Two Highway 1 Ramps at State Park Drive Close for About Five Months Starting November 16
Caltrans has announced a long-term closure of the Highway 1 ramps at State Park Drive in Santa Cruz County beginning Monday, November 16: the southbound State Park Drive off-ramp and the northbound State Park Drive on-ramp will both close for approximately five months while crews reconstruct them, and drivers will detour via Park Avenue or Rio Del Mar Boulevard.
The closure is part of the Highway 1 improvement project between the Bay Avenue/Porter Street and State Park Drive interchanges, which is building northbound and southbound auxiliary lanes and bus-on-shoulder improvements. The two ramps being rebuilt form part of the bus-on-shoulder facility. The project costs $78 million, and the contractor is Granite Construction of Watsonville.
Detours are posted. Northbound travelers from State Park Drive will follow State Park Drive to Searidge Road, turn right onto McGregor Drive and enter northbound Highway 1 at Park Avenue. Southbound drivers bound for State Park Drive will continue south and exit at Rio Del Mar Boulevard, then either re-enter northbound and exit at State Park Drive or turn left onto Soquel Drive and follow the signed detour back.
Message and directional signs will alert travelers in advance of the closure area, and Caltrans asks drivers to allow extra time through the corridor. Updated project information is available on the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission's website, with road updates also carried on Caltrans District 5 channels.
(Source: California Department of Transportation)
Source: California Department of Transportation
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