California State Route 56

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State Route 56

(CS&HC Section 356)

Length:

16 mi^[1] (25.75 km)

West end:

I-5 in Carmel Valley

East end:

I-15 in Rancho Peñasquitos

Major cities:

San Diego

California State Routes
< SR 55		SR 57 >
Unconstructed - Deleted - Freeway - Scenic

State Route 56 runs from Interstate 5 in the Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego to Interstate 15. Route 56 was originally planned in 1964 to connect to the north end of State Route 125 and continue east to State Route 67, but Poway worked to make sure that would not be possible. Now CA-56 ends into Ted Williams Parkway on the East end. As a result, Route 56 is often called the Ted Williams Freeway (thus, both are named after baseball player Ted Williams, who was born in San Diego).

The stub segment on the west end from I-5 to Carmel Valley Rd and the stub segment on the east end from Black Mountain Rd to I-15 were built first, and traffic first flowed on these stub ends of the freeway in 1994. A 5-mile gap in the freeway remained for nearly a decade, until 2003. At that time, traffic opened on the east end from Black Mountain Rd to Camino Del Sur, but it took until July 19, 2004 to finally complete the middle segment. However, all the work still has yet to be completed. The ramps to I-15 are still under construction; and ramps from Route 56 west to I-5 north, as well as those from I-5 south to Route 56 east, will not be built until at least 2010. Until then, traffic is routed along local streets through Carmel Valley.

The cost of completing just the middle 5.5 mile segment was reported at $220 million, in 2004. Within weeks of completing the middle segment of the freeway SANDAG started a study about the I-5 connector ramps, which hopefully will be completed by 2012.

[edit] State law

Legal Definition of Route 56: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 356

Route 56 is part of the Freeway and Expressway System, as stated by section 253.1 of the California State Highway Code.

[edit] Exit list

Postmiles are derived from^[2] and exit numbers derived from^[3].

Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Western terminus of SR 56. Westbound traffic defaults onto I-5 south.
San Diego	SD 0.00	1A	I-5 south	Westbound left exit and eastbound entrance
	SD R0.33	1B	To I-5 north , El Camino Real	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	SD T0.82	1	Carmel Creek Road	Exit 1C westbound
	SD R1.81	2	Carmel Country Road
	SD 2.59	3	Carmel Valley Road
	SD 6.12	6	Camino Del Sur
	SD 6.90	7	Black Mountain Road
	SD 7.80	8	Rancho Penasquitos Boulevard
	SD 9.00	9	I-15
Eastbound traffic defaults onto Ted Williams Parkway.