California State Route 125

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Route 125

Length:

36 mi (58 km)

Formed:

Major cities:

San Diego
Chula Vista
Lemon Grove
La Mesa
El Cajon
Santee

Direction:

South-North

JUNCTION	POSTMILE
SR-905	SD 0.00
SR-54	SD 9.66
SR-94	SD 13.22
I-8	SD 15.65
SR-52	SD 22.09
SR-56	???
California State Routes Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic
< Route 124	Route 126 >

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 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.

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. 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.

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.