California State Route 94
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East end | I-8 near Boulevard | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | California | |||
Counties | San Diego | |||
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State Route 94 (SR 94) is a
The Campo road served as a
Route description
SR 94 is an east–west freeway that begins at the eastern end of the
The freeway becomes an undivided highway at Via Mercado in
SR 94 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System;[4] west of SR 188, it is part of the National Highway System,[5] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.[6] SR 94 is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System,[7] but it is not officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation.[8] In 2014, SR 94 had an annual average daily traffic (AADT) of 440 vehicles at Live Oak Springs Road, and 179,000 vehicles between I-805 and 47th Street, the latter of which was the highest AADT for the highway.[9]
History
Campo Road
SR 94 was built along the routing of an old
Designation and initial construction
In 1931, the County Board of Supervisors agreed to submit the Campo road for consideration as a secondary state highway.[21] The state considered the inclusion of the Campo road into the system in 1932.[22] The California State Legislature defined Route 200 in 1933 as a route from San Diego to west of Jacumba, going through the town of Campo.[2] The San Diego Chamber of Commerce sent a representative to ask the state for funding for paving the Campo highway in 1935,[23] and the road was paved that year.[24] The Chamber also asked for the war department to declare the road a military highway to receive federal assistance for its improvement.[25] Signs were posted for SR 94 in 1937,[26] and by 1938, SR 94 was signed along Broadway and Lemon Grove Boulevard (later Federal Boulevard) before continuing east to Campo.[27][28][29]
The next year, the California Highway Commission declined to have the Campo road improved.
Construction began on the first part of the SR 94 freeway just west of Lemon Grove by May 1955.
The western end of SR 94 connecting to US 101 was put up for the bidding process in late 1958.
Expansion and naming
Land acquisition for the construction of the SR 94 freeway through Spring Valley had begun by 1965.[52] The next year, a plan to reroute and widen portions of SR 94 from the Sweetwater River to I-8 was underway, with a Caltrans proposal to remove the "Frenchy's" or "Three Springs" curve.[53] In March 1968, the San Diego Highway Development Association considered the construction of the freeway from SR 125 to Jamacha Junction a priority.[54] The state announced in August that the Spring Valley widening project would be funded earlier than anticipated, because of the state of the economy.[55] Meanwhile, a $1.8 million (about $12 million in 2023 dollars)[18] contract to widen SR 94 to eight lanes from Wabash Boulevard to Waite Drive in Lemon Grove was awarded in October.[56] The freeway from Kenwood Drive to Avocado Boulevard in Spring Valley was completed in July 1970.[57]
An improved interchange with SR 125 was being planned in 1974, which would connect to the existing freeway extending to Avocado Boulevard.[58] Construction began in October, and continued into late 1975, at a cost of $11 million (about $47 million in 2023 dollars);[18] the road was predicted to reduce traffic at the intersection of Campo Road and Bancroft Drive, and interchanges at Spring Street and Lemon Grove Avenue were to be built.[59] The Lemon Grove Avenue interchange was open by January 30, 1976,[60] and parts of the interchange with Spring Street and SR 125 was open by July 20.[61]
By 1977, much of the SR 94 freeway was congested, with 85,000 to 95,000 trips per day on the freeway according to Caltrans. It was hoped that the construction of
The highway was designated the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway by the California State Legislature in September 1989, after a two-year struggle to find a suitable tribute to King in the San Diego area.[66] Nevertheless, the measure did not include funding for the signs, and as a result, they were not installed until 1998, when they were funded by the San Diego Association of Governments with $1.4 million (about $2 million in 2023 dollars)[18] from a local sales tax.[67]
In 1995, a
In late 2006, the
Future
Caltrans has plans to add a ramp from southbound SR 125 to SR 94 to improve the interchange; it is in the environmental planning stages, and is estimated to cost $71 million.
Major intersections
Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary ( ).[82] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The entire route is in San Diego County.
Location | Postmile [1][9][82] | Exit [83] | Destinations | Notes | |
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San Diego | 1.42 | – | F street to I-5 south – Balboa Park, Downtown, Petco Park | Continues as F street beyond I-5 north; west end of SR 94; eastbound entrance accessible from G Street | |
1.42 | 1A | Los Angeles | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-5 exit 15B | ||
1.85 | 1B | 25th Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
2.21 | 1C | 28th Street | Signed as exit 1 eastbound | ||
2.68 | 1D | 32nd Street / Broadway | No eastbound exit | ||
3.17 | 2A-C | SR 15 | Signed as exits 2A (south) and 2C (north) eastbound; westbound exit to SR 15 north is via exit 3; SR 15 north exits 2B-C, south exit 2 to SR 94 west; former SR 103; future I-15 | ||
3.62 | 2B | Home Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
4.09 | 3 | I-805 | Eastbound exit to I-805 north is via exit 2C; I-805 exits 13A-14 | ||
4.63 | – | 47th Street | Entrance ramps only | ||
5.14 | 4A | Euclid Avenue | Signed as exit 4 westbound | ||
5.79 | 4B | Kelton Road | Signed as exit 5 westbound | ||
6.16 | 5 | Federal Boulevard | Westbound exit is via a U-turn at exit 5 | ||
7.29 | 6A | College Grove Way | Westbound exit and entrance | ||
Lemon Grove | 7.76 | 6B | College Avenue / Broadway | Signed as exit 6 eastbound; no eastbound entrance | |
8.27 | 7 | Massachusetts Avenue | |||
8.93 | 8 | Lemon Grove Avenue | |||
Lemon Grove–La Mesa line | T10.11 | 9 | SR 125 | Signed as exits 9A (south) and 9B (north); SR 125 exit 15, south exit 16 to SR 94 east; SR 125 north of SR 94 was formerly SR 67 | |
La Mesa | R10.88 | 9C | Spring Street – La Mesa | ||
Spring Valley | R11.08 | 10A | Bancroft Drive | ||
R11.80 | 10B | Kenwood Drive – Casa de Oro | |||
R12.75 | 11 | Sweetwater Springs Boulevard – Casa de Oro | |||
R13.33 | 12 | Avocado Boulevard / Calavo Drive | |||
East end of freeway | |||||
| 14.33 | CR S17 (Jamacha Boulevard) | |||
| 14.86 | SR 54 east (Jamacha Road) | |||
| 24.57 | Otay Lakes Road – Otay Lakes, Chula Vista, National City | |||
| 38.97 | SR 188 south – Tecate | |||
| 52.15 | CR S1 north (Buckman Springs Road) | |||
| 64.23 | Old Highway 80 – San Diego | Former US 80 west | ||
Boulevard | 64.82 | Old Highway 80 – Jacumba | Former US 80 east | ||
| 65.38 | San Diego | Interchange; I-8 exit 65; east end of SR 94 | ||
| 65.38 | Ribbonwood Road | Continuation beyond I-8 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
- California Roads portal
References
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Further reading
- Randall, Laura. "70 perfect miles". Sunset. Sunset Publishing Corporation.