Posted on 04/27/2018 11:08:49 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Caltrans will widen striping and increase visibility on 1,027 lane miles of U.S. Highway 101 from the San Benito/Santa Clara County line to the Santa Barbara/Ventura County line, thanks to funding by Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
“The wider and brighter striping will make it easier for all drivers and truckers to see the lane lines,” said Caltrans Director Laurie Berman. “The highly reflective striping will improve safety for road users, especially during rainy days. The six-inch striping will also take up more surface so it will be more durable and last longer, saving taxpayers millions of dollars of future maintenance repairs.”
The highly reflective six-inch striping is replacing the longtime standard four-inch wide stripes. The new lane lines are more visible due to a new material being used to enhance reflectivity.
Crews are scheduled to begin striping US-101 from the Ventura/Santa Barbara County line to north of the Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo County line starting Sunday, April 29. Motorists will encounter overnight ramp closures, Sunday night through Friday morning, from 8:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. The $4.9 million project is the third SB 1 funded striping project to begin this year.
Earlier this month, crews began work on the $5.2 million striping project on US-101 from the State Route 166/US-101 Separation in San Luis Obispo County to the SR-198/US-101 Separation in Monterey County. Motorists will encounter alternating lane closures on northbound US-101, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., and on southbound US-101 from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Overnight lane closures are possible Sunday night through Friday morning, from 8:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m.
On April 15, crews also began the $4.4 million striping project on US-101 from the SR-198/US-101 Separation in Monterey County to the San Benito/Santa Clara County line. The majority of construction is taking place during the overnight hours. Motorists can expect overnight lane closures from 8:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m.
In addition to restriping work, last month Caltrans began construction on the $1.4 million bridge project to improve and extend the service life of two bridges on US-101 at the Refugio Road Undercrossing in Santa Barbara County. The project was the first of eleven projects in District 5 that are scheduled to begin construction this year due to the funds from SB 1.
The construction schedule is subject to change due to traffic incidents, weather, availability of equipment and/or materials, and/or construction-related issues. More information and updates on projects can be found at http://www.dot.ca.gov/d5/ or on Twitter via @CaltransD5.
SB 1 provides an ongoing funding increase of approximately $1.8 billion annually for the maintenance and rehabilitation of the state highway system. SB 1 funds will enable Caltrans to fix more than 17,000 lane miles of pavement, 500 bridges and 55,000 culverts by 2027.
Caltrans is committed to conducting its business in a fully transparent manner and detailing its progress to the public. For complete details on SB 1, visit http://www.rebuildingca.ca.gov/.
Motorists are encouraged to plan ahead, use alternative routes and Be Work Zone Alert.
Bilingual?
Horrors, it might be White!
Your prediction is completely wrong.
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Not completely.
Any unexpected car sideways slippage might cause the driver to overcompensate.
And, how about motorcycle tires?
California, like New York is a great state for civil engineering type construction outfits. You get the engineering class to claim there is a severe need, and the unions to push the pols they elected, and all the contractors have to do is wait a bit and the legislature will deliver - more work for everyone.
I have lived in the NY Metro area a long time.
There is a Highway, I-495, with the title of Long Island Expressway. In over four decades I have never known a time when some section of it was not being rebuilt. I have NEVER driven it without construction interference somewhere. It’s like a highway that is never finished. Fantastic business for the construction industry.
And many drivers are too busy texting to even notice the lane markers ... Hey! There oughtta be a law!!
I think it should be a bi-cultural, multiracial, multilingual, LGBQT stripe but anything other than white which would denote white privilege. Maybe a black stripe on the black pavement to honor Black Lives Matter. Knowing California all of this is possible.
You triggered a memory.
I have seen rainbow striped crosswalks in LA.
Having spent years on the racetrack exploring the absolute limits of adhesion on both four wheels and two, it is easy for me to recognize you know nothing about the physics of traction. I won’t even bother explaining to you the different coefficients of friction between the two materials, the percentage of contact patch, or the water film thickness.
frankly, having driven a lot of highway miles in the rain, I'm tempted to discount your assurances and go with the prediction. A lot of folks drive too fast in the rain relying on their technology to save them, but the force when the contact patch on one side goes from slip to stick is significant and could cause a veer or momentary loss of directional control. Combine that with the way people drive on 101 and wow. Plus it's not all going to be gaps, they will probably stripe their solid white lines the same way.
Hey, look at this. Wide lanes. This is so luxurious. Woo, yeah.
Which makes me wonder, will highway departments have to return to the southern/western style triple-stripe centerlines for head-to-head traffic to stop automated vehicles from crashing?
I’ve read that some highway departments use tiny glass beads in some striping to increase reflectivity.
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