U.S. Route 101 Bayshore & Central Freeway Photographs (San Jose to San Francisco)
Left - Reflectorized "button copy" overhead guide signs marking the entrance ramps to U.S. Route 101 from Broadway in Burlingame
(Photograph taken on May 29, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Centre - Night view of the same reflectorized "button copy" freeway guide signs for U.S. Route 101 at Broadway in Burlingame
(Photograph taken on May 28, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Night view of a reflectorized "button copy" freeway guide sign for U.S. Route 101 at Broadway in Burlingame. The bottom sign for Bayshore Highway and Airport Boulevard is interesting, because it has white reflective letters painted onto a non-reflective sign background. Several smaller ground-mounted signs in California are designed this way.
(Photograph taken on May 28, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Night view of a reflectorized "button copy" directional guide sign for U.S. Route 101 to San Francisco and San Jose
(Photograph taken on May 28, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Centre - Night view of a reflectorized "button copy" freeway guide sign for U.S. Route 101 South in Burlingame
(Photograph taken on May 28, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Approaching the I-380 Interchange on the northbound Bayshore Freeway (U.S. Route 101) near San Francisco Airport
(Photograph taken on May 28, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Exit sign for I-380 on the northbound Bayshore Freeway for U.S. Route 101. The diminutive I-380 is scarcely 2 miles long, running from I-280 to U.S. Route 101 and San Francisco Airport. Although short, this freeway forms an important link in the San Francisco Bay Area's freeway network. It is also known as the Kopp Freeway.
(Photograph taken on May 29, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Centre - Facing north at the U.S. Route 101 and I-80 Interchange in Downtown San Francisco. At this interchange, U.S. Route 101 exits the freeway at left and heads north along the Central Freeway towards the Golden Gate Bridge. I-80 begins at this point and heads east towards the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
(Photograph taken on May 29, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Butterfly sign gantry at the ramp split for I-80 and U.S. Route 101 South at the end of the Central Freeway
(Photograph taken on May 29, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Overhead signs on the Central Freeway (U.S. Route 101) for I-80 and U.S. Route 101 South
(Photograph taken on May 29, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Centre - Underneath the elevated Central Freeway (U.S. Route 101) in San Francisco. This short elevated freeway connects Downtown San Francisco with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (I-80) and the Bayshore Freeway (U.S. Route 101 South).
(Photograph taken on May 28, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - The elevated Central Freeway was built in the 1950s, in an effort to improve access to the Golden Gate Bridge. However, the freeway was only built as far north as Turk Street. Since it only went part way through the city, the elevated highway was not particularly useful in terms of moving through traffic to the Golden Gate Bridge. As a result, the section of the elevated highway north of Market Street was eventually closed and demolished. The elevated structure now terminates at Octavia Street.
(Photograph taken on May 28, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Loop ramp onto the elevated Central Freeway (U.S. Route 101) from Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco
(Photograph taken on May 28, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Facing west along Lombard Street towards Van Ness Avenue from Larkin Street. Once U.S. Route 101 exits from the elevated Central Freeway, the highway follows Van Ness Avenue north through Downtown San Francisco. At Lombard Street, U.S. Route 101 turns west and continues on Lombard Street through to Richardson Avenue, which is located near the hills in the background of this photo. At Richardson Avenue, U.S. Route 101 crosses the Marina Viaduct which leads to the Golden Gate Bridge. As seen in this photo, Lombard Street encounters severe grades east of Van Ness Avenue, so it is little wonder that the highway turns south at Van Ness Avenue rather than continue east into Downtown San Francisco.
(Photograph taken on May 28, 2007 - © Cameron Bevers)
