Route 65 bypass of Lincoln opening in 1 month

[TheStranger]

Just saw it mentioned on Twitter and found a couple of relevant links:

http://lincolnbypass.com/8-14-12_PressRelease_Grand_Opening.pdf
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/08/15/celebration-highway-65-bypass-lincoln.html

With this, the only portion of the northern Route 65 that remains on surface roads will be through Wheatland, along the old US 99E.

[andy3175]

The planned opening date is now set for Monday, Oct. 8, 2012:

http://lincolnnewsmessenger.com/detail/218242.html

The highway opening celebration is on a Friday, so I'm not sure how extensive the festivities will be or if there will be a walk allowed for people coming to the event.

Also, the old road (mostly called either Highway 65 or G Street) will be renamed as Lincoln Boulevard within the city limits. The state plans to decommission the road and transfer it to the city sometime in 2013. I did not see anything indicating if what will become Lincoln Boulevard will also become designated as Business California 65 or not. I am not certain how California 193 will end, but it seems like it might terminate at the eastern city limits (the article does not speak to 193, but that is my guess at this point). I would assume there would be signs pointing the way to 193 from the new 65 bypass.

Regards,
Andy

[Scott5114]

Does CA allow state routes to be signed on relinquished roads? I would think that if they're turning it over to the city, that would preclude a Business 65 designation.

[NE2]

Does CA allow state routes to be signed on relinquished roads?

Yes, and in fact the law requires it for newly-disconnected routes.

But business routes aren't even considered state routes. Very few of them have any state highway segments.

[jrouse]

The planned opening date is now set for Monday, Oct. 8, 2012:

http://lincolnnewsmessenger.com/detail/218242.html

The highway opening celebration is on a Friday, so I'm not sure how extensive the festivities will be or if there will be a walk allowed for people coming to the event.

Also, the old road (mostly called either Highway 65 or G Street) will be renamed as Lincoln Boulevard within the city limits. The state plans to decommission the road and transfer it to the city sometime in 2013. I did not see anything indicating if what will become Lincoln Boulevard will also become designated as Business California 65 or not. I am not certain how California 193 will end, but it seems like it might terminate at the eastern city limits (the article does not speak to 193, but that is my guess at this point). I would assume there would be signs pointing the way to 193 from the new 65 bypass.

Regards,
Andy

My understanding is that SR-193 will be relinquished at the Lincoln city limits.  Ferrari Ranch Road could be signed as the connection between the truncated Route 193 and the new alignment of SR-65. It could also follow Lincoln Blvd. But the interchange of Lincoln Blvd and SR-65 will only allow for movements to and from the south on SR-65, while the Ferrari Ranch interchange will allow for access in both directions.

[Concrete Bob]

Reviving an old thread regarding CA-65 and the Lincoln Bypass. 

The second phase of the Lincoln Bypass opened to traffic yesterday (6/22/2014).  The second phase involved twinning a 5.5 mile section of the two-lane expressway bypass between Nelson Lane and Wise Road.  The next phase will involve a 3.3 mile strech between Wise Road and Dowd Road near Sheridan.  Here's a link to a local article concerning the ribbon cutting.

http://www.rocklintoday.com/news/templates/community_news.asp?articleid=13104&zoneid=4

[billtm]

How does California choose which relinquished roads continue to be signed as business routes?

[emory]

Does CA allow state routes to be signed on relinquished roads?

Yes, and in fact the law requires it for newly-disconnected routes.

But many of the cities never actually follow through with this.

[emory]

How does California choose which relinquished roads continue to be signed as business routes?

I'm curious about this too. If it's a US route like the many US 101 Business routes, then AASHTO has to approve it.

[andy3175]

How does California choose which relinquished roads continue to be signed as business routes?

I'm curious about this too. If it's a US route like the many US 101 Business routes, then AASHTO has to approve it.

I have no way of knowing but suspect that the decision of whether to have a signed business route or not is determined by the local jurisdiction that will receive the road. As far as I know, there has been no attempt made to create a business route at Lincoln, and I am not sure who exactly maintains an inventory of signed business routes on locally maintained roads. I attempted to ask this question of someone at Caltrans headquarters some years ago, and that person indicated that there was no inventory of signed state (or Interstate or US) business routes, nor was there a process to decommission business routes. I can't believe that is the case, so I probably ended up talking with the wrong person. But for now, apparently state business routes are decommssioned by simply removing signs, and new business routes are created by simply adding signs. Anyone else can help clarify this? And does anyone know if the city of Lincoln ever asked for a business route signed along old California 65?

[jrouse]

Chapter 20 of the Caltrans Highway Design Manual (http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/oppd/hdm/pdf/english/chp0020.pdf) provides information on the selection of Business Routes (see Index 21.2 (4)). 

"The Transportation System Information Program is responsible for approval of Business Route designations. Applications for Business Route designation and signing must be made by written request from the local government agency to the Chief of the Transportation System Information Program. U.S. and Interstate Business Routes require approval by the AASHTO Executive Committee." 

The Transportation System Information Program is now known as the Division of Research, Innovation, and System Information, and the Business Route designation function rests with its office of Highway System Information and Performance.  If there is any info related to business routes, it would be available from them, but they have nothing online related to business routes.

Chapter 25 of the Caltrans Project Development Procedures Manual (http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/oppd/pdpm/chap_pdf/chapt25.pdf) provides information on the relinquishment of State highways.   As pointed out above in an earlier post, when a portion of a State highway is relinquished and it results in a gap, the legislation requires signing that points to the continuation of the route.  Chapter 25 of the PDPM does not speak about this requirement, though.