Has anyone driven Tesla road in Livermore? If so, what is it like.
I was looking at Google maps and found it as an option to taking 580
East.

 

its a nice windy road. it turns into corral hollow. I have driven it quite a few times and the one time I took it during the day there were quite a few cars on there. I figure a bunch of people use it to commute on. As long as you don't get stuck behind a slow car you will be ok, there are a few parts that are pretty windy and so the average person will take it really slow

 

Tesla becomes Corral Hollow as it heads east out of town, and it goes past the Carnegie OHV park.
I'd say it is a very nice alternative to 580, also check out Patterson Pass, which goes through the wind farms between Tesla and 580 or Altamont pass road on the north side of 580.


and yeah to what ish said, it isn't exactly a secret to people who do that commute, and not everyone will want to drive as fast as you might...

 

Thanks for the quick info. I'll be driving with my wife, so there will be a max
G-Force that I will need to keep under.

 

Patterson is a one lane road, Scary as ****. Tesla is a fun road i have drove it hundreds of times. Its comes out on 5 in tracy. Theres another road out there i forget what its called. It goes from the top of the altamont and runs into Patterson.

 

Watch out for gravel. We rode on it during the Mt. Hamilton meet, and it was VERY gravely.

 

That would be Flynn road, from the exit on 580 back in towards livermore

 

try calaveras rd, but take it easy.. lot of bikes/cars these days.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=calave...&start=0&hl=en

 

That won't help you get from Livermore to the central valley though, I think the OP was looking to deal with that specific objective, not looking for a fun road,

although that certainly is a fun road!

 

yea there you go.

 

It's not that gravely right now. I take it every now and then since I now live right off of Corral Hollow in Tracy. If there are no cars on the road and you are able to cruise it decently, it doesn't take any extra time. If any, 10 minutes longer. I've made it from Tracy to Mountain View in an hour on the freeway and back it took 10 minutes longer. There is one section about 3 to 4 miles long that is a little nerve racking, but if you just drive normally its fun.

 

Tesla is a nice enough road if you feel like a change, but don't think you can use it to skip traffic. Everyone travels on Tesla, Patterson Pass, and Altamont Pass roads during commute hours. Unfortunetly, they all end up being slow when trafficed, either due to "complexity" (Tesla and Patterson) or a stop sign (Altamont - eastbound).

FYI, Tesla is usually in really good condition, but it happened to have been repaved around July 4th, so unfortunetly it was salted with gravel.


Some more info from Pashnit.com:

Patterson Pass Rd.: http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/PattersonPass.htm
Tesla / Corral Hollow Rd.: http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/CorralHollow.htm

 

Thanks everyone for the info. I did take Tesla and it worked out. I was trying
to avoid traffic on 580, and while I don't think I saved much time, the road
was more fun to drive than 580.