MacArthur Maze | |
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MacArthur Interchange Distribution Structure |
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MacArthur Maze as seen from the Berkeley Hills
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Location | |
West Oakland, California | |
Coordinates: | 37°49′38″N 122°17′28″W / 37.8271°N 122.2911°WCoordinates: 37°49′38″N 122°17′28″W / 37.8271°N 122.2911°W |
Roads at junction: |
I-880 |
Construction | |
Maintained by: | Caltrans |
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: