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By initial planning, the Interstate system was designed to be able to move traffic at speeds of 75 to 80 miles per hour except in limited stretches (such as steep mountain passes) where many vehicles cannot maintain such speeds.
The Interstate shield is not to be confused with the similar-shaped green shield for a business route or loop, which gives access to and from the business district without meeting the specifications for Interstate highways.
Interstate 238 near Oakland, California is the lone exception to the numbering scheme, as no Interstate 38 exists (this number exists because Interstate 238 replaced a segment of California Highway 238 and changing the number would have split the California Highway in two segments.
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 Interstate Highway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Many states, such as California and Virginia, maintain several different limits - within Los Angeles, most interstates are limited to 55 mph within the city, and 65 mph for most of the suburban highway stretches, and up to 70 mph throughout the desert and farmland rural stretches of the state.
Interstate 238 near Oakland, California is one of two major exceptions to the numbering scheme, as no Interstate 38 exists.
On even-numbered Interstates, mileage increases to the east and decreases to the west; and on odd-numbered Interstates, mileage increases to the north and decreases to the south.
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 San Francisco Bay Area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Interstate 580 - This spur route's western terminus is in Marin County.
California State Route 13, or the Warren Freeway, is entirely in the Oakland Hills and travels north from Interstate 580 to California State Route 24, where the freeway portion ends.
California State Route 238/Interstate 238 (Mission Boulevard) is an arterial from Fremont to Hayward, along the base of the hills, then becomes a freeway near Oakland.
www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/San_Francisco_Bay_Area   (2208 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Interstate-238
I-238 is the only three-digit Interstate that does not have a two-digit "parent"; there is no Interstate 38 (and even if there was, it would go well south of the Bay Area).
The number was chosen by Caltrans, who wanted an Interstate for part of CA 238, but at the time there was no available number for a "child" of I-80 (280 to 980 were in use, and there is a CA 180).
Interstate 95 or (I-95) is an interstate highway that runs 1907 miles (3070 kilometers) north-south along the east coast of the United States.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Interstate_238   (1993 words)

  
 California @ WestCoastRoads - Interstate 880
Interstate 880 is the Nimitz Freeway, originating at the Interstate 280/California 17 interchange in San Jose and culminating its northerly journey at the Maze interchange (Junction Interstates 80 and 580) in Oakland.
Southbound Interstate 880 at Exit 31, Junction Southbound Interstate 238 to Eastbound Interstate 580.
The airport's southern boundary is Interstate 880 and eastern boundary is California 87/Guadalupe Parkway.
www.westcoastroads.com /california/i-880_ca.html   (2357 words)

  
 Interstate highway Information - TextSheet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and National Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate highway system, is a network in the United States of Interstate highways or simply Interstates.
Although construction on the Interstate Highway system is ongoing, it was regarded as complete in 1990.
Three digit numbers, consisting of a single digit prefixed to the number of a major Interstate highway, are used to designate highway extensions, spurs (odd prefixes), and bypasses (even prefixes) that connect to the main highway within an urban area.
fanteja.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/i/in/interstate_highway.html   (845 words)

  
 Interstate 238 California @ Interstate-Guide.com
Interstate 238 is a short connector between Interstates 880 and 580.
Interstate 238 was born in 1984 as a result of California State Assembly Bill 2741, which modified the route numbering for California 17 and Interstate 580 in the state highway system.
Northbound Interstate 880 at Junction Interstate 238, to Interstate 580.
www.interstate-guide.com /i-238_ca.html   (1698 words)

  
 Learn more about List of Interstates in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Note that the route number of an Interstate Highway is even for roads which are primarily east-west routes, and odd for roads which are primarily north-south.
Note: Three-digit interstates (with the exception of I-238) are to be discussed in the same article as the one- or two-digit interstate that the three-digit interstate is a spur or loop of, even if plans to build the connection between the "spur" and the main highway never materialized.
I-238 is an exception because it is not a loop or spur of any one- or two-digit interstate (no I-38 exists anywhere near I-238).
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_interstates.html   (266 words)

  
 Interstate 238 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Interstate 238 is a short (2.23 mi/3.59 km) Interstate Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Its western terminus is at I-880 in San Lorenzo and its east end is at I-580 in Castro Valley, California, with CA 238 continuing south.
The number was chosen by Caltrans, who wanted an Interstate for part of CA 238, but at the time there was no available number for a "child" of I-80 (280 to 980 were in use, and there is a).
www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Interstate_238   (238 words)

  
 California @ WestCoastRoads - California 238
California 238 is Mission Boulevard between Interstate 680 Fremont and Interstate 580/Interstate 238 in Hayward.
California 238 leaves Hayward as a surface street and promptly assumes a freeway configuration upon leaving the downtown area.
This marks the northern terminus of California 238 and the southern terminus of Interstate 238.
www.westcoastroads.com /california/i-238_ca.html   (590 words)

  
 Articles - Interstate Highway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Although construction on the Interstate Highway system continues, it was officially regarded as complete in 1991 (though 5.6 miles of the original planned route remain either unconstructed, or not yet open [1]).
By initial planning, the Interstate system was designed to provide road safety at speeds of 75 to 80 miles per hour (120 to 130 km/h) except in limited stretches (such as steep mountain passes) where many vehicles cannot maintain such speeds.
Many states maintain several different limits, for example in California, most interstates are limited to 55 mph within a major city, 65 mph (105 km/h) for most of the suburban highway stretches, and up to 70 mph (115 km/h) throughout the desert and farmland rural stretches of the state.
www.kimia-sains.com /articles/Interstate_Highway   (3195 words)

  
 3-digit Interstate Highways Primer
Auxiliary interstates, known as spurs or beltways, branch from a primary interstate.
A 2di is either a one-digit or two-digit interstate; Interstates 5 and 15 are functionally identical and are both 2di's.
I-238 was the result: the only 3di whose parent (I-38) has never existed.
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 3-digit Interstates from I-38
All three-digit interstates are supposed to connect to a parent two-digit interstate, or another 3di of the same family that does so (see numbering rules).
There was also the intent to continue the 238 freeway south to I-680 in Fremont, where stub ramps and about 1,000 feet of the Mission Freeway were built in 1971.
The newer 238 to 880 SB ramp overcrosses the 238 entrance from 880 northbound.
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 List of Interstate Highways   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The last two digits of a three-digit interstate are always the number of the parent route, the primary interstate where it originated.
If the first digit is odd, the interstate is typically a spur route while if the first digit is even, the interstate is typically a loop route.
Notable exceptions to these numbering standards are Interstate 238 in California and Interstate 99 in Pennsylvania.
www.kiwipedia.com /list-of-interstates.html   (204 words)

  
 The Ultimate California State Route 238 Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
California State Route 238 is a north-south highway in the southeastern part of the San Francisco Bay Area.
A divided multilane surface highway, it connects Interstate 580 in Castro Valley, California and Interstate 680 in Fremont, California.
It formerly contained a segment of east-west freeway now designated as Interstate 238 and, until Interstate 680 was completed in the area and supplanted it completely as a through route, extended to San Josandeacute, California at its intersection with U.S. Highway 101.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/California_Highway_238   (130 words)

  
 California @ WestCoastRoads - California 92
California 92 begins as a narrow, two-lane highway at Half Moon Bay, a tiny hamlet on the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
California 92 reaches the East Bay at Hayward, and it becomes a city street as it enters downtown Hayward.
California 92 ends at its junction with Mission Boulevard (California 238).
www.westcoastroads.com /california/ca-092.html   (309 words)

  
 California Highways (www.cahighways.org): Routes 233 through 240
Where Route 238 veers off of I-680, between the Durham and Washington exits, where I-680 makes a turn, there is an overpass over the southbound lanes and some pavement suggesting that there might have been an exit from the leftmost northbound lane and an "entrance" to the leftmost southbound lane.
This is signed as I-238 between I-580 and I-880, and unsigned for the remainder of the route.
Route 238 is being widened from four to six lanes from north of Niles Canyon Road to south of Mowry Avenue in Fremont.
www.cahighways.org /233-240.html   (3249 words)

  
 Indigestion 238
Route 238 would be exactly the same today whether it remained as a State highway or was upgraded to Interstate highway status.
The California state highway shield (the miner's spade) is also widely known, but compared to the Interstate shield rates as more of a "generic" brand.
When I-238 was conceived, 480 had already been assigned to that god-awful monstrosity, the Embarcadero Freeway, known otherwise as the "World's Longest Off-ramp." In my opinion, if 480 had come to its full fruition before San Francisco blocked it, it would have been such a complete disaster.
www.gbcnet.com /roads/I-238   (3505 words)

  
 Interstate 380 California @ Interstate-Guide.com
Interstate 380 was assigned as an Interstate Highway in 1968, and it was constructed by the early 1970s to replace then-California 186.
And in those studies, one of the often studied corridors is to connect Interstate 380 on the Peninsula with Interstate 238 in the East Bay.
This is the first offramp after the Interstate 280 interchange, and it is already time to warn of the pending junction with U.S. Note that the exit numbers used on Interstate 380 envisions an ultimate configuration that begins at California 1 and ends at U.S. Photo taken by AARoads (11/26/04).
www.interstate-guide.com /i-380_ca.html   (1956 words)

  
 Interstate 238: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Interstate 238
The whole road is in suburbs of Oakland, California
It exists because a short section of California State Highway 238[?] got Interstate funding and California had exhausted its list of I-x80 interstates.
(Today, I-480 is available because that freeway was torn down as a result of the 1989 earthquake.) There is no Interstate 38, and if it did exist, it wouldn't go anywhere near Oakland, California.
www.encyclopedian.com /in/Interstate-238.html   (144 words)

  
 Articles - San Francisco Bay Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
California State Route 84 - CA-84 begins at the Pacific Coast near San Gregorio State Beach, and crosses the Santa Cruz Mountains on a scenic route between La Honda and Woodside.
California State Route 152 - Two-lane highway from Watsonville, crosses the Santa Cruz Mountains to Gilroy, then crosses the Diablo Range through Pacheco Pass to I-5 near Los Banos.
California State Route 29 - Four-lane expressway connecting Interstate 80 in Vallejo in Solano County to the towns of American Canyon and Napa.
www.gaple.com /articles/San_Francisco_Bay_Area?mySession=7335b30a8947d12d53d1849a39c62bfb   (1980 words)

  
 Interstate highway biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
While the name implies highways that cross U.S. state lines, many interstates don't.
By initial planning, the Interstate system was designed to be able to move traffic at speeds of 75 to 80 miles per hour (121 to 129 km/h) except in limited stretches (such as steep mountain passes) where many vehicles cannot maintain such speeds.
In 1974, the maximum speed limit allowed on interstate highways (along with all others in the country) was reduced to 55 mph (89 km/h) as a gasoline conservation measure in response to the 1973 energy crisis.
interstate.biography.ms   (1535 words)

  
 Re: About Interstate Highways
California does have mileposts, but they go by *county*.
California also has the nation's one "oddball" interstate highway: I-238, which, according the numbering system, should really be a loop off of I-38.
I-238 was simply converted from a California state route to an Interstate.
www.talkabouttravelling.com /group/rec.travel.air/messages/521003.html   (1028 words)

  
 Casey's Roads and Highways Page
Some, like Route 1, are historical, others like Route 252 in San Diego somehow "died on the vine", and many others are of general interest like the Orange County toll freeways and the expanding network of state freeways in San Diego County.
I-238 is almost as notorious as I-99 among road buffs as an extreme violation of the Interstate Highway numbering convention.
In the end, I hope this page will explain why I-238 exists and why road buffs shouldn't fret needlessly over small stretch of highway since their time is better spent on that pork barrel of a highway, Bud Schuster's Interstate 99.
gbcnet.com /roads   (481 words)

  
 Articles - Interstate 880   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The former path of the structure, Cypress Street, was renamed Mandela Parkway, and the median where the freeway stood became a landscaped linear park.
South of Interstate 280 in San Jose, Interstate 880 loses its interstate designation and becomes California State Route 17, which passes through the Loma Prieta Mountains and terminates in Santa Cruz.
Interstate 880 was at one time designated as a bypass of Sacramento.
www.gaple.com /articles/Interstate_880_(California)?mySession=09914e209e89b0579233eccd3656c213   (322 words)

  
 Highway Kick-Off Page @ AARoads: State and Provincial Highway Websites
An essay on the much-maligned Interstate 238 in Hayward, California.
Be sure to check out the Interstate 0 page, which includes a photograph of the infamous "blank" guide sign off Interstate 95.
Interstate 15 from Canada to Idaho (Rich Piehl).
www.aaroads.com /kick-off/statelinks.html   (3577 words)

  
 these things and others.
Interstate 238 in California isn't connected to I-38.
So that's a violation of the interstate numbering rules.
There is some talk of creating I-101 in Delaware, which would be a second such violation.
www.growlers.org /things/16   (463 words)

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