to that city.

A ferry provides the crossing over Cache Slough from Rio Vista to Ryer Island. The ferry, a diesel-powered boat operated by Caltrans, is in operation twenty-four hours per day and charges no toll.

Route 84 is legally defined to continue from I-580 to Route 4 in Antioch, but there are currently no plans in place to bridge the gap at this time. A plan to build a $600 million toll road called the Mid-State Tollway along the proposed route was suspended in 2001 due to local opposition.

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Route description

This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System[2] and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System[3]. However, it is not a scenic highway as defined by Caltrans.[4]

The route begins at SR 1 in San Gregorio. It then heads northward through San Mateo County as it enters Woodside, where it intersects SR 35, also known as Skyline Boulevard, and interchanges with Interstate 280 (California). It then exits the city, and enters Redwood City, where it intersects SR 82, which carries El Camino Real through the south bay area. A few miles later, it interchanges with U.S. Route 101, where it overlaps for several miles. Upon exiting, it enters the city of Menlo Park as an expressway, where it intersects SR 114 and SR 109 at intersections controlled by traffic lights. The SR 114 (Willow Road) intersection was the site of the car crash in which author David Halberstam was killed on April 23, 2007.

Route 84 then becomes a freeway at the north end of San Mateo County as it crosses as the Dumbarton Bridge over the San Francisco Bay. Midway through the bridge, it enters Alameda County.

In Alameda County, it runs northward through the city of Newark, where it begins a concurrency with Interstate 880. Both interchanges with Interstate 880 are partial cloverleaf interchanges, meaning that through traffic on Route 84 encounters traffic lights while joining and leaving I-880. Upon separation, the route loses its freeway status as it enters the city of Fremont, where it has a short concurrency with SR 238. There are plans to construct a new parkway between the I-880 interchange and Mission Boulevard (CA 238).

It then leaves Fremont and begins an overlap with I-680. After separating, it runs for several miles, over a pass, then it enters the city of Livermore; it runs along Isabel Ave until it meets I-580, as the end of its south section.

Upon reappearing, the route begins at SR 12 in Rio Vista. In then follows the Ryer Island Ferry, which carries the route across the Cache Slough. When it leaves the ferry, it intersects SR 220. It continues northward and meets the end of state maintenance at the West Sacramento city limit, about six miles east of an intersection with CR E19. It then enters the city of West Sacramento in Yolo County. It then interchanges with I-80 Business, also signed as U.S. Route 50. As it continues northward, it ends at Interstate 80.

Major intersections

Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.
County Location Postmile
[5][6][7]
Exit
[8]
Destinations Notes
San Mateo
SM 0.00-R30.15
San Gregorio 0.00 SR 1 – Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz
Woodside 14.95 SR 35 (Skyline Boulevard) – San Francisco, Santa Cruz
21.54 I-280 (Junipero Serra Freeway) – San Francisco, San Jose Interchange
Redwood City 22.68 Alameda de las Pulgas
24.70 SR 82 (El Camino Real) Interchange
25.06 Middlefield Road – Downtown Redwood City
25.72
5.39[N 1]
US 101 north (Bayshore Freeway) / Seaport Boulevard – San Francisco Interchange; south end of US 101 overlap
South end of freeway on US 101
Menlo Park North end of freeway on US 101
3.59[N 1]
R25.81
US 101 south (Bayshore Freeway) / Marsh Road – San Jose, Atherton Interchange; north end of US 101 overlap
R27.66 SR 114 (Willow Road) – Menlo Park
R28.19 SR 109 (University Avenue) – East Palo Alto
South end of freeway
Dumbarton Bridge over San Francisco Bay
Alameda
ALA R0.00-R28.63
Newark
R3.75 36 Thornton Avenue, Paseo Padre Parkway
R4.88 37 Newark Boulevard, Ardenwood Boulevard
R6.01
10.30[N 2]
I-880 north (Nimitz Freeway) / Decoto Road – Oakland Interchange; south end of I-880 overlap
Fremont North end of freeway on I-880
8.84[N 2]
6.92
I-880 south (Nimitz Freeway) / Thornton Avenue – San Jose Interchange; north end of I-880 overlap
8.02 Thornton Avenue, Fremont Boulevard
8.33 Fremont Boulevard, Peralta Boulevard
9.92 Mowry Avenue – Civic Center
10.82
3.31[N 3]
SR 238 south (Mission Boulevard) – San Jose South end of SR 238 overlap
3.64[N 3]
10.83
SR 238 north (Mission Boulevard) / Niles Boulevard – Hayward, Union City North end of SR 238 overlap
Sunol 16.93 Sunol (Main Street) Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance
17.99
R11.04[N 4]
I-680 south / Calaveras Road – Fremont, San Jose Interchange; south end of I-680 overlap
South end of freeway on I-680
R11.85[N 4]
R17.99
I-680 north – Walnut Creek, Sacramento North end of I-680 overlap; no northbound entrance
North end of freeway
Pleasanton 23.56 Vallecitos Road – Downtown Livermore Former SR 84 north
Livermore R26.22 Stanley Boulevard Interchange
M27.75 Airway Boulevard
I-580 / Isabel Avenue – Oakland, Stockton Interchange
Gap in SR 84
Solano
SOL 0.13-13.67
Rio Vista 0.13 SR 12 / Front Street – Lodi, Fairfield Interchange
2.49 Ryer Island Ferry across Cache Slough
7.25 SR 220 east – Ryde
12.08 Ryer Road East – Ryde
Yolo
YOL 0.00-24.05
4.57 Courtland Road – Courtland, Rio Vista
9.53 CR E19 (Clarksburg Road) – Clarksburg
15.69 North end of state maintenance at West Sacramento city limit
West Sacramento
19.65 Linden Road
19.85 Lake Washington Boulevard
R21.78 I-80 Bus. (Capital City Freeway, US 50) – San Francisco, Sacramento Interchange; former I-80
21.84 To Capitol Mall (SR 275, Tower Bridge Gateway) Interchange; former US 40 / US 99W
22.06 West Capitol Avenue Former US 40 / US 99W
22.68 Sacramento Avenue, Kegle Drive Sacramento Avenue was former SR 16 east
23.47 Sunset Avenue – Woodland Former SR 16 west
23.67 Harbor Boulevard
24.05 I-80 to I-5Reno, San Francisco Interchange; former I-880
24.05 Reed Avenue Continuation beyond I-80
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus     Closed/Former     Incomplete access     Unopened
  1. ^ a b Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along US 101 rather than SR 84.
  2. ^ a b Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along I-880 rather than SR 84.
  3. ^ a b Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along SR 238 rather than SR 84.
  4. ^ a b Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along I-680 rather than SR 84.

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