The Interstate 380 controversy

The “unadopt” action allowed the public to enjoy the beauty of the hills to the west without seeing a ugly eight- to 10-lane highway to Pacifica (San Francisco County Jail is the white building at top right).

The Junipero Serra Highway was planned in the 1920s to relieve the congestion on El Camino Real. It was built to Hickey Boulevard by the late 1920s but was not completed to Crystal Springs Road in San Bruno until the 1950s. Opposition to its construction through Millbrae and Burlingame forced a realignment west to Skyline Boulevard in San Bruno in the 1960s when the federal government began the multi-laned, modern Interstate Highways project that was to run from coast to coast.

The interstate system offered a great opportunity to communities across the United States to relieve congestion and speed up the flow of traffic across the nation. In the wide-open spaces of the Midwest, the roads around communities could be planned and rerouted through open fields. The established communities of the Bay area presented a far different situation due to almost maxed out developments of the cities. For the interstate roads to be constructed down the Peninsula, existing structures and roads had to be moved or torn up.

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