Interstate 980

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Template:Infobox CA Route Interstate 980 (abbreviated I-980) is a short Interstate spur in northern California connecting Interstate 580 and California State Highway 24 to Interstate 880 via downtown Oakland. I-980 passes the Oakland Convention Center and the famous Jack London Square.

The route is never signed by itself; that is, signs along Interstate 580 and Route 24 read "980 to 880" and signs along Interstate 880 read "980 to 24". Roadside signs eastbound between 880 and 580 refer to it as CA-24, even though it is defined as Interstate 980 through that section. Westbound the highway is signed as I-980. Interstate 980 was used as an alternate route between Oakland and San Francisco when the Cypress Viaduct collapsed in the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. Traffic headed from the south would have to use 980 to 580 west to 80 west to get across the Bay Bridge to get to San Francisco.

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Exit list

Postmile<ref name="bridge log">January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways</ref>	Municipality	#<ref>Cal-NExUS Interchange Exit Numbering</ref>	Destinations	Notes
ALA 0.02	Oakland	1A	Image:Interstate 880 (California).svg Interstate 880 south	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
ALA 0.02		1B	Jackson Street	westbound exit only; accessible via northbound I-880
ALA 0.54		1A 1C	11th Street	shared with 12th Street westbound, 14th Street eastbound
ALA 0.62		1C	12th Street	westbound exit
ALA 0.70		1A 1D	14th Street	shared with 11th Street eastbound, 18th Street westbound
ALA 0.86		1B	17th Street	shared with San Pablo Avenue eastbound
ALA 0.90		1D	18th Street	shared with 14th Street westbound
ALA 1.11		1B	San Pablo Avenue	shared with 17th Street eastbound
ALA 2.04		2A	Image:Interstate 580 (California).svg Interstate 580	eastbound exit; State Route 24 provides westbound exit
ALA 2.04		2B	Image:California 24.svg State Route 24 east	eastbound exit and westbound entrance