Interstate 505

For the never-built spur in Portland, Oregon, see Interstate 505 (Oregon).

Interstate 505 marker

Interstate 505
Route information
Defined by Streets and Highways Code § 617
Maintained by Caltrans
Length: 32.99 mi[1] (53.09 km)
Existed: 1977 – present
Major junctions
South end: I80 in Vacaville
  SR 128 near Winters
SR 16 near Winters
North end: I5 near Dunnigan
Highway system
SR 480I580

Interstate 505 (I-505) is an Interstate Highway in California between Interstate 80 in Vacaville and Interstate 5 near Dunnigan. I-505 is primarily a rural interstate, but travels through Vacaville and the city of Winters. The interstate is the primary route connecting the San Francisco Bay Area and the northern Sacramento Valley, bypassing Sacramento and its attendant city traffic. Thus, it is a major route for travelers heading directly from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Pacific Northwest.

This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System.[2]

Power lines connecting Path 15 to Path 66 follow the highway for a while, until one heads northeast and the other northwest.

Route description

The southern terminus of I-505 is at I-80 next to the Nut Tree Airport in the Nut Tree area in Vacaville. From there, it travels north about ten miles through rural areas near the western edge of the Sacramento Valley before reaching Winters. I-505 then skirts the eastern city limits of Winters, intersecting with State Route 128 – the only exit in Winters. After leaving that city, the interstate then proceeds north through rural areas again for about 20 miles until it reaches its northern terminus with I-5 near Dunnigan.

For most of its length, I-505 is a four-lane freeway, which is typical for rural interstates in California.

History

What is now I-505 was originally conceived as part of a loop Interstate with a directional suffix, I-5W.[3] However, I-5W and most of the other Interstates around the country with directional suffixes were eventually renumbered or eliminated, sans I-35E and I-35W in Texas and Minnesota. The former route of I-5W now corresponds to I-580 from I-5 south of Tracy to Oakland, I-80 from Oakland to Vacaville, and I-505 from Vacaville to I-5 near Dunnigan.

Exit list

CountyLocationmi
[4][5][6]
kmExit
[7]
DestinationsNotes
SolanoVacaville0.000.001 I80 San Francisco, SacramentoSouthbound exit and northbound entrance; signed as exit 1A (west) and 1B (east); south end of I-505; I-80 exit 56
0.000.00Orange Drive, Nut Tree RoadNorthbound exit (from I-80 east) and entrance
0.000.001BMonte Vista AvenueSouthbound exit and entrance (to I-80 east)
1.452.331CVaca Valley ParkwaySigned as exit 1 northbound
3.064.923Midway Road
 5.578.966Allendale Road
 10.4316.7910Putah Creek Road
Yolo 11.0317.7511 SR 128 west / CR E6 east Winters, Davis
 14.6623.5915Road 29A
 17.1627.6217Road 27
 21.2534.2021 SR 16 Woodland, Esparto
 24.0638.7224Road 19
 28.0845.1928 CR E10 (Road 14) Zamora
 30.7449.4731Road 12A
 32.9953.09 I5 north ReddingNorthbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of I-505; I-5 south exit 553
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

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