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The east–west tunnel is signed as a part of California State Route 24 and connects Oakland to central Contra Costa County.It is named after Thomas E. Caldecott (1878–1951), who was mayor of Berkeley in 1930–1932, a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in 1933–1945, and president of Joint Highway District 13, which built the first two bores.
State Route 24 (SR 24) is a heavily traveled east–west state highway in the U.S. state of California that serves the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay Area.A freeway throughout its entire length, it runs from the Interstate 580/Interstate 980 interchange (just east of the MacArthur Maze) in Oakland, and through the Caldecott Tunnel under the Berkeley Hills, to the Interstate 680 junction ...
The Caldecott Tunnel fire killed seven people in the third (then-northernmost) bore of the Caldecott Tunnel, on State Route 24 between Oakland and Orinda in the U.S. state of California, just after midnight on 7 April 1982. It is one of the few major tunnel fires involving a cargo normally considered to be highly flammable, namely gasoline.
Vehicle restrictions are set to start at 3 a.m. Tuesday as snow falls on area highways.
Summit Tunnel (Tunnel No. 6), abandoned rail tunnel, Central Pacific Railroad, one of a number through the Donner Pass area of the Sierra Nevada [4] The Big Hole, Tunnel No. 41, built to replace Tunnel No. 6 through the Donner Pass and carrying the Union Pacific Railroad (34) Feather River Route, including: Chilcoot Tunnel; Spring Garden Tunnel
Additionally, stretches of all three interstates remained under Tier 2 vehicle restrictions: I-90, westbound from the Ohio state line to the New York state line; I-90, eastbound from the Ohio ...
The Posey Tube, completed and opened to traffic on October 27, 1928, was named after George Posey, [23] who was the Alameda County Surveyor during the tunnel's planning and construction, and also chief engineer on the construction project. [24] [25] It is the first tunnel for road traffic built using the immersed tube technique.
The aldermen amended the city's code on July 7 to restrict vehicles of more than 26,000 pounds on city streets with signs posted prohibiting commercial traffic, according to a news. release from ...