California 111 South - Brawley to Interstate 8

California 111 - Imperial Valley Pioneers Expressway south
Leaving the Brawley Bypass, which fully opened to traffic in 2013, this California 111 south reassurance shield is posted after the California 78 east intersection. Ahead, California 111 travels south toward El Centro and Calexico on a four-lane expressway alignment. This expressway was constructed in the late 1990s and early 2000s parallel to Old Highway 111, which is located just west of here and maintained by Imperial County. Photo taken 05/07/06.
California 111 curves southwest slightly to come alongside the original alignment, Old Highway 111. The new and old highways will parallel each other closely until the Imperial County S-80 (Evan Hewes Highway) intersection and Interstate 8 interchange. Photo taken 05/07/06.
Southbound California 111 approaches Wildcat Road. Photo taken 05/07/06.
Southbound California 111 approaches Schartz Road. Photos taken 05/07/06.
continuing south, California 111 next approaches Imperial County S-27 (Keystone Road). Imperial County S-27 travels east as a farm-to-market road, connecting with California 115, Imperial County S-32 (Holt Road), and Imperial County S-33 (Highline Road). To the west, Imperial County S-27 connects with California 86 about midway between Imperial and Brawley. The county route ends at Imperial County S-30 (Forrester Road). Photo taken 05/07/06.

Southbound California 111 meets Imperial County S-27 (Keystone Road). This east-west county route provides central link between California 115, California 111, and California 86. Photo taken 05/07/06.
A bit further south, California 111 next approaches a signed intersection with Harris Road. Photo taken 05/07/06.
This mileage sign along California 111 south provides the distance to Imperial (three miles west via Imperial County S-28) and Calexico (11 miles via California 111 south). Photo taken 05/07/06.
The next signalized intersection along California 111 south is with Imperial County S-28 (Worthington Road). The city of Imperial lies three miles west of here on Imperial County S-28. The county highway travels west through Imperial, turns south at Hurff Road, and ends at Imperial County S-80 (Old U.S. 80) west of Seeley. Photo taken 05/07/06.
Southbound California 111 meets Imperial County S-28 (Worthington Road) at this traffic signal. Turn right here to the city of Imperial, which sits on the California 86 corridor about three miles west of here. Photo taken 05/07/06.
Continuing south, California 111 approaches Aten Road. Turn right to follow Aten Road west to Imperial Valley College. Photo taken 05/07/06.
Southbound California 111 meets Aten Road at this traffic signal. Photo taken 05/07/06.
Imperial Irrigation District (IID) power lines come alongside California 111 between Aten Road and Evan Hewes Highway (Imperial County S-80, which is Historic U.S. 80). Photo taken 05/07/06.
The next signalized intersection along California 111 south is with Imperial County S-80 (Evan Hewes Highway). S-80 is the old alignment of Historic U.S. 80. Turn left for S-80 east to Holtville or right for S-80 west to El Centro. Ahead, California 111 will connect to Interstate 8 en route to Yuma and San Diego. Photo taken 05/07/06.
Evan Hewes Highway is the designation of Old U.S. 80 as it travels east-west through the Imperial Valley. This designation not only includes S-80, which begins in Ocotillo and proceeds east through El Centro to end at California 115 near Holtville, but also includes the southernmost portion of California 115 as well as the lengthy extant section of Old U.S. 80 east of Holtville Hot Springs. Photo taken 05/07/06.
This Imperial County S-80 trailblazer is posted along California 111 south prior to the intersection with Evan Hewes Highway. Photo taken 05/07/06.
As California 111 southbound approaches the S-80/Evan Hewes Highway traffic signal, a mileage sign advises of the distances to El Centro (three miles west via S-80), Calexico (nine miles south via California 111), and Holtville (seven miles east via S-80 and California 115). Photo taken 05/07/06.
A California 111 reassurance shield is posted after the Imperial County S-80 (Evan Hewes Highway) intersection east of El Centro. Photo taken 05/07/06.
Leaving S-80 behind, this mileage sign along California 111 south provides the distance to the Interstate 8 interchange (two miles) and Calexico (nine miles). The Imperial Irrigation District power lines will follow California 111 a bit further south, then turn east toward Holtville. Photo taken 05/07/06.
These Imperial Irrigation District power lines had to be relocated when California 111 was realigned onto its expressway alignment. Ahead, California 111 will shiftly gently to the southwest to rejoin its original alignment. As a result of this realignment, the monopole power line structure shown in this picture had to be installed since the original, steel-lattice power pylon was situated within the footprint of today's expressway. Photo taken 05/07/06.
The power lines turn abruptly east at this point. Ahead, a traffic signal awaits for Ross Road, followed by the cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 8. Photo taken 05/07/06.
The only intersection between Evan Hewes Highway and Interstate 8 along California 111 south is with Ross Road (next traffic signal). Photo taken 05/07/06.
California 111 briefly assumes a freeway configuration as it approaches Interstate 8 at a cloverleaf interchange. The first ramp will connect to Interstate 8 west to San Diego, and the second ramp links to Interstate 8 east to Yuma, Phoenix, and Tucson. Photo taken 05/07/06.
Southbound California 111 meets Interstate 8 west to San Diego. Continue south on California 111 to the connecting ramp to Interstate 8 east. Photo taken 05/07/06.
California 111 passes through the Interstate 8 cloverleaf interchange. Photo taken 05/07/06.
Southbound California 111 meets the ramp to Interstate 8 east to Yuma. Use Interstate 8 east to Phoenix (via Arizona 85 north or Arizona 347 north) and Tucson (via Interstate 10 east). Photo taken 05/07/06.

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