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Yolo Causeway | |
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Coordinates | 38°33′49″N 121°38′18″W / 38.563494°N 121.638392°W |
Carries | 6 lanes of I-80, pedestrians and bicycles |
Crosses | Yolo Bypass |
Locale | Yolo County, California |
Official name | Blecher-Freeman Memorial Causeway |
Maintained by | Caltrans |
NBI | 22 0044 & 22 0045 |
Characteristics | |
Design | prestressed concrete tee beam |
Total length | 3.2 miles (5.1 km), divided into 877.8-metre (2,880 ft) western segment and 2,682.2-metre (8,800 ft) eastern segment |
Width | 35.7 metres (117 ft) |
No. of spans | 72 (western segment) 127 (eastern segment) |
History | |
Opened | 1916 (original), 1962 (current) |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 150,000 (2010) |
Location | |
The Yolo Causeway is a 3.2-mile (5.1 km) long elevated highway viaduct on Interstate 80 that crosses the Yolo Bypass floodplain, connecting the cities of West Sacramento, California and Davis, California. It is officially named the Blecher-Freeman Memorial Causeway after two California Highway Patrol officers who were killed in the line of duty just east of the causeway.