interchange

12-Nov-69

This an aerial view of the interchange of the MacArthur and Grove-Shafter freeways. The freeways heading toward the interchange form a giant "X," with the MacArthur leading from lower right to...

7-Apr-71

The MacArthur freeway runs vertically in this photo while the Grove Sahfter runs horizontally. The interchange is at center. Both freeways have automobiles on them. Mosswood Park and the...

7-Feb-70

The Macarthur freeway runs horizontally across the photo; the Grove Shafter freeway, under construction, runs diagonally from top to bottom. San Pablo Avenue runs diagonally from top left toward...

17-Oct-67

The handwritten notation on the back of the photo reads "Grove-Shafter & Mac Arthur interchange under construction." Since most of the land around the interchange is covered with small houses...

25-Nov-68

The Tribune clipping attached to the back of the photo reads "The new Grove-Shafter and MacArthur Freeway interchange looks awfully complex and confusing (as well as artistic) from the air, but it...

October, 1968

The Tribune clipping, dated October 22, 1968, attached to the back of the photo reads "From the air 'X' marks the spot where the MacArthur Freeway, the new Grove-Shafter Freeway, and rapid transit...

30-Jun-58

A written notation on the back of this aerial photo reads "New Walnut Creek bypass" The view from the south shows downtown Walnut Creek in a pocket enclosed on two sides by what is now Interstate...

11-Aug-58

A typewritten notation on the back of this aerial photo reads "For library file Shows in Walnut Creek Bypass Freeway construction program. View is toward the south--Oakland to right, Danville...

1-Dec-62

The notation on the back of the photo reads : "Hill being raised [sic] for freeway-Walnut Creek" At the center of the left lower corner of the photo the hill described on the back of the photo is...

11-Aug-58

BYPASS FREEWAY Walnut Creek Bypass Freeway construction forms swaths north and south from Mt.Diablo Blvd. The $7,925, 295 freeway, including 16 bridges and an elaborate three-level, six-bridge...

31-Aug-76

An aerial view of the interchange between Interstate 580 and Interstate 680 in Dublin. The "cloverleaf" has in its upper two quadrants large factory/warehouse complexes. In the lower two, there...

14-Aug-72

An aerial view of Insterstate 680, looking north from Walnut Creek, above the interchange with Highway 24. {A duplicate of 2000.1.1168, without the clipping on the back JM 10/15/2000]

14-Aug-72

An aerial view of Insterstate 680, looking north from Walnut Creek, above the Highway 24 interchange. The Tribune clipping, dated September 13, 1972, on the back of the photo reads " State's...

16-Mar-59

The Tribune clipping, dated March 18, 1959, on the back of the photo reads "THE SWATH OF PROGRESS Here is a bird's view of the Walnut Creek Bypass Freeway Interchange, a six-bridge-three-level...

25-Jun-59

An aerial view of the Walnut Creek freeway bypass. Downtown Walnut Creek is upper left, hemmed in by what is now Interstate 680, leading to Concord (right), Danville (lower right), and Walnut...

25-Jun-59

An aerial view of the Walnut Creek freeway bypass. Downtown Walnut Creek is left center, hemmed in by what is now Interstate 680, leading to Concord (right lower), Danville (top), and Oakland, on...

13-Jan-58

The outlines of what will be the interchange between what will be I-680 and Hiway 24 can be seen in this aerial photo, looking south toward Walnut Creek at left upper, in the direction of Danville...

25-Jun-59

An aerial view of the Walnut Creek bypass in its construction phase. Portions of the roadways, now interstate 680 and hiway 24, are now complete, but the four bridges/overpasses seen in the photo...

19-Sep-57

The Tribune clipping, dated September 21, 1957, attached to the back of the photo reads "WORK IN PROGESS-Cosntruction on the Walnut Creek bypass highway makes an arrow head point toward Oakland [...

23-Oct-59

The Tribune clipping, dated November 19, 1959, attached to the back of this aerial photo reads "COSTLY COMPLEX-Completion next spring of massive Walnut Creek bypass will elimiante one more spot...

25-Jun-59

The Tribune Clipping, dated July 1, 1959, on the back of this photo reads " NEW FREEWAY LOOK Highway crews are creating a mammoth auto-age landscape at Walnut Creek with the six-bridge three-...

8-Oct-69

The Tribune clipping, dated October 11, 1969, attached to the back of the photo reads " It's stark and artistic at times when there are no cars on the new Grove-Shafter freeway. It becomes a...

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