California State Route 94

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San Diego
Major intersections
East end I-8 near Boulevard
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CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountiesSan Diego
Highway system
SR 92 US 95

State Route 94 (SR 94) is a

freeway portion past SR 125 in Spring Valley. The non-freeway segment of SR 94 that continues east through the mountains to I-8 near Boulevard
is known as Campo Road.

The Campo road served as a

wagon road providing access to eastern San Diego County as well as Imperial County. The road was added to the state highway system in 1933, and signs for Route 94 were posted along local roads later that decade. Efforts to convert the western half of the route to a freeway got underway in the 1950s, and the freeway was complete by 1962 west of the road that became SR 125. Construction continued east to Avocado Road over the next few years. Various proposals for widening the highway have come from the California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans), but local opposition resulted in the delay or cancellation of many of these proposals.

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

U.S. Route 80 (US 80) briefly before turning north on Ribbonwood Road west of Boulevard. The route ends by connecting to I-8 near Manzanita.[3]

SR 94 sign off Interstate 8

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

stagecoach road that was part of the primary road from San Diego to Yuma, Arizona. A trip to East County in the 19th century along the road would last two days. James Pascoe surveyed the route through Campo for the county in 1869 that was 25 miles (40 km) shorter than the existing route through Warner's Pass. The road was known for its curves, climbs, and boulders, making travel difficult. The first automobile went on the road in 1904.[10][11] By 1913, an unpaved automobile road extended to Campo from San Diego,[12] and work took place to improve the condition of the road in 1916.[13] A year later, the road continued east to join with the state highway leading into Imperial County.[14] In 1927, the Potrero bridge was replaced, after a storm washed it out.[15] By 1928, the paving of the Campo road was about 43 percent complete.[16] In February of the next year, the progress was at 74 percent; the total cost was $122,474[17] (about $4 million in 2023 dollars).[18] The Sweetwater bridge was finished in March at a cost of $60,000[19] (about $1 million in 2023 dollars).[18] The Campo road was the only road through the Peninsular Ranges to stay open for the entirety of the next winter; other roads were closed by snow, leading to increased traffic along this road. This was largely due to the lower elevation of the road, at only 4,000 feet (1,200 m).[20]

Designation and initial construction

SR 94 westbound at the eastern intersection with SR 54

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.

Wabash Freeway to Jamacha.[32] In June 1953, the Commission approved an eight-lane freeway for Route 94 from Home Avenue in San Diego to Palm Avenue around La Mesa.[33] The local Board of Education also gave their approval, which was required because the freeway would be built on land that was for a proposed school.[34] But the next month, State Senator Fred Kraft criticized the proposal because he believed that it would be too expensive and would not reduce congestion in the long term.[35] Approval extended to the junction with US 80 by October 1953; the part from 18th Street to Wabash Boulevard followed in November 1954.[36] Later that year, a toll road that would have tunneled under the Laguna Mountains and bypassed Route 94 was proposed by the county Board of Supervisors.[37] The state allocated $3.48 million (about $30 million in 2023 dollars)[18] for making SR 94 a freeway from College Avenue to Campo Road in October 1954.[38]

Construction began on the first part of the SR 94 freeway just west of Lemon Grove by May 1955.

US 90, a route proposed to run along the southern border of the United States to Florida, by the South Bay Highway Association.[45] By August, SR 94 from Palm Avenue to Jamacha was being planned.[46]

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]

The eastern end of the SR 94 freeway

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

least Bell's vireo.[65]

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

environmental impact report as well as not soliciting comments from the public; opponents pushed for a ban of all trucks on the highway.[70] Caltrans agreed to hold another hearing in an out-of-court settlement, as well as to pay $20,000 for the attorneys.[71] In March 1999, Caltrans agreed to delay the construction for several years to evaluate the environmental impact.[72] During the early 2000s, the interchange with SR 125 was reconstructed to allow for the extension of the latter freeway south to SR 54, which was finished in 2003.[73]

In late 2006, the

sovereign nation and did not need the approval, but this was rejected by the court. Caltrans and the tribe came to an agreement in 2009, where the tribe would provide its own studies and pay for environmental mitigation.[78]

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.

high-occupancy toll lanes between the I-5 and I-805 interchanges,[80] and rerouting part of SR 94 east of the junction with Jamacha Boulevard while improving some interchanges.[81]

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 (for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions).[82] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The entire route is in San Diego County.

LocationPostmile
[1][9][82]
Exit
[83]
DestinationsNotes
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
1.421A
Los Angeles
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-5 exit 15B
1.851B25th StreetWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
2.211C28th StreetSigned as exit 1 eastbound
2.681D32nd Street / BroadwayNo eastbound exit
3.172A-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
3.622BHome AvenueEastbound exit and westbound entrance
4.093 I-805Eastbound exit to I-805 north is via exit 2C; I-805 exits 13A-14
4.6347th StreetEntrance ramps only
5.144AEuclid AvenueSigned as exit 4 westbound
5.794BKelton RoadSigned as exit 5 westbound
6.165Federal BoulevardWestbound exit is via a U-turn at exit 5
7.296ACollege Grove WayWestbound exit and entrance
Lemon Grove7.766BCollege Avenue / BroadwaySigned as exit 6 eastbound; no eastbound entrance
8.277Massachusetts Avenue
8.938Lemon Grove Avenue
Lemon GroveLa Mesa lineT10.119 SR 125Signed 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 MesaR10.889CSpring Street – La Mesa
Spring ValleyR11.0810ABancroft Drive
R11.8010BKenwood Drive – Casa de Oro
R12.7511Sweetwater Springs Boulevard – Casa de Oro
R13.3312Avocado Boulevard / Calavo Drive
 East end of freeway
14.33
CR S17
(Jamacha Boulevard)
14.86
SR 54 east (Jamacha Road)
24.57Otay Lakes Road – Otay Lakes, Chula Vista, National City
38.97
SR 188 south – Tecate
52.15
CR S1
north (Buckman Springs Road)
64.23Old Highway 80 –
San Diego
Former US 80 west
Boulevard64.82Old Highway 80 – JacumbaFormer US 80 east
65.38
San Diego
Interchange; I-8 exit 65; east end of SR 94
65.38Ribbonwood RoadContinuation beyond I-8
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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