How to get from San Diego to San Francisco by car, truck, walk, bike

Distance between San Diego and San Francisco is 738 kilometers (458 miles).
Driving distance from San Diego to San Francisco is 806 kilometers (500 miles)

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4 Ways from San Diego (United States/California) to San Francisco (United States/California)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto C Street 84 m
2. Turn right onto 1st Avenue 810 m
3. Turn left 109.43 km
4. Keep left onto San Diego Freeway, I 5 12.07 km
5. Continue onto San Diego Freeway, I 5 1.31 km
6. Keep right onto San Diego Freeway, I 5 567 m
7. Keep left onto Santa Ana Freeway, I 5 4.34 km
8. Keep left onto I 5 6.17 km
9. Keep right 2.97 km
10. Keep left 15.53 km
11. Keep right 34.29 km
12. Keep right onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 3.78 km
13. Keep left onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 37.21 km
14. Continue onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 3.60 km
15. Keep right onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 Truck 2.56 km
16. Continue onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 Truck 94.03 km
17. Keep right onto West Side Freeway, I 5 363.34 km
18. Keep left onto William Elton Brown Freeway, I 580 74.63 km
19. Keep right onto MacArthur Freeway 13.24 km
20. Keep left onto MacArthur Freeway, I 580 11.76 km
21. Keep left 1.83 km
22. Keep left onto I 80 715 m
23. Keep right onto I 80 9.20 km
24. Keep left 637 m
25. Turn slight right onto 5th Street 579 m
26. Turn left onto Mission Street 1.02 km
27. Turn right onto 9th Street 205 m
28. Keep left onto Hayes Street 292 m
29. Turn right onto Van Ness Avenue, US 101 192 m
30. Arrive at destination 0 m
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