CALIFORNIA STATE ROUTE 125

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'State Route 125' currently runs from State Route 54 in San Diego to State Route 52 in Santee, USA.
Currently, construction is underway to extend Route 125 from Route 54 south to State Route 905 and State Route 11 in Otay Mesa near the U.S.–Mexico border. This portion, scheduled to open in the summer of 2007, will be a toll road called the 'South Bay Expressway'. It will be California's first road built as a public/private partnership. The toll road is being funded by the private company California Transportation Ventures, Inc. and the following public agencies: the United States Department of Transportation, CalTrans, San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), and the City of Chula Vista.
The toll road's name is quite unusual, as it will be built to freeway standards and therefore should be labeled a freeway under both federal and California law. See freeway and expressway for more information on the difference between the two.
Route 125 was originally planned to continue north through East Miramar to Poway to connect with State Route 56 and Select Arterial 680 but Poway successfully blocked that by insisting CalTrans upgrade State Route 67 instead, leaving the northern terminus at State Route 52. There still are proposals to connect it to Scripps Poway Parkway, or to take it all the way up to Riverside parallel to Interstate 15, creating a third full north/south freeway for San Diego. It is currently unlikely that will ever happen though.

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History

South Bay Expressway

State law

External links

References

History

In the early 1990s, only the section south of Interstate 8 and north of State Route 94 was completed; confusingly, it was signed as State Route 94, even though it met with both westbound and eastbound Route 94 at its southern terminus. The Route 125 signs later replaced the Route 94 signs, although at the Interstate 8 a "TO" referring to Route 94 is carried on the signs for Route 125 South.
The northernmost portion of the current Route 125 was built in stages. For a time, its northern terminus was at the current exits for Amaya Drive, later (circa 1992) further north at Fletcher Parkway, then even further at Navajo Road. The northernmost portion (north of Grossmont College Drive) was completed to State Route 52 while the portion between Navajo Road and Grossmont College Drive was still under construction. As of 2005, this section has been completed.
In the early 2000s, further construction resulted in the third section of Route 125, connecting southward from State Route 94 to State Route 54. As of early 2006, the interchange at Routes 125 and 54 is still under construction (as a portion of the construction of the fourth portion of Route 125, mentioned below), but traffic can pass along a four-lane detour through the construction zone. This allows southbound traffic on Route 125 to continue to westbound State Route 54, while eastbound State Route 54 continues northbound on Route 125.

South Bay Expressway

A fourth section, the 'South Bay Expressway' toll road that is currently under construction and scheduled to open in 2007, will continue southward from State Route 54 to Otay Mesa.
It was designed as a toll road due to the lack of available funds from a 1/2 cent sales tax, which was set to expire in 2008. In 2004, the voters of San Diego County voted to extend the 1/2 cent sales tax to 2028[1], this making more funds available to fund this project, and other projects in this region, calling into question the purpose of the toll road designation of this roadway.

State law

'Legal Definition of Route 125:' California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 425

External links

★ California Highways: Route 125

★ Western Exit Guide - California 125

★ South Bay Expressway: Toll Road SR-125 south of SR-54 to SR-905

References

1. January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways