Editing Central Freeway (section)

==Route description==
The Central Freeway begins at a [[directional "Y" interchange]] at the west end of [[Interstate 80 in California|Interstate 80]] in the [[South of Market]] neighborhood, and travels west above Division Street and 13th Street. This interchange also includes access between the [[Bayshore Freeway]], which carries US 101 to the south, and the [[one-way pair]] of 9th and 10th Streets. As it approaches the end, US 101 exits onto [[Mission Street]] to access [[Van Ness Avenue]], which it follows north to [[Lombard Street (San Francisco)|Lombard Street]] and the [[Golden Gate Bridge]]. The remainder of the freeway is signed as exit 434B from US 101, and comes to the surface at [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]] and [[Octavia Boulevard]], the latter continuing north to Oak and Fell Streets, a one-way pair west to [[Golden Gate Park]].<ref name=Google>[[Google Maps]] street map and satellite imagery, accessed November 2007</ref> No traffic from Market Street is allowed to turn onto the freeway, but traffic from the freeway may turn right onto Market. The first opportunity for traffic that instead continues onto the boulevard to leave it is east on Page Street.<ref>[[Google Maps]] street view, accessed November 2007</ref>

Before the Loma Prieta earthquake, the freeway continued beyond Fell Street and then curved northeast, with the northbound side ending at a ramp to Golden Gate Avenue and Franklin Street, and the southbound level touching down to the northwest at Turk and Gough Streets.<ref name="map1965">{{cite map|url=http://www.cahighways.org/maps/1965sfplans.jpg|publisher=California Division of Highways|year=1965|title=Plans for the San Francisco Bay Area's Freeways}}</ref> Until 2007, this land remained mainly undeveloped, filled primarily by [[parking lot]]s.<ref name=Google/> However, the parcels were sold off to developers in the 2010s and as of 2020, most of it has been converted into a mix of affordable and market-rate housing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hoodline.com/2015/10/central-freeway-octavia-boulevard-patricias-green |title=Everyone Gets a Lot: The Creation of Octavia Boulevard and Patricia's Green |website=hoodline.com |date= 4 October 2015|access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref>