Californians, Beware!

[MRT144]

all you need to know in the bay area.

101, 280, 880, 80. everything else is irrelevant.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

680 also, and PCH

[MRT144]

but those 4 will get you anywhere you need to go. i miss the bay dearly.

[Joseph]

Originally posted by Brent
I've lived in Sacramento since 1989, and have never felt a quake.

What about the World Series Earthquak of 1989?

[MRT144]

i was gonna say that too

[Joseph]

Originally posted by MRT144
all you need to know in the bay area.

101, 280, 880, 80. everything else is irrelevant.

Let me explain why is OK to be older.
When I-680 was built in the early 70s, it ran from I-80 in Vallejo to San Jose. Sometime in the 80s they transfer 680 to run from I-80 in Fairfield to San Jose. Those two intersection are about 10 miles apart. The freeway in Vallejo to Benicia is now 780

Also when 880 was built, it was the Sac bypass on the west side of town. Now we all know that I-880 is the old Nimitz freeways in Oakland to San Jose, and the old 880 of Sac. in now I-80 and the old 80 is now business 80 in Sac.

If you were someone who lived here in the 60 to early 70s and are coming back for a visit, you better look at some maps before you arrive or you might not be at the correct area.

[Japher]

crap... I had no idea that the buisness 80 was the buisness 80, though the run in at 99 and 50 seems a little off since it's quicker to take the 80 buisness... hmmm, thanks for the local history

[MRT144]

thats an arguement for it being ok to be older?

all im saying is for most people in the bay area, 101, 280, 880, and 80 are the main routes of travel. yes, people take 17, 85, 680, etc, but those are the main thoroughfares

[Joseph]

Originally posted by Japher
crap... I had no idea that the buisness 80 was the buisness 80, though the run in at 99 and 50 seems a little off since it's quicker to take the 80 buisness... hmmm, thanks for the local history

From Sac to Canada, US 99 and I-5 are one in the same road. But they did move 99 signs to what ever highway that runs from Sac to Maryville. From Sac to San Diego I-5 runs on the west side of the valley until you pass Bakersfield and then I-5 and old US 99 are the same road to Mexico.

Of couse US 99 is still the highway through the center of the Valley.

Also I-580 in Oakland until just west of Tracy is the old US 50, and you can still take US 50 from Sac to Lake Tahoe and across Nev. Utah and I think in Co.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

highway 17 to santa cruz have u guys ever driven the entire I-5 from San Diego to Seattle?

[Japher]

u guys ever driven the entire I-5 from San Diego to Seattle?

Not in one shot, but I have driven it from Sac to San Diego on one trip, and from Sac to Seattle, on through to Vancouver on another trip.

17 is crazy, it is a deadly road.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

nah 5 is a deadly road, especially around the grapevine. youve got trucks in the right line going 20 mph up the hill, and cars in the left lane doing 90.

[Solomwi]

Originally posted by Big Dave


The US highways were built in the Eisenhour Administration (in the 1950's), I'm not sure when the Interstate highways were started. I remember riding on them in the 60's to go on vacation and such.

You've got that backwards, Dave. The US highways were already in existence for quite some time, and in the '50s, the Eisenhower administration began the interstate system (hence the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System, or the long version, the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways). Planning for such a system dated back to the late '30s, and the first 40,000 miles or so were selected during Truman's tenure, but it was under Eisenhower that the first funding for the program came through.

Kuciwalker: not necessarily drugs, though I'm sure an acid trip in the eye would be something else.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Azazel
Could someone explain to me the highway marking system in the US?

I-15? US95? WTF?

There are three main highway systems in the US. The first and oldest is the Federal US highway system which was created slightly before WW1 but the vast majority of it wasn't built until the 1920's & 1930's. They are marked with a "US" in front of them and they tend to be two lane roads which connect the major cities of the early part of the 20th century. When the US highways enter towns there are stop lights, pedestrian crossings, and things of that nature which cars must stop for.

Next we have the Interstate highway system which was started in the early 1950's and are identified by the "I" in the name. There are no stop lights any where on these roads and they are the freeways which most Americans think of when the word freeway is mentioned. They have on ramps and off ramps plus the speed at which cars travel tends to be higher then on US highways.

Lastly we have state highways which were constructed by the various state governments. Naturally, their make up varies from state to state but just about every state has financied the construction of highways at one time or another. These highways are identified by the two letter state abrievation which the US Postal system uses. In California it is "CA".

BTW in the US all highways/freeways which head in an east or west direction are even numbered while highways/freeways which head north-south are odd numbered.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Big Dave
The US highways were built in the Eisenhour Administration (in the 1950's), I'm not sure when the Interstate highways were started. I remember riding on them in the 60's to go on vacation and such.

You have it backwards.