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| Exit
1A |
 East |
Although the exit is signed as U.S. 101 North, the ramp actually
leads to Hwy 85 North. Hwy 85 is the recommened route to northbound
U.S. 101. Why? Scroll down to Exit 3B... |
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| Exit
1B |
East |
Evelyn Avenue parallels Central Expwy and
the Caltrain tracks. Both Evelyn and Dana lead to downtown Mountain
View. |
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| Exit
2 |
East |
A number of companies chose to locate on
Middlefield and Maude in this part of western Mountain View and
northern Sunnyvale. This was the last interchange built during
the conversion of Hwy 237 from expressway to freeway. |
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| Exit
3A |
East |
U.S. 101 heads south into Santa Clara and
San Jose. U.S. 101 continues south down to Los Angeles via the
California coast. |
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| Exit
3B |
East |
Mathilda Avenue is a major north-south
road through Sunnyvale. Lockheed, Yahoo and Juniper Networks are
all located north of this exit. Sunnyvale's shopping district lies
to the south.
If you got on Hwy 237 before Exit 1A, here's
why I said to use Hwy 85/Exit 1A to get to U.S. 101. To get to
101 from this exit, you would have to exit the freeway, make a
left onto Mathilda, go under the freeway, make a left onto Hwy
237 west and finally take the U.S. 101 north ramp. |
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| Exit
4 |
East
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Fair Oaks Avenue provides access to a number
of tech companies located on the north side of the freeway. |
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| Exit
5 |
East |
Lawrence Expwy is part of the Santa Clara
County's expressway system which are major thoroughfares that have
a limited number of traffic signals and higher speed limits. Lawrence
goes through the heart of Sunnyvale's high tech companies and serves
the cities of San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and Saratoga.
Caribbean Drive is the northern extension
of Lawrence Expwy. It eventually loops around to become Mathilda
Avenue. |
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| Exit
6 |
East |
This exit takes you past the Santa Clara
Convention Center and the Great America theme park. There are plans
to build a new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers near Great America
and if it is built, this interchange will become a major access
point. |
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| Exit
7 |
East |
North First Street connects downtown San
Jose to the sprawling high tech campuses in north San Jose. It
also connects San Jose to the community of Alviso to the north. |
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| Exit
8 |
East |
North of Hwy 237 is San Jose's sewage treatment
plant. South of the freeway are more tech companies like Cisco
and Altera. It's also a good alternative to the often congested
N. First Street. |
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| Exit
9A |
East |
This exit provides access to the McCarthy Ranch shopping center,
a number of empty business parks built during the dot-com boom
and Milpitas Square, a predominately Chinese shopping center with
a number of good restaurants. |
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| Exit
9B |
East |
Interstate 880 connects San Jose and Oakland and has been dubbed
the "Nasty Nimitz" by local traffic reporters because of the horrendous
backups during commute hours.
This is where the freeway portion of Hwy 237 ends however the
route continues into Milpitas as a major east-west road until it
meets Interstate 680. To stay on Hwy 237, you acutally have to
exit the freeway.
Also of note, HOV-to-HOV ramps have been
constructed at this interchange but access is limited to east 237
to north 880 and south 880 to west 237. This ramp can be used by
anyone outside of rush hour. |
