Headlines About California Highways – February 2025

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Twenty-Eight Days. February may be a short month, but it sure seems long. I truly miss the days when I didn’t have to ask every day (or more frequently, it seems) what crap is coming out of Washington DC now. Hard to believe that was less than two months ago. Prices are up, Stocks are down. Good people, including many I know, have lost jobs. NSF and research funding impacts threaten ACSAC. All of this on top of the fires of January, and 2025 has been a very stressful year.

There is a little good news. I plan to put in retirement papers to my employer next week, with a target date on July 1. My daughter has accepted a postdoc at Washington University in St. Louis—my mother’s alma mater. I think she would be proud. The postdoc starts in August; until then, she’s teaching at both Ripon College and UW Madison. The theatre schedule is heating up, meaning at least I have distractions over the weekend.

In terms of other activities: I’ve been a long-time judge at the California Science and Engineering Fair (and also here). I’m now part of the Judges Advisory Committee, and we’re gearing up for an in-person fair on April 13 (alas, the first day of Pesach). WE NEED SCIENCE FAIR JUDGES. If you work in STEM field, and can be in Southern California the weekend of April 13, please sign up to be a judge (I might even be able to provide a seder Saturday night and a guest room). Information on 2025 CSEF Judging is here; please sign up for the alert list. I will likely be the panel chair for the J-MA—Junior Mathematics—again.

The craziness of my schedule, combined with the craziness of Tom’s schedule, means that the podcast release schedule has slipped a bit. We’re scheduled to record episode 2.08 on Tuesday 3/4, after I teach a class on the RMF (NIST 800-37 Rev 2), but I likely won’t have time to edit the episode until sometime the following week, meaning a potential release date of 3/16 (over a month since the last episode). I apologize for the delay.

Retirement will allow me to spend more time on things I enjoy doing, such as working on the highway pages and the podcast. As a reminder: One of the sources for the highway page updates (and the raison d’etre for for this post) are headlines about California Highways that I’ve seen over the last month. I collect them in this post, which serves as fodder for the updates to my California Highways site, and so there are also other pages and things I’ve seen that I wanted to remember for the site updates. Lastly, the post also includes some things that I think would be of peripheral interest to my highway-obsessed highway-interested readers.

I only was able to release one episode of the podcast in February: the episode on the Westside Freeway. It looks like the regular audience is between 60-70 folks, and I’d love to get that number up. You can help. Please tell your friends about the podcast, “like”, “♥”, or “favorite” it, and give it a rating in your favorite podcatcher. For those that hear the early episodes, the sound quality of the episodes does get better — we were learning. If you know sound editing, feel free to give me advice (I use Audacity to edit). As always, you can keep up with the show at the podcast’s forever home at https://www.caroutebyroute.org , the show’s page on Spotify for Creators, or you can subscribe through your favorite podcatching app or via the RSS feeds (CARxR, Spotify for Creators) . The following episode has been posted this month:

• CA RxR 3.07: I-5: The Central Valley: Next up in our exploration of I-5: the segment between the I-5 / Route 99 split and where I-5 meets former US 99W (now Route 113) in Woodland. Generally known as the “Westside Highway”, this was mostly a completely new routing for I-5 along LRN 238, although some portions paralleled former US 50 between Stockton and Sacramento, and Sign Route 16 between Sacramento and near Route 113 in Woodland/Yolo.  As usual, we cover the history of the route, naming, and projects. Subsequent episodes will be looking at (3.08) the planned I-5W; (3.09) the former US 99W portion from Sacramento to Redding; and (3.09) the portion from Redding to the Oregon Border. (Spotify for Creators)

Well, you should now be up to date. Here are the headlines that I found about California’s highways for January.

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Highway Headlines

• Granite inks $88M deal to pave, widen SoCal highway (Construction Dive). Granite Construction has inked an $88 million contract to improve a stretch of winding, mountainous highway in Southern California. The Watsonville, California-based contractor announced the award from the California DOT on Jan. 23 to make safety enhancements on State Route 74 near the city of Lake Elsinore.
• California Transportation Commission Allots $1 Billion for Highway System (Roads and Bridges). On Friday, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated nearly $1 billion for projects aimed at solving mobility challenges and aiding California’s continued effort to make the highway system more resilient to climate change. […] Among the projects approved include $15 million for the installation of electric charging infrastructure to power electric buses at San Mateo County’s SamTrans system, $9.5 million to help pay for new bike lanes, crosswalks, pedestrian push buttons, signal heads and other safety upgrades on an 8-mile segment of SR-82 in Santa Clara County and $6 million for the city of Sacramento to help build a new light rail station serving Sacramento City College.
• City of Fresno wins lawsuit to rename 10-mile stretch of road (CBS 47). New street signs for a 10-mile stretch of road in Fresno were installed Tuesday after the city prevailed in a lawsuit brought on by the community. The city says Kings Canyon Road, Ventura Avenue, and California Avenue now bear the name Cesar Chavez Boulevard. City Hall says the change honors labor rights leader “Cesar Chavez’s enduring legacy” and “aligns with our community’s shared values of justice, equality, and community empowerment.”
• Dixon’s Parkway Boulevard overcrossing project aimed at improving public safety (Yahoo News/KXTL). As the city of Dixon continues to grow, new changes will soon be coming. A new overpass project is underway to connect the city’s east and west sides, which are divided by railroads. The city recently received a $25.2 million federal grant to aid in completing the project. The idea to connect one side of town to the other is over two decades old.
• Bay Area city council supports removing bike lanes, restoring parking (SF Gate). Building more bike lanes has become a major priority for communities across California, but one Bay Area community is going in the opposite direction, potentially spending over $600,000 to rip out recently built bike lanes. The San Mateo City Council unanimously agreed earlier this week to support the removal of controversial bike lanes on Humboldt Street, the longest bike lanes in the city. The immediate removal of the lanes is estimated to cost $620,000, but the entire plan could cost close to $2 million. The contentious meeting, which drew significant public comment, ran until 11 p.m.

• UCLA master’s project on freeway removal, redesign wins national award (Transfers Magazine). UCLA graduate Carolyn Pugh, MURP ‘24 has been named the latest recipient of the Council of University Transportation Centers’ (CUTC) Neville A. Parker Memorial Award for her groundbreaking research on freeway removal and redesign. Pugh accepted the award at the CUTC’s Jan. 4 annual banquet ceremony in Washington, D.C (pictured right). The Parker Award recognizes two students each year for their exceptional master’s projects in the field of transportation policy and planning, and science and technology. This marks the third consecutive year that a UCLA student has won — and the 14th overall since 2002. [Related research by the author also examined the impact on a number of California freeways on minority communities, and we spoke to another of the authors for our episode on the Stockton Crosstown Freeway — DPF]
• Caltrans Scheduled to Activate a No-Right-Turn Sign on State Route 131 (Tiburon Boulevard) Starting on Tuesday, Feb. 11 (Caltrans). Caltrans is scheduled to activate on a no right-turn-on-red sign at State Route 131 (Tiburon Boulevard) and Trestle Glen Boulevard on Tuesday, Feb. 11 starting around 9 a.m. as part of a safety project on the corridor. The sign is a LED Blank-Out Sign. It only illuminates when a right turn is not allowed during a red signal for the Westbound Trestle Glen flow of traffic into the intersection. A High Intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) signal will be activated at SR-131 and Ned’s Way in the coming months as part of the same project.
• ＄＄ Plans to close Vincent Thomas Bridge for 16 months continue to be refined (Daily Breeze). The Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro is scheduled for a full, 16-month closure, starting in late 2025 or early 2026, to replace its aging deck, with plans continuing to be refined, including the development of detour routes. [Google AI Summary — Article could not be retrieved due to paywall – DPF]
• Port interchange work will close Vincent Thomas Bridge on-ramp in San Pedro (MSN/Daily Breeze). Ongoing work to reconfigure ramps serving a major San Pedro interchange will close a 110 Freeway on-ramp around the Vincent Thomas Bridge during nighttime hours through March 15. The 110 on-ramp at Front Street and Harbor Boulevard needs to be closed to allow a truck hauling operation that will remove material in an ongoing $130 million transportation project to reconfigure the major interchange at State Route 47/Vincent Thomas Bridge and Front/Harbor in San Pedro. An alternative on ramp, at John S. Gibson Boulevard to the north, will remain open.
• ＄＄ Caltrans work to close 3 connectors to I-80 interchange with I-680, state route 12 in Fairfield (Napa Valley Register). A construction project at the interchange of Interstate Highways 80 and 680 and State Route 12 in Fairfield will close some connecting lanes overnight Tuesday and Wednesday. Caltrans will close the Green Valley Road off-ramp on eastbound Interstate 80 from 7 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday and the same time Wednesday night into Thursday morning. [Minimal article information could be retrieved due to paywall – DPF]
• San Mateo moves to remove most of bike lanes (San Mateo Daily Journal). The San Mateo City Council supported restoring the majority of the parking spaces that were removed on Humboldt Street to make room for bike lanes that were installed just a couple years ago. The bike lanes along Humboldt Street and Poplar Avenue removed about 200 parking spaces, as part of a $1.5 million federal grant, and the initiative caused an uproar in the neighborhood. A little more than two years later, many residents still want to get rid of the bike infrastructure and reinstall their parking spots — though others prefer the city invest in other alternatives.
• San Rafael traffic roundabout project nears launch (Marin I-J). Caltrans plans to begin construction this spring on a new traffic roundabout at a busy Highway 101 interchange in San Rafael. The project site is along the east side of the highway at Civic Center Drive and Redwood Highway. Traffic from Manuel T. Freitas Parkway and the offramp from northbound Highway 101 also will feed into the roundabout. On Monday, the project team updated the San Rafael City Council on the project’s benefits and construction timeline.
• The Golden Gate Bridge safety net is saving lives: ‘A symbol of care and hope’ (The Guardian). Over the past 20 years, roughly 30 confirmed suicides have been recorded at the Golden Gate bridge each year, or two or three each month. Last year, that number was down to eight. Officials credit a suicide prevention net installed around the structure more than a year ago. “Attempts have also declined since the net was completed,” said Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz, the public affairs director for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, the entity that oversees the historic landmark. “In a typical year before the net, our staff would successfully intervene with up to 200 individuals at the bridge.”
• California invests millions in Bay Area transportation infrastructure (The Bay Link Blog). The California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated nearly $1 billion last week for projects aimed at solving mobility challenges and aiding California’s continued effort to make the highway system more resilient to climate change. […] Among the Bay Area projects approved as noted by Caltrans:
• Marin planners look to advance Highway 101 bus lane project (Marin I-J). Marin transportation planners have renewed their focus on creating a transit-only lane on a congested section of Highway 101. The Transportation Authority of Marin is seeking a contractor to perform an engineering and environmental review of the proposal, which was initially studied in 2021. The project area is a southbound stretch of about 10 miles of between Novato and San Rafael. The estimated $7 million project would create a lane on the highway shoulder and merging lanes, allowing public buses to bypass traffic jams, shaving minutes off commute times.
• A nearly 60-year-old highway quirk still confuses drivers going to Tahoe (MSN/SF Gate). There’s a key turn on the way to Tahoe from the Bay Area that seasoned drivers know by heart as they approach the California capital on the back of Interstate 80. It’s not as unforgiving as certain turns in other parts of the state, but missing the exit to circumvent Sacramento could send some Sierra-bound travelers into downtown traffic that is easily avoidable. Lately, the stakes have risen even higher for motorists approaching the notorious highway ramp exchange. Caltrans is in the middle of a multimillion dollar pavement rehabilitation project that started tearing up a section of the highway between Davis and West Sacramento in 2023 to restore nearly 1.5 miles of roadway. The right-hand exit to remain on I-80 proper is partially obscured by the construction and new cement barrier row. Until the project is completed, the exit to bypass Sacramento will remain easier to miss than ever before.
• ＄＄ Caltrans seeking fix for collapsed section of Highway 121 | News | napavalleyregister.com (Napa Valley Register). Caltrans is scrambling to devise a plan to fix a collapsed lane of Highway 121/Monticello Road that is now closed to all traffic between Napa and Lake Berryessa, leaving hundreds of rural residents with a travel headache. The blockage, located three-fourths of a mile north of Wooden Valley Road, is adding time and miles to their various auto trips to the city of Napa. [Limited retrieval due to paywall – DPF]
• ＄＄ Sand Creek Road extension in Brentwood now open to the public (Mercury News). The long-awaited Sand Creek Road extension, which connects neighboring cities and aims to reduce traffic, is now open to the public. The extension expands Sand Creek Road westward from Highway 4 to Heidorn Ranch Road. Officials say it will alleviate traffic congestion in areas such as Lone Tree Way, Balfour Road, and Deer Valley Road. [Limited retrieval due to paywall – DPF]
• Roadwork on Hwy 101 near Refugio Beach begins this month (Santa Maria Times). A project to replace the northbound and southbound bridges at Refugio Road along US 101 near Refugio State Beach will begin construction in October, Caltrans District 5  reported. The new concrete bridges would have nearly the same alignment, profile, and lane configuration as the existing bridges, but will be seven feet wider to accommodate standard 10-foot shoulders. In early October, temporary concrete barriers will be placed on both bridges, eliminating the southbound inside shoulder, and the northbound No. 1 right lane.
• These Roads Aren’t Built for Wilder Weather Driven by Climate Change (Insurance Journal). California’s Highway One, stretching more than 650 miles along the Pacific Coast, is one of America’s most popular roadways because of its breathtaking views. Yet, since 2023, large chunks of it have been closed. That year, a series of atmospheric rivers pummeled the state with rain, triggering landslides and rockslides that the iconic thoroughfare wasn’t built to withstand. “When they engineered these roads, they made big assumptions that we weren’t going to have big changes in precipitation,” says Paul Chinowsky, professor emeritus of civil engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Planners also didn’t anticipate severe erosion that’s become more common on a warmer planet. “We literally built the roads on the edge of land,” he says.
• $78 million Granite contract in CA (Global Highways). Granite Construction is carrying out a US$78 million contract in Orange County, California that will help reduce traffic congestion and delays in the area. The package of works was awarded to the firm by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Granite is demolishing a 95m concrete bridge and replacing it with a new structure. According to Caltrans, the new bridge will improve transport through the State Route 55 and State Route 91 corridor, reducing the weaving and merging of vehicles occurring at present. It will help boost traffic flow as well as safety for drivers.
• RCTC, Caltrans Expect 71/91 Interchange Finish in 2025 (Construction Equipment Guide). The Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) are reconstructing the State Route 71/State Route 91 Interchange in Corona, a vital corridor serving both commuter and commercial traffic. At a cost of $137 million, the work is being performed by Skanska, with Falcon Engineering Services handling project construction management. Construction began in early 2023 and is anticipated to be completed before the year’s end.
• New long-term Highway 50 lane shift starts in Sacramento on Monday (MSN/CBS Sacramento). Drivers on Highway 50 should be prepared for a traffic shift in lane restrictions in Sacramento as crews continue their work on the Fix50 project. Starting Monday morning, Caltrans will be shifting traffic on the westbound side of the freeway from Stockton Boulevard to 26th Street.
• Caltrans: State funnels $9 million to highway projects in Mendocino County (MSN/Ukiah Daily Journal). More than $9 million was funneled toward highway projects in Mendocino County recently, the California Department of Transportation reported.[…] The funding for Mendocino County was described as:
• San Ramon Freeway Route (FB/Mark Harrigan). Map
• Caltrans wants your thoughts on making a stretch of the dreaded Arroyo Seco Parkway safer (LAist). Parts of the Arroyo Seco Parkway — a dreaded stretch of the 110 Freeway for many L.A. drivers — may be getting some safety upgrades. Caltrans is looking for your feedback on potential plans to widen the shoulder on a tight turn, install rumble strips and concrete barriers, as well as update crash cushions, lighting and signs. The work won’t dramatically change your commute, but Jason Roach, senior environmental planner and environmental lead for the project, said it should make those areas less nerve-wracking and easier to maneuver.
• SoCal Gas Repairs Potholes on 6 Miles of the Old Ridge Route (Ridge Route Preservation Organization). We are so excited to announce that SoCal Gas has offered to repair potholes 6 miles of the Old Ridge Route. This includes the stretch off the 138 near Gorman, which is open to the public. This will greatly increase accessibility for the public, make access for pipeline maintenance easier and smoother access for emergency services such as fire and ambulances. This came to light after SoCal Gas had been doing maintenance on their pipeline. Part of the agreement when it comes to protecting this historic road is to lay heavy rubber mats along the edges of the concrete and areas where the road is crumbling.
• ‘Most dangerous intersection’ in Calif. county could finally close (SF Gate). Left turns across any major California highway are dangerous, no matter where they are. But there’s one just north of Santa Barbara that stands out for its deadly reputation. Earlier this month, top Santa Barbara County officials gathered to discuss the future of one of the most problematic sections of road in the region, and to get a sneak peek at preliminary plans for safety improvements from Caltrans. The road in question is the intersection of Highway 1 at Santa Lucia Canyon, most commonly used as a commuter corridor between Lompoc and Vandenberg Space Force Base. The intersection has a well-earned reputation for major crashes and fatalities. A Caltrans report showed 22 collisions at the intersection from July 2018 to June 2022. Eleven collisions were due to the left turn.
• ＄＄ New Highway 99 crossings to ease congestion, improve safety (Modesto Bee). Traffic engineers suggest new Highway 99 crossings to take pressure off the convoluted Briggsmore Avenue interchange. The city of Modesto hosted a meeting Tuesday, Feb. 18, to get comments on about a dozen initial design options. New bridges, underpasses, roundabouts and other elements are in the mix. They would aid not just car and truck drivers. State and federal funding sources recently have stressed the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists and transit riders. The Sacramento office of AECOM is doing the study on a $6.38 million contract with Modesto. Funding is not yet in hand for construction, which could top $100 million.
• Vintage Signs | RoadsideArchitecture.com. The focus of this section is on vintage, graphically interesting signs. My preference is for neon but there are many other types of signs represented. This is one of the biggest sections at my website with over 350 pages and more than 10,000 photos. The state sections are organized alphabetically by city. Don’t forget to check out the pages listed beneath the map below. There are also lots of other great signs in other sections of my website (e.g., Eateries, Tire Stores, Theatres, Drive-ins, etc.). The best way to find everything is to use the white search box on the left above (enter specific cities, sign types, or business names). You might also be interested in my book, “Vintage Signs of America”, which came out in 2018. It’s just under 100 pages with about 175 color photos, each showing a different sign with histories about each one. There’s also a discussion about preservation and what you can do to save signs. The publisher went out of business in 2023 but the book is still available online for now while supplies last or used at places like Amazon. [Discovered this site while researching the “Laughing Bear”, which is commonly seen along PCH in Long Beach. May be worth adding to the links page. – DPF]
• ＄ Roundabout considered on Highway 20 at Humphrey Road (Appeal Democrat). The California Department of Transportation is proposing to construct an $8.5 million roundabout on Highway 20 at Humphrey Road between Yuba City and Sutter County, and is seeking feedback from residents regarding that plan. A public meeting is scheduled for March 5 at Sutter High School, where Caltrans and Sutter County officials can receive feedback on the options for a roundabout or a traffic signal at an intersection that reported 13 collisions in a five year period beginning January of 2017, according to information on the proposed project on the Caltrans website.
• ↈ A Day Trip on California’s S1 – The Sunrise Highway | Watch (Sidetrack Adventures). California’s Highway S1, also known as the Sunrise Highway, is one of the most scenic drives in Southern California. Located in eastern San Diego County, the Sunrise Highway is a National Forest Scenic Byway, making it one of the few in the area. The highway begins at the intersection of State Route 94 near Campo in the south and ends at the intersection of State Route 79, 6 miles south of Julian in the north. Over the highway’s 30+ miles it travels through the Cleveland National Forest and Mt Laguna for some of the most scenic driving in the region, and some of the best views in Southern California.
• State Route 138 Curve Correction near Hesperia (Caltrans). Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration Announcement of Opportunity for Public Hearing State Route 138 Curve Correction near Hesperia, CA Located in San Bernardino County
• Dangerous SR-138 Curve Near Hesperia Set for Major Realignment to Reduce Accidents (Victor Valley News). The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has announced a new project aimed at enhancing safety on State Route 138 (SR-138) near Hesperia, in San Bernardino  County. The project, called the SR-138 Curve Correction, seeks to realign a portion of the highway between Post Mile T16.2, 1.0 mile east of Wagon Train Road, and Post Mile R17.4, at the Hog Creek Bridge.
• Public input needed for planned Highway 198 interchange in Visalia (Visalia Times Delta). A new interchange is being planned on Highway 198 in east Visalia, which has caused mixed reactions from residents and business owners in the area. The “SR 198 Interchange at Road 148 Project” is the combined effort of the city of Visalia, Caltrans, and the Tulare County Association of Governments to create “a new multi-modal gateway interchange,” which will accommodate transportation such as vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians.
• ＄＄ Ferguson rock shed work could be done by 2030 – Mariposa Gazette (SOURCE). Caltrans is entering the second phase of the Ferguson rock shed project and work could be complete in five years. Shown is a rendering of the work. For the better part of 20 years, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has been working to restore access to State Route/Highway 140 after a landslide occurred, commonly known as the Ferguson Slide.
• Route 154 Edison Roundabout (FB/District 5). A portion of the Hwy. 154 Baseline/Edison Roundabout near Los Olivos will open to northbound travelers Friday, Feb. 28 at 2 pm. Southbound travelers will continue to use the current alignment. The west side of this intersection remains closed with limited access for travelers on the east side. Detour signs remain in place until full project completion this Spring.
• 5 Highway 12 intersections in Fairfield, Suisun to close next week (Daily Republic). Caltrans will be closing the outside and right-hand turn lanes at several intersections along Highway 12 through Fairfield and Suisun City next week. The closures will affect the intersections at Beck and Pennsylvania avenues in Fairfield, and Marina Boulevard, Sunset Avenue/Grizzly Island Road and Emperor Drive/Lawler Ranch Parkway in Suisun City. “Each location’s lane closure will last a full workday,” the state Department of Transportation stated.

Gribblenation Blog (Tom Fearer)

• Sanger Depot. Sanger Depot located in the namesake city in San Joaquin Valley of California. The depot was constructed in 1887 as part of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s East Side Line. The depot building was relocated in 1977 to 1710 7th Street where it became a city museum. The original location of Sanger Depot at 7th Street and L Street can be seen below on the 1947 United States Geological Survey map of Sanger.
• Trimmer Springs Road (Fresno County). Trimmer Springs Road is an approximately forty-mile rural highway located in Fresno County. The corridor begins near in California State Route 180 in Centerville and extends to Blackrock Road at the Kings River in the Sierra Nevada range near the Pacific Gas & Electric Company town of Balch Camp. The roadway is named after the former Trimmer Springs Resort and was originally constructed to facilitate access to the Sanger Log Flume. Trimmer Springs Road was heavily modified and elongated after construction of Pine Flat Dam broke ground in 1947.
• When was Ventura Avenue east of downtown Fresno renamed to Kings Canyon Road? (California State Route 180). California State Route 180 was one of the original Sign State Routes designated in August 1934. The highway east of Fresno originally utilized what was Ventura Avenue and Dunlap Road to reach what was then General Grant National Park. By late year 1939 the highway was extended through the Kings River Canyon to Cedar Grove.
• Madera County Road 223 over Teaford Saddle. Madera County Road 223 is an approximately six-mile-long rural highway which crosses Teaford Saddle in the Sierra Nevada range near Oakhurst. The corridor was a segment of the Gold Rush era Millerton-Fresno Flats Road which once served Fresno Flats (now Oakhurst) and the logging mills of Crane Valley. Prior to Madera County dropping roadway names the corridor was known as “Teaford Saddle Road.”
• The former US Route 99 Business Loop in Fresno. The US Route 99 Business Loop in downtown Fresno was a short-lived bannered route of mainline US Route 99 which existed from June 1957 to June 1965. The corridor originally incorporated much of the original surface routing of US Route 99 in Fresno via the Monterey Street Overhead, Broadway, Divisadero Street, H Street, Belmont Avenue and North Golden State Boulevard.
• Former Legislative Route Number 126 along Madera County Road 208. Madera County Road 208 west of modern California State Route 41 to modern California State Route 145 once carried the original alignment of Legislative Route Number 126. Said corridor was adopted into the State Highway System during 1933 along what was then known as Bellview Road. The highway was realigned in 1940 to the Friant Dam Access Road (now Madara County Road 145 and 206) as a cooperative project between the Division of Highways, Works Projects Administration and State Relief Administration.
• Madera County Road 201 (the former Millerton-Fresno Flats Road through O’Neals). Madera County Road 201 is an approximately one third mile long roadway which passes the heart of the mountain community of O’Neals. The corridor was part of the nineteenth century Millerton-Fresno Flats Road which served the mines and logging mills which now comprise the Sierra Nevada foothills of Madera County. During the automotive era the highway would be designated as North Fork Road and later Road 200. Road 200 was realigned onto a bypass of O’Neals during the early 1980s which led to original highway being renumbered as Road 201.
• Lighthouse Avenue (Monterey Peninsula). Lighthouse Avenue is an arterial street located on the Monterey Peninsula of California which serves the cities of Pacific Grove and Monterey. The corridor begins at Asilomar Avenue in Pacific Grove and extends approximately three miles east to Del Monte Avenue in downtown Monterey. Lighthouse Avenue is named after the 1855-era Point Pinos Lighthouse and was plotted in 1874. Originally the corridor ended in downtown Monterey at Pacific Street but was extended Del Monte Avenue via the Lighthouse Avenue Tunnel in 1967.

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