Alemany Boulevard is an east–west street in San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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. The boulevard was named for Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany

Joseph Sadoc Alemany

Joseph Sadoc Alemany y Conill, O.P. was a Catalan American Roman Catholic archbishop and missionary. He served as the first Bishop of Monterey from 1850 until 1853, and as the first Archbishop of San Francisco from 1853 until 1884.-Background:Born in Vic, 60 km north of Barcelona, Spain , Alemany...

, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It covers the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Marin and San Mateo...

.

It starts at Bayshore Boulevard near the Alemany Maze

Alemany Maze

Alemany Maze is the name given to the interchange between the James Lick Freeway and the John F. Foran Freeway in the city of San Francisco...

 (the intersection of Interstate 280

Interstate 280 (California)

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 and U.S. 101). The eastbound and westbound lanes split beneath the interchange, allowing for access ramps to US-101 from the middle. This configuration is referred to as the Alemany Circle. To the west, the road again splits into two carriageways, with I-280 running in the middle. At Congdon Street, the two carriageways merge. After passing under Mission Street

Mission Street

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, Alemany continues south and traverses the Excelsior District

Excelsior District, San Francisco, California

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, running south of I280. Between Brotherhood Boulevard and San Jose Avenue, Alemany runs one-way eastbound, with westbound traffic crossing under 280 and through Sagamore Street, meeting up with Alemany again. It continues west and ends at Junipero Serra Boulevard

Junipero Serra Boulevard

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 (State Route 1

California State Route 1

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), which provides access to John Daly Boulevard and I-280.