California State Route 56

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State Route 56
Defined by S&HC § 356, maintained by Caltrans
Length: 16 mi[1] (25.75 km)
West end: I-5 in Carmel Valley
East end: I-15 in Rancho Peñasquitos
State highways in California (list - pre-1964)
< SR 55 SR 57 >
History - 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 SR 56 ends into Ted Williams Parkway on the East end. Route 56 is also 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 (8.0 km) 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 (8.9 km) 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.

This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System[2].

[edit] Exit list

Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage.

The entire route is in San Diego, San Diego County.

Postmile
[3][4][5]		 #[6] Destinations Notes
0.00 1A I-5 south (San Diego Freeway) Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
0.31 1B To I-5 north (San Diego Freeway) / El Camino Real Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
0.82 1C Carmel Creek Road Signed as exit 1 eastbound
2 2 Carmel Country Road
3.50 3 Carmel Valley Road
6.70 6 Camino del Sur
7.23 7 Black Mountain Road
8.04 8 Rancho Penasquitos Boulevard
East end of freeway
9.21 9 I-15 (Escondido Freeway) East end of SR 56; no exit number westbound; interchange
Sabre Springs Parkway, Rancho Carmel Drive Interchange
Ted Williams Parkway Continuation beyond I-15

[edit] References

  1. ^ January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways
  2. ^ CA Codes (shc:250-257)
  3. ^ California Department of Transportation, State Truck Route List (XLS file), accessed February 2008
  4. ^ California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
  5. ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
  6. ^ California Department of Transportation, California Numbered Exit Uniform System, SR-56 Eastbound and SR-56 Westbound, accessed February 2008

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