After passing by the University of California at Davis exit, Interstate 80 enters Yolo County. The Richards Boulevard exit, shown as "Davis" on this overhead, is Exit 72 on eastbound. Providing access into downtown Davis, Richards Boulevard is the most direct route into the city. For more, visit the City of Davis web page. Photo taken 09/10/05.
Richards Boulevard heads northwest into downtown Davis, where it changes into First Street east-west or E Street north. The Davis Civic Center and City Park are located near the intersection of Fifth Street and B Street. Richards Boulevard eastbound transitions into Cowell Drive east of Research Park Drive nearby. Photo taken 09/10/05.
Interstate 80 eastbound turns east parallel to the Union Pacific Railroad, 2nd Street, Cowell Boulevard, and Chiles Road between the Pole Line Road overpass and Exit 75 with Mace Boulevard. Chiles Road comprises the eastbound side frontage road from Drummand Avenue & Cowell Boulevard eastward to the Yolo Bypass. Photo taken 09/10/05.
Mace Boulevard (Yolo County E6 west) interchanges with Interstate 80 (Exit 75) near the community of El Macero. Yolo County Route E-6 follows Mace Boulevard north to Covell Boulevard along the northern edge of Davis. Photo taken 09/10/05.
Exit 75 carries motorists from Interstate 80 eastbound onto adjacent Chiles Road. Chiles Road intersects Mace Boulevard nearby. Mace Boulevard leads south to Tremont Road and areas near the west edge of the Yolo Bypass flood control system. Chiles Road is Old U.S. 40, and it rejoins Interstate 80 at Exit 78. Photo taken 09/10/05.
Mileage sign along eastbound for Sacramento (11 miles); Auburn (44 miles); and Reno, Nevada (144 miles). By the time Interstate 80 reaches Reno, it will be in a high altitude desert. Photo taken 09/10/05.
Interstate 80 leaves Davis with its frontage road contingency of Road 32A and Chiles Road (Road 32B). Chiles Road heads east to the Webster turnaround where it becomes Road 32A along Interstate 80 west. Photo taken 09/10/05.
The third set of 500kV power lines, which constitute the other half of Path 15, crosses over Interstate 80 near Exit 78. These lines, like the other half of Path 15, were installed by Pacific Gas and Electric. Photo taken 11/23/07.
The wide open flood plains between Davis and West Sacramento yields windy conditions at times. Therefore high profile motorists, such as trucks carrying trailers and RV campers should use caution along Interstate 80 between Exits 78 and Sacramento. Photo taken 09/10/05.
Eastbound Interstate 80 at Exit 78, East Chiles Road. This exit connects to the old U.S. 40 frontage road heading west from here. Ahead, Interstate 80 crosses the Yolo Bypass, a flood control channel designed to divert floodwaters around the Sacramento urban area. Photo taken 09/10/05.
In the distance, the skyscrapers of downtown Sacramento, the capital of California, rises above the agricultural fields and flood plains of the Sacramento Delta region. Interstate 80 crosses the diversion channel known as the Yolo Bypass. Photo taken 09/10/05.
The next exit along eastbound is Exit 81, West Capitol Avenue and Enterprise Boulevard, two miles. This is the first exit for the city of West Sacramento, which is located on the west shore of the Sacramento River within Yolo County. As of 2000, 31,615 call West Sacramento home, but population forecasts expect that figure to double by 2020. Photo taken 09/10/05.
Through traffic for Interstate 80 to North Lake Tahoe (Tahoe City and Incline Village) and Reno should use Interstate 80 to bypass downtown Sacramento. Business Loop I-80 takes the left lanes into downtown, so through traffic should merge right to prepare to exit. Photo taken 09/10/05.
The Exit 81 partial-cloverleaf interchange with West Capitol Avenue and Enterprise Boulevard serves the West Sacramento industrial area south of Interstate 80. Industrial Boulevard straddles the Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel east from Enterprise Boulevard to the Port of Sacramento, Stone Boulevard, and Lake Washington Boulevard. Photo taken 09/10/05.
The next four exits along eastbound Interstate 80 *and* Business Loop I-80 serve the city of West Sacramento: Exit 81, West Capitol Avenue; Exit 82, Junction Business Loop I-80; Exit 1, Harbor Boulevard; and Exit 3, Junction California 84/Jefferson Boulevard. The spires of downtown Sacramento are again visible over the Yolo Bypass flood plain. Photo taken 09/10/05.
Eastbound Interstate 80 reaches Exit 81, West Sacramento and West Capitol Avenue. This is former U.S. 40-99W, and it was briefly known as Business Spur I-80. West Capitol Avenue parallels Interstate 80 and Business Loop Interstate 80 east from Exit 81 to the Sacramento River and gateway to downtown Sacramento, the Capital Mall. Former California 275 provides a direct connection to the Capitol Mall via Business Loop I-80 Exit 3. Photo taken 09/10/05.
Interstate 80 enters the West Sacramento city limits at the Exit 82 ramps to Enterprise Boulevard. Traffic interests to Sacramento International Airport should remain on Interstate 80 east to its junction with Interstate 5 & California 99 (Exit 86). The airport resides northwest of Sacramento at Interstate 5 Exit 528. Eastbound Interstate 80 approaching Exit 82, Junction Business Loop I-80/Interstate 305/U.S. 50 westbound (Capital City Freeway). Photo taken 09/10/05.
Nearing the Exit 82 partition with Business Loop Interstate 80, U.S. 50, and unsigned Interstate 305 east on Interstate 80 eat. Transcontinental U.S. 50 begins its easterly journey here on its way to Ocean City, Maryland. Although not signed, this is the western terminus of Interstate 305. Interstate 305 comprises the western 8.44 miles of the Capital City Freeway from here to the split with U.S. 50 and California 99. The designation represents the remaining Interstate mileage of the pre-1982 routing of Interstate 80 through downtown Sacramento. In 1982, Interstate 80 saw relocation to then-Interstate 880 after the city of Sacramento cancelled a plan to build a new freeway for Interstate 80 from the American River, near California 160, northward to the Exit 95 merge of Interstate 80 & 880. Federal officials deemed the section of present-day Business Loop I-80 between U.S. 50 & California 99 south (Exit 6) to Interstate 80 & California 244 (Exit 14C) non-standard and thus removed it from the Interstate system. Therefore Sacramento had no choice but to realign Interstate 80 onto the Interstate 880 bypass to provide a continuous routing for the transcontinental route. Thus Business Loop Interstate 80 was born and so was hidden Interstate 305. Photo taken 09/10/05.
The Interstate 80 eastbound mainline defaults onto Business Loop Interstate 80, U.S. 50, and unsigned Interstate 305 (Capital City Freeway) into downtown West Sacramento and Sacramento. The trio meet Interstate 5 & California 99 in four miles. Interstate 5 and California 99 follow separate paths south to Stockton. U.S. 50 meanwhile leaves the Capital City Freeway via Exit 6A en route to Placerville and Lake Tahoe. Business Loop Interstate 80 continues from there northeast back to Interstate 80 at east Sacramento. Photo taken 09/10/05.
