In 1994, I-680 ranked a lowly 28th on the list of worst commutes in the Bay Area, but it jumped to second in 1995 and remained there until 1999.
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But Sunol Grade commuters aren’t alone in their misery. Five other commutes feeding into Silicon Valley are among the worst — the most ever in the California Department of Transportation rankings for the region. The San Mateo Bridge ranked as the third most congested route, while Interstate 880 through Fremont, the Dumbarton Bridge, Highway 101 through San Jose and Highway 237 round out Silicon Valley’s list of worst commutes.
State officials predicted two years ago that the Sunol Grade would overtake the Interstate 80 commute to the Bay Bridge as the region’s worst. In 1994, I-680 ranked a lowly 28th on the list of worst commutes, but it jumped to second in 1995 and remained there until this year. No report was done in 1997 because of budget cutbacks.
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