Sacramento, California Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Roads === Sacramento is a [[control city]] and the region is served by several highways and freeways. [[Interstate 80 (California)|Interstate 80]] (I-80) is the major east–west route, connecting Sacramento with San Francisco in the west, and [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] in the east. [[Interstate 80 Business (Sacramento, California)|Business 80]] (the Capital City Freeway) splits from I-80 in [[West Sacramento, California|West Sacramento]], runs through Sacramento, and then rejoins its parent in the northwest portion of the city. [[U.S. Route 50 (California)|U.S. Highway 50]] also begins its eastern journey in West Sacramento, [[Concurrency (road)|co-signed]] with Business 80, but then splits off and heads toward [[South Lake Tahoe, California|South Lake Tahoe]] as the El Dorado Freeway. A sign at the eastern terminus of US 50 in [[Ocean City, Maryland]], gives the distance to Sacramento as {{convert|3073|mi|km}}.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dildine|first=Dave|title=How did that Sacramento road sign end up in Ocean City?|publisher=WTOP-FM|location=Washington, DC|date=November 27, 2017|url=https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2017/11/ocean-city-not-long-road-ahead/|access-date=January 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111173529/https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2017/11/ocean-city-not-long-road-ahead/|archive-date=January 11, 2018}}</ref> [[File:Guy West Bridge (5248634716) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Guy West Bridge]] is a pedestrian and cyclist crossing over the [[American River]], connecting [[California State University, Sacramento]] to the Campus Commons neighborhood.]] [[Interstate 5 (California)|Interstate 5]] (I-5) runs through Sacramento, heads north up to [[Redding, California|Redding]], and then heads south near the western edge of the [[California Central Valley]] towards Los Angeles. [[California State Route 99|California State Highway 99]] runs through Sacramento, heading closer to the eastern edge of the Central Valley, connecting to [[Marysville, California|Marysville]] and [[Yuba City, California|Yuba City]] in the north, and [[Fresno]] and [[Bakersfield]] in the south. [[California State Route 160|California State Highway 160]] approaches the city after running along the [[Sacramento River]] from [[Contra Costa County, California|Contra Costa County]] in the south and then becomes a major city street in [[Downtown Sacramento]] before turning into the North Sacramento Freeway, going over the [[American River]] to Business 80. Some Sacramento neighborhoods, such as Downtown Sacramento and [[Midtown Sacramento]] are very bicycle friendly as are many other communities in the region. As a result of litigation, Sacramento has undertaken to make all city facilities and sidewalks wheelchair accessible. In an effort to preserve its urban neighborhoods, Sacramento has constructed [[Traffic calming|traffic-calming]] measures in many areas. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page