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After its northern merge with I-215 in Devore, I-15 is called the Barstow Freeway or the Mojave Freeway. A short section between SR 138 and Oak Hill Road is also designated as the CHP Officer Larry L. Wetterling and San Bernardino County Sheriff's Lieutenant Alfred E. Stewart Memorial Highway, named after two officers killed in the line of duty ...
Note: The Mojave Freeway (State Route 58) should not be confused with Interstate 15. In Kern County, The Mojave Freeway name is used by local authorities and Caltrans to refer to SR 58 between Bakersfield and Barstow. [6] The California Legislator gave the same name to the Barstow Freeway (I-15) between San Bernardino and the Nevada state line. [7]
Meanwhile, Caltrans began installing signage rerouting SR 58 traffic from I-5 onto Stockdale Highway and the Westside Parkway east to at least Mohawk Street. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The Centennial Corridor was inaugurated on February 9, 2024, with a ceremonial bicycle ride, [ 17 ] and officially opened to traffic on February 17, 2024, [ 18 ] with ...
Caltrans developed a plan to build a 63-mile (101 km) freeway and transit corridor parallel to State Route 138 and State Route 18, known as the "High Desert Corridor". The $8 billion project would have included an eight-lane freeway between Lancaster and Victorville, along with a bikeway, rapid transit , and part of Brightline West , a proposed ...
Caltrans already had acquired 460 properties along the corridor it intended to demolish, and the homes sat in limbo until 2018, when state lawmakers killed the freeway.
The original interchange plan was more elaborate. Five freeway segments (three signed routes) would connect through a series of three interchanges, forming a triangle. Those routes were SR 99 (Golden State Freeway), SR 58 (Mojave Freeway/Westside Parkway), and SR 178 (Crosstown Freeway). However, only four segments and part of one interchange ...
Caltrans wasn't supposed to build a freeway lane without environmental review, but many believe that's exactly what it did. Environmentalists are now trying to stop its use as a toll lane.
The era of freeway-building — which Caltrans exemplifies — must end. But the agency still hasn’t gotten the memo, and so undercuts California’s climate goals. A major reorganization is ...