Yolo Causeway

Yolo Causeway
Yolo Causeway from the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (2014)
Coordinates38°33′49″N 121°38′18″W / 38.563494°N 121.638392°W / 38.563494; -121.638392
Carries6 lanes of I-80,
pedestrians and bicycles
CrossesYolo Bypass
LocaleYolo County, California
Official nameBlecher-Freeman Memorial Causeway
Maintained byCaltrans
NBI22 0044 & 22 0045
Characteristics
Designprestressed concrete tee beam
Total length3.2 miles (5.1 km), divided into 877.8-metre (2,880 ft) western segment and 2,682.2-metre (8,800 ft) eastern segment
Width35.7 metres (117 ft)
No. of spans72 (western segment)
127 (eastern segment)
History
Opened1916 (original), 1962 (current)
Statistics
Daily traffic150,000 (2010)
Location
Map

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.