State Route 262

California State Route 262

California 262 is a short expressway (divided highway with traffic signals) that follows Mission Boulevard between Interstate 880 and Interstate 680 in the city of Fremont.

Additional capacity improvements to this route were made at the western end of this 1.07 mile long route, including an additional lane in each direction and the reconnection of two sections of Warren Avenue in Fremont's Warm Springs District.1

A 2002 Caltrans study considered whether California 262 should be converted to full freeway standards. Six options were considered for a potential California 262 freeway corridor, including (from north to south):2

  1. Auto Mall Parkway/Durham Road corridor
  2. Grimmer Boulevard
  3. Existing Mission Boulevard
  4. Scott Creek Road, Milmont Drive and Dixon Landing Road
  5. California 237 (Calaveras Boulevard) from Interstate 880 to Interstate 680
  6. Montague Expressway

At this point, all of these alternatives are unlikely to occur soon due to the cost of constructing any of these freeway-grade improvements. The future of California 262 is dependent upon the future configuration of California 237 to the south (Option #5). If California 237 is built as a freeway-grade facility between Interstate 880 and Interstate 680 (it is currently an at-grade city street), California 262 is to be decommissioned per the current legislative definition for Route 262 in the Streets and Highways Code.

References:

  1. Interstate 880/California 262 Mission Boulevard interchange project. http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/880_mission/scope.htm
  2. California Highways (www.cahighways.org): Route 262 by Daniel Faigin includes a description of the 2002 Caltrans study of the California 262 corridor

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Page Updated Saturday January 05, 2008.