EB in Vallejo to a truly unique sign structure unlike any I've seen in California. The signs are also unique, as they are backlit.


WB at a glorified T intersection that predates the Interstate system.


Columbus Pkwy. WB becomes CA 37 at I-80 Exit 33.


Continuing east to Cordelia, 6th photo courtesy Matt Kleiman, with thanks to Dominic Ielati for helping me locate it in this photo run.


Green Valley Rd. SB at the Exit 40 complex. The ramp to the right leads into the C-D road that next interchanges with I-680 before returning to I-80 EB.


A passel of WB signs back into Vallejo. The 2nd/3rd and last two photos are left and right on the same structure, while the 3rd from last is the only button copy at Exit 33B among other signs.


Westbound around Sacramento, down what's now the Exit 86 ramp.


The last photo is the left two of three signs at what's now Exit 83 (Reed Ave.). The exit sign itself is new and uninteresting.


Ending the WB run with two photos on the left and right of the same gantry.


A few EB photos around the city.


Courtesy John Krakoff: Westbound nearing Donner Pass in Truckee (everyone must pass through some booths here), eastbound at Exit 180, and northbound on Donner Pass Road at Exit 188A (it's part of a pair of interchanges that are complete when considered together).

All remaining photos are courtesy Michael Summa, and date from 1976, and are westbound.


The first is an old white-on-black speed limit sign, of which only one example is known to still exist (I-84 in CT). It hangs above a truck lane. The second is California's original style of advisory limit signage, which just recently caught on in the MUTCD.


From Douglas Blvd. in Roseville at I-80 Exit 103. Thanks to Dominic Ielati for finding it with so little to go on.


I-880 was the bypass of Sacramento. If you know your Interstates, I-880 is now south of San Francisco, heading around the bay to meet I-580. This is because I-80 was rerouted onto I-880 around Sacramento, and former I-80 became I-80 Business (and also parts of US 50 and CA 99). Note the tacked-on 99 shields on I-880, which don't make sense to me (since these signs pretty clearly did not have US 99 shields on them before, or any other kind of shields than I-5).


This headed norTh and was not all that long removed from being I-5W (1964).

Back west on I-80
Back to I-80 main page
Business I-80, Sacramento

Into Nevada on I-80
(Exit 30A) to I-780
(Exit 40) to I-680
(Exit 83) to Reed Ave., CA 84
(Exit 86) to I-5
To CA 99
To current I-880
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