John Bulinski
District Director
Caltrans
Dan Little
Executive Director
Shasta County RTPA
Dick Dickerson
Chairperson
Shasta County RTPA
Patrick H Jones
Mayor
City of Redding
Phil Baker
Project Manager
Caltrans
Jim Wood
Senior Resident Engineer
Caltrans
David Riccitiello
President
Golden State Bridge
Dana to Downtown
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The following link will take you to a video documentary of the project from start to finish. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 2, in participation with the Shasta County Regional Transportation Planning Agency and the City of Redding, held a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new Dana ramp (Hilltop and Dana Drive) and the completion of the Dana to Downtown Project (State Route 44in Redding) on Tuesday, September 28, 2010. The $66 million project, completed ahead of schedule and within budget, was almost entirelyfunded from Proposition 1B, a $19.9 billion transportation bond championed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and approved by voters in 2006. Located on State Route 44 between Interstate 5 and East Street, the Dana to Downtown project construction began in the spring of 2008 and was designed to relieve congestion,improve safety, and reduce collisions. |
- Project highlights include:
- Access ramp from Dana Drive to westbound SR 44 will give motorists direct westbound access to downtown from the Hilltop/Dana Drive area
- Replacement of the Sacramento River Bridge with a larger, six-lane facility
- A new Bike/Pedestrian path from the Hilltop/Dana Drive intersection to Turtle Bay
- New Sundial Bridge Drive interchange with a wider, four-lane over crossing
- Third lane eastbound between East Street and Park Marina Drive off-ramp
- Third lane in each direction between Auditorium Drive ramps and I-5 ramps
- Enhanced landscaping, lighting and aesthetic
The Dana to Downtown Project emerged from a 1997 study performed by Caltrans and sponsored by the Shasta County Regional Transportation Planning Agency and had consistently been rated by the RTPA as the highest priority transportation project in the Redding area and Shasta County. Fifty-four percent of the project was funded from State transportation revenues approved by the RTPA while the remaining 46 percent came from State transportation revenues approved by Caltrans. The RTPA governing board consists of the three members of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors and four City Council members representing Redding, Anderson and the City of Shasta Lake.
For additional information, or If you would like to be alerted via e-mail when information is updated, please contact: Denise_Yergenson@dot.ca.gov (530) 225-3260
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