California State Route 905

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State Route 905
Defined by S&HC § 632, maintained by Caltrans
Length: 8.964 mi[1] (14.426 km)
Formed: October 1984 by FHWA[2]
1986 by Caltrans (from SR 117)[3]
West end: I-5 in San Diego
East end: Mexican border near Otay Mesa
State highways in California (list - pre-1964)
County routes in California (list)
< I-880 I-980 >
History - Unconstructed - Deleted - Freeway - Scenic

State Route 905 is a state highway in San Diego, California that connects Interstate 5 and Interstate 805 in San Ysidro to the U.S.-Mexico border at Otay Mesa. The I-5 to I-805 portion is freeway, but currently the rest is an expressway known as Otay Mesa Road.

This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System[4].

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[edit] Route description

Once the highway has been fully upgraded to Interstate standards, it will become Interstate 905 and it will connect to State Route 125. This is critical because Otay Mesa is the only port of entry for trucks in the San Diego area, meaning that trucks must travel on an expressway to get to I-5.

Once designated, it will become only the third auxiliary three-digit Interstate to meet an international border (the other two being Interstate 190 in New York and Interstate 110 in Texas) and the second to touch the United States-Mexico border.

[edit] History

The majority of SR 905, paralleling Otay Mesa Road from I-5 to SR 125, was added to the state highway system and California Freeway and Expressway System in 1959 as Legislative Route 281,[5] and became part of State Route 75 in the 1964 renumbering.[6] In 1972, the legislature added a new State Route 117, which extended this part of SR 75 southwest to the Mexican border near Border Field State Park, to the state highway system, and a southerly extension of SR 125 to the border at Otay Mesa to the state highway and Freeway and Expressway systems.[7] SR 117 was extended east to SR 125, replacing this southerly segment of SR 75, in 1976.[8] The Federal Highway Administration approved the continuous roadway via SR 117 and SR 125 from I-5 to the border at Otay Mesa as a non-chargeable (not eligible for federal funding) part of the Interstate Highway System in October 1984,[9] and the number was legislatively changed to 905 in 1986.[10] The original piece of SR 117 (west of I-5), which is not part of the Interstate Highway or California Freeway and Expressway Systems, also became SR 905, but Caltrans has no plans to construct it.[citation needed]

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[edit] Future construction

In February 2008, multinational construction group Skanska announced they had been awarded a contract by Caltrans to construct a freeway along Route 905 between I-805 and State Route 125[11]:

The project comprises new construction of about four kilometers (2.5 mi) of six-lane freeway. Construction will require major grading operations for the base and 103,000 tons of asphalt. The contract also covers five bridges, landscaping, storm drains and irrigation system as well as all installations of signal and safety systems.

[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
[1][12][13]		 #[14] Destinations Notes
2.84 Oro Vista Road At-grade intersection
3.19 1 I-5 north – San Diego, Los Angeles Signed as exits 1A (north) and 1B (south); no exit numbers eastbound
3.82 1C Beyer Boulevard Signed as exit 1 eastbound
4.41 2A Picador Boulevard, Smythe Avenue
5.16 2B I-805
East end of freeway
10.50 SR 125 north (South Bay Expressway)
West end of freeway
11.60 9 Siempre Viva Road
11.80 Mexican border

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b California Department of Transportation, State Truck Route List (XLS file), accessed February 2008
  2. ^ California Highways: Interstate Highway Types and the History of California's Interstates
  3. ^ California Highways: State Route 905
  4. ^ CA Codes (shc:250-257)
  5. ^ "An act to amend...the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways, providing for a California Freeway and Expressway System...", 1959 chapter 1062, p. 3115, 3121: "Route 281 is from Route 2 [I-5] near the south end of San Diego Bay to east of United States Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Brown Field."
  6. ^ "An act...relating to routes on the state highway system.", 1963 chapter 385, p. 1177: "Route 75 is from: (a) Route 125 east of Brown Field to Route 5 near the south end of San Diego Bay..."
  7. ^ "An act to amend...the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways.", 1972 chapter 1216, p. 2345, 2351: "Route 117 is from the international boundary near Borderfield [sic] northeasterly to Route 5." "Route 125 is from: (a) The international boundary southerly of Brown Field to Route 54..."
  8. ^ "An act to amend...the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways.", 1976 chapter 1354, p. 6177: "Route 117 is from:...(b) Route 5 near the south end of San Diego Bay to Route 125 near Brown Field."
  9. ^ California Department of Transportation, State Highway Routes: Selected Information, 1994 with 1995 revisions
  10. ^ "An act to amend...the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways.", 1986 chapter 928, p. 3216: "Route 905 is from: (a) The International Boundary near Border Field northeasterly to Route 5. (b) Route 5 near the south end of San Diego Bay to the International Boundary southerly of Brown Field."
  11. ^ Skanska press release, February 2008
  12. ^ California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
  13. ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
  14. ^ California Department of Transportation, California Numbered Exit Uniform System, SR-905 Eastbound and SR-905 Westbound, accessed February 2008

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California: 105 • 105 (former) • 205 • 305 (unsigned) • 405 • 505 • 605 • 805 • 905 (future) — Oregon: 105 • 205 • 305 (unbuilt) • 405 • 505 (unbuilt) — Washington: 205 • 405 • 605 (proposed) • 705
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