District: District 3 - Marysville
Valley Area (Butte, Sutter, Yuba, Colusa and Glenn counties)
Contact: Gilbert Mohtes-Chan
Phone: (530) 741-4571; (530) 682-6145
Sacramento Area (Sacramento and Yolo counties)
Contact: Dennis Keaton
Phone: (916) 825-5252
Contact: Angela DaPrato
Phone: (916) 826-3093
El Dorado County and Lake Tahoe Basin
Contact: Steve Nelson
Phone: (530) 741-4566; (530) 701-9459
Sierra Area (Placer, Nevada and Sierra counties)
Contact: Raquel Borrayo
Phone: (530) 634-7640; (530) 701-5209
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARYSVILLE – Motorists should be prepare for lane closures, detours and travel delays across 11 Sacramento Valley and Northern Sierra counties due to major construction projects.
Caltrans construction activity is beginning or is in progress on nearly $1.3 billion worth of major projects from replacing aging bridges and repairing deteriorating pavement to upgrading water systems at roadside safety rest areas and installing electric vehicle charging stations.
As part of a Caltrans safety initiative, speed limits will be temporarily reduced by 10 miles per hour in work zones from the posted limit. Radar speed feedback trailers will be in place along highways to remind motorists of their driving speed. The California Highway Patrol will be working in these areas to increase safety and enforce the speed limits.
“Safety is our top priority. One death on the highway is one death too many,” said Caltrans District 3 Director Amarjeet S. Benipal. “Reducing speeds will help make construction work zones safer for everyone.”
Major highway projects include:
Valley Area
Interstate 5 (Colusa County) A $5.7 million project to upgrade the water and wastewater systems at the Maxwell Safety Rest Areas. The northbound and southbound rest areas will be closed during construction. The nearby Willows rest area in Glenn County will remain open while work is occurring at the Maxwell site. Completion is expected in 2021.
Interstate 5 (Glenn County) A $9.1 million project to upgrade the water and wastewater systems at the Willows Safety Rest Areas. The northbound and southbound rest areas will be closed during construction. The nearby Maxell rest area in Colusa County will remain open while work is occurring at the Willows site. Completion is expected in 2021.
Interstates 5 and 80 (Glenn, Colusa and Placer counties) A $2.8 million project to install charging stations for electric vehicles. Completion is expected in fall 2020.
State Route 20 (Sutter County) A $32.8 million project to restore nearly 12 lane miles of pavement between Lytle Road and the Sutter Bypass, widen the shoulders and replace the Wadsworth Canal Bridge. Completion is expected in fall 2020.
State Route 20 (Yuba County) A $16.2 million project to rehabilitate the pavement, widen shoulders and realign the roadway between Loma Rica Road and Spring Valley Road. Completion is expected in fall 2020. Project information and construction updates for all projects along the Yuba 20 corridor are available here.
State Route 20 (Yuba County) A $61.5 million project to straighten and flatten roadway curves and slopes, widen shoulders, construct a new bridge and rehabilitate a 4.5-mile section of roadway in the Browns Valley area. Completion is expected in fall 2021.
State Route 20 (Yuba County) A $54 million project to straighten curves, widen shoulders, construct a new bridge and rehabilitate a 2-mile section of roadway in the Timbuctoo area. Completion is expected in fall 2021.
State Routes 20/45 (Colusa County) A $19.3 million project by Caltrans, the City of Colusa and Colusa County to replace the old pavement, flatten the roadway, construct new sidewalks, curbs and gutters and improve drainage between Market Street and Butte Vista Way in Colusa. Completion is expected in winter 2021.
State Route 32 (Butte County) A $6.4 million project to upgrade sidewalks, curb ramps and pedestrian signals on 8th and 9th streets between Poplar Street and W. 7th Street in Chico. Completion is expected in fall 2020.
State Route 70 (Yuba County) A $60.4 million project to replace the Simmerly Slough Bridge just north of Marysville. Completion is expected in spring 2022.
State Route 70 (Butte County) A $42.1 million project by Caltrans and the Butte County Association of Governments to widen the existing two-lane highway to five lanes from Palermo Road to Cox Lane, create a continuous two-way left-turn lane, widen the shoulders and increase the clear recovery zone area for errant vehicles to safely recover and correct direction. Completion is expected in fall 2021.
State Route 99 (Sutter County) A $37 million pavement and streetscape project by Caltrans and the City of Live Oak to replace the old pavement, flatten the roadway, construct new sidewalks, curbs and gutters, upgrade drainage systems, and improve traffic signals, bicycle and pedestrian signals between Pennington Road and Elm Street. Completion is expected in 2021.
State Route 99 (Butte County) A $10.2 million project to upgrade railings on six bridges along a 33-mile stretch of SR-99 from the State Route 162 junction north of Gridley to Broyles Road north of Chico. Completion is expected in summer 2021.
Sacramento-Yolo Region
Interstate 5 (Sacramento County) A $370 million project by Caltrans, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments and City of Sacramento to rehabilitate pavement, construct new High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, replace a pedestrian overcrossing, construct sound walls, install new fiber optic lines, new ramp meters and extend various entrance and exit ramps. The project is expected to be completed by December 2022.
Interstate 5 and State Route 160 (Sacramento County) A $40.7 million seismic safety retrofit project on four bridges: Mokelumne Bridges on I-5 near the Sacramento-San Joaquin County line and Paintersville Bridge) on SR-160 and the North Sacramento Undercrossing on SR-160 in Sacramento. The project is expected to be completed October 2021.
Interstate 80 (Sacramento County) A $14.2 million project to repair and resurface damaged pavement for nine ramp and overcrossing locations along I-80 in North Sacramento County. The project is expected to be completed by July 2020.
Interstate 80 (Sacramento County) A $16.6 million project to improve communication performance by installing a fiber optics communication system in Sacramento and Placer Counties from east end of Sacramento River Bridge to 0.7 miles east of Placer County line. Construction is expected to begin early June 2020 and last until July 2021.
Interstate 80 (Sacramento County) A $6.7 million project will upgrade the existing Weigh in Motion (WIM) and add a two-lane exit at WB off-ramp at the Truck Scales near Antelope Road on Interstate 80. The project is expected to be completed in July 2020.
State Routes 12/160 (Sacramento County) A $8.7 million project to improve the safety and operation of the intersection of SR-12/SR-160 by providing left turns and longer merge lanes. Completion is expected in December 2022.
State Route 99 (Sacramento County) A $158 million project south of Elk Grove to replace the Cosumnes River bridges and the Cosumnes River Overflow bridges with two new bridge structures. The project is expected to be completed by spring 2023.
State Routes 160 and 99 (Sacramento County) A $25.5 million project will address the integrity and stability of American River Bridge on SR-160 and Lagoon Creek Bridge (Br # 24-0045L) on SR 99 by implementing strategy to further reduce scouring. The project is expected to be completed in February 2022.
State Route 275 (Yolo County) A $16.9 million project to replace the fender system surrounding piers 6 and 7 of the Tower Bridge over the Sacramento River in West Sacramento.
El Dorado County and Tahoe Basin Area
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) A $14.1 million project to replace the Echo Summit Sidehill Viaduct, located 7 miles west of South Lake Tahoe. This project is replacing the current bridge, built in 1939, with a new structure to meet current design and safety standards. Completion is expected by this fall.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) A $11.6 million project to replace the bridge on U.S. Highway 50 in El Dorado County at Ridgeway Drive (Sawmill Undercrossing). Completion is expected this winter.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) A $55.4 million project on U.S. Highway 50 along the Camino area corridor to install a concrete median barrier, widen shoulders, construct acceleration/deceleration lanes, construct an undercrossing with local road connections, replace culverts and constructing a wildlife crossing under the highway. Completion is expected in December 2021.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) A $52.8 million project from the “Y” intersection at State Route 89 to the Trout Creek Bridge in South Lake Tahoe. This project is building new drainage systems to collect and treat stormwater runoff, rebuilding curbs, gutters and sidewalks, widening the highway to allow for bike lanes and resurfacing the roadway. Completion is expected this spring.
State Route 193 (El Dorado County): A $6.1 million project to build retaining walls at two locations on State Route 193 between Kelsey Road and Rock Creek Road and to install metal beam guardrail. Completion is expected this spring.
Sierra Area
State Route 49 (Placer County) A $42.4 million project in Auburn will rehabilitate existing pavement and drainage, improve operational features and upgrade pedestrian and bicycle facilities from the Interstate 80/SR 49 interchange to Dry Creek Road in Auburn. Completion is expected fall 2020.
State Route 49 (Nevada County) A $4.3 million acceleration lanes project at Wolf Road/Combie Road to reduce the frequency and severity of collisions at the intersection. Completion is expected fall 2020.
State Route 49 (Nevada County) The $4.2 million Round Valley Road/Quail Creek Drive Safety Improvement project will construct a two-way left turn lane and increase shoulder width along the southbound side of the highway. Completion is expected fall 2020.
Interstate 80 (Placer County) A $1.8 million Acceleration Lane project in Colfax will construct a standard-length acceleration and merge lane on westbound Interstate 80 at the State Route 174 junction. Completion is expected summer 2020.
Interstate 80 (Placer County) A $11.4 million Atlantic On-ramp Widening project would expand the width of the existing Atlantic Street/Eureka Road/Interstate 80 on‐ramp to include three lanes and would replace the existing Miner’s Ravine Bridge to support the newly widened roadway. Completion is expected December 2022.
Interstate 80 (Placer/Nevada Counties) A $11.3 million project to repair and add resilience to the existing shoulders and embankments, to minimize future maintenance repair and prevent further damage to the existing roadway caused by erosion due to melting snow and snow plow activities at various locations along interstate 80 from the South Yuba River Bridge to the Soda Springs overcrossing. Completion is expected in 2020.
Interstate 80 (Placer/Nevada Counties) A $5 million Donner Summit Pavement Rehabilitation project will address pavement rutting along eastbound/westbound Interstate 80 from the Troy Undercrossing to Donner Pass Road in Truckee. Completion is expected in 2020.
Interstate 80 (Nevada County) A $15.2 million project to replace metal-beam guardrail with a concrete barrier along westbound Interstate 80 at various locations from Truckee to 1.3 miles west of the Soda Springs Overcrossing. Completion is expected summer 2020.
Interstate 80 (Nevada County) A $12.9 million Farad Ditch Slope Stabilization project will include roadway excavation, rock excavation, ditch widening, drainage and erosion control work along a 1,600-foot-long section near the Farad undercrossing. Completion is expected summer 2021.
State Route 174 (Nevada County) A $26.5 million safety improvement project to straighten several curves, widen shoulders and add a southbound left-turn pocket at the Greenhorn Access Road intersection between You Bet Road and Maple Way. Completion is expected fall 2021.
Weather or unexpected events may delay or prolong the work. Caltrans advises motorists to “Be Work Zone Alert.” The department will issue construction updates on Twitter @CaltransDist3 and on Facebook at CaltransDistrict3. For real-time traffic, click on Caltrans’ QuickMap or download the QuickMap app from the App Store or Google Play.
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