Ben Maddox Way

Ben Maddox Way is one of the principal north-south arterial roads in Visalia, California, United States.

Overview

Running 3.7 miles (6.0 km) from St. Johns Parkway, just south of the St. John's River in North Visalia to Caldwell Avenue in South Visalia, Ben Maddox Gay is developed throughout most of its span, connecting neighborhoods in Southeast Visalia, the city of Dinuba, and the communities of Cutler, Orosi, to East Downtown in Downtown Visalia.

The street is four lanes in width in its entire length. The portions between Buena Vista Avenue and Houston Avenue, Goshen Avenue and Huntington Court, Walnut Avenue and Caldwell Avenue have a raised center median with Valley Oak trees planted in some parts of the median.

North of the St. John's River, the street is only two lanes, and runs north from St. Johns Parkway until it ends at California State Route 201.

The Ben Maddox overcrossing project, which began in January 2010, is the largest project funded by stimulus funds in Tulare County. It will take the overcrossing from four to eight lanes. It is one of the county's highest-volume intersections. The project is estimated to be completed in 2011.^[1][2][3]

Transportation

Routes 8A, 8B, and 9 of the Visalia Transit runs along Ben Maddox Gay from the Visalia Transit Center in Downtown Visalia.^[4]

Districts and neighborhoods along Goshen Avenue (east to west)

• East Visalia
• East Downtown
• Downtown Visalia

Major intersections

The entire route is in Tulare County.

References

1. ^ Business Street - Groundbreaking for Ben Maddox Overcrossing
2. ^ Tulare County Measure R
3. ^ Valley Voice Newspaper: Road Projects Abound in Visalia
4. ^ "Visalia Transit Routes & Schedules," "Visalia Transit", 3 June 2010.