California State Route 61

Infobox road
state=CA
type=SR
route=61
section=361, 412, and 560
maint=Caltrans

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length_mi=10.77
length_ref= [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/structur/strmaint/brlog2.htm January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways] ]
length_round=2
length_notes=(includes 1.68 mi (2.70 km) of SR 112
and 1.92 mi (3.09 km) of SR 260)
established=1964 renumbering [http://cahighways.org/057-064.html#061 California Highways: State Route 61] ]
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=CA|SR|185 in San Leandro
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=CA|I|880 in Oakland
previous_type=SR
previous_route=60
next_type=SR
next_route=62
browse=ca browse
previous_type=SR
previous_route=111
route=112
next_type=SR
next_route=113ca browse
previous_type=SR
previous_route=259
route=260
next_type=SR
next_route=261

State Route 61 is a California, United States, highway which runs through Alameda and along the Oakland International Airport. The eastern terminus is with State Route 260 at "Webster Street" in Alameda, and it runs along east "Central Avenue" and "Encinal Avenue" until reaching "Broadway Street". It goes south along Broadway, then east along "Otis Drive" until crossing off of the island of Alameda on the Bay Farm Island Bridge. It then follows "Dolittle Drive" near the Oakland International Airport until it reaches State Route 112 at "Davis Street" in San Leandro.

As legislatively defined, Route 61 extends as far north as Albany and as far south as the Dumbarton Bridge's east approach. Only the portion between Routes 260 and 112 is presently constructed; the unbuilt remainder of the route exists today either as open San Francisco Bay or wetlands. This route would likely have sit atop landfill; as public opinion shifted against filling in the bay, completing the remaining portions of Route 61 also fell out of favor. Route 87 is another highway once proposed to traverse present-day wetlands and open water.

Routes 112 and 260 are "hidden" routes that, despite having legal descriptions separate from Route 61, are currently signed as part of Route 61. Route 112 runs as Davis Street to State Route 185 (East 14th Street) in San Leandro. Route 260 goes to (but does not intersect with) Interstate 880 in Oakland through the Posey and Webster underwater tunnels.

Route 61 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System [http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=shc&group=00001-01000&file=250-257 CA Codes (shc:250-257)] ] .

Major intersections

:"Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage."The entire route is in Alameda County.

References

External links

* [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/sr61 Caltrans: Route 61 road conditions]
*From [http://www.cahighways.org/ California Highways] :
** [http://www.cahighways.org/057-064.html#061 SR 61]
** [http://www.cahighways.org/105-112.html#112 SR 112]
** [http://www.cahighways.org/257-264.html#260 SR 260]