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| Jan.12 |
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Car Plunges Off Ramp; Driver Dies  A pick-up truck hit the guardrail, crashed through it, and propelled over the connector and onto the street below
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| Feb.8 |
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Multi-Vehicle Crash Ties Up I-580 A 5-vehicle collision involving an overturned vehicle around 6 a.m. closed 2 lanes
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| Apr.8 |
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Crashes Downed Power Lines Map of Interstate 580 Oakland Downed lines and several accidents closed the road. One person was in critical condition. Hundreds of customers without power
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| Apr.22 |
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1 killed in solo vehicle crash The crash reported at 6:24 a.m. at El Charro Rd. The vehicle was initially reported to be in a ditch off the side of the roadway
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| Apr.29 |
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 Explosion causes connector collapse Map A speeding tanker truck hauling 8,600 gallons of gasoline hit an embankment and exploded into flames at 3:42 a.m.
| Intense heat from the fire caused the upper deck of the ramp to collapse onto the lower deck. A section of the maze has folded in on itself. I-80 westbound to I-880 southbound and I-80 eastbound to I-580 eastbound interchanges closed. Gov. Schwarzenegger issued an emergency declaration to rebuild a major portion of freeway interchange
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6-vehicle accident caused serious injuries Map of Interstate 580 Livermore All lanes of Interstate 580 just east of S Vasco Road are closed until a helicopter has finished loading the injured for treatment
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| Apr.30 |
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 2 interchanges remain closed indefinitely Map of Interstate 80 Oakland| From eastbound I-80 to eastbound I-580, and from westbound I-80 to southbound I-880 | |
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| May.7 |
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 Caltrans Awards I-580 Work Contract Map of Interstate 580 Oakland Caltrans opened 7 bids for the project. Construction company C.C. Myers was the low bidder at $867,000
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| May.16 |
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Giant Steel Beams Added To Maze Map of Interstate 580 Emeryville| Overnight at the MacArthur Maze crews hoisted a 100-ton beam into place at the section of 580 that collapsed in a fiery tanker crash | |
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| May.24 |
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Maze Reopens Despite Expert's Doubts Map of Interstate 580 Oakland A portion of the MacArthur Maze reopened just 25 days after the accident, but one expert raised questions about the safety of the new structure
| At 8:39 p.m.,vehicles exiting the bridge cruised over the new 165-foot stretch of highway. Everything happened ahead of schedule
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| May.27 |
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Woman killed in solo-vehicle crash 50-year-old Debra Parker of Fremont drived SUV that went off the highway and then plunged 100 to 200 feet down a ravine
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| Jun.12 |
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Ambulance Overturns In I-580 Crash An ambulance was on its side following a traffic collision on westbound I-580 just east of Bayview Ave., blocking of lanes 2 and 3
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| Jun.13 |
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Driver Dies After Car Plunges 200 Feet Map of 47 Livermore A pickup truck fell 200 to 300 feet from the eastbound Interstate 580, ejecting and killing its driver, James Handley, 47
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| Jul.14 |
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Shifting fuel caused crash in April collapse Map of Interstate 580 Oakland| CHP: The truck involved in a fiery crash that brought down part of a freeway overturned when its load of fuel shifted during a lane change | |
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New BART Station Prompts 580 Lane Shift Map of Interstate 580 Dublin Work crews re-striped all five lanes of Westbound in a half-mile stretch to make room in the median so construction can begin
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| Aug.18 |
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Car Goes Off I-580 Embankment The driver who died after his vehicle careened over an embankment off was a retired Oakland firefighter Alfred Wood, 80
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| Sep.26 |
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Caltrans employee who was struck died 24-year-old Djuan Bush was struck and thrown onto the back of the Porsche, which was then lodged under a Caltrans truck
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Fatal collision on I-580 Map of Interstate 580 Richmond The crash occurred just east of Cutting Blvd. around 3:44 a.m. when a vehicle slammed into a person walking in the road
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