State Route 87 Roadway Rehabilitation

May 2025 Update: Paving on the mainlines and ramps have been completed. Repaving of the bike path will begin soon.


Media Gallery

Additional project resources including downloadable maps, image galleries, and video clips can be found on the media resources page.


Why is the Work Needed?

Photograph of State Route 87 at Exit 6 to State Route 82 in Santa Clara County, California.

The purpose of the project is to improve ride quality, enhance safety, and extend the service life of the pavement. These full weekend closures are necessary for worker and public safety during the work. Caltrans will perform major pavement rehabilitation on the two center traffic lanes in both the northbound and southbound directions of SR-87. The roadway has become worn and in need of major repairs due to decades of high traffic use.

Project Scope

The roadway pavement will be replaced with 20-year life cycle flexible pavement structure by cold planning and replacing the pavement to maintain existing profile grade. Upgrade 28 curb ramps at six intersections, resurface 2.9 miles of class I bikeway that runs parallel to the mainline, repair localized depressions in the roadway profile grade by injecting expanded polyurethane materials, replace the existing nonstandard median concrete barrier, replace asphalt concrete dikes, replace nonstandard guardrails, Place enhanced wet/night visibility striping and shoulder rumble strips, upgrade/replace drainage facilities and upgrade/replace various electrical systems, including traffic signals, traffic loop detectors, push buttons and pedestrian crossing signals.

Current Status

Construction began in Summer 2023.

Photograph of traffic on State Route 87 near Curtner Avenue in Santa Clara County, California.

Schedule

Environmental Documents: Fall 2020 (Actual)
Design Complete: Summer 2022 (Actual)
Begin Construction: Summer 2023 (Actual)
End Construction: Spring 2025 (Tentative)

Project Contact

If you have a question or want to share a concern, please call our Project Hotline at (510) 286-0319.
Or you can contact sr87pave@dot.ca.gov.

 


Advisories

SR-87 Roadway Rehabilitation Project Video Advisory