Auto Mall Pkwy, Baylands

...if you are transferring from 680 to 880, or vice versa. This is very main draggy, shopping plaza oriented with its fair share of gas stations and red lights. It IS easy to get to and offers Fremont some shopping outlets, but by no means is this a place to visit. It is worlds away from the California and Bay Area charm offered further west on the Peninsula and east in the Foothills.

There are some residences nearby and a trailer park right on this main drag, for what it's worth. Given the proximity to two major interstates, this is pretty much guaranteed to be traffic central. I wouldn't call it the worst place in the planet, but there are certainly better spots in the Bay Area.

If you live in Fremont, you can come here to shop. Or you can go somewhere cooler.

This is the street that old-timers called Durham Road. Nowadays the Auto Mall / Grimmer zone is your entryway to the most newly built part of Fremont, which is primarily commercial. This area includes a Costco, upscale restaurant chains including a Claim Jumper's and a P. F. Chang, along with every imaginable chain outlet, ranging from In-N-Out Burgers and Wendy's to Lowe's to Fry's Electronics. If you can mention it, it's probably here. This is also where the Oakland A's stadium is planned to be built.

There is also a mobile home park called Southlake, the only mobile home park in Fremont, along with Durham Greens, a wonderful development with nearly endless amenities, right across from it. One relative calls this the most complete housing complex in Fremont, for you can get any kind of housing configuration at Durham Greens.

There is a complete Fire Department training center a block from Durham Greens, so EMTs and fire personnel are readily available.

Last but not least, this street also offers easy access to Fremont's two Interstate freeways, 680 and 880.