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MacArthur Maze

MacArthur Maze
MacArthur Interchange
Distribution Structure
MacArthur Maze.jpg
MacArthur Maze as seen from the Berkeley Hills
Location
West Oakland, California
Coordinates: 37°49′38″N 122°17′28″W / 37.8271°N 122.2911°W / 37.8271; -122.2911Coordinates: 37°49′38″N 122°17′28″W / 37.8271°N 122.2911°W / 37.8271; -122.2911
Roads at
junction:

I-80
I-580

I-880
Construction
Maintained by: Caltrans

I-80
I-580

The MacArthur Maze (or simply the Maze, also called the Distribution Structure) is a large freeway interchange near the east end of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in Oakland, California. It splits Bay Bridge traffic into three freeways—the Eastshore (I-80/I-580), MacArthur (I-580) and Nimitz (I-880).

San Francisco Bay Area traffic funnels across the few bridges spanning the bay, so the Maze's central location near the east end of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge makes it a hub for east–west and north–south traffic accessing San Francisco. It is also next to the Port of Oakland, the fourth busiest container port in the United States.

The four freeways intersecting at this interchange are:


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