October Updates to the California Highways Pages

The October updates to the California Highways pages are now available. The following is the change log for this month.

Did the usual round of link updates (I say this every month, but
that’s why it is usual). Updated the page on exit
numbering.

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research,
and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from
Robert Cruickshank⁽¹⁾, Marc Fannin⁽²⁾, Andy
Gross⁽³⁾, David Klonoff⁽⁴⁾, Kurumi⁽⁵⁾, Chris
Powell⁽⁶⁾, Joseph Rouse⁽⁷⁾, Bill Sharp⁽⁸⁾,
Chris Thomas⁽⁹⁾, Andrew G. Tompkins⁽¹⁰⁾, and Sean
Tongson⁽¹¹⁾: Route 1⁽⁴⁾, Route 35⁽⁴⁾, Route 41⁽²⁾, Route 46⁽²⁾, Route 117⁽¹¹⁾, Route 180⁽⁹⁾, Route 238⁽³⁾, Route 275⁽⁷⁾, US 101^(8,7), I-5⁽¹⁾, I-15⁽⁶⁾, I-40⁽¹⁰⁾, I-210⁽⁶⁾, I-215⁽¹⁰⁾, I-380⁽¹¹⁾, I-680⁽⁵⁾

Updated the legislative information
page. Mostly updates, except for the following chaptered items:

AB 12 (DeVore). Nonprobate transfers: property
conveyances upon death.
Requires the California Law Revision Commission
to study the effect of California’s nonprobate transfer provisions and to study
statutes in other states that establish beneficiary deeds as a means of
conveying real property through nonprobate transfers. The objective of the
study would be to determine whether legislation establishing beneficiary deeds
should be enacted in California. The bill would require the commission to
report its findings to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2007. The bill
would also require the commission, if it recommends that the Legislature adopt
a statutory scheme establishing beneficiary deeds, to also recommend the
content of the proposed statute.
Chaptered September
30, 2005. Chapter 422.
AB 1462 (Torrico) State highways: Route 84.
Existing law authorizes a city or county in which a planned
transportation facility was to be located on Route 238 in Alameda County to
develop and file with the California Transportation Commission a local
alternative transportation program that addresses transportation problems and
opportunities, and provides for the use of revenues from the sales of excess
properties acquired for the planned state facility in order to fund the local
alternative program, but limits the use of revenues from excess property sales
to highway purposes. Existing law provides that the commission may not approve
a local alternative program under these provisions after July 1, 2010. This
bill would extend the applicability of these provisions to a specified portion
of Route 84 in Alameda County.
Chaptered October 6,
2005. Chapter 619.
AB 1527 (Liu) Bank accounts.
Existing law
provides for the regulation of certain depository institutions by the
Department of Financial Institutions, including banks, savings associations,
and industrial banks. This bill would prohibit a depository institution from
using an account number of a consumer deposit account previously held by a
different customer until 3 years have passed since that account was closed.

Chaptered September 22, 2005. Chapter
340.
AB 1566 (Calderon) Identity theft.
Existing law
provides that every person who, with the intent to defraud, acquires,
transfers, or retains possession of the personal identifying information of
another person is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not
to exceed one year, or a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by both that
imprisonment and fine. This bill would provide that a violation of these
provisions with respect to the personal identifying information of a person who
is either a member of the armed forces, or is a member of the armed forces
reserve or the National Guard, who has been called to active duty or active
service and is deployed to a location outside of the state, as specified, is
punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for one year, a fine not to exceed
$1,500, or by both that imprisonment and fine. This bill would incorporate
additional changes in Section 530.5 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 424 that
would become operative only if AB 424 and this bill are both chaptered and
become effective on or before January 1, 2006, and this bill is chaptered
last.
Chaptered September 30, 2005. Chapter
432.
ACR 70 (Umberg) Westminster Police Officer Steven L.
Phillips Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of Route 39 (Beach
Boulevard) between I-405 and Route 22 within the boundaries of the City of
Westminster as the “Westminster Police Officer Steven L. Phillips Memorial
Highway“.
Chaptered September 19, 2005. Resolution
Chapter 132.

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

2.1c(7). Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application
Approvals/Amendments. TCRP Application Amendment to update the project
schedule and funding plan for Project #62.1 – Route 91; add HOV lanes
downtown Riverside, Mary Street to Route 60/Route 215 junction.
2.1c(9). Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application
Approvals/Amendments. TCRP Application Amendment to update the project
schedule and funding plan for Project #107 – Route 205; widen freeway to
six lanes, Tracy to I-5 in San Joaquin County.
2.1c(14). Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application
Approvals/Amendments. TCRP Application Amendment to update the project
schedule for Project #39 – Route 405; add northbound HOV lane over
Sepulveda Pass, Route 10 to Route 101.
2.2c(2). Environmental Matters – Approval of Projects
for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road
Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR). Route 198 in Kings County
– Convert at-grade intersection to partial interchange and upgrade from
urban expressway to freeway in Lemoore.
2.2c(3). Environmental Matters – Approval of Projects
for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road
Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR). Route 205 in San Joaquin
County – Widen to six lanes and rehabilitate existing pavement near
Tracy.
2.3. Relinquishment Resolution. 6-Fre-41-PM 33.0/33.4
Route 41 in the City of Fresno. Relinquishes right of way in the City of
Fresno, from 0.1 mile south of the Perrin Road Undercrossing to the San Joaquin
River Bridge, consisting of superseded highway right of way.
2.3. Relinquishment Resolution. 6-Fre-180-PM R56.7 Route 180 in the City of Fresno. Relinquishes right of way in the City of Fresno, at
G Street and Divisadero Street, consisting of reconstructed and relocated city
streets.
2.3. Relinquishment Resolution. 7-LA-39-PM 9.6/11.7 Route 39 in the City of West Covina. Relinquishes right of way in the City of West
Covina, under terms and conditions as stated in the cooperative agreement dated
July 28, 2005, determined to be in the best interest of the State. Authorized
by Chapter 399, Statutes of 2004, which amended Section 339 of the Streets and
Highways Code.
2.3. Relinquishment Resolution. 10-SJ-99-PM 3.25 &
4.93 Route 99 in the County of San Joaquin. Relinquishes right of way in the
County of San Joaquin, at Olive Avenue and Austin Road, consisting of
reconstructed and relocated county roads, frontage roads and
cul-de-sacs.
2.5c.(1) State Administered STIP Projects on the State
Highway System. The following projects were of interest:

#3. Contra Costa 04N-CC-680 2.9/7.6 Route 680
Northbound and Southbound Auxiliary Lanes. In San Ramon from Bollinger Canyon
Road to Crow Canyon Road and in Danville from Sycamore Valley Road to Diablo
Road. Add auxiliary lanes.

#5 06S-Ker-14 16.2/26.6 Route 14 Expressway
and Interchange. Near Mojave on North Junction Route 58/14 to north of
California City Boulevard. Convert to 4-lane expressway & construct
interchange.
2.5d.(2) Allocations for Projects with Cost Increases Greater
than 120 Percent. Riverside 08-Riv-60 R0.5/R7.5 R0.8/R12.1) Route 60 HOV
Lanes. Near Mira Loma at the Junction of Route 15 to Valley Way. Add 2 HOV and
2 mixed-flow lanes, widen 5 undercrossings and 1 overhead.
2.6e(1). Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Project Allocations
/ Allocation Amendments. Eleven allocation requests totaling $159,827,000
in new TCRP funding for Construction starts. The only one affecting a numbered
state highway relates to the widening of Route 205 near Tracy; all the others
are transit, rail, or local streets.
2.6e(2). Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Project Allocations
/ Allocation Amendments. Four allocation requests totaling $18,684,000 in
TCRP funding for lapsing funds: (1) Inactive projects, allocations being
permitted to expire—Project #61 Route 10 Apache Trail I/C; (2-4) Ready to
Proceed but funds nearing lapse—Project #15, Route 24 Fourth Bore to
Caldecott Tunnel—Project #39 Route 405 NB HOV Lane over Sepulveda
Pass—Project #87.2 Route 94/Route 125 Build two new freeway connector
ramps.
2.6e(3). Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Project Allocations
/ Allocation Amendments. Three allocation requests totaling $17,830,000 in
new TCRP funding. The only one in this package related to the state highway
system is on Route 24, the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel. It was not
recommended for funding.
2.6e(4). Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Project Allocations
/ Allocation Amendments. Eleven allocation amendment requests to
de-allocate a total $34,131,000 in TCRP funding. A number of these are on the
state highway system:

Project #50, Route 71 completion of six miles
of freeway between Route 10 and Route 60.

Project #94, Route 43 widen to four lane
expressway from Kings County line to Route 99.

Project #104, Route 99 build seven miles of
new freeway south of Merced to Healey Road.

Project #105, Route 99 build two miles of new
freeway from Madera Cty line to Buchanan Hollow Road.

I’ll note that its interesting to see the sort of emergency repairs
Caltrans has to do, even though it doesn’t always make it into the highway
pages. For example, from the September 2005 Agenda:

Kern 06U-Ker-5 9.3/9.5 Near Grapevine, 6.4
miles south of Route 99. On June 29, 2005, a tanker truck carrying aviation
fuel crashed, spilled fuel, and ignited at this location. This project will
repair damaged guardrail and median thrie beam barriers. Also 1000-foot segment
of asphalt pavement will be ground down and repaved across four lanes and
shoulders.

San Bernardino 08U-SBd-62 65.0/73.5 Near
Twentynine Palms from 10 miles east of Ironage Street to 4 miles west of
Highway 177. On July 24, 2005, an intense rainstorm occurred in the low desert
area causing flooding, erosion and undermining of roadway. This project will
repair roadway embankment, drainage and pavement in order to reopen the
highway.

San Diego 11S-SD-15 M11.4 In San Diego, at
the south end entry to the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Reversible Express
Lanes (H Avenue Overcrossing). On April 1, 2005, a failure occurred in the
pneumatic popup delineator system due to a major loss in air pressure
(compressor failure). The system failure makes it necessary to manually place
delineators in order to prevent wrong way accidents. This project repairs the
two existing gates, replaces the compressor, and replaces selected leaking
components.

I do occasionally get kudos for the site. Here’s a recent one:

By the way, your website is the best highway related source I
know of on the entire web. It is the most articulate, precise source of
information on California highways I know of. It’s better organized than
Caltrans!!! […]

“cahighways.org” is the “Magnum Opus” of road-based websites.
You’ve done an OUTSTANDING job with this website. As a matter of fact, I have
seen your site referenced in Caltrans documents. Thank you for putting together
such an extensive collection of road information. I admire your patience and
attention to detail.

P.S.: Beware the Tower.