Editing Interstate 980 (section)

{{short description|Interstate highway in California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox road
|state=CA
|route=980
|type=I
|section=624
|map={{maplink-road|from=Interstate 980.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=I-980 highlighted in red
|length_mi=2.03
|length_ref=<ref>{{cite web |date=December 31, 2021 |title=Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |access-date=July 13, 2022 |work=FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]]}}</ref>
|established=1976 ([[Federal Highway Administration|FHWA]]); 1981 (state)
|counties=[[Alameda County, California|Alameda]]
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=CA|I|880}} in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=CA|I|580|SR|24}} in Oakland
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=905
|next_type=SR
|next_route=1
}}

'''Interstate&nbsp;980''' ('''I-980''') is a short {{Convert|2.03|mi|km|adj=on}} [[auxiliary Interstate Highway]] entirely within [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] in [[Northern California]], connecting [[Interstate 580 (California)|I-580]] and [[California State Route 24|State Route&nbsp;24]] (SR&nbsp;24) to [[Interstate 880 (California)|I-880]] near [[Downtown Oakland]]. I-980 passes the [[Oakland Convention Center]] and near the famous [[Jack London Square]]. I-980 is commonly considered the dividing line between Downtown Oakland and [[West Oakland, Oakland, California|West Oakland]]. The freeway was planned as the eastern approach to the [[Southern Crossing (California)|Southern Crossing]]. The segment between I-880 and 17th Street is officially known as the '''John B. Williams Freeway''', after the former director of the city of Oakland's Office of Community Development.<ref>{{CA Named Freeways | pages=99, 365}}</ref> In addition, I-980 and SR 24 in Oakland are both designated as part of the ''[[Grove-Shafter Freeway]]'', after streets the route travels along (Grove Street was later renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Way).<ref>{{CA Named Freeways | pages=99, 272}}</ref>

I-980 was used as an alternate route between Oakland and [[San Francisco]] when the [[Cypress Street Viaduct|Cypress Viaduct]] carrying I-880 collapsed in the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]]. Traffic headed from the south would have to use I-980 to I-580 west to [[Interstate 80 in California|I-80]] west to get across the [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge]] to reach San Francisco. This ended when I-880 reopened on a new alignment in 1997 (1998 to and from I-80 east).