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The northern terminus is in Oakland at the junction with Interstate 80, near the eastern approach of the Bay Bridge. The southern terminus is at Interstate 280 in San Jose.

1 Length

1 Major cities along the route

• Oakland
• San Leandro
• San Lorenzo
• Hayward
• Union City
• Newark
• FremontFremont is a city in California which was founded on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Mission San Jose, Irvington, Niles, Centerville, and Warm Springs. It is located in the southeast area of the San Francisco Bay Area in Ala
• MilpitasMilpitas is a city in Santa Clara County, California. It is located between San Jose to its southwest and Fremont to its north, at the eastern end of Highway 237. It is generally considered to be where the South Bay meets the East Bay. There is the corpor.
• San Jose

2 Intersections with other Interstates

• Interstate 80
• Interstate 980Interstate 980 is a short Interstate spur route in northern California connecting Interstate 80 and Interstate 880 via downtown Oakland. I-980 passes the Oakland Convention Center and the famous Jack London Square. See Interstate 80, Interstate 880 80-9 8
• Interstate 238Interstate 238 is a short Interstate highway entirely within the state of California. Its western terminus is at Hayward, California at an intersection with I-580 and CA 238 and its eastern terminus at San Lorenzo, California at I-880. See Interstate 80 f
• Interstate 280

3 Notes

A large double-decker section in Oakland, known as the Cypress Structure , 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.

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.

Interstate 880 was at one time designated as a bypass of Sacramento. Its route is now used by Interstate 80.