2004 Changes

December 2004:

Note: There were no updates in October or November to a conspiracy of circumstances, including illness, overbooking of my weekends, and most significantly, an automobile accident involving my father that resulted in his death on November 11, 2004. See  grandpa_a for further details. These December updates are dedicated in his memory.

Updated the legislative information page. Note that a new legislative session started in December 2004, and prior bills and resolutions not passed are dead.

Updated specific highway information on the following routes, based on my research⁽¹⁾ and contributions of information (direct mail or via Usenet) from Eric Armourer⁽²⁾, Shirleigh Brannon⁽³⁾, Brent⁽⁴⁾, Dennis Carr⁽⁵⁾, David Hogan⁽⁶⁾, Laurence Maller⁽⁷⁾, Carl Rogers⁽⁸⁾, Larry Scholnick⁽⁹⁾, Sean Tongson⁽¹⁰⁾: Route 24⁽¹⁰⁾, Route 39⁽⁸⁾, Route 56⁽⁴⁾, Route 93⁽¹⁰⁾, Route 117⁽¹⁰⁾, Route 163^(3,6), Route 229⁽¹⁰⁾, Route 480⁽¹⁰⁾, Route 905^(2,9), I-5⁽¹⁾, I-80^(7,10), I-380⁽¹⁰⁾, and I-710⁽⁵⁾.

Added information on the possible renaming of the Bay Bridge as the Emperor Norton Bridge, first noted on LiveJournal by  internet_addict.

Added information on the Southern Crossing to the San Francisco History page, based on information gleaned from an eBay auction of 'A Report to the Department of Public Works on Additional Toll Crossings of San Francisco Bay' , Division of San Francisco Bay Toll Crossings, Department of Public Works, State of California, November 1948.

Added updated information on El Camino Real, provided by Keith Robinson, Principal Landscape Architect, Landscape Architecture Program Division of Design of Caltrans.

Did the usual round of link updates. As I've noted before, I find I'm reading MTR less and less, especially as I get more active blogging. If you move your site, please let me know if you want the fix relatively quick.

Added some map and map links to the Southern California Map pages. This included adding links to PDF for the 1956 Master Planning Map for Southern California ( Link, 1.5MB) and the 2003 System Status Map ( Link, 4MB). Thanks to Dana Gabbard for forwarded me these maps.

Updated information on the exit numbering program, based on a post from Joe Rouse.

Added some information on the steepest slopes to the first page of the Statistics.

Reviewed the October and December CTC Agendas for items of interest. Noted the following items:

• October 2.1c.(2). Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Application Amendment Approval:

  Project #40 – Route 10; add HOV lanes on San Bernardino Freeway over Kellogg Hill, near Pomona, Route 605 to Route 57 in Los Angeles County. The Department requests an amendment to update project schedule and funding plan previously approved under Resolution TA-02-10.

  Project #85 – Route 56; construct approximately five miles of new freeway alignment between I-5 and I-15 from Carmel Valley to Rancho Penasquitos in the City of San Diego in San Diego County. The Department requests an amendment to update project schedule and funding plan previously approved under Resolution TA-00-02.

  Project #90 – Route 99; widen freeway to six lanes, Kingsburg to Selma in Fresno County. The Department requests an amendment to update project funding plan previously approved under Resolution TA-01-07.

• October 2.3a. Two Route Adoptions:

  US 395. Route Adopting A Controlled Access Highway at 09-Iny-395 KP 114.6/117.2 (PM 71.2/72.8) in Inyo County near Independence. Resolution HRA-04-03

  Route 905. Route Adopting A Freeway at 11-SD-905 KP R16.7/R18.6 (PM R10.6/R11.6) in San Diego County near the Otay Mesa Border Crossing. Resolution HRA-04-04

• October 2.3c. Three Relinquishment Resolutions:

  Route 58. 6-Ker-58, 14-KP 175.4/188.6, 29.9/32.1 Route 58 in the County of Kern Resolution R-3586

  Route 210. 8-SBd-30/210-PM 14.2/15.8 Route 30/210 in the City of Fontana Resolution R-3587

  Route 108. 10-Tuo-108-KP R3.0/7.4 Route 108 in the County of Tuolumne Resolution R-3588

• December 2.1b.(4). STIP Amendment 04S-011. The Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) is requesting this amendment. RCTC proposes to extend the project limits for the Route 91 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes project (PPNO 0092A) in Riverside County to close the gap of the HOV lane in the eastbound direction, between Adams Street and Mary Street. Programmed RIP funds of $13,070,000 for the design phase will remain the same.
• December 2.1c. Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application Approvals/Amendments:

  Project #51 – Route 101/I-405; add auxiliary lane and widen ramp through freeway interchange in Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles County. The Department requests an amendment to update the project schedule and funding plan previously approved under Resolution TA-02-04.

  Route #43 – Route 5; improve Carmenita Road Interchange in Norwalk in Los Angeles County. The Department requests an amendment to update the project schedule and funding plan previously approved under Resolution TA-00-01

• December 2.2c. Environmental Matters – Approval of Projects for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR): Approval of Project for Future Consideration of Funding – Route 138 in San Bernardino County - Realign highway in Cajon Pass (ND). Resolution E-04-31
• December 2.3c.Four Relinquishment Resolutions

  Route 85. 4-SCI-85-PM R16.0 Route 85 in the City of Cupertino Resolution R-3589

  Route 260. 4-Ala-260-PM R0.0/R0.6 Route 260 in the City of Alameda Resolution R-3590

  Route 101. 5-SLO-101-PM 49.3 Route 101 in the City of Atascadero Resolution R-3591

  Route 5. 12-Ora-5-PM 39.6 Route 5 in the City of Anaheim Resolution R-3592

September 2004:

Did the usual round of link updates, although fewer than before. I find I'm reading MTR less and less, especially as I get more active blogging. If you move your site, please let me know if you want the fix relatively quick.

Updated specific highway information on the following routes, based on my research^(DPF) and contributions of information (direct mail or Usenet) from Gary Araki⁽¹⁾, James Bradley⁽²⁾, Dennis Carr⁽³⁾, Robert Cruickshank⁽⁸⁾, Chuck Davis⁽⁴⁾, Mark Roberts⁽⁷⁾, Chris Sampang⁽⁶⁾, and Larry Scholnick⁽⁵⁾: Route 1⁽⁷⁾, Route 4⁽²⁾, Route 22^{(DPF, 3)}, Route 41⁽¹⁾, Route 87⁽¹⁾, Route 89⁽¹⁾, Route 90⁽³⁾,Route 128⁽⁸⁾, Route 187⁽⁵⁾, I-5⁽³⁾, I-10⁽⁴⁾, I-80^(DPF), I-680⁽¹⁾, I-880⁽¹⁾,Historic US 40⁽⁶⁾, US 101^(1,8).

Added a new question to the FAQ:

• Q10. Do you know of a ranking of the various state highway departments in terms of money spent per road mile, etc.?

Updated the page (num-signing.html) that describes signing policy (thanks to information from argatlam), including noting that the specification for every Caltrans sign is now online at http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/signdel/specs.htm. Updated the Statistics page with some information from Rob Carnachan on MTR on the highest public roads.

Updated the legislative information page. Noted the passage of the following:

• AB 2027 (Chan) State Highway Route 260: relinquishment.
  Authorizes the CTC to relinquish to the City of Alameda the portion of Route 260 that is located within the city limits of that city and that is between Atlantic Avenue and Central Avenue. Chaptered August 30, 2004. Chapter 325.

• AB 3047. (Committee on Transportation). Relinquishment of portions of Route 2, Route 170, Route 227.
  Authorizes the commission to relinquish portions of Route 2, Route 170, and Route 227 to specified local agencies under certain conditions. Chaptered 09/21/2004. Chapter 650.
• ACR 152 (Diaz). Michael Evanhoe Interchange/Reverend Cecil "Chip" Murray Overcrossing..
  Designates the interchange of Routes 85 and US 101 in the City of San Jose as the Michael Evanhoe Interchange. Also designates the Western Avenue overcrossing at I-10, in the City of Los Angeles, as the Reverend Cecil "Chip" Murray Overcrossing. Chaptered September 1, 2004. Resolution Chapter 175.
• ACR 209 (Parra). Kern County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway.
  Designates Route 58 between Route 184 and the Kern County/San Bernardino County Line as the Kern County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway. Chaptered September 16, 2004. Resolution Chapter 194.
• ACR 248 (Mountjoy). Donald S. Wieman Vista Point.
  Designates Route 18 in San Bernardino County at post mile 21.4, two miles south of the City of Rimforest, as the Donald S. Wieman Vista Point. Chaptered September 16, 2004. Resolution Chapter 195.
• SB 87 (Hollingsworth) State Highway Route 79
  Changes the definition of Route 79 to be (a) From Route 8 near Descanso to Route 78 near Julian; (b) Route 78 near Santa Ysabel to the Temecula city limits east of Butterfield Stage Road; (c) Temecula city limits south of Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Route 74 near Hemet; and (d) Route 74 near Hemet to Route 10 near Beaumont. The portion within Temecula may be relinquished. The relinquishment agreement shall require that the operations and maintenance of the highways will be administered consistent with professional traffic engineering standards, that appropriate traffic studies or analysis will be performed to substantiate decisions affecting the highways, and that there be allowances for public notice and the consideration of public input on the proximate effects of any proposed decision on traffic flow, residences, or businesses, other than a decision on routine maintenance. Chaptered September 9, 2004. Chapter 386.
• SB792 (Sher, Mullin, Yee). State parks: Martini Creek Bypass.
  Requires the Department of Transportation to sell and transfer certain property under its control in the County of San Mateo as surplus state property to the Department of Parks and Recreation for state park purposes. This bill was in response to San Mateo County Measure T (1996), which proclaimed that the construction of a surface bypass in this area would seriously damage the watersheds, wildlife habitats, and parks of Montara and San Pedro Mountains, and directing the amendment of their local coastal program to provide for a tunnel alternative to such a bypass. After Caltrans determined that a freeway bypass over Montara Mountain ("Devils Slide") is not currently viable, the property located in the existing Martini Creek Devil's Slide bypass right-of-way for the realignment of Route 1 from the northern boundary of the town of Montara (State Parcel Number 39874) to past the alignment summit over Montara Mountain (State Parcel Number 39873 and a large portion of State Parcel Number 39872), hereinafter "the Martini Creek Bypass Alignment," became surplus state property located within the coastal zone. This bill relinquishes the property, in order to add it to the McNee Ranch Acquisition area of Montara State Beach. Surprisingly, this transfer removes the last hurdle for the state Department of Transportation, which has been trying since the late 1950s to create a bypass for slide-prone Highway 1 between Pacifica and Montara. Caltrans officials hope to begin work in January 2005 on a pair of 4,000-foot tunnels that will speed drivers under San Pedro Mountain, completing the project by 2010. San Mateo County approved the $270 million project in May, but the tunnel was held up when the state Coastal Commission filed an appeal in July, pending transfer of the surplus Caltrans property near the tunnel to the state Parks Department. Chaptered September 9, 2004. Chapter 390.
• SB 1375 (Scott). State Highway Route 164.
  Relinquishes portions of Route 164, changing the definition to be "Rosemead Boulevard from: (1) Gallatin Road near Pico Rivera to the northern city limit of Temple City in the vicinity of Callita Street and Sultana Avenue. (2) The northern city limit of Temple City in the vicinity of Callita Street and Sultana Avenue to the southern city limit of the City of Pasadena." It also permits relinquishment to the County of Los Angeles that portion of Route 164 described as (2) pursuant to the terms of a cooperative agreement between the county and the department, upon a determination by the commission that the relinquishment is in the best interests of the state. Said relinquishment becomes effective immediately following the recordation by the county recorder of the relinquishment resolution containing the commission's approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment; at that point, the relinquished portion of Route 164 ceases to be a state highway, and cannot be considered for future readoption. Further, the County of Los Angeles shall maintain within its jurisdiction signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route 164. Chaptered September 9, 2004, Chapter 396.
• SB 1578 (Romero). State Highway Route 39: Relinquishment
  Authorizes the CTC to relinquish any portion of Route 39 in the City of West Covina in Los Angeles County under certain conditions. Chaptered September 9, 2004. Chapter 399.
• SCR 78 (Cedillo). Bill Keene Interchange.
  Designates the interchange of State Highway Routes 101 and 110 in the City of Los Angeles as the Bill Keene Interchange. Chaptered August 30, 2004. Resolution Chapter 165.
• SCR 84 (Denham). Larry Combs Memorial Rest Stop.
  Designates the Westly rest stop on I-5 as the "Larry Combs Memorial Rest Stop." Chaptered August 30, 2004. Resolution Chapter 166.

Reviewed the September CTC Agenda for items of interest. Noted the following items:

• 2.2c.(2). Approval of Project for Future Consideration of Funding – Route 1 in Mendocino County – Realign Route 1 near Point Arena. There was a negative Environmental Declaration. This is between Schooner and Hearn Gulch, N of Iverson Point.
• 2.2c.(8). Approval of Project for Future Consideration of Funding – Route 87 in Santa Clara County – Construct high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in San Jose. There was a negative Environmental Declaration. This is between Route 85 and near Julian Street.
• 2.2c.(9). Approval of Project for Future Consideration of Funding – Route 80 in Sacramento and Placer Counties – Add high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in both directions in Roseville and Rocklin (FEIR).
• 2.2c.(10). Approval of Project for Future Consideration of Funding – Route 905 in San Diego County – Construct six-lane freeway near San Diego (FEIR).
• 2.3c. Three Relinquishment Resolutions
  • 5-SLO-101-PM 0.6/0.8 Route 101 in the County of San Luis Obispo. This is frontage road, along Hutton Road, between Cuyama Lane and 0.2 mi S of Cuyama Lane.
  • 5-SCr-152-KP T2.9/T3.7 Route 152 in the City of Watsonville. This is frontage road and reconstructed city streets along Longview Drive, from 131m W of Pennsylvania Dr. to 164m E of Auto Center Dr.
  • 12-Ora-5-PM 39.1/39.2 Route 5 in the City of Anaheim. This is frontage road and reconstructed city street at Manchester Court and Lincoln Avenue.
• 2.3d. One Vacation Resolution: 6-Ker-58, 14-KP 173.5/175.5, 29.9/30.6 Route 58, Route 14 in the County of Kern. This is former portions of Route 58 between Route 58 and Business Route 58 West and at the Route 58/Route 14 interchange that have been superseded by new alignments.

August 2004:

Did the usual round of link updates. Added some information on call box numbering. Added some information on Control Cities. Added some updates on the exit numbering schedule.

Updated specific highway information on the following routes, based on contributions of information (direct mail or Usenet) from Argatlam⁽¹⁾, Brent⁽²⁾, Dennis Carr⁽³⁾, Patrick Carroll⁽⁴⁾, Robert Cruickshank⁽⁵⁾, Jeremy Hannon⁽⁶⁾, Nancy Helmick⁽⁷⁾, Patrick Gunderson⁽⁸⁾, Carl Rogers⁽⁹⁾, Chris Sampang⁽¹⁰⁾, Larry Scholnick⁽¹¹⁾, Jim Thompson⁽¹²⁾, Sean Tongson⁽¹³⁾:Route 29⁽⁵⁾, Route 56⁽⁹⁾, Route 58⁽¹⁰⁾, Route 60⁽¹¹⁾, Route 84⁽²⁾, Route 91⁽¹¹⁾, Route 99⁽⁶⁾, Route 111⁽¹¹⁾, Route 120⁽⁶⁾, Route 133⁽³⁾, Route 140⁽⁹⁾, Route 160^(1,10),Route 262⁽¹³⁾,I-5⁽⁴⁾⁽⁷⁾, I-215⁽¹¹⁾, I-605⁽¹²⁾, Historic US 40⁽⁵⁾, Historic US 80⁽⁸⁾, US 101⁽¹¹⁾, US 395⁽¹⁰⁾.

Noted that California Highways was cited in the recent California Performance Review. You can find some additional comments (http://cahwyguy.livejournal.com/39134.html) on this in my blog. (http://cahwyguy.livejournal.com/). I have also had reports that this site a reference for the Fremont Public Library, and for Caltrans. Please note: If you observe any links that still use the old "Pacificnet" address, let them know that "www.pacificnet.net/~faigin/CA-HWYS" should be changed to "www.cahighways.org".

Updated the legislative information page. Noted the passage of the following:

• AB 2823 (Benoit). Highway signs.
  This bill authorizes Caltrans to place and maintain signs on state highways directing motorists to culturally unique and historically significant communities if certain conditions are satisfied. Specifically, signs can be placed on state highways directing motorists to communities within the geographical boundaries of a city, county, or city and county if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The name of the community is culturally unique and historically significant. (b) The name of the community has resulted from the influence of a culture over a significant period of time. (c) The general public and media commonly recognize the name of the community. (d) The community is located within a city, county, or city and county. (e) Signs are consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system. (f) The geographical boundary of the community is within three miles of the state highway exit. (g) Trailblazing signs are installed on the appropriate streets or roads prior to installation of signs on the state highway. (h) The city, county, or city and county provides funds from nonstate sources that cover all costs for the Department of Transportation to place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, appropriate signs on state highways. (i) The governing body of the city, county, or city and county in which the community is located adopts a resolution that designates the name of the community that is to be used on directional signs, defines the geographical boundaries of the community, and requests the department to post signs on state highways. Chaptered August 16, 2004. Chapter 238.
• ACR 133 (Bates). Oceanside Police Officer Tony Zeppetella Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 76 between the North Coast Highway and Douglas Drive in the City of Oceanside as the "Oceanside Police Officer Tony Zeppetella Memorial Highway". Chaptered August 11, 2004, Chapter 137
• ACR 142 (Chavez). Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff David W. March Memorial Interchange.
  Designates the interchange of I-605 and I-210 as the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff David W. March Memorial Interchange. Chaptered July 16, 2004. Chapter 122.
• ACR 145 (Nakano). Martin L. Ganz Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of I-405 between Rosecrans Avenue in the City of Manhattan Beach and Hawthorne Boulevard in the City of Lawndale as the Martin L. Ganz Memorial Highway. Chaptered August 19, 2004. Chapter 148
• ACR 151 (Cox). George M. Clark Memorial Bicycle Bridge.
  Designates the bicycle bridge on the Hazel Avenue overpass over US 50 as the George M. Clark Memorial Bicycle Bridge. Chaptered August 19, 2004, Chapter 149.
• ACR 156 (Frommer). Burbank Police Officer Matthew Pavelka Memorial Freeway.
  Designates the portion of I-5 between West Burbank Boulevard in the city of Burbank and Hollywood Way in the City of Los Angeles as the Burbank Police Officer Matthew Pavelka Memorial Freeway. Chaptered August 19, 2004, Chapter 150.
• ACR 162 (Kehoe). CHP Officer Dean E. Beattie Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 163 between I-8 and I-805 in the City of San Diego as the CHP Officer Dean E. Beattie Memorial Highway. Chaptered July 16, 2004, Chapter 123.
• ACR 163 (Spitzer). CHP Officer Shannon Distel Memorial Interchange.
  Designate the interchange at I-15 and Route 91 within the City of Corona in the County of Riverside as the Officer Shannon Distel Memorial Interchange. Chaptered August 19, 2004, Chapter 151.
• ACR 179 (Leslie). Officer Mark A. White Memorial Highway.
  Designate the portion of Route 65 between the intersection with Sunset Boulevard and the intersection with Route 193 in Placer County as the Officer Mark A. White Memorial Highway. Chaptered July 16, 2004, Chapter 126.
• ACR 180 (Bogh). Blue Star Memorial Highway.
  Designate the portion of Route 62 from its junction with I-10 to Adobe Road in Twenty-nine Palms as a Blue Star Memorial Highway. Chaptered July 16, 2004, Chapter 127.
• ACR 185 (McCarthy). Petroleum Highway.
  Designate the portion of Route 33 in Kern County between Route 46 and Route 166 as the Petroleum Highway. Chaptered July 16, 2004, Chapter 128.
• ACR 189 (La Malfa). Bernie Richter Memorial Highway.
  Designates the 5-mile segment of Route 99 south of its intersection with Route 70 in the County of Sutter as the Bernie Richter Memorial Highway. Chaptered August 17, 2004, Chapter 142.
• AJR 63 (Maze). State Highway Route 99.
  Would request the President and Congress of the United States to enact legislation to include Route 99 in the interstate highway system. Chaptered August 19, 2004, Chapter 153.
• SCR 50 (Ashburn) David W. Manning Memorial Freeway.
  Designates Route 178 between M Street and Fairfax Road in the City of Bakersfield in Kern County as the "CHP Officer David W. Manning Memorial Freeway." Chaptered July 16, 2004, Chapter 117.
• SCR 53 (Hollingsworth). Firefighter Steven Rucker Memorial Highway.
  Designate the portion of Route 79 from the intersection with Route 78 in Santa Ysabel to the intersection with Engineers Road in Cuyamaca in San Diego County as the Firefighter Steven Rucker Memorial Highway. Chaptered July 8, 2004, Chapter 114.
• SCR 64 (Ducheny). Fire Chief F.S. "Pete" Pedroza Memorial Highway.
  Designate the portion of Route 111 from I-8 to E. Jasper Road near the City of Calexico in the County of Imperial as the Fire Chief F.S. "Pete" Pedroza Memorial Highway. Chaptered July 8, 2004. Chapter 116.
• SCR 65 (Speier). Officer Eugene A. Doran and Marine Lance Corporal Patrick M. Doran Memorial Bridge.
  Redesignate the Eugene A. Doran Memorial Bridge on I-280 at San Mateo Creek, north of Route 92, in the County of San Mateo as the Officer Eugene and Marine Lance Corporal Patrick M. Doran Memorial Bridge. Chaptered August 12, 2004, Chapter 138.
• SCR 67 (McPherson). CHP Officer John Pedro Memorial Highway.
  Designate that portion of Route 1 between 0.1 mile north of the Green Valley Road and 0.1 mile north of the Pajaro River bridge the "CHP Officer John Pedro Memorial Freeway." Chaptered July 16, 2004, Chapter 118.
• SCR 68 (Chesbro). John Castro Memorial Interchange.
  Permit designation (via encroachment permits) of the interchange of Route 29 and Trancas Road in Napa County as the John Castro Memorial Interchange. Chaptered July 16, 2004, Chapter 119.
• SCR 69 (Chesbro). Everett and Louella Thomas Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of US 101 from Patrick's Point Undercrossing to four miles north of that undercrossing in Humboldt County as the Everett and Louella Thomas Memorial Highway. Chaptered July 16, 2004, Chapter 120.
• SCR 70 (Ducheny). Victor V. Veysey Expressway.
  Designates the portion of Route 78 "Brawley Bypass" from Route 86 near Brawley to the Highline Canal east of Brawley, in the County of Imperial as the Victor V. Veysey Expressway. This measure would also designate the western terminus of the Ben Hulse Highway to be the junction of Route 78 and Route 111, upon its construction. Chaptered July 16, 2004, Chapter 121.

Reviewed the August CTC Agenda (there was no July meeting) for items of interest. Many of the items this time dealt with transit or rail improvements. Noted the following items:

• 2.1c.(2).
  • Project #60.1 – Route 15; southbound truck climbing lane at two locations in San Bernardino County. The Department requests an amendment to deprogram $95,000 in TCR funds, update funding plan and project schedule previously approved under Resolution TA-01-01.
  • Project #91 – Route 180; build new expressway east of Clovis, Clovis Avenue to Temperance Avenue in Fresno County. The Department and the Council of Fresno County Governments request an amendment to update project schedule and funding plan previously approved under Resolution TA-01-07.
• 2.1c.(3). Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Application Amendment Approval. Two application amendments, no net change in TCR funding. Project #87.1 and #87.2 — Route 94/Route 125; build two new freeway connector ramps at Route 94/125 in Lemon Grove in San Diego County. The Department requests an amendment to transfer $490,000 of TCRF savings to TCRP Sub-Project #87.2 (below), and update the overall funding plan previously approved under Resolution TA-00-02.
• 2.2a. Environmental Matters – Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Route 65 in Tulare County – Widen to four-lane expressway near Terra Bella (NOP).
• 2.2c. Environmental Matters – Approval of Projects for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR)
  • Approval of Project for Future Consideration of Funding – Route 395 in Inyo County – Widen to four-lane expressway near Independence (ND). Resolution E-04-15
  • Approval of Project for Future Consideration of Funding – Route 219 in Stanislaus County – Widen to four lanes near Salida (ND). Resolution E-04-16
  • Approval of Project for Future Consideration of Funding – Route 99 in Sutter County – Widen to four lanes near Yuba City (FEIR). Resolution E-04-17
• 2.3c. One Relinquishment Resolution — 12-Ora-5-PM 35.0 Route 5 in the City of Anaheim Resolution R-3582. This is reconstructed city street at Katella Ave.

July 2004:

Did the usual link updates, based on postings on misc.transport.road.

Updated specific highway information on the following routes, based on contributions of information from Paul D. DeRocco⁽¹⁰⁾, Chris Sampang⁽⁵⁾, Andrew Tompkins⁽⁹⁾, as well as my own research (no indicator): Route 56, Route 58⁽¹⁰⁾, Route 75, Route 91, Route 94, Route 134, Route 148⁽⁵⁾, I-880⁽⁹⁾, I-980⁽⁹⁾

Updated the legislative information page. No bills were passed during the review period. There is no agenda yet for the July CTC meeting, perhaps it isn't happening.

June 2004:

Did more related to the move off of Pacificnet. Created an "I've moved" page, which you'll see if you refer to an old Pacificnet address.

Did the usual link updates, based on postings on m.t.r. and mail received.

Updated specific highway information on the following routes, based on the contributions of information from Shirleigh Brannon⁽⁶⁾, Hank Fung⁽⁹⁾, Jonathan Goff⁽²⁾, Scott Rux⁽¹³⁾, JSte77⁽⁵⁾, Calvin Sampang⁽¹⁰⁾, Erik Slotboom⁽¹⁾, Daniel Thomas⁽¹¹⁾, Sean Tongson⁽⁷⁾, Joseph Trujillo⁽¹⁴⁾, as well as my own research (no indicator): Route 1⁽¹¹⁾, Route 2⁽⁹⁾, Route 18,Route 35⁽¹³⁾, Route 37⁽¹⁰⁾, Route 48, Route 68⁽⁷⁾, Route 81⁽⁶⁾, Route 126⁽¹⁴⁾, Route 134⁽¹¹⁾, Route 138⁽²⁾ [High Desert Corridor discussion, for lack of a better place], Route 143^(10,5), Route 249, US 101⁽¹¹⁾I-5⁽¹¹⁾, I-10, I-40, I-80⁽¹⁾, I-405, I-680⁽⁷⁾, I-710⁽¹¹⁾

Added a more explicit "Other Information" section to the front page, to collect some of the pages that don't fit well into the main sections.

Updated the legislative information page. No bills or resolutions were signed in the review period.

Reviewed the June CTC Agenda for items of interest. Noted the following items:

• 2.2a. Environmental Matters - Notice of Preparation (NOP) of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) : Route 101 in Mendocino County - Realign highway near Leggett (NOP). This is a minor realingment to bypass a rockslide.
• 2.2b. Environmental Matters - Comments on Documents in Circulation (Draft EIS/EIR): Route 80 in Sacramento and Placer Counties - Construct freeway improvements in Citrus Heights, Roseville and Rocklin (DEIR).
• 2.2c. Environmental Matters - Approval of Projects for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR):
  • 2.2c.(3). Route 99 in Madera County - Construct a freeway near Fairmead (ND).
  • 2.2c.(4). Controlled Access Highway at 09-Iny-395 KP R104.6/114.6 (PM R65.0/71.2) in Inyo County near Manzanar (ND). This also includes (2.3a) a route adoption.
• 2.3c. Two Relinquishment Resolutions
  • 04-CC-4-PM 0.4 Route 4 in the City of Hercules. This is former alignment and reconstructed city streets.
  • 12-Ora-1-PM 14.1/17.4 Route 1 in the City of Newport Beach.

May 2004:

For the hell of it, started a blog at livejournal, called Observations Along The Road. Added a link to the blog to the front page and to the About Daniel Faigin page (which used to be my Pacificnet home page). The URL is http://www.livejournal.com/users/cahwyguy/. I'm thinking about adding a forum to cahighways.org, in order to collect FAQs. Please let me know if you have any opinions on this.

Began incorporating my backlog of emails and observed material. Did the usual link updates that were announced on misc.transport.road. Please, if you change your site's location, either announce it there or send me email.

Updated specific highway information on the following routes, based on the contributions of information from Patrick Carroll⁽⁶⁾, Robert Cruickshank⁽¹¹⁾, Mark Roberts⁽⁵⁾, Chris Sampang⁽¹⁰⁾, Daniel Thomas⁽²⁾. Note: I've been informed by Joel Windmiller⁽⁹⁾ that much of the information credited below soley to Chris Sampang (especially that related to the Sacramento area) may have come from research conducted jointly, so please consider Joel a part of such contributions as well. Routes updated:Route 13⁽⁹⁾, Route 47⁽²⁾, Route 77⁽⁵⁾, Route 117⁽¹⁰⁾, Route 238⁽⁶⁾, Route 261⁽¹¹⁾, I-280⁽¹⁰⁾, I-380, I-580, I-680, I-710, I-780,US 101⁽¹⁰⁾.

Updated the legislative information page. Noted the passage of the following:

• ACR 115 (Canciamilla). Inspector Raymond J. Giacomelli Memorial Overcrossing.
  Designates the overcrossing at Route 4 and Loveridge Road in the City of Pittsburg in Contra Costa County as the Inspector Raymond J. Giacomelli Memorial Overcrossing
  STATUS: Chaptered May 3, 2004. Chapter 39.
• ACR 121 (La Suer). Semper Fi Highway.
  Designates the section of I-15 between Route 163 and Miramar Road in the County of San Diego as the Semper Fi Highway.
  STATUS: Chaptered May 3, 2004. Chapter 40
• ACR 131 (Cox). William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 50 from Bradshaw Road to the eastern Sacramento County Line as the "William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. Memorial Highway"
  STATUS: Chaptered May 3, 2004. Chapter 41.
• ACR 135 (Runner). Deputy Sheriff Steven Sorensen Memorial Highway.
  Designate the portion of Route 138 from 136th Avenue to 195th Avenue as the "Deputy Sheriff Steven Sorensen Memorial Highway".
  STATUS: Chaptered May 3, 2004. Chapter 42
• SCR 35 (Florez). United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Otis Vincent Tolbert Memorial Highway.
  Designates Route 198 between 18th Avenue and 25th Avenue near Lemoore as the United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Otis Vincent Tolbert Memorial Highway.
  STATUS: Chaptered May 5, 2004, Chapter 51.
• SCR 45 (Chesbro). Frank and Elly Hartmann Memorial Bridge.
  Designates designates the bridge located on Route 29 six miles north of Middletown, as the Frank and Elly Hartmann Bridge.
  STATUS: Chaptered May 5, 2004. Chapter 52.
• SCR 46 (Ashburn). Police Officer Richard Perkins Memorial Highway.
  Designates Route 395 from the southern city limits of Bishop to its intersection with Warm Springs Road in Inyo County as the Police Officer Richard Perkins Memorial Highway.
  STATUS: Chaptered May 5, 2004. Chapter 53.

Reviewed the February, April, and May CTC Agenda for items of interest. Note that the March 2004 meeting had been cancelled. Noted the following items of interest:

• 2004-02 2.1b.(2). The San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) is requesting this amendment. SJCOG proposes to move $16,040,000 in RIP funds from the Route 12 (Bouldin Island) Passing Lanes project (PPNO 7350) to the Tracy Widening, Stage 2 and 3 project (PPNO 7965B), and to move $2,629,000 in RIP funds from Route 12 Kettleman Lane Gap Closure project (PPNO 7398) to the Route 99 Widening in North Stockton project (PPNO 7673). The Route 12 (Bouldin Island) Passing Lanes project and the Route 12 Kettleman Lane Gap Closure project will be removed from the STIP. This also showed up in April 2004.
• 2004-02 2.2c.(1). Environmental Matters – Approval of Projects for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR): Approval of Project for Consideration of Funding – Route 10 in Los Angeles County – Construct an HOV lane in each direction in Baldwin Park, West Covina, Covina, San Dimas, Pomona and unincorporated Los Angeles County (ND).
• 2004-02 2.3a. One Route Adoption – Notice of intention to Consider Rescinding Freeway Adoption. 03-Sut-99-KP-57.9/68.0 (PM 36.0/42.2) & 03-But-99-KP-0.0/21.1 (PM 0.0/13.1) Route 99 in Sutter & Butte County. This was to have been the bypass of Live Oak and Gridley.
• 2004-02 2.3c. Six Relinquishment Resolutions: These have all been seen before; they are roads that were bypassed by freeway or expressway construction.
  • 03-Nev-89-KP 1.4 Route 89 in the Town of Truckee
  • 08-SBd-62-PM 8.7/14.9 Route 62 in the Town of Yucca Valley
  • 08-SBd-66-PM 10.9/17.1 Route 66 in the City of Fontana
  • 11-SD-125-PM 18.1/18.5 Route 125 in the City of El Cajon
  • 11-SD-125-PM 18.8 Route 125 in the City of El Cajon
  • 11-SD-125-PM 19.2 & 19.7 Route 125 in the City of El Cajon Resolution R-3574
• 2004-04 2.2a. Negative EIR: Route 65 in Tulare County - Realign route and construct four-lane expressway near Lindsay (NOP).
• 2004-04 2.3c. Three Relinquishment Resolutions. These are new ones.
  • 01-Lak-175-PM 23.8 Route 175 in the County of Lake. This is right of way at Anderson Springs Road, consisting of reconstructed and relocated county road.
  • 07-LA-105-PM 3.7 Route 105 in the City of Hawthorne. This is between 115th and 116th street, and consists of reconstructed and relocated city street, frontage road, and a cul-de-sac.
  • 08-SBd-58-PM 29.7/39.3 Route 58 in the County of San Bernardino. This is from 0.3 mi E of Dixie Road and the county line, and is routing superseded by the new highway.
• 2004-05 2.3a. One Route Adoption for a Controlled Access Highway at 03-Sut-99 KP 27.0/33.8 (PM 16.8/21.0) in the County of Sutter. This is a bypass and upgrade to controlled access highway that bypasses the town of Tudor, from Central Ave to Route 113.
• 2004-05 2.3c. Two Relinquishment Resolutions:
  • 07-LA-19-PM 12.3/16.6 Route 19 in the City of Pico Rivera. This is the portion of Route 19 from Telegraph Road to Gallatin Road. The relinquishment was authorized by the legislature.
  • 07-LA-105-PM R4.7 Route 105 in the City of Inglewood. This is from Lemoli Ave to Crenshaw Blvd, and consists of reconstructed and relocated city streets and cul-de-sacs.

April 2004:

First and foremost…: Given the problems that have been surfacing at Pacificnet (inability of the system administrators to restore the shell machine, as well as an inability to provide a reliable news feed), moved the site to a new hosting provider (www.westhost.com), and eliminated the URL redirection domain. Please let me know if there are any problems with the new domain. Please correct any of your websites or bookmarks to refer to www.cahighways.org, and not www.pacificnet.net/~faigin/CA-HWYS/. Note that this didn't affect any other redirection domains under cahighways.org.

Updated specific highway information on the following routes, based on the contributions of information from Gary Araki⁽¹⁰⁾, Chris Sampang⁽⁵⁾, and research based on pointers provided by correspondants:Route 4, Route 87⁽¹⁰⁾, I-80⁽⁵⁾, US 101⁽⁵⁾.

Note: Updates for the next few months may be sporadic, as my weekends are pretty busy and that is my only update time. Trust me: If you have sent me an update, I have squirreled it away, and will address it in due time.

March 2004:

Did a pass to eliminate broken and outdated links. As part of this, did an update to the look of the regional links pages. Added new sites based on postings on m.t.r. Note that, at times, my connection to m.t.r is tenuous. To ensure your site gets updated, please send your site update information to updates -at cahighways -dot org (please make the necessary address translations, mublefrotz spammers).

Updated specific highway information on the following routes, based on the contributions of information from Gary Alexander⁽⁶⁾, Eric Armourer⁽⁵⁾, Mike Long⁽²⁾, Chris Sampang⁽¹¹⁾, Larry Scholnick (¹⁰), Sean Tongson⁽⁹⁾ and my own research: Route 4⁽²⁾, Route 58⁽¹¹⁾, Route 85⁽⁹⁾, Route 88⁽¹¹⁾, Route 99⁽⁶⁾, Route 107⁽¹⁰⁾, Route 125⁽⁵⁾, Route 132⁽¹¹⁾, Route 152⁽⁹⁾, Route 156⁽⁹⁾, Route 170⁽¹⁰⁾, Route 180⁽¹¹⁾, Route 203⁽¹¹⁾, Route 275⁽¹¹⁾, US 40⁽¹¹⁾, US 101⁽¹¹⁾, US 199⁽¹¹⁾, US 395⁽¹¹⁾, I-10.

Added a link to Chris Sampang's excellent map (http://members.aol.com/calvin972/sacramento.gif) detailing the routing and signage history of all Sacramento routes. This will be found on my page on The History of Sacramento Freeway Development. I'll note that Chris sends me lots of updates regarding Sacramento history, including lots of information that doesn't make it onto this site for various reasons (usually, because it is city street related or because it is at too low a level for this site). If you need to know the history of Sacramento, contract Chris (Calvin972 -at aol -dot com).

Updated the legislative information page.

February 2004:

Did the usual set of link updates, based primarily on m.t.r postings. If you change the location of your site, please announce it on m.t.r.

Updated specific highway information on the following routes, based on contributions of information from Mike Hawkins, Edward Tike Narry, Chris Sampang, Sean Tongson: Route 1, Route 11, Route 16, Route 24, Route 26, Route 44, Route 49, Route 51, Route 70, Route 72, Route 94, Route 102, Route 111, Route 113, Route 122, Route 138, Route 148, Route 156, Route 173, Route 183, Route 204, Route 207, Route 238, Former Route 275, Route 285, I-80, I-280, I-305,US 40, US 50, US 99, US 101, US 395, LRN 98. Added some links for the Santa Clara County Expressways. Fixed some errors on the County Routes S page.

Added a book to the recommended reading page.

Reviewed the legislative information page. Added numerous new bills and resolutions to the monitoring stack.

Reviewed the January CTC Agenda for items of interest. Note that the December 2003 meeting had been cancelled.. Most of the items involved moving local funds to replace state funds on projects; changing the schedule of projects; and in a few cases (such as Route 43, Route 71), deprogramming funds and suspending the project (primarily, these were widenings). There were two relinquishement resolutions, both held over from December:

• 2.3c. Two Relinquishment Resolutions:
  • 03-Nev-267,89-KP 0.0/2.9,0.9/1.4 Route 267,89 in the Town of Truckee. This is between Georgina Drive on Route 89 and 0.2 Mi SE of Jeorger Road on Brockway Road, which has been superseded by a new alignment.
  • 06-Fre-168-KP R6.39 & R7.09 Route 168 in the City of Fresno. This is relocated and reconstructed city street, including a cul-de-sac.

Reviewed the February CTC Agenda for items of interest. Noted the following:

• 2.1b.(2). The San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) is requesting this amendment. SJCOG proposes to move $16,040,000 in RIP funds from the Route 12 (Bouldin Island) Passing Lanes project (PPNO 7350) to the Tracy Widening, Stage 2 and 3 project (PPNO 7965B), and to move $2,629,000 in RIP funds from Route 12 Kettleman Lane Gap Closure project (PPNO 7398) to the Route 99 Widening in North Stockton project (PPNO 7673). The Route 12 (Bouldin Island) Passing Lanes project and the Route 12 Kettleman Lane Gap Closure project will be removed from the STIP.
• 2.3a. Route Adoption. Notice of intention to Consider Rescinding Freeway Adoption 03-Sut-99-KP-57.9/68.0 (PM 36.0/42.2) & 03-But-99-KP-0.0/21.1 (PM 0.0/13.1) State Route 99 in Sutter & Butte County. This was an alternative for the bypass of the cities of Live Oak and Gridley on Route 99. This was a freeway route adoption. It was 6.2 mi of Route 99 from Encinal Road at PM 36.0 to PM 42.2 in Sutter County, as well as at 13.1 mi route from the Sutter/Butte county line to PM 13.1 in Butte County.
• 2.3c. Route Relinquishments:
  • 03-Nev-89-KP 1.4 Route 89 in the Town of Truckee. This is along the old alignment of Route 89, 1.4 KM N of I-80, which is superseded state highway right of way.
  • 08-SBd-62-PM 8.7/14.9 Route 62 in the Town of Yucca Valley. This is frontage roads in Yucca Valley, from Fairway to Ronald Drive.
  • 08-SBd-66-PM 10.9/17.1 Route 66 in the City of Fontana. This is a portion of Route 66 in Fontana, authorized by SB 857 (Chapter 251, 8/26/2002).
  • 11-SD-125-PM 18.1/18.5 Route 125 in the City of El Cajon. This is relocated and reconstructed city streets, between Tahoe St. and Freeborn Way.
  • 11-SD-125-PM 18.8 Route 125 in the City of El Cajon. This is relocated and reconstructed city street at Navajo Road.
  • 11-SD-125-PM 19.2 & 19.7 Route 125 in the City of El Cajon. This is relocated and reconstructed city street and cul-de-sacs, at Katherine Street and on Sladon Drive.
• 2.3d. Vacation Resolution. 03-Nev-89-KP 1.4/1.7 Route 89 in the Town of Truckee. This is along the old alignment of Route 98, from 1.4 km N of I-80 to 1.7 km N of I-80, which was superseded by new highway.

January 2004:

No changes this month. I've been indulging my other hobby, boardgaming, over at the Board Game Geek. However, I did create a List of Highway Related Games.

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