Long-planned project to improve Alameda-Oakland-I-880 access breaks ground

A major construction project in Alameda County designed to improve travel between the city of Alameda, Interstate Highway 880 and Oakland broke ground this week. 

The $175 million transformation, called the Oakland Alameda Access Project, has been inching forward for nearly two decades and will provide a more direct connection to northbound I-880 from Alameda, ease street congestion, and create bike and pedestrian lanes in the Webster Tube and surface streets, according to Caltrans.