Interstate 480 (California)
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Section of the Embarcadero Freeway in front of the Ferry Building during demolition
The Embarcadero Freeway was a freeway in San Francisco. Signed as Interstate 480 and later California State Highway 480, it ran along its short route of slightly over 1 mile from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge along the Embarcadero. It was originally planned to run further north and create a freeway link between the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge, however the freeway was never completed past Broadway Street due to growing opposition towards plans to build freeways through the city during what was called the Freeway Revolt. In 1985 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to tear down the freeway and the demolition was started after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
See also
| Three-digit Interstates from Interstate 80 | |
| I-180 | Illinois – Nebraska – Pennsylvania – Wyoming |
| I-280 | California – Illinois/Iowa – New Jersey – Ohio |
| I-380 | California – Iowa – Pennsylvania |
| I-480 | Iowa-Nebraska – Ohio |
| I-580 | California – Nevada |
| I-680 | California – Iowa/Nebraska – Ohio |
| I-780 | California |
| I-880 | California |
| I-980 | California |
| past/ future | I-180: Pennsylvania – I-280: Iowa/Nebraska – Pennsylvania – I-480: California – Pennsylvania – I-580: Nebraska – I-680: Pennsylvania |
External links
- Kurumi – Source of information that includes Information on Interstate Highways and other road-related subjects
- California Highways – Additional source of information
- Freeways of San Francisco
- San Francisco Chronicle photo of the freeway from 1987
