Alemany Maze
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Alemany Maze is the name given to the interchange
between the James Lick Freeway (U.S. Route 101) and the John F. Foran Freeway (Interstate 280
) in the city of San Francisco
. An alternative name for this highway feature is the Alemany Interchange.
, which is named for Joseph Sadoc Alemany
who was consecrated as the first archbishop
of the newly formed Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1853 and served in that role for many years.
The Alemany Maze is an interchange that originally controlled the separation of traffic travelling between the James Lick Freeway, Bayshore Boulevard, and Alemany Boulevard. The former U.S. Route 101 Bypass, which followed Bayshore Boulevard to the south, separated from the old U.S. 101 alignment at the Maze. The Alemany Boulevard routing of U.S. 101 was eventually replaced by the construction of the Southern Freeway, later renamed the John Foran Freeway. The routing of U.S. 101 was shifted to the Bayshore Freeway in 1964, with the former U.S. 101 freeway becoming renumbered as part of Interstate 280.
. Traffic reporters use these words combined with the Alemany Maze to indicate its bottleneck status.
Interchange (road)
In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...
between the James Lick Freeway (U.S. Route 101) and the John F. Foran Freeway (Interstate 280
Interstate 280 (California)
Interstate 280 is a 57-mile long north–south Interstate Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It connects San Jose and San Francisco, running along just to the west of the cities of San Francisco Peninsula for most of its route.I-280 from its northern end at King...
) in the city of San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. An alternative name for this highway feature is the Alemany Interchange.
History
The Alemany Maze gets its name from Alemany BoulevardAlemany Boulevard
Alemany Boulevard is an east–west street in San Francisco, California. The boulevard was named for Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco....
, which is named for 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...
who was consecrated as the first archbishop
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of the newly formed Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1853 and served in that role for many years.
The Alemany Maze is an interchange that originally controlled the separation of traffic travelling between the James Lick Freeway, Bayshore Boulevard, and Alemany Boulevard. The former U.S. Route 101 Bypass, which followed Bayshore Boulevard to the south, separated from the old U.S. 101 alignment at the Maze. The Alemany Boulevard routing of U.S. 101 was eventually replaced by the construction of the Southern Freeway, later renamed the John Foran Freeway. The routing of U.S. 101 was shifted to the Bayshore Freeway in 1964, with the former U.S. 101 freeway becoming renumbered as part of Interstate 280.
Maze features
The most notable features of the Alemany Maze are the double-deck ramps to and from US 101 from the south and the double-deck portion of I-280 northeast of the interchange. Interstate 280 actually runs east–west through the interchange. The word maze actually refers to the series of interchanges necessary for a vehicle to maneuver in order to navigate their way from a multi-lane freeway to a narrower distribution structure of lanes which funnel to connector exit ramps, similar to the better known MacArthur MazeMacArthur Maze
The MacArthur Maze refers to the large freeway interchange located near the eastern end of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge in Oakland, California and is the largest freeway interchange in the world...
. Traffic reporters use these words combined with the Alemany Maze to indicate its bottleneck status.