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Interstate Highway in California

Interstate 780 I-780 highlighted in red Route information Auxiliary route of I-80 Maintained by Caltrans Length 6.5 mi[1] (10.5 km) Existed 1973-1976–present History State highway in 1935; Interstate (as I-680) in 1955; renumbered I-780 in 1973–76 NHS Entire route Major junctions West end I-80 in Vallejo East end I-680 in Benicia Location Country United States State California Counties Solano Highway system Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future State highways in California Interstate US State Scenic History Pre‑1964 Unconstructed Deleted Freeways ← I-710 → I-805

Western end of Interstate 780 at the interchange with Interstate 80 in Vallejo

**Interstate 780** (**I-780**) is an east–west [auxiliary Interstate Highway](/source/Auxiliary_Interstate_Highway) in the [San Francisco Bay Area](/source/San_Francisco_Bay_Area) of [Northern California](/source/Northern_California). It runs from the intersection of Curtola Parkway and Lemon Street in [Vallejo](/source/Vallejo%2C_California) east to [I-680](/source/Interstate_680_(California)) just north of the [Benicia–Martinez Bridge](/source/Benicia%E2%80%93Martinez_Bridge) in [Benicia](/source/Benicia%2C_California). It closely parallels the [Carquinez Strait](/source/Carquinez_Strait) for its entire route. Originally, this segment was part of I-680 before that Interstate was extended and rerouted to [Fairfield](/source/Fairfield%2C_California). The city-maintained **Curtola Parkway** continues west to [State Route 29](/source/California_State_Route_29) (SR 29) in Vallejo.

## Route description

The entirety of I-780 is defined in section 623 of the [California Streets and Highways Code](/source/California_Codes) as **Route 780**, and that the highway is from "[Route 680](/source/Interstate_680_(California)) at [Benicia](/source/Benicia%2C_California) to [Route 80](/source/Interstate_80_in_California) in [Vallejo](/source/Vallejo%2C_California)".[2] This definition roughly corresponds with the [Federal Highway Administration](/source/Federal_Highway_Administration) (FHWA)'s route logs of I-780.[3][1]

The I-780 state-maintained [freeway](/source/Freeway) actually begins at Lemon Street and Curtola Parkway, quickly crossing underneath [I-80](/source/Interstate_80_in_California) at a [cloverleaf interchange](/source/Cloverleaf_interchange). The freeway passes through parts of unincorporated Solano County, then heads southeast along the [Benicia State Recreation Area](/source/Benicia_State_Recreation_Area) (a [marsh](/source/Marsh)). It then bypasses downtown [Benicia](/source/Benicia%2C_California) through the hills to the north. I-780 ends at [I-680](/source/Interstate_680_(California)) at the north end of the [Benicia–Martinez Bridge](/source/Benicia%E2%80%93Martinez_Bridge), with I-680 heading south through the [East Bay](/source/East_Bay) to [San Jose](/source/San_Jose%2C_California).[4]

I-780 is part of the [California Freeway and Expressway System](/source/California_Freeway_and_Expressway_System)[5] and, as with every Interstate Highway, is part of the [National Highway System](/source/National_Highway_System_(United_States)),[3] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the [Federal Highway Administration](/source/Federal_Highway_Administration) (FHWA).[6]

## History

By 1914, a [paved](/source/Paved_road) [county road](/source/County_road) connected [Vallejo](/source/Vallejo%2C_California) and [Benicia](/source/Benicia%2C_California) north of the [Carquinez Strait](/source/Carquinez_Strait),[7] following the present Maine Street, Benicia Road, Columbus Parkway, and K Street.[8] Although [state highways](/source/State_highway) were designated to Benicia in 1910 ([Legislative Route (LRN) 7](/source/Legislative_Route_7_(California_pre-1964)), now [I-680](/source/Interstate_680_(California))) and Vallejo in 1931 ([LRN 74](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legislative_Route_74_(California_pre-1964)&action=edit&redlink=1), now [SR 29](/source/California_State_Route_29)), this connection was not added until 1935, when LRN 74 (an unsigned designation) was extended east from Vallejo to Benicia and north along former LRN 7 to [Fairfield](/source/Fairfield%2C_California).[9] (A short spur connecting Vallejo to the [Carquinez Bridge](/source/Carquinez_Bridge) was added to LRN 74 in 1937.[10]) LRN 74 initially entered Benicia on K Street and left on East 5th Street, making several turns in between.[8][11] Two realignments were built in the 1940s, reducing the number of turns to one, at the corner of L and East 2nd streets.[12][13]

On September 15, 1955, the [Bureau of Public Roads](/source/Bureau_of_Public_Roads) approved the [Interstate Highway System](/source/Interstate_Highway_System) spurs and connections in urban areas. Among these was a loop around the [San Francisco Bay](/source/San_Francisco_Bay), soon numbered [I-280](/source/Interstate_280_(California)) and [I-680](/source/Interstate_680_(California)). The east half (I-680) incorporated a number of existing legislative routes, including [LRN 69](/source/Legislative_Route_69_(California_pre-1964)), [LRN 108](/source/Legislative_Route_108_(California_pre-1964)), [LRN 107](/source/Legislative_Route_107_(California_pre-1964)), [LRN 75](/source/Legislative_Route_75_(California_pre-1964)), and [LRN 74](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legislative_Route_74_(California_pre-1964)&action=edit&redlink=1), crossing the [Carquinez Strait](/source/Carquinez_Strait) on the proposed [Benicia–Martinez Bridge](/source/Benicia%E2%80%93Martinez_Bridge) and ending at [I-80](/source/Interstate_80_in_California) near downtown Vallejo.[14][15] The first piece of this freeway north of the Carquinez Strait was at the I-80 [cloverleaf interchange](/source/Cloverleaf_interchange), built in the late 1950s when I-80 was upgraded through Vallejo. This was an extremely short roadway, beginning at Lemon Street, crossing under I-80 and Laurel Street and ending at Reis Avenue and Cedar Street.[16][17] In about 1960, it was extended east to the old highway (Columbus Parkway) between the cities and was completed to the new bridge in about 1962, the year the bridge opened.[16]

State Route 141 Location Vallejo Existed 1964–1988

In the [1964 state highway renumbering](/source/1964_state_highway_renumbering_(California)), the legislative designation of the completed Vallejo–Benicia freeway was changed from LRN 74 to LRN 680, reflecting its Interstate designation. The short piece of nonfreeway in Vallejo, extending west from I-80 to [SR 29](/source/California_State_Route_29), became **State Route 141** (**SR 141**).[18] This route followed Benicia Road and Maine Street, the same alignment the state highway had always taken; it initially connected with I-780 via Lemon Street[19] but later followed Benicia Road from I-80 north of I-780. In 1975, a proposed (and never constructed) extension west and north to [SR 37](/source/California_State_Route_37) east of the [Napa River](/source/Napa_River) was added to LRN 141.[20][21] The route was to be the **Waterfront Freeway**, scaled down to a boulevard in 1974.[22][23]

The [FHWA](/source/Federal_Highway_Administration) approved a relocation of I-680 onto the [SR 21](/source/State_Route_21_(California)) freeway between Benicia and [Fairfield](/source/Fairfield%2C_California) in July 1973. To keep the route to Vallejo in the Interstate system, it was renumbered I-780;[15] the corresponding legislative changes were made in 1976.[24] As part of the project to construct a new northbound [Benicia–Martinez Bridge](/source/Benicia%E2%80%93Martinez_Bridge), the I-680/I-780 interchange was rebuilt;[*[when?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items)*] the new span opened in August 2007.[25] LRN 141 was deleted from the state highway system in 1988,[26] soon after the city of Vallejo constructed Curtola Parkway over (replacing Maryland Street) just to the south, directly connecting I-780 with a surface road to [SR 29](/source/California_State_Route_29).[12]

## Exit list

Mileage was measured from east-to-west based on the alignment of [LRN 680](/source/Interstate_680_(California)) as it existed at that time. Exit numbers were still assigned the conventional west-to-east ascension.[27] The entire route is in [Solano County](/source/Solano_County%2C_California).

Location mi[27][28] km Exit[27] Destinations Notes Vallejo 6.75 10.86 — Curtola Parkway Continuation beyond Lemon Street — Lemon Street Western terminus; at-grade intersection 6.70 10.78 1A I-80 west – San Francisco I-80 exit 30A 1B I-80 east – Sacramento 6.58 10.59 1C Laurel Street Eastbound signage Cedar Street Westbound signage 5.51 8.87 1D Glen Cove Road Benicia 4.28 6.89 3A Columbus Parkway Serves Benicia State Recreation Area 3.51 5.65 3B Military West 3.32 5.34 4 Southampton Road 1.52 2.45 5 East Second Street – Central Benicia 1.09 1.75 6 East Fifth Street 0.00 0.00 7A I-680 north – Fairfield, Sacramento Eastern terminus; I-680 exit 58A; tri-stack interchange 7B I-680 south – Martinez, San Jose 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

## See also

- [California Roads portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:California_Roads)

- [San Francisco Bay Area portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FHWA_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FHWA_1-1) ["Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways"](https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm). *FHWA Route Log and Finder List*. [Federal Highway Administration](/source/Federal_Highway_Administration). December 31, 2021. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230213083642/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm) from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CSHC623_2-0)** ["Section 623"](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC&sectionNum=623.). *California Streets and Highways Code*. Sacramento: California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved August 25, 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-fhwa-nhs_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-fhwa-nhs_3-1) Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). [*National Highway System: San Francisco–Oakland, CA*](https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/california/san_francisco-oakland_ca.pdf) (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 23, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-maps_4-0)** [Google Maps](/source/Google_Maps) street maps and [USGS](/source/USGS) [topographic maps](/source/Topographic_map), accessed February 2008 via [ACME Mapper](http://mapper.acme.com/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080102075829/http://mapper.acme.com/) January 2, 2008, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-cafes_5-0)** ["Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Division 1"](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=SHC&division=1.&title=&part=&chapter=2.&article=2.). *California Streets and Highways Code*. Sacramento: California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 6, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NHS-FHWA_6-0)** Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). ["What is the National Highway System?"](https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/). *National Highway System*. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-grinnon041914_7-0)** Grinnon, Edmund (May 15, 1914). "Road News from All Over The State". *Oakland Tribune*. Vallejo to Benicia. paved road; to Napa, paved to county line, rough to one mile beyond city of Napa;

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bluebook_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bluebook_8-1) Official [Automobile Blue Book](/source/Automobile_Blue_Book), [Volume Eight](https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt0NAAAAYAAJ), 1917, pp. 146, 180

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** California State Assembly. ["An act...relating to State highways"](https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/content/statutes-and-amendments-codes-1935?archive_type=statutes). Fifty-first Session of the Legislature. *Statutes of California*. State of California. Ch. 274 p. 959, 281.: "Route 74 is from a point on Route 8 near the Napa Y to Cordelia via Vallejo and Benicia."

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** California State Assembly. ["An act to amend section 374 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to State Highway Route 74"](https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/content/statutes-and-amendments-codes-1937?archive_type=statutes). Fifty-second Session of the Legislature. *Statutes of California*. State of California. Ch. 219 p. 515.: "Route 74 is from a point on Route 8 near the Napa Y to Cordelia via Vallejo and Benicia, including a connection from Vallejo to Route 7 near the Carquinez Bridge."

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [Carquinez Strait](https://web.archive.org/web/20110719150325/http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu/lizardtech/iserv/calcrgn?cat=histopo&item=brk00000052_10a.sid&wid=600&hei=500&style=generic%2Fview.xsl&plugin=true) (scale 1:62500), 1940

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NBI_12-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NBI_12-1) [National Bridge Inventory](/source/National_Bridge_Inventory) database, 2006: the bridges on East Second Street north of Benicia are dated 1942 and 1944; the pedestrian bridge over Curtola Parkway is dated 1987

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [Benicia](https://web.archive.org/web/20110719150401/http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu/lizardtech/iserv/calcrgn?cat=histopo&item=brk00000275_10a.sid&wid=600&hei=500&style=generic%2Fview.xsl&plugin=true) (scale 1:24000), 1950

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** [Bureau of Public Roads](/source/Bureau_of_Public_Roads), [General Location of National System of Interstate Highways](/source/General_Location_of_National_System_of_Interstate_Highways), 1955: [San Francisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:San_Francisco,_California_1955_Yellow_Book.jpg)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-selected_15-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-selected_15-1) [California Department of Transportation](/source/California_Department_of_Transportation), [State Highway Routes: Selected Information](http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hseb/products/state_highway_routes_selected_information_1995_revised.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070316231706/http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/HSEB/products/state_highway_routes_selected_information_1995_revised.pdf) March 16, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), 1994 with 1995 revisions, pp. 342, 348

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bridgelog_16-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bridgelog_16-1) California Department of Transportation (July 2007). ["Log of Bridges on State Highways"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120701125434/http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/structur/strmaint/brlog2.htm). Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [Benicia](https://web.archive.org/web/20110719150409/http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu/lizardtech/iserv/calcrgn?cat=histopo&item=brk00000276_10a.sid&wid=600&hei=500&style=generic%2Fview.xsl&plugin=true) (scale 1:24000), 1959

1. **[^](#cite_ref-law-renumbering_18-0)** California State Assembly. ["An act to add Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) to Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, and to repeal Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, the..."](https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/content/statutes-and-amendments-codes-1963?archive_type=statutes) 1963 Session of the Legislature. *Statutes of California*. State of California. Ch. 385 p. 1182, 1189.: "Route 141 is from Route 80 to Route 29 in Vallejo." "Route 680 is from Route 280 in San Jose to Route 80 in Vallejo passing near Warm Springs, Mission San Jose, Scotts Corners and Sunol, and via Walnut Creek and Benicia."

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** [Division of Highways](/source/Division_of_Highways_(California)), [San Francisco and Vicinity](http://cahighways.org/maps/1963sfbay.jpg) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071231013131/http://www.cahighways.org/maps/1963sfbay.jpg) December 31, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), 1963

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** [California Department of Transportation](/source/California_Department_of_Transportation), [San Francisco and Vicinity](http://cahighways.org/maps/1986sfbay.jpg) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071231013133/http://www.cahighways.org/maps/1986sfbay.jpg) December 31, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), 1986

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** [Vallejo Times Herald](/source/Vallejo_Times_Herald), No Freeway for Waterfront Blvd, April 25, 1974

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** [Vallejo Times Herald](/source/Vallejo_Times_Herald), Vallejo Approves Measure to Speed Waterfront Boulevard Construction, August 20, 1974

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** California State Assembly. ["An act to amend Sections 143.2, 186, 253.1, 253.2, 253.4, 253.5, 253.6, 263.1, 263.5, 263.7, 311, 312, 333, 360, 374, 375, 378, 381, 384, 388, 411, 417, 422, 440, 441, 460, 506, 559, 563, 582, and 620 of, to add..."](https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/content/statutes-and-amendments-codes-1976?archive_type=statutes) 1975–1976 Session of the Legislature. *Statutes of California*. State of California. Ch. 1354 p. 6178.: "Route 780 is from Route 680 at Benicia to Route 80 in Vallejo."

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** [Metropolitan Transportation Commission](/source/Metropolitan_Transportation_Commission_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)), [Rep. George Miller to Keynote Celebrations for Completion of New Benicia-Martinez Bridge](http://www.mtc.ca.gov/news/press_releases/rel418.htm)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*], August 23, 2007

1. **[^](#cite_ref-26)** California State Assembly. ["An act to add and repeal Sections...of the Government Code, to amend Sections...of, the Streets and Highways Code..."](https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/content/statutes-and-amendments-codes-1988?archive_type=statutes) 1987–1988 Session of the Legislature. *Statutes of California*. State of California. Ch. 106 p. 443.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-calnexus_27-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-calnexus_27-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-calnexus_27-2) ["Interstate 780 Freeway Interchanges"](https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/safety-programs/documents/exit/calnexus-i-780-03-2020-a11y.pdf) (PDF). *[California Numbered Exit Uniform System](/source/California_Numbered_Exit_Uniform_System)*. [California Department of Transportation](/source/California_Department_of_Transportation). March 17, 2020. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201018203403/https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/safety-programs/documents/exit/calnexus-i-780-03-2020-a11y.pdf) (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

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