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The Water Cooler – What’s The Worst Freeway Interchange In Contra Costa County?

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QUESTION: What’s the worst freeway interchange in Contra Costa County?

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The Hwy 24, 580, 80 interchange going westbound to the Bay Bridge. It is always a mess. The 242, Hwy 4 eastbound during commute times gets (dis)honorable mention.

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That one is in Alameda County.

The one in the picture

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Thats easy.. Interstate 680 & Hwy 24 in Walnut Creek.
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I avoid it at commute times. It’s horrendous because, in addition to the commute volume, drivers dont know how merge!
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The drivers who can’t be bothered to use their directional signal lights cause havoc on all roads, especially on the busiest ones.

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I don’t drive all of them, but the one I don’t like is coming off 580 West to 680 North. It seems like it’s about 20 years out of date. They need a 2 lane flyover.

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The I-580/I-680 interchange is in Alameda County.
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Super dangerous. Cars slowing down and stopping to merge north with cars coming up behind them doing 60+. I remember reading it was one of the most dangerous intersections in the state.

Definitely the one in that photograph.

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Hwy 4 & 680…. old style cloverleafs were fine with light traffic – more of a hazard in heavier CCC traffic now… and CalTrans had the opportunity to revise / rebuild it when redoing Hwy 4 nearby… but did they? nooooooooooo

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@DOMO….But my old Mopar 4-wheel drifts on that cloverleaf so well, 50+ years of practice, 55/60 mph is just fast enough to hang the tail out merging onto the highway. Best done “in the midnight hour” -The Wicked Pickett

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Yes. 680 S merging at the clover onto HWY 4. Inexperienced mergers, big trucks, bunching up. Then more merging 50 feet up. 680 N onto HWY 4 east towards Port Chicaco then Pittsburg.

I hate the 680 North to the Highway 4 West. To get off the 680 you’ve got your thread your way through people merching on to the 680, then to merge onto the 4 you got your threadway your way across to people merging off of the 4 to the 680…all after a very tight turn that calls to go slower then instantly you have to be up at freeway speed.

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It’s no problem if you know how to merge.
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…. Accelerate!!!

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How about the Pacheco Blvd. onramp to 680 South? Short merge and there’s always a big rig going 70mph… just drive on the shoulder I guess.

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The one pictured and all the mess around it has sure gotta be a contender….

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I’d say it’s a 25 way tie

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Only hit a couple but when you turn off of 24 on to 680 north the traffic is really slow on 680.

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All of them

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Treat off ramp Walnut creek, backs it up like a toilet on a holiday.

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I always shift left 1 lane to avoid it; 2 lanes during rush hour. Too many want to merge at last moment.

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580 East towards Stockton coming off 680 South. Have to merge on to 580 East quickly or get run over by the truckers before the roadway runs out.

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Hwy 4-680 or vice versa. who are the dumb @sses design freeway entrance to darn close to the exit of another freeway. like red forman said ” dumb @sses “

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