State Route 86/Avenue 50 New Interchange Project

State Route 86/Avenue 50 New Interchange Project

Note: Review Per Lead The city of Coachella, in cooperation with Caltrans, proposes the construction of a new interchange at SR 86 (PM R19.2/R21.6) and Avenue 50, approx 1.1 miles north of the existing SR 86/Avenue 52 intersection and 1.95 miles south of the existing SR-86/Dillon Rd interchange. The proposed project would convert a portion of SR 86 from an at-grade signalized intersection into a grade-separated full interchange with a new overcrossing bridge and access ramps. This new overcrossing would be up to approx 326 ft long and 122 ft wide. It would be a 2-span structure to accommodate 3 through lanes in each direction and two left-turn pockets for the eastbound and westbound directions of Avenue 50. The project would also construct a new bridge structure over the Whitewater River/Coachella Valley Stormwater Channel. The new bridge structure over the CVSC would be approx 605 ft long and 120 ft wide, would be a 5-span structure to accommodate 3 through lanes in each direction and a 14-ft wide median on Avenue 50, and would replace the existing at-grade paved low water crossing. The construction of the bridge for Avenue 50 over the CVSC would also include realignment and widening of a portion of Avenue 50 from the existing two-lane roadway to a six-lane major arterial, and realignment of portions of Tyler St on both the west and east sides of SR-86, respectively, and, the existing 1-lane in each direction road that is located within the limits of the CVSC would become a CVSC maintenance road. The project will be constructed in two phases.

Coachella

Riverside

Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, Cal Fire, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency

Transportation:Other (new interchange)

interchange

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