FREEWAY GAP CLOSURE ON STATE ROUTE 198
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
1990020734
Lead Agency
California Department of Transportation, Headquarters
Document Title
FREEWAY GAP CLOSURE ON STATE ROUTE 198
Document Type
JD - Joint Document
Received
Document Description
THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL CONNECT TWO EXISTING FREEWAY SEG- MENTS BY UPGRADING THE PRESENT FOUR LANE EXPRESSWAY TO A FOUR LAND FREEWAY AND ULTIMATELY A SIX LANE FREEWAY. ROUTE 198, IN THE PROJECT AREA, IS THE MAJOR CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE CITY OF VISALIA AND STATE ROUTE 99, THE PRIMARY NORTH-SOUTH TRANSPORTATION FACILITY IN THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. AS SUCH, SR 198 SERVES AS THE MAIN ROUTE FOR THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS INTO AND OUT OF THE CITY OF VISALIA AS WELL AS SERVING SEQUUIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS TO THE EAST. THE PROJECT IS NEEDED TO RELIEVE CONGESTION AND IM- PROVE SAFETY FOR MOTORISTS USING ROUTE 198.
Contact Information
Name
BOB APERSON
Agency Name
CAL TRANS DISTRICT 6 & FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMIN.
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Visalia
Counties
Tulare
Cross Streets
POST MILE 5.0 TO 9.3, PLAZA,MOONEY
State Highways
99, RT 63
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
Development Types
Transportation:Local Road (ROAD IMPROVEMENT)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildlife
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