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101-544: The approximately triangular site is oriented primarily north–south and is bounded by Bayshore Boulevard to the west, the Bayshore Freeway to the east, and the San Francisco–San Mateo County line to the north; it includes Brisbane Lagoon as the southernmost extent, although no development is planned for the lagoon. The primary road through the site is Tunnel Avenue, running north–south. Commuter rail service

202-641: A causeway across the former Candlestick Cove to the San Francisco city line. In San Francisco, where the road is also known as the James Lick Freeway , it continues north-northwesterly between Bayview Park and McLaren Park , and crosses I-280 at the Alemany Maze . There it curves north-northeasterly around Bernal Heights and then northwest around Potrero Hill , meeting the Central Freeway at

303-546: A 16-person delegation to the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro as part of its ongoing campaign to bring the Olympics back to Southern California. On 13 September 2016, the LA 2024 bid committee released a two-minute video featuring a montage of local scenes narrated by children talking about their "dream city". On 23 September 2016, LA 2024 agreed to terms with the U.S. Olympic Committee on

404-638: A Budapest Games would give hope to new nations and new cities, nations and cities on the rise. It would spread the reach of the Olympic Movement and create new possibilities that will take forward the IOC’s new agenda”. Presenting details of the Budapest bid to a gathering of the world's National Olympic Committees and Olympic leaders in Doha, the Budapest 2024 delegation outlined a number of convincing points as to why Budapest

505-451: A French slalom canoeist that won three Olympic gold medals ( 2000 , 2004 and 2012 ), and co-president of the Paris 2024 bid committee, said that the only goal was to win, no matter what. €35 million will be budgeted to build new sports venues around Paris in order to improve the quality of the future Parisian bid. On 8 November 2014, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo , suggested that

606-479: A bill to let a group look into the bid. Boston lacked a stadium of sufficient size to use as an Olympic stadium, but had most of the venues for other sports within a close radius. Boston 2024 proposed building a temporary main Olympic Stadium with an unnamed developer providing an estimated $ 1.2 billion deck over a large rail yard in exchange for development rights for the property after the games. In January 2015,

707-590: A destroyed section of road through San Francisco International Airport , and Airport and Bayshore Boulevards from South San Francisco through Brisbane into San Francisco. Within that city, the new highway continued three miles (5 km) along the present Bay Shore Boulevard to Army (Cesar Chavez) Street and Potrero Avenue. When the Bayshore Highway was completed in 1937, U.S. Route 101 signs were moved to it from El Camino Real , and El Camino became U.S. Route 101 Alternate . Businesses along El Camino created

808-490: A final development plan for city review. Although the General Plan has been amended according to Measure JJ, actual construction for Brisbane Baylands buildings could start as late as 2028, as more than four years would be required to develop and implement a required soil remediation plan before any basic infrastructure could be added. Bayshore Freeway The Bayshore Freeway is a part of U.S. Route 101 (US 101) in

909-405: A full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions ). Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column. Bids for the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics Five bids were initially submitted for

1010-548: A general assembly for the Assn. of National Olympic Committees in Doha , Qatar . On 23 November 2016, President-elect Trump expressed his support for Los Angeles's 2024 Olympic bid during a phone call with Mayor Garcetti . On 2 December 2016, LA 2024 released a new budget estimating it would spend $ 5.3 billion to stage the Games. On 2 January 2017, Angeleno Olympians and Paralympians rode on

1111-546: A high school, transit/roadway improvements, 25-acre solar farm and nearly 200 acres of open space. Housing would be limited to the land previously used as the railyard. The Brisbane Planning Commission submitted an alternative plan in 2009 to the City Council. The primary difference in land use was the lack of any new housing units. UPC originally submitted a draft plan to the City in 2005. The Schlage Lock factory site just north of

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1212-504: A modern freeway was finished in 1947, stretching from Peninsula Avenue (then called Peninsular) at the San Mateo - Burlingame line to Broadway Avenue in Burlingame, including the overpass for Peninsula. Contracts in 1948 and 1949 extended the freeway north to South San Francisco , a distance of 9 miles (14 km). This segment converted the existing two-way traffic on Bayshore Highway to

1313-531: A poster campaign supporting the Nolympics campaign. Most of the opposition parties and civil organizations have criticized the government for the bid, accusing it of corruption, and questioned the spending of money on the Olympic Games instead of developing health care, education and the transportation in Budapest. A total of 138,527 signatures of Budapestians would need to be collected by 17 February 2017 to trigger

1414-466: A referendum. The referendum would be held in Budapest and only the residents of the capital city would be able to cast a valid vote. On 17 February 2017, it was announced that 266,151 signatures had been collected. In response, chief organizer Fürjes accepted that the success of the petition campaign left the bid with "no chance" of success. On 22 February, Budapest withdrew its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, leaving only Los Angeles and Paris in

1515-548: A required but controversial marketing arrangement. The Joint Marketing Program Agreement outlines shared responsibilities—and shared income—between Los Angeles and the USOC. On 7 October 2016, LA 2024 officials again made adjustments to their proposal for the 2024 Summer Olympics, moving half of a large and potentially expensive media center to the USC campus. On 21 October 2016, the LA 2024 bid committee again enlisted U.S. Olympians to help make

1616-565: A resolution in October 2016 which, as originally written, directed San Francisco to investigate the feasibility of annexing Brisbane if housing was dropped from the Brisbane Baylands proposal. Current residents and city leaders of Brisbane were resistant to the DSP concepts, believing that adding so many units of housing to the city would ruin its small-town character. The population of Brisbane in 2017

1717-425: A single three-lane one-way road and added a new three-lane roadway running parallel to it. The new roadway, intended for northbound traffic, was constructed east of the existing alignment, separated by a 36-foot (11 m) wide median, permitting a future expansion to four lanes in each direction. This six-lane freeway followed the existing highway to Broadway in Burlingame, but then took a more inland alignment past

1818-619: A strong supporter of the Parisian bid. Mayor Hidalgo and French president François Hollande went to Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Summer Olympics to promote the Parisian bid. On 26 June 2015, the French Sailing Federation announced it had selected candidate venues interested in hosting the sailing competitions. Le Havre ( Seine-Maritime ), La Rochelle ( Charente-Maritime ), Brest ( Finistère ), Hyères ( Var ), Marseille ( Bouches-du-Rhône ) and Quiberon ( Morbihan ) were

1919-625: A sufficient rate, later calculated to be 5,000 cubic yards (3,800 m ) per day. The experiment was deemed a success, and the remaining 0.9 miles (1.4 km) of causeway was put out for bid in 1954, awarded in 1955 to Guy F. Atkinson Co. By that time, over 4,000,000 cubic yards (3,100,000 m ) of fill had already been placed. Meanwhile, construction had progressed south from San Mateo through San Carlos, with that segment completed in 1954, and continuing on into Redwood City (Marsh Road relocation, July 1958), Menlo Park (Willow Road Interchange, 1956), and Palo Alto (June 1958). A movement to make

2020-520: A sustainability statement that "[t]here will be ample housing in the new developments planned across the border in San Francisco for those working in the Baylands who wish to live nearby", which drew criticism from officials in San Francisco and San Mateo County. However, the vote to endorse a specific concept was tabled and moved to 2017. In response, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors deliberated

2121-637: Is owned by Universal Paragon Corporation (UPC). The site is being planned for significant regional transportation improvements as analyzed in the Bi-County Transportation Study, including a multi-modal transit station at the Bayshore station, connecting Caltrain , an extended Muni Metro T Third Street train, the planned Geneva-Harney bus rapid transit , and multiple bus routes operated by Muni and SamTrans . Geneva Avenue, which currently dead-ends onto Bayshore Boulevard, would be extended across

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2222-461: Is provided by Caltrain at Bayshore station located at the center of the site, the Muni Metro T Third line provides light rail service to San Francisco along the west border of the site at Arleta station and Sunnydale station . The San Francisco Bay shoreline was just east of Bayshore Highway (which is now Bayshore Boulevard); debris from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fill taken from

2323-421: Is the “right sized city at the right time” to stage the Olympic Games in 2024. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán 's government has thrown its full support behind the Budapest bid. He has said in a speech: "Hungary believes that sport is always more important than any other political interest, and that is why it must never be diverted into the arena of political battles. The Government supports the bid." He said that over

2424-417: Is to support the same Olympic vision with an event that is cheaper and more profitable, with more sustainable facilities in several cities, perhaps on or across national boundaries in future. Budapest 2024 Bid Leader, Balázs Fürjes said about the games, “A Games in Budapest sends the message that the Olympic Games are not simply for the mega-city but for mid-size cities, too. Budapest can make Agenda 2020 real,

2525-520: The 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and also had recent experience with the success of the 1974 and 2006 World Cups , where Hamburg was one of the host cities. On 13 April, it was announced that Kiel would be Hamburg's venue for all sailing competitions. On 29 November, a referendum was held in which 51.6% of the citizens voted against a bid for the Olympics. On 15 December 2014, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi confirmed that Rome would be bidding for

2626-545: The 2024 Summer Olympics . Following withdrawals, two bidding cities— Paris and Los Angeles —were left in the process. In July 2017, the IOC agreed to award the 2024 and 2028 Games simultaneously. Los Angeles agreed to bid for the 2028 Games, effectively ceding the 2024 Games to Paris. Paris and Los Angeles were officially awarded the Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima , Peru , on 13 September 2017. The candidature process for

2727-578: The Dumbarton and San Mateo-Hayward Bridges were built across the San Francisco Bay in the 1920s, San Francisco was bottled up at the north end of a long peninsula , with driving south on El Camino Real towards San Jose as the only reasonable alternative to the ferries for crossing the bay. The first of several highways built as an alternate to El Camino Real was the Skyline Boulevard , which

2828-631: The Rose Parade float titled "Follow the Sun" to promote the city's bid. On 9 January 2017, LA 2024 issued a report predicting that the mega-sporting event would boost the local economy by $ 11.2 billion. On 25 January 2017, the Los Angeles City Council gave unanimous final approval for a privately run bid. On 28 February 2017, it was announced that four Hollywood film studios ( Disney , Fox , NBCUniversal and Warner Bros ) would be helping promote

2929-596: The San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It runs along the west shore of the San Francisco Bay , connecting San Jose with San Francisco. Within the city of San Francisco, the freeway is also known as James Lick Freeway , named after the California philanthropist . The road was originally built as a surface road, the Bayshore Highway , and later upgraded to freeway standards. Before 1964, it

3030-539: The UCLA campus. LA 2024 also announced that media members and some Olympic officials would be housed in a 15-acre residential complex USC planned to build. On 16 February 2016, LA 2024 unveiled a new logo and its slogan, "Follow the sun." On 23 February 2016, more than 88% of Angelenos were in favor of the city's hosting the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid, according to a survey conducted by Loyola Marymount University . On 10 March 2016, Los Angeles officials bidding for

3131-813: The Visitacion Valley near the San Francisco city line, running past a bone meal plant. Causes of the crashes included turning conflicts at intersections, and speeding drivers crossing the centerline to use the oncoming lanes as a passing lane . The roadway was entirely at-grade except for crossings of rail lines . It generally followed the present alignment of the Bayshore Freeway, but deviated in several places: Old Bayshore Highway in San Jose , Veterans Boulevard in Redwood City , Bayshore Highway in Burlingame ,

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3232-545: The 2024 Games was announced at the same time as the names of the five candidate cities on 16 September 2015. The procedure consisted of three stages: Stage 1 – Vision, games concept and strategy; Stage 2 – Governance, legal and venue funding; and Stage 3 – Games delivery, experience and venue legacy. Five candidate cities were announced by the International Olympic Committee on 16 September 2015: Budapest , Hamburg , Los Angeles , Paris and Rome . However,

3333-502: The 2024 Games, on 3 April 2017 at the IOC convention in Denmark, Olympic officials met with bid committees from both cities to discuss the possibility of awarding Games to both, with one city hosting in 2024 and the other in 2028. While both cities appeared initially opposed to this compromise, Los Angeles had indicated that it would be willing to consider it if certain concessions were made after it

3434-476: The 2024 Olympics might be too expensive for Paris, stating, "We are in a financial and budgetary position today that does not allow me to say that I am making this bid." She discussed a potential bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics . However, in March 2015, Hidalgo gave her blessing to a bid for 2024. On 13 April 2015, the council of Paris approved the candidacy, making Paris an applicant. Since then, Mayor Hidalgo has been

3535-601: The 2024 Olympics. The same month it was also revealed that Pope Francis met with the head of the Italian Olympic Committee to discuss Vatican City hosting some events at the games, namely archery and football . On 10 February 2015, the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) confirmed that former Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo , who headed the organising committee of the 1990 FIFA World Cup would lead Rome's bid as president of

3636-774: The 2024 Summer Games. On 19 February 2013, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) sent letters to the mayors of 35 American cities to gauge their interest in hosting the 2024 Olympics. The cities included were Atlanta , Austin , Baltimore , Boston , Charlotte , Chicago , Columbus , Dallas , Denver , Detroit , Houston , Indianapolis , Jacksonville , Las Vegas , Los Angeles , Memphis , Miami , Minneapolis–Saint Paul , Nashville , New York City , Orlando , Philadelphia , Phoenix , Pittsburgh , Portland , Rochester , Sacramento , San Antonio , San Diego , San Francisco , San Jose , Seattle , St. Louis , Tulsa , and Washington, D.C. On 10 June 2014,

3737-443: The 2024 Summer Games. On 29 July 2016, LA 2024 officials released artist renderings of an updated Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and temporary swim stadium that would be used if Los Angeles is awarded the 2024 Summer Olympics. On 31 July 2016, Mayor Eric Garcetti led a 25-person contingent from Los Angeles to Rio de Janeiro to promote their city's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. On 7 September 2016, LA 2024 planned to send

3838-488: The 2024 Summer Olympics turned their focus to temporary facilities that might be needed. Current plans include an elevated track built over the football field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and a proposal to temporarily convert Figueroa Street into a miles-long promenade for pedestrians and bicyclists. On 2 June 2016, the IOC confirmed that Los Angeles would proceed to the second stage of bidding for

3939-685: The 2024 games. On 31 July 2017, the IOC announced Los Angeles as the sole candidate for the 2028 games, opening Paris up to be confirmed as hosts at the 131st IOC Conference on 13 September. In June 2015, the Assembly of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) and the Assembly of Budapest decided to bid for the Olympics. In July 2015, the Hungarian Parliament also voted to support the bid. On 28 January 2016, Budapest City Council approved

4040-566: The Arc at the top of the  Champs-Élysées and on the town hall in Marseille . On 12 November 2016, Mayor Anne Hidalgo and eight-time World Championships gold medalist judoka Teddy Riner led a Paris 2024 contingent presentation to an array of Olympic leaders and sports officials at a general assembly in Doha , Qatar . In January 2017, Paris Committee proposed to slash carbon emissions by more than half compared to London and Rio and thus deliver

4141-464: The Bay to see if the mud underneath could be displaced instead. This section of the Bay had water up to 12 feet (3.7 m) deep, overlying soft mud 40 to 80 feet (12 to 24 m) deep, which in turn was overlying harder, compacted mud. The compacted mud was deemed sufficiently strong to support the weight of the freeway, but it was hoped that excavation of the soft mud layer could be avoided by dumping fill at

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4242-724: The Baylands (CREBL) advanced another alternative in 2006, designated the Renewable Energy Alternative (REA). All plans call for environmental remediation of the brownfield land to clean up chemicals left in the soil from its use as a railyard and municipal dump. UPC's land use proposal, one of several introduced to Brisbane's city council, calls for the development of an entertainment district that could include an arena, concert theater and cineplex, 12,500,000 square feet (1,160,000 m) of R&D, 1.5 million of office, 64,000 feet (20,000 m) of civic space, 287,000 square feet (26,700 m) of retail, 4,434 housing units,

4343-633: The Community Proposed Plan (CPP), and a CPP with a Recology expansion (CPP-V). One of the major findings of the EIR is that "Brisbane currently is a 'jobs rich' city [with] more than four times as many jobs as employed residents [...] the ratio between jobs and employed residents in Brisbane is not balanced [and] such an imbalance between jobs and housing typically contributes to higher homes prices due to demand outstripping supply, increased traffic congestion in

4444-569: The EIR analyzes the two Community Proposed Plans which the Brisbane City Council approved for study in July 2009, as well as a fifth, the Renewable Energy Alternative (REA) plan put forth by Citizens for Renewable Energy on the Bay Lands (CREBL), which included land for a solar energy farm. Civic leaders hoping to host the 2024 Summer Olympics in San Francisco made a proposal in 2014 which included

4545-661: The El Camino Real Association to protest the move and resulting loss of business, and by 1939 the main route had been moved back, with the Bayshore Highway becoming U.S. Route 101 Bypass. The two routes split in San Jose at the junction of First and Second Streets near Keyes Street, with the El Camino route mostly following the present SR 82 and the Bayshore route using locally maintained Second, Reed, and Fourth Streets to reach

4646-422: The IOC announced Los Angeles as the sole candidate for the 2028 games, with $ 1.8 billion of additional funding to support local sport and the Games programme. Paris formally announced its intention to bid on 23 June 2015. The former French Minister of Sports, Jean-Francois Lamour , identified the 2024 Olympics as a choice objective for a Parisian bid, and that it cannot tolerate another defeat. Tony Estanguet ,

4747-404: The IOC as a whole. The IOC set up a process where the LA 2024 bid committee, the Paris 2024 bid committee and the IOC would meet and discuss who would take which games and if it were possible. On 31 July 2017, Los Angeles announced it would withdraw from the 2024 bid race and bid exclusively for the 2028 games. Both Paris and Los Angeles bid committees displayed victory and satisfaction and welcomed

4848-407: The IOC evaluation team concluded an initial two-day review of the rival proposals from Los Angeles and Paris. The IOC's evaluation commission praised both candidates for “creativity and strong legacy focus.” With a view to securing the future of the Games in the context of withdrawals by two of the four cities that had bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics , and three of the five cities that had bid for

4949-591: The LA City Council's vote. On 13 January 2016, Los Angeles 2024 committee officials said they were "thrilled to welcome" the construction of a $ 2-billion-plus, state-of-the-art football stadium in Inglewood, California and believed the arrival of one —and perhaps two — NFL teams would bolster its chances. On 25 January 2016, the Los Angeles 2024 committee announced that it planned to place its Olympic Village on

5050-460: The Los Angeles bid. On 20 April 2017, the private committee trying to bring the Summer Olympics back to Los Angeles has issued a new set of renderings and videos showing what those Games might look like. Following the decision to award the 2024 and 2028 games simultaneously, Los Angeles announced that it would consider a bid for the 2028 Games, if certain conditions were met. On 31 July 2017,

5151-590: The Organising Committee. "I don't think anyone in Italy is as popular as Luca is abroad," said CONI President Giovanni Malagò . On 21 September 2016, Mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi told reporters the bid for the games would go no further. Raggi, whose party (the Five Star Movement ) have long been opposed to Rome hosting the games, cited ongoing financial troubles in the country as the main reason for cancelling

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5252-413: The Paris 2024 bid, including Olympics host cities such as Sydney , Athens , Mexico City , Barcelona and Tokyo . At the end of February, mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo went to Tokyo to meet the governor of the city Yuriko Koike and discuss the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. Following the decision to award the 2024 and 2028 games simultaneously, Paris was understood to be the preferred host for

5353-450: The USOC met in Boston to confirm the shortlist of cities drawn up for the 2024 Olympics. On 13 June 2014, the USOC announced its shortlist for potential host cities: Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington. On 26 September 2014, The U.S. Olympic Committee polled forty-seven of its sports federations, forty of which answered the poll, all answering positively to the question of whether

5454-450: The USOC selected Boston as the official candidate city. Local public opinion on hosting the 2024 Games was divided; a March 2015 poll indicated that 52% of Boston area residents were opposed to hosting them. On 27 July 2015, the USOC dropped its bid to host the Olympics in Boston citing the lack of public support and uncertainties in the bid. Due to the change in the bidding process, no other cities had formally announced their candidacy for

5555-468: The USOC should bid to host the 2024 Olympic games. On 1 December 2014 all four shortlisted cities Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington met the final deadline to submit their bid proposals prior to the USOC Board Meeting held on 16 December 2014 in Redwood City, California . During the closed door meeting each of the four cities were given two hours to present their city's bids. Following

5656-483: The accident rate along the Bayshore Highway was 2.9 per million vehicle miles, compared with the state-wide average of 1.4; current traffic on the Bayshore Highway was estimated at 30,000 vehicles per day and in 1939 alone, there were 276 accidents, resulting in 19 fatalities and 235 injuries. Twenty years later in 1959, the accident rate on the new Bayshore Freeway had dropped to 0.75 per million vehicle miles, carrying 59,000 vehicles per day. The first segment rebuilt as

5757-411: The airport at Mills Field (now SFO), and crossed the old road at South San Francisco, running just east of it to near the south end of the cut at Sierra Point . The routing had been adjusted to the west to allow an additional 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) for airport expansion. Since this segment was being constructed on predominantly marshy land, 2,000,000 cubic yards (1,500,000 m ) of fill

5858-499: The area, increase air and noise pollution, and longer commute times for workers". The EIR found that by providing housing adjacent to the proposed office and transit improvements, car trips and the associated greenhouse gases would be significantly reduced under the DSP concepts; since the CPP concepts only provided new jobs without housing, greenhouse gas emissions would rise. In addition to the two Concept Plans proposed by UPC (DSP and DSP-V),

5959-449: The bid. She said hosting the games would be "irresponsible" and would only cause the city to fall into further debt. On 11 October 2016, the bid was officially suspended, though not formally cancelled should any future city leaders want to revive it if they were to come into power before September 2017. On 17 October 2016, Olympic leaders continued to voice their displeasure with the political climate that forced Rome to suspend its bid for

6060-654: The border between the Mission District and South of Market . The Bayshore Freeway ends at the intersection of US 101 and Interstate 80 , which, although signed as Interstate 80, is not officially Interstate 80 until the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge . The freeway that goes from US 101 to the Bay Bridge that is signed as I-80 but not officially I-80 is called the San Francisco Skyway . Before

6161-671: The case for bringing the Summer Olympics back to Los Angeles. On 9 November 2016, LA 2024 issued a statement noting "LA 2024 congratulates President-elect Donald J. Trump and appreciates his longstanding support of the Olympic movement in the United States. We strongly believe the Olympics and LA 2024 transcend politics and can help unify our diverse communities and our world." On 12 November 2016, Mayor Eric Garcetti and six-time gold medalist sprinter Allyson Felix led an LA 2024 presentation to an array of Olympic leaders and sports officials at

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6262-653: The construction of a temporary stadium for $ 350 million at the Brisbane Baylands to host opening and closing ceremonies. The Brisbane stadium was proposed as an alternative to a never-built new stadium for the Raiders in Oakland. In 2016, the Brisbane Planning Commission recommended dropping both DSP alternatives. Later, in September 2016, the Brisbane City Council indicated it preferred the CPP concept, which included

6363-450: The construction of the Bayshore Cutoff , which opened in 1907, were used to fill a portion of the Bay west of the railroad tracks and east of Bayshore Highway, creating a classification yard for Southern Pacific . San Francisco's municipal landfill was in operation from 1932 to 1967, filling in the portion of Brisbane Lagoon east of the tracks and west of U.S. 101 . U.S. 101 runs along the current shoreline. The Brisbane Baylands site

6464-469: The double hosting decision. On 26 April 2014, the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games announced its bid proposal for the 2024 Olympics. On 28 July 2015, the USOC contacted Los Angeles about stepping in as a replacement bidder for the 2024 Summer Games after Boston dropped its bid. On 1 September 2015, the LA City Council voted 15–0 to support a bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The U.S. Olympic Committee finalised its selection moments after

6565-449: The draft Brisbane Baylands Specific Plan and associated Infrastructure Master Plan. The project is projected to create 15,000 – 20,000 permanent jobs and would be built over a 30-year schedule. The Baylands is the subject of an environmental impact report (EIR) prepared for and released by the City of Brisbane on June 11, 2013. The DEIR analyzes four concept plans: the Developer-Sponsored Plan (DSP), DSP with an entertainment variant (DSP-V),

6666-402: The final presentation, the USOC announced that the United States would bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, but did not announce which city would bid. On 8 January 2015, the USOC selected Boston to be the candidate city from the United States but on 27 July 2015 Boston's bid was withdrawn and the USOC bid process was reopened. On 1 September 2015 the USOC announced that Los Angeles

6767-412: The four-lane undivided "Bloody Bayshore" safer all the way to San Jose began in Palo Alto. As a temporary measure, the state lowered the speed limit , installed traffic signals , closed minor crossroads, and prohibited left turns in places. The community convinced the state to extend the six-lane freeway. Contracts for the projects in Santa Clara County had been awarded by 1959, and the Bayshore Freeway

6868-504: The highway from San Jose to South San Francisco is relatively straight and flat, running near the west edge of the San Francisco Bay . Junctions here include SR 237 in Sunnyvale , SR 85 in Mountain View , SR 84 in Menlo Park and Redwood City , SR 92 in San Mateo , and the San Francisco International Airport and I-380 in San Bruno . In South San Francisco, the freeway curves northeast around San Bruno Mountain , crossing its east edge at Sierra Point , and then heads north on

6969-411: The intersection of Army Street ( Cesar Chavez Street ) and San Bruno Avenue in San Francisco to a point in San Jose. The governor approved the bill with the stipulation that only the portion between the city limits of San Francisco and San Jose would be a state highway. Construction between South San Francisco and Burlingame had begun by 1924, funded by a $ 500,000 contribution from San Francisco, and

7070-409: The key elements of the Budapest 2024 logo, the result of a national contest that involved almost 200 artists, children, graphic designers and students. In January 2017, the "Nolympics 2024" campaign was started by the Momentum Movement , gaining the support of opposition parties including the LMP , Együtt , Párbeszéd , MSzP and DK . The Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party , a satirical party, started

7171-405: The list of venues. Visiting Budapest in December 2015, IOC President Thomas Bach stated that Budapest is a “strong contender” for organizing the 2024 Summer Olympics the Agenda 2020 reforms. The recent position of the IOC is for more use of existing and temporary facilities so countries like Hungary, and cities like Budapest, can also have the opportunity to organize the Olympics. The intention

7272-445: The old railyard, within the city limits of San Francisco, was transferred to UPC in 2008 as part of a settlement with the previous owner, Ingersoll-Rand . At the time, the historic Schlage office building was planned to be converted into a community center, and 1,250 housing units would be added to the combined parcel. In 2010, UPC revised the plan and submitted an updated Baylands Specific Plan and Appendix. In Feb 2011, UPC submitted

7373-455: The other non-water-based games in a very small circle, due to its good location. Hamburg would host the games the first time and would therefore be preferred to Berlin . On 16 March 2015, the DOSB proposed Hamburg to be the candidate city from Germany. On 21 March, the DOSB's general assembly confirmed the decision to allow Hamburg to bid for the games. For its 2024 bid, Hamburg re-used the logo and

7474-547: The past 120 years the Olympics have become a “ passion” of the Hungarian people possibly “because the Olympic spirit represents such a pure form of freedom that was once rare here in Central Europe.” Hungarian officials are also representing the idea of “Organising an Olympic Games would be the pinnacle of this historical process. We are not only competing for ourselves, but representing the whole region.” Water and movement were

7575-401: The portion between Fourth and 13th Streets, it was not marked as a numbered route. The state legislature authorized an extension beyond San Jose back to El Camino Real near Ford Road in 1947, which was already under construction, and was completed that year. This was the first segment built with interchanges , and included a median barrier . Despite this, most crossings were at-grade ; only

7676-473: The present freeway. The Bayshore Highway through San Francisco and San Mateo counties was considered complete in 1940, at the dawn of the freeway era; that year, the California Department of Public Works announced plans to convert the Bayshore Highway into a six-lane divided freeway between San Francisco and Palo Alto . It was the first freeway planned for Northern California, and the second in

7777-404: The process was hit by withdrawals, with political uncertainty and cost cited as deterrents to bidding cities. Hamburg withdrew its bid on 29 November 2015 after holding a referendum. Rome withdrew on 21 September 2016, citing fiscal difficulties. On 22 February 2017, Budapest withdrew after a petition against the bid collected more signatures than necessary for a referendum. On 30 March 2017,

7878-483: The race. On 24 February 2017, claiming that Budapest's doomed bid for the 2024 Summer Games was “overtaken by local politics,” the International Olympic Committee has reiterated it will consider changes in the way host cities are selected. In October 2012, Thomas Bach , then-president of the DOSB, stated that Hamburg would apply for the 2024 Olympic Games. Hamburg could combine the water-based and

7979-518: The slogan of an earlier bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics . The logo showed a wave of water turning into a flame, referring to the water that is a defining aspect of Hamburg's cityscape and the Olympic flame . The slogan is "Feuer und Flamme", or "Fire and Flame", combining the Olympic flame with a German expression translating to "to be fire and flame for something", meaning to be very enthusiastic and/or excited about something. ( West ) Germany last hosted

8080-548: The state, after the Arroyo Seco project . In general, the goals of the Bayshore Freeway project were to grade-separate the freeway from surface streets and railroad tracks to accommodate projected traffic and to reduce the rate of accidents. At the time, it was anticipated that traffic along the San Francisco Peninsula would reach the capacity of both El Camino Real and the Bayshore Highway within ten years. In addition,

8181-492: The state-maintained Bayshore Highway. In San Francisco, they rejoined at the present location of the Alemany Maze , with the El Camino route following Alemany Boulevard from near the city line; from there US 101 continued north on Bay Shore Boulevard, Potrero Avenue, and 10th and Fell Streets to Van Ness Avenue , meeting the Bay Bridge approach ( US 40 / US 50 ) at Bryant and Harrison Streets. The Bryant/Harrison one-way pair

8282-478: The total) and grade separations over Alemany and Army. This segment opened on June 1, 1951. Also in 1951, the state legislature renamed the portion within San Francisco after James Lick , a California pioneer and philanthropist. San Francisco construction included segments to the north, opened in 1953, and the south. The connection to the upper deck of the Bay Bridge opened in June 1955. Construction in San Francisco

8383-471: The two ends at Route 115 (Santa Clara Street) and regular US 101 included bridges, the former a diamond interchange and the latter a simple split with additional access to Ford Road. It also crossed over Coyote Road, though with no access, just south of the Coyote Creek bridge. The original 1947 bridge over Coyote Road remains, though widened in 1990, and is one of the oldest road-road grade separations on

8484-470: The venues being considered. On 7 September 2015, Marseille was chosen to host the sailing competitions. On 9 February 2016, Paris unveiled its 2024 Olympics logo. The city's iconic Arc De Triomphe was lit with the city's 2024 Olympic Games bid logo at 20:24 local time. A multi-coloured image of the Eiffel Tower with the words, "Paris, Candidate city, Olympic Games 2024" was screened onto

8585-476: The way to San Jose as an escape valve for the additional traffic that the bridge would attract. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held in South San Francisco for the Bayshore Highway on September 11, 1924. The route used a right-of-way that was 125 feet (38 m) wide with a four-lane undivided highway 40 feet (12 m) wide. The state legislature extended the highway in 1925, defining it to run from near

8686-538: The west end of the four-year-old Dumbarton Bridge). The roadway was extended to Oregon Avenue in Palo Alto in mid-1932, Lawrence Station Road in mid-1933, and to Lafayette Street near Santa Clara , across the Guadalupe River from San Jose, by 1934. The final piece to Oakland Road (13th Street) in San Jose, which was then the main road - Legislative Route 5 and Sign Route 17 - between San Jose and Oakland ,

8787-519: The width of the Baylands and connected to Harney Way. The earliest plan, later designated the Developer-Sponsored Plan (DSP), was submitted by UPC in 2005 and updated significantly in 2011. Contemporaneously, the City of Brisbane began developing an alternative in 2009 with input from residents, designated the Community Proposed Plan (CPP). The group called the Committee for Renewable Energy in

8888-416: The ‘most sustainable Games ever’. For the submission of the third and final application file of Paris’ bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, the Eiffel Tower was adorned with Olympic colors on 3 February 2017. This illumination was organized to present the slogan of the Parisian bid: "Made for Sharing". In February 2017, led by Denis Coderre , Mayor of Montreal , more than 50 cities announced their support for

8989-414: Was added to Route 68 (which already included the bridge) in 1937 and removed in 1947 along with the bridge; in 1961 the new freeway approach became part of Route 68, which was extended back over the bridge to Route 5 at its Oakland landfall. Construction of an extension to Route 115 (Santa Clara Street, now SR 130 ) at 30th Street in San Jose began in 1939, and was completed by late 1940. As with

9090-527: Was added to the state highway system in 1919. A second route, the Bay Shore Highway (Route 68 ), became a state highway in 1923, but only from the San Francisco city limits into San Mateo County , where the Dumbarton Bridge would begin. Just prior to the start of construction on the Dumbarton Bridge, San Francisco Supervisor Richard J. Welch noted that the Bay Shore Highway would need to be built all

9191-489: Was always my hope we'd never put housing out there", a view echoed by several residents. On the other side, supporters of the development hoped the added residences would keep rents affordable. Measure JJ passed, amending the Brisbane General Plan to allow 1,800 to 2,200 residences and up to 7 million square feet of commercial development on the Brisbane Baylands. With the passage of Measure JJ, UPC can now submit

9292-408: Was built. Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964 , based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary ( for

9393-601: Was chosen for the United States bid for the 2024 Summer Games. On 7 May 2013, there was a meeting held about the chance of Boston and New England hosting the Summer Games in 2024. There was a large group of leaders and politicians that supported the bid. Early proposed venues included TD Garden , Fenway Park , Gillette Stadium , Agganis Arena , Dunkin Donuts Center , and the SNHU Arena . In October, Deval Patrick signed

9494-441: Was completed by 1958. A new causeway across Candlestick Cove connected the completed section in South San Francisco with San Francisco and opened on July 11, 1957. Planning began in 1951, when bids were taken for an experimental causeway 132 feet (40 m) wide extending 0.6 miles (0.97 km) south from Candlestick Point; rather than pumping out soft bay mud and back-filling with sand, fill dirt would be dumped directly into

9595-494: Was completed in 1928. A disconnected segment north of San Mateo was built by the state at the same time. It was not until February 1929 that the road was fully paved between San Francisco and Burlingame, and on October 20, 1929, the new highway was officially dedicated to San Mateo, several months after the connecting San Mateo-Hayward Bridge opened (at what is now Third Avenue ). Even then, motorists had to wait until May 7, 1931, to reach Jefferson Avenue in Redwood City (near

9696-471: Was completed to San Jose in 1962, officially opening on February 2 of that year. The total cost of freeway conversion was US$ 114,619,100 (equivalent to $ 1,154,510,000 in 2023), including US$ 42,500,000 (equivalent to $ 428,090,000 in 2023) to acquire right-of-way. The south end of the freeway was the old El Camino Real merge near Ford Road until the early 1980s, when the South Valley Freeway

9797-453: Was dedicated on June 12, 1937, over ten years after the Dumbarton Bridge opened in January 1927. Although the highway was designed and built to what were, at the time, high standards, with a 100-foot (30 m) wide right-of-way in most places, it was accident -prone because it lacked a median barrier . One segment of the so-called "Bloody Bayshore" was "Boneyard Hill", a steep grade through

9898-490: Was estimated at 4,600. State politicians and organizations from outside Brisbane continued to express support for new housing, hoping to alleviate the local housing crisis . The Brisbane City Council certified the EIR in July 2018, selecting a modified version of DSP with a reduced 2,200 homes, and moved the approval of the Brisbane Baylands to the November 2018 general election. At the time, Brisbane Mayor Clarke Conway stated "It

9999-554: Was mostly marked as U.S. Route 101 Bypass , with US 101 using the present State Route 82 ( El Camino Real ). The Bayshore Freeway begins at the Blossom Hill Road interchange on US 101 . The freeway curves north and northwest, bypassing downtown San Jose to the east, and then curves west-northwest, crossing I-880 and State Route 87 , the latter just north of the San Jose International Airport . The portion of

10100-520: Was revealed that Paris was the "Favourite" for 2024. The IOC Executive Board met in Lausanne , Switzerland to discuss the 2024 and 2028 bid processes on 9 June 2017. The International Olympic Committee formally proposed electing the 2024 and 2028 Olympic host cities at the same time at the next IOC meeting. The proposal was approved by an Extraordinary IOC Session on 11 July 2017 in Lausanne and presented to

10201-408: Was taken from the arm of San Bruno Mountain that extended into the water as Sierra Point ; the hill was essentially levelled and the remaining fill was used for airport expansion. Construction began in San Francisco in 1950 on a 1 + 1 ⁄ 3  mi (2.1 km) segment north from Augusta to 25th at a contracted cost of $ 6.5 million, including the cost of the right-of-way (about half

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