Interstate 238 - Definition and Overview

Interstate 238 is a short Interstate highway entirely within the state of California. Its western terminus is at Hayward, California at an intersection with I-580 and CA 238 and its eastern terminus at San Lorenzo, California at I-880. See Interstate 80 for more about these routes.

Length

Major cities along the route

• The whole road is within suburbs of Oakland, California.

Intersections with other Interstates

• Interstate 580
• Interstate 880

Notes

I-238 exists because a short section of California State Highway 238 received Interstate funding; however, California had exhausted its list of I-x80 interstates. I-180 could not be used because the state already had an existing CA 180, and I-480 was being used for the Embarcadero Freeway (although it is available now due to its demolition as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake). There is no Interstate 38, and if it did exist, it wouldn't go anywhere near Oakland, California.

External links

• "Indigestion 238" (http://www.gbcnet.com/roads/I-238/): A history of the route and a full explanation of its numbering
• Kurumi 3di listing (http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/ix38.html)