California Highway Headlines for February 2016

[cahwyguy]

February… a month that brings to mind… freeway closures. I’m not talking about closures due to rain, but -maggedon closures of the 101 downtown and the 91 in Corona. But those are now past us, so what else has happened this month: (as always, the information in the linked articles will find its way onto my California Highways website).

• Crews work to tear down major section of old Bay Bridge. Caltrans crews are working to remove a major section of the old Bay Bridge Thursday morning. Crews started working around 6 a.m. to remove the first 504-foot truss span, Caltrans officials said. The removal should take two 14 hour days, according to Caltrans officials.
• Can bigger and brighter signs prevent wrong-way crashes on San Diego freeways?. Wrong-way drivers killed 13 people on San Diego freeways last year, a number that has prompted state officials to take measures to keep motorists going the right way. Caltrans is conducting a pilot program that calls for improved warning devices, such as bigger signs, flashing lights and sensors on offramps along Interstate 15 through much of San Diego County. Researchers will study what systems work to reduce the number of drivers who enter the freeway at those locations.
• Engineers zero in on design for bike path on Bay Bridge western span. Transportation officials are narrowing the final designs for a bike and pedestrian path on the western span of the Bay Bridge, something bike advocates have been dreaming about for decades. But it could still be another decade before the 2.9-mile structure from Yerba Buena Island to San Francisco is funded and built, according to the Bay Area Toll Authority.

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