California

[Great Lakes Roads]

Here's a neat video of a news segment on freeway building in the San Diego region in 1969.
It shows the construction of building the I-5/I-8 and the I-8/I-805 interchanges.

[pderocco]

Here's a neat video of a news segment on freeway building in the San Diego region in 1969.
It shows the construction of building the I-5/I-8 and the I-8/I-805 interchanges.

That I-805 bridge is very cool to drive over, because it's airborne for 3/4 of a mile, going over not only I-8, but the San Diego River, the trolley tracks, Friars Rd, and a couple other streets. It's also interesting because the two roads are on the top and bottom of the stack, with the ramps between them.

[ClassicHasClass]

Interesting mention of CA 109 as well.

[ClassicHasClass]

On my current usual route through the East and North Bay, I noticed they finally opened up the fifth lane on the eastbound I-80 Express Lanes project through Fairfield and Vacaville, eliminating that pinch point as you get to the top of the hill north of Air Base Pkwy. Much smoother traffic. The only thing left to do is stripe the right shoulder.

The express lanes are still not open, though, just the previous HOV lanes.

[Voyager]

On my current usual route through the East and North Bay, I noticed they finally opened up the fifth lane on the eastbound I-80 Express Lanes project through Fairfield and Vacaville, eliminating that pinch point as you get to the top of the hill north of Air Base Pkwy. Much smoother traffic. The only thing left to do is stripe the right shoulder.

The express lanes are still not open, though, just the previous HOV lanes.

Looks like the disaster on the Yolo Causeway towards the 50/80 split is finally nearing completion as well.

[Great Lakes Roads]

The new 91 EB to 71 NB direct connector opened on June 23rd, replacing the tight single-lane loop ramp.

[SeriesE]

One step closer to widening the first 3 miles of CA-71 to 6 lanes

[GaryA]

Ventura County is removing all of its highway call boxes, citing high maintenance and low usage.

I saw the announcement last week, and the boxes and signs have already been covered in black plastic.

[cahwyguy]

That explains why they were covered when we drove Route 23 on Saturday.

[pderocco]

Ventura County is removing all of its highway call boxes, citing high maintenance and low usage.

I saw the announcement last week, and the boxes and signs have already been covered in black plastic.

I assumed that if they were on state highways, they were state maintained.

[Max Rockatansky]

Ventura County is removing all of its highway call boxes, citing high maintenance and low usage.

I saw the announcement last week, and the boxes and signs have already been covered in black plastic.

I assumed that if they were on state highways, they were state maintained.

Not all of them are.  There are several still on Panoche Road that are owned by San Benito County.  Richmond Parkway has them also and they even have numbers for Contra Costa Route 93 in reference to never constructed CA 93.

[GaryA]

Ventura County is removing all of its highway call boxes, citing high maintenance and low usage.

I saw the announcement last week, and the boxes and signs have already been covered in black plastic.

I assumed that if they were on state highways, they were state maintained.

The news article reported that the decision was made by the Ventura County Transportation Commission. Only 849 calls were logged in 2024 across the 427 call boxes, down 85% from 2005.  At least some of the funds will be allocated to supporting the Freeway Service Patrol.

The article's here, and I think this one's free to read - https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2025/07/08/call-box-system-to-end-along-ventura-county-highways/84451437007/