CALTRANS SEEKS CONGESTION RELIEF WITH MANAGED LANES IN SAN DIEGO

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has secured approximately $150 million of the estimated $535 million needed to construct 20 mi (32 km) of managed lanes on Interstate 15 in San Diego County. The four additional lanes would be constructed in the median and no new rights-of-way would be necessary. The lanes, which would have movable barriers so that three of the four lanes could be used in one direction during peak hours, would be reserved for buses and high-occupancy vehicles. Any excess capacity would be sold to single-occupancy vehicles with the aid of electronic toll collectors. The main challenge of the project is moving overpass bridge piers that are located in the middle of the median. In some cases, entire bridges will have to be rebuilt.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Publication Date: 2000-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 20
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 70
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge piers; Bus lanes; Congestion management systems; High occupancy toll lanes; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Median barriers; Median lanes; Overpasses; Peak hour traffic; Right of way (Land); State departments of transportation; Traffic congestion
• Geographic Terms: San Diego (California)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00798493
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 21 2000 12:00AM