Route 61 is from Route 84 near Newark to Route 580 near Albany via the vicinity of San Leandro and Oakland International Airport and via Alameda.

No portion of Route 61 shall be constructed as a freeway north of Hegenberger Road.

Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 361

  • Freeway: means a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right or easement of access to or from their abutting lands or in respect to which such owners have only limited or restricted right or easement of access. See California Streets and Highways Code 23.5
  • route: means State highway route and the route numbers are those given the State highway routes or portions thereof by the commission. See California Streets and Highways Code 231

(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 409, Sec. 34.)