Interstate 80

Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west Interstate Highway in northern California, Nevada, Utah, southern Wyoming, and Nebraska in American Truck Simulator. It runs the long distance from US 101 in San Francisco to Interstate 480 and US 75 in Omaha.

In real life, Interstate 80 runs from San Francisco to Teaneck, New Jersey. It is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States and the tenth longest highway in the world, after Interstate 90.

There is one toll gate on Interstate 80, charging vehicles crossing from Oakland to San Francisco over the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. This toll costs $25 to go through. There is no toll to leave San Francisco.

Course

Interstate 80 begins at US 101 in San Francisco. The freeway follows the Bayshore Viaduct towards the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge from the latter city's waterfront known as "The Embarcadero." The Bay Bridge, consisting of two differently designed spans, separated by stacked tunnels through Yerba Buena Island, carries I-80 across the San Francisco Bay into Oakland with a westbound toll gate into the city. The highway approaches the MacArthur Maze, or locally known as "the Maze", where it splits into three freeways, being I-80 itself, Interstates 580, and 980 in-game (in real-life, it's I-80, I-580, and I-880; I-580 follows the majority of I-880 in ATS). Beyond the Maze, Interstate 80 follows the Eastshore Freeway and runs concurrent with Interstate 580 for a short distance to Richmond, with its concurrency terminating near Richmond. Leaving the Bay Area, I-80 crosses the San Andreas Fault and enters the city of Crockett, where it crosses the Carquinez Bridge above the Carquinez Strait, featuring an eastbound toll gate. After intersecting with SR 37 in Vallejo, the highway turns east into the Sacramento Valley, where it passes through the north end of the city of Sacramento and intersects with US 50 and Interstate 5. Once past the state capital, the highway progresses to the Sierra Nevada via Donner Pass (7227 ft), where it crests the summit at a rest area. On the east slope, I-80 passes through Truckee, just east of the pass' summit. Shortly after leaving Truckee, the highway passes a westbound weigh station, which also houses the California Border Protection Stations. Past the weigh station, the road bends north and south as it approaches Nevada.

After crossing the border Interstate 80 goes around a bend and enters the city of Reno, where it intersects with US 395 and Interstate 580. After leaving Reno, the highway begins its long course across the Great Basin, a route across the vast, mountainous desert that closely follows the path of the California Trail. As the highway trends north, it comes across an eastbound weigh station shortly after Reno. At the end of the long, northeast span the highway meets the first exit in 273 miles, for the town of Winnemucca and US 95. Then the highway begins running alongside the Humboldt River as it leads to Battle Mountain and SR 305, where a small gas station is provided, and soon after crosses the Humboldt twice at the Carlin Tunnels (which, in the game, are significantly further west than in reality). Continuing east, Elko and SR 225 are reached, and after east and westbound weigh stations the highway stretches towards Wells and US 93. Out of Wells the highway appears to cross the Toano Range via Silverzone Pass (5940 ft), and descends to the state-line town of West Wendover and US 93 Alternate.

At the Utah border, West Wendover becomes Wendover and, after east and westbound weigh stations, Interstate 80 crosses the white, flat expanse of the Great Salt Lake Desert, a minimalist landscape notable for the land speed records set here. Leaving these salt flats, the highway skirts the northern edge of the Cedar Mountains, where the chimney of the Kennecott Smelter (an Avalanche Steel facility) can be seen. This smokestack, at 1215 ft (370 m), is the tallest free-standing structure in the American West and the fourth-tallest chimney in the world. After passing the smelter the highway enters Salt Lake City, Utah's capital and largest city, where it intersects with Interstate 15. The highway leaves the city via Parleys Canyon, one of the few highway routes across the historically daunting Wasatch Mountains, and meets with US 40 and 189 at Silver Summit, this being the former's western terminus. Past this summit, the highway descends into the valley of the Weber River, which features overlooks by the Echo Reservoir, and meets with Interstate 84 at its eastern terminus.

Past the junction with I-84, the 80 climbs through the red-walled Echo Canyon, which features Utah's Echo Port of Entry, a weigh station that offers a rest area. Out of the canyon, the highway enters Wyoming, where there is another port of entry and the city of Evanston. Past Evanston, the 80 crosses the Bear River Divide, exiting the Great Basin; here there is a length of highway called the "Highway to Heaven," a long, straight, hilly stretch of road that, when viewed from the correct angle and under the right conditions, appears to reach into the sky. Now back in the watershed of the Pacific, the highway meets with US 30 at Little America, the 30 beginning a concurrency near the famous truck stop. Soon the 80 passes to the north of the town of Green River; here the highway begins running along the southern edge of White Mountain, a large mesa lined with dramatic cliffs and buttes, with the 80 passing through a promontory via the Twin Tunnels. Past Green River, the highway runs through Rock Springs, where it crosses paths with US 191. Out of Rock Springs, the 80 enters the Red Desert and the Great Divide Basin, a rugged, alkaline desert that makes up much of the highway between Rock Springs and Rawlins. In this desert the 80 meets WY 789, the longest state highway in Wyoming, having come up from Baggs and the Colorado state line. US 789 runs concurrent with I-80 as it exits the Red Desert and enters the Atlantic watershed, and breaks away at Rawlins, where US 287 begins a concurrency. East of Rawlins the 80 passes to the south of Sinclair, a town dominated by its refinery, a significant landmark along the 80. The highway then curves around Laramie, and rejoins with US 30; in real life, the 30 breaks from I-80 east of Sinclair and heads northeast to Medicine Bow, a segment of the highway sacrificed due to the condensed nature of the game's map. It is also at Laramie that US 287, in real life, breaks from the 80, heading south to Fort Collins. Out of Laramie, the 80 enters the forested Laramie Mountains, where it climbs to Sherman Summit, which, at an elevation of 8640 ft (2630 m), is the highest point of I-80; the summit offers a rest area, which features a bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln (16th US president), commemorating the Lincoln Highway, one of the earliest transcontinental highways, which also reached its high point in the Laramies. Descending from Sherman Summit, the 80 passes the very small town of Buford (population: 1) and soon after reaches Cheyenne, the largest city and state capital of Wyoming, and Interstate 25. I-80 intersects Interstate 180/US 85, which provides access to downtown before climbing Archer Hill and entering Nebraska.

After passes a westbound weigh station, I-80 heads southwest along the crest of Archer Hill and runs closely parallel to the Colorado state line to the south. Leveling out of the hill, the highway heads east into Sidney, crossing US 385, before heading southeast again and passes a scenic overlook at O'Fallon's Bluff, which also happens to be a secret road in ATS. After crossing the South Platte River, I-80 meets the eastern terminus of Interstate 76, and soon afterwards, the highway enters the Central Time Zone and the Great Plains as it approaches Ogallala, where it meets the eastern terminus of US 26. Midway between Ogallala and North Platte, I-80 passes by a rest area before intersecting US 83 in North Platte. Just east of North Platte, I-80 approaches a weigh station, with scales on both sides, and then crosses the Platte River (while it also runs parallel across southern Nebraska) before approaching its junction with US 183, which features a truck stop. After a few miles, the highway passes under the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, which features a westbound rest stop. Just past the arch, Interstate 80 crosses US 281, just south of Grand Island. Interstate 80 crosses the Platte River a second time and passes through York before entering Lincoln, the state capital of Nebraska, which parallels a rendered portion of US 6 and intersects US 77. For the third and final time, I-80 crosses the Platte River before entering Omaha, the largest city in the state; its first approaching auxiliary route, Interstate 680, serves as a bypass route around Omaha, while I-80 travels near downtown and currently ends at Interstate 480 (another auxiliary route in the city) and US 75, where it will eventually continue into Iowa.

It is worth noting the historical significance of I-80's route. From Sacramento to Fort Bridger (the nearest in-game town being Little America), the highway follows the route of the California Trail by way of the Hastings Cutoff, a mid-19th century wagon trail notably followed by the infamously ill-fated Donner Party, the namesake of Donner Pass. From Sacramento to Omaha, Nebraska, the highway follows the general route of the First Transcontinental Railroad, the railroad's legacy being prominent in the string of cities along the highway in Wyoming. I-80 has also, for the most part, superceded the route of the Lincoln Highway, which, dedicated in 1913, is one of the earliest transcontinental highways.

Cities

California

• San Francisco
• Oakland
• Sacramento
• Truckee

Scenery towns

• Richmond
• Crockett
• Vallejo

Nevada

• Reno
• Winnemucca
• Elko

Scenery towns

• Verdi
• Battle Mountain
• Wells
• West Wendover

Utah

• Salt Lake City

Scenery towns

• Wendover
• Garfield
• Silver Summit

Wyoming

• Evanston
• Rock Springs
• Rawlins
• Laramie
• Cheyenne

Scenery towns

• Little America
• Green River
• Creston Junction
• Sinclair

Nebraska

• Sidney
• North Platte
• Grand Island
• Lincoln
• Omaha

Scenery towns

• Chappell
• Ogallala
• Elm Creek
• York

Exit list

California

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
San Francisco	0		--	The Embarcadero		West terminus in game
	25		--	San Franciso–Oakland Bay Bridge Toll Booth		Westbound only toll Eastbound only rest area
Oakland	27		8 B	IS580 I-580 East – Oakland		West end of I-580 concurrency
Berkeley	41		11	University Avenue
Richmond			13	IS580 I-580 West – Point Richmond, San Rafael		East end of I-580 concurrency Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Crockett			27	Pomona Street – Crockett
Vallejo			----	Carquinez Bridge Toll Booth		Toll eastbound only
			33	CA37 SR 37 West – Napa, Novato, San Rafael
Sacramento			82	USCA50 US 50 East – Sacramento, South Lake Tahoe		US 50 exit 1 A
			85	West El Camino Avenue
			86	IS5 I-5 – Los Angeles, Redding		I-5 exit 522
			174	Soda Springs, Norden
			----	Rest area
Truckee			185	CA89 SR 89 – Central Truckee, Donner Lake
			----	Border Protection Station, weigh station		Westbound only

Nevada

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Reno			13	Virginia Street – Downtown
	243		15	IS580US395 I-580 South / US 395 – Carson City, Susanville		I-580 and US 395 exits 68 A–B
	250		--	Reno
	287		--	Weigh Station		Eastbound only
Winnemucca	423		--	Winnemucca		Access to US 95 North
Battle Mountain	443		--	SR 305 South – Tonopah
Elko	523		301	NV225 SR 225 – Elko Downtown, Boise
	527		303	Elko East
	542		----	Weigh Station
Wells	562		352	US93 US 93 – East Wells, Ely, Twin Falls		East terminus in base game West end of US 93 Alt. concurrency
West Wendover	628		410	USALT93 US 93 Alt. South – West Wendover, Ely		East end of US 93 Alt. concurrency

Utah

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
	650		--	Port of Entry The Bonneville Salt Flats		Eastbound only
Salt Lake City	718		104	UT202 SR-202 - Saltair Dr.
	729		113	UT172 SR-172 - 5600 West
	733		120	IS15 I-15 North - Ogden		Eastbound TOTSO West end of I-15 concurrency
	737		121	SR-269 East - 600 South		Eastbound only Inaccessible
	749		123 A	UT201 SR-201 West - West Valley		Westbound only Inaccessible
	752		123 B	IS15 I-15 South - Las Vegas		Westbound TOTSO East end of I-15 concurrency
Silver Summit	770		146	US40US189 US 40 East / US 189 South - Heber City, Provo, Vernal		West end of US 189 concurrency
	784		--	Rest Area
	790		168	IS84 I-84 West - Ogden
			--	Port of Entry		Westbound only

Wyoming

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
			--	Port of Entry		Eastbound only
Evanston			3	BU80USBUS189WY89 I-80 BL / US 287 Bus. East to WYO 89 – Harrison Drive
			6	BU80USBUS189WY89 I-80 BL / US 287 Bus. West to WYO 89 – Bear River Dr		East end of US 189 concurrency
			66	US30 US 30 West – Kemmerer, Pocatello		West end of US 30 concurrency
Little America			68	Little America		Access to NAMIQ depot
Rock Springs			99	US191 US 191 South – E Flaming Gorge Rd		West end of US 191 concurrency
			102	BU80USBUS30 I-80 BL / US 30 Bus. East – Dewar Drive		Access to Wallbert depot
			104	US191 US 191 North – Elk Street		East end of US 191 concurrency
Creston Junction			187	WY789 WYO 789 South – Creston Junction, Baggs		West end of WYO 789 concurrency
Rawlins			209	Johnson Rd
			211	BU80WY789US287 I-80 BL East / WYO 789 North to US 287 – Spruce Street		East end of WYO 789 concurrency
			215	BU80US287WY789 I-80 BL West / US 287 North to WYO 789 – Cedar Street		West end of US 287 concurrency
Sinclair			221	Sinclair		East end of US 30 / US 287 concurrency
Laramie			310	BU80US30US287 I-80 BL East to US 30 / US 287 – Curtis Street
			316	BU80US30 I-80 BL West / US 30 West – Grand Ave		West end of US 30 concurrency
			323	WY210 WYO 210 – Happy Jack Road
Cheyenne			357	BU80US30WY222 I-80 BL East / US 30 East / WYO 222 North – Roundtop Rd		East end of US 30 concurrency
			359 A, C	IS25US87 I-25 / US 87 – Fort Collins, Casper
			362	IS180US85 I-180 / US 85 – Central Ave, Greeley		East terminus in game
IS80 Interstate 80 continues east inaccessibly

Business Routes

Interstate 80 Business Loop shield

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Cities

Interstate 80 has business routes in 6 cities:

• Sacramento
• Evanston
• Rock Springs
• Rawlins
• Laramie
• Cheyenne

California

Sacramento

Business 80 - Sacramento, CA

Interstate 80 Business is a business loop that runs through Sacramento. The entirety of the route runs a concurrency with US 50 and does not rejoin I-80 at another end of the freeway in the game. The freeway beings at exit 82 of I-80 west of the city. From west to east, the freeway has interchanges with Harbor Boulevard and I-5 until reaching its eastern terminus with SR 16 east of the city.

Major intersections and facilities

mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
0	0	----	IS80 I-80 west – San Francisco		West terminus; road continues as I-80
		1 A	IS80 I-80 east – Reno		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-80 exit 82
		1 B	Harbor Boulevard
		4	IS5 I-5 – Los Angeles, Redding		I-5 exit 518
		9	CA16 SR 16 east (Power Inn Road) – Howe Avenue		East terminus; US 50 continues east inaccessibly

Wyoming

Evanston

I-80 Bus. - Evanston, WY

Interstate 80 Business and US 189 Business are business loops that run through Evanston. The highway begins at exit 3 of I-80 and US 189; the ramp from westbound I-80 to the business route lies east of the other three ramps of the diamond interchange. The business routes heads east along Harrison Drive, which veers northeast onto 11th Street at the western edge of the city street grid. In the downtown area, I-80 Bus. turns southeast onto Front Street. At the intersection of Front Street and Sixth Street, which is the northern terminus of WYO 150 and the southern terminus of WYO 89, the business route turns north and crosses a rail line. The highway turns east onto Bear River Drive and follows that road until it rejoins with I-80 at exit 6.

Major intersections and facilities

TBA

Rock Springs

I-80 Bus. - Rock Springs, WY

Interstate 80 Business and US 30 Business are business loops that run through Rock Springs. The highway follows the entirety of Dewar Drive from exit 102 of I-80 to its eastern terminus with Elk Street and A Street.

Major intersections and facilities

TBA

Rawlins

I-80 Bus. - Rawlins, WY

Interstate 80 Business and US 30 Business are business loops that run through Rawlins. The highway begins at I-80 Exit 211 on the western edge of the city and heads east concurrently with WYO 789 along Spruce Street. In downtown Rawlins, at the intersection of Spruce Street and Third Street, the business route turns south onto Third Street, WYO 789 turns north onto Third Street, and the business route begins to run concurrently with US 287. I-80 Bus. and US 287 then turn east onto Cedar Street. The highways meets the southern end of US 287 Bypass (Higley Boulevard) shortly before reaching its eastern end at I-80 Exit 215. Within the trumpet interchange on the south side of I-80, the interchange ramps meet the western end of WYO 76, which heads east toward Sinclair.

Major intersections and facilities

TBA

Laramie

I-80 Bus. - Laramie, WY

Interstate 80 Business is a business loop that runs through Laramie. I-80 Bus. begins at I-80 Exit 310 and heads east along Curtis Street. The business route turns south onto Third Street, along which the highway runs concurrently with US 30 and US 287. In downtown Laramie, I-80 Bus. and US 30 turn east onto Grand Avenue. The highway curves southeast and leaves the city of Laramie just north of its end at the trumpet interchange of I-80 Exit 316.

Major intersections and facilities

TBA

Cheyenne

I-80 Bus. - Cheyenne, WY

Interstate 80 Business is a business loop that runs through Cheyenne. The highway begins at the northern terminus of WYO 222, which is located north of I-80 Exit 357, and follows West Lincolnway to downtown. The business route ends at US 85, I-25 Bus., and the northern end of I-180.

Major intersections and facilities

TBA

History

Map of Interstate 80 in the San Francisco Bay Area in the initial version of the game.

• In the initial version of American Truck Simulator, Interstate 80 was split in two sections. The first section began at the Embarcadero in San Francisco and headed east over the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Where Interstate 80 currently intersects with Interstate 580 and continues north, it turned to the south and continued as Interstate 580. The second section began at the junction with SR 37 between San Rafael and Sacramento and ended at US 93 in Wells.

• In update 1.5, as part of the 1:35 to 1:20 map rescale, the section of Interstate 80 from Oakland to SR 37 was added. Between Sacramento and Wells, new sections, including Donner Pass, were added to the existing route to accommodate the new map scale. In Reno, the diamond interchange with Interstate 580 and US 395 was changed to a "Spaghetti Bowl" junction.

• In update 1.32, the diamond interchange with Reed Avenue in Sacramento was changed to a folded diamond interchange, and the cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 5 was changed to a cloverstack interchange.

• In the initial version of the Utah map expansion DLC, the section of Interstate 80 from US 93 in Wells to Interstate 84 and US 189 east of Salt Lake City was added.

• In the initial version of the Wyoming map expansion DLC, the section of Interstate 80 from Interstate 84 and US 189 east of Salt Lake City to Interstate 180 and US 85 in Cheyenne was added.

• In update 1.44, as part of the second phase of the California rework, the section of Interstate 80 from Berkeley to Reno was completely reworked, including a complete rework of Sacramento and Truckee. The diamond interchange in Richmond was removed as SR 4 was removed west of Stockton, all other junctions were rebuilt, and the semi-directional T interchange with US 50 and unsigned I-80 Business in Sacramento and the diamond interchange with Donner Pass Road northwest of Truckee were added. The scenery towns of Crockett, Vallejo, and Verdi were added. The Carquinez Bridge with a toll gate, a Border Protection Station northeast of Truckee, a rest area northwest of Truckee, and a truck stop in Sacramento were added. The truck stop west of Reno was removed.

• In update 1.50, as part of Phase 3 of the California rework, The Fremont Street ramp was rebuilt and the King Street ramp onto the Embarcadero was closed. Eastbound traffic can assess the Embarcadero from Bryant Street. Interstate 80 now connects to 101 at the Mission Stack Interchange a mile away. The McArthur Maze was rebuilt but to fit it in University Ave in Berkley was taken out and Powell Street in Emeryville was put in in its place. The Bay Bridge has been completely rebuilt and all three lanes and the bike path were installed. to put it in the rest area at the toll plaza was taken out and the 580 on ramp was moved so The McArthur Maze can be put in along with Interstate 980 which is inaccessible. In real life trucks are prohibited on 980 and part of 880 because Oakland banned trucks and all truck traffic must use 580 to get around town.

• In the initial version of the Nebraska map expansion DLC, the section of Interstate 80 from Interstate 180 and US 85 in Cheyenne to Interstate 480 and US 75 in Omaha was added.

Gallery

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  Donner Pass (before update 1.44)

See also

• Information about Interstate 80 in real life