Alviso Adobe

Historical marker location:

3465 Old Foothill Road, Pleasanton, California

( Marker can be reached from Old Foothill Road near Foothill Road.)

Marker installed: 2009

Alviso Adobe Community Park.

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869, but the western terminus of the railroad was actually in Oakland, California. The railroad made it easier and faster to travel across the country, and helped to spur California's economic growth.