New push to rename I-580 in Richmond after Jimmy Carter. Yes, the former president.
More than three decades have passed since the John T. Knox Freeway replaced a treacherous four-lane highway stretching from Interstate 80 near Gold...
More than three decades have passed since the John T. Knox Freeway replaced a treacherous four-lane highway stretching from Interstate 80 near Golden Gate Fields west to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. The 6-mile section of Interstate 580 was named in 1980 after then-California Assemblyman Knox, who secured the final pot of money needed to begin construction. But Nat Bates, who served on the Richmond City Council at the time, says the person who really deserves credit for the highway has never gotten his rightful due.