U.S. Highway 50 Multimodal Corridor Enhancement and Rehabilitation Project
Project Facts
Description
This comprehensive corridor project will construct High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes and rehabilitate pavement on US 50 from the US 50/I-5 Interchange (PM L0.2) to the US 50/Watt Avenue Interchange (PM R6.1) for a total of 14 lane miles.
Project Benefits
- Provide an option for reliable peak period travel time.
- Use the highway facilities as efficiently as possible.
- Improve general traffic operations by reducing congestion and travel time.
- Improve bicycle and pedestrian access.
The purpose of this project is to reduce congestion and replace the existing Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) pavement, reduce maintenance crew’s exposure to live traffic, and reduce maintenance expenditures. The project scope also includes the restoration of other roadway elements such as drainage, lighting, and Intelligent Transportation Systems. The existing PCC pavement was built between 1967 and 1971 and has reached the end of its service life. It is deteriorated and has a poor ride quality that requires annual maintenance to repair and maintain. This project will also increase the deficient vertical clearance at seven over crossing structures in the project limits as identified in the District 3 Goods and Movement Study. This increased vertical clearance will reduce the frequency of “high load” hits, reduce maintenance worker exposure to traffic, and improve freight mobility in this corridor.
Closures
As of December 1, 2025
- Eastbound US 50 to southbound I-5 connector (11 p.m. to 5 a.m.)
- Westbound US 50 to southbound I-5 connector (11 p.m. to 5 a.m.)
- Westbound 15 Street on-ramp with auxiliary lane
- Westbound #1, #2 and #3 lanes from Watt Avenue to Howe Avenue
- Eastbound 15th Street off-ramp
- Eastbound 16th Street on-ramp with auxiliary lane
- Eastbound #3, #4 and auxiliary lane from 24th Street to 39th Street.
- Northbound SR 99 to eastbound US 50 connector (11 p.m. to 5 a.m.)
- Southbound Business 80/Capital City Freeway to eastbound US 50 connector (11 p.m. to 5 a.m.)
- Eastbound 34th Street off-ramp
- Eastbound #3, #4 and auxiliary lane from 51st Street to Howe Avenue
- Eastbound 65th Street on-ramp
- Eastbound Hornet Drive off-ramp
- Eastbound #3 and #4 lanes from Howe Avenue to Occidental Drive
- Eastbound Howe Avenue on-ramp
*All work is scheduled to begin as listed but is subject to change due to traffic incidents, weather, availability of equipment and/or materials, and other construction related issues. TBC = To Be Confirmed due to weather and other closures at other projects.
Funding:
- SHOPP Roadway Rehabilitation program. The total project cost for the long life pavement replacement, other highway asset upgrades and improving the vertical clearance at seven overcrossings is estimated at $368.9 million.
- Sacramento Measure A Transportation Sales Tax Program managed by Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) for $52.2 million for the preliminary engineering, environmental studies (PA&ED), design, right-of-way work and construction.
- Solutions for Congested Corridors Program (SCCP) by State of California’s Senate Bill(SB) 1 - Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 for $90 million for construction.
- Total project cost: $511.1 million
Project Schedule
Circulate Draft Environmental Document -- September 2016 (completed)
Project Approval & Environmental Document – May 2017 (completed)
Request for Qualification for Design-Build Contract – February 2019 (completed)
Request for Proposal for Design-Build Contract – September 2019 (completed)
Award Design-Build Contract – April 2020
Complete Construction – July 2026
Partnership
Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA)
Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG)
Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT)
Project Contact
Daniel Kwong, P.E
Cell: (530) 713-3023
Email: Daniel.Kwong@dot.ca.gov
Sergio Ochoa Sanchez, Public Information Officer
Phone: (916) 826-3093
Email: Sergio.Ochoa.Sanchez@dot.ca.gov
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