California Highways and Public Works, November-December 1964
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~..... .. STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWN, Governor HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION AGENCY ROBERT B. BRADFORD Administrator DEPAitTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS JOHN ERRECA, Director FRANK A. CHAMBERS . Chief Deputy Director RUSSELL J. GOONEY . Deputy Director (Management) T. F. BAGSHAW Assistant Director JUSTIN DuCRAY Departmental Management Analyst HARRY D. FREEMAN Deputy Director (Planning) C. RAY VARLEY Assistant Director S. ALAN WHITE Departmental Personnel Officer DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS 1. C. WOMACK State Highway Engineer, Chief of Division CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY COMMISSION J. P. MURPHY Depuly State Highway Engineer Right of way J. A. LE6ARRA Deputy State Highway Engineer RUDOLF HESS Chief Right of Way Agent ROBERT B. BRADFORD Chairman and L. KAGAN Assistant Chief GEO. LANGSNER Deputy State Highway Engineer HARRY Administrator, Highway DEXTER D. MacBRiDE Assistant Chief Agency LYMAN R. GILLIS Assistant State Highway Engineer Transportation R. S. 1. PIANEZZI Assistant Chief J. E. McMAHON Assistant State Highway Engineer ABRAHAM KOFMAN Vice Chairman FRANK E. BAXTER Assistant 5tafe Highway Engineer DistricT 1, Eureka Alameda SAM HELWER District Engineer GEORGE A. HILL Assistant State Highway Engineer JAMES A. GUTHRIE San Bernardino 1. C. BURRILL fompfroller District 2, Redding ROGER S. WOOLLEY San Diego H. S. MILES District Engineer NEAL E. ANDERSEN . Equipment Engineer FRANKLIN S. PAYNE Los Angeles JOHN L. BEATON Materials and Research Engineer nisrricr 3, Marysville WILLIAM S. WHITEHURST . Fresno WARREN District Engineer C. G. BEER Urban Planner W• ~• JOSEPH C. HOUGHTELING Sunnyvale Engineer A. N. DUNNAM Computer Systems District 4, San Francisco Engineer of Design ALVORD C. ESTEP ALAN $. HART District Engineer JOHN ERRECA Administrative Officer Engineer J. F. JORGENSEN Construction R. A. HAYLER Deputy District Engineer and Director of Public Works Information SCOTT H. LATHROP Personnel and Public HAIG AYANIAN Qeputy District Engineer JACK COOPER, Secretary Sacramento C. T. LEDDEN City and County Projects Engineer C. F. GREENE Deputy District Engineer H. C. McCARTY Office Engineer JACK E. PEDDY Project Control Engineer Disfricf 5, son Buis Obispo District 8, San Bernardino DAWA G. PEN6ILLY Planning Engineer R. J. DATEL District Engineer C. V. KANE District Engineer E. J. L. PETERSON Program and Budget Engineer R. V. POTTER Systems Research Engineer nis~ricr 6, Fresno District 9, Bishop WELCH District Engineer E. L. TINNEY . Maintenance Engineer W ~• C. A. SHERVINGTON District Engineer DONALD P. VAN RIPER Principal Landscape Architect District ~, cos Angeles J. E. WILSON Traffic Engineer E. T. TELFORD District Engineer District 10, SfockTOn A. L. ELLIOTT Bridge Engineer—Planning A. L. HIMELHOCH Deputy District Engineer JOHN G. MEYER District Engineer R. J. IVY Bridge Engineer—Administration A. C. BIRNIE Deputy District Engineer I. 0. JAHLSTROM . Bridge Engineer—Operetions A. W. HOY Deputy District Engineer District 11, San Qiego DALE DOWNING Bridge Engineer—Southern Area R. E. DEFFEBACH Deputy District Engineer JACOB DEKEMA District Engineer DIVISION OF CONTRACTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY HARRY S. FENTON Chief Counsel EMERSON RHYNER Deputy Chief (Sacramento) HOLLOWAY JONES Deputy Chief (San Francisco) REGINALD B. PEGRAM Deputy Chief (Los Angeles) DOVISION OF BAY TOLL CROSSINGS E. R. FOLEY . Chief Engineer BEN BALALA Planning and Construction CHARLES L. SWEET Operations DIVISION OF AEROfVAl171CS CLYDE P. BARNETT Director, Chief of Division p33765-500 it-6~ 66N[ rY%tt~CQ I)1 CALIFORNIA OrfICE Of STATE PRINTING California Hi~ hwa Y sand Public Works Official Journal of the Division of Highways, Department of Public Works, State of California Vol. 4~ November-December Nos. 1 1-12 CONTENTS Poge Departmental Organization Chart _ ___ _ __ 2 California Highway Commission _ __ __ _ __ _ 3 California Highways-1964 __ _ _ _ _ 5 Division Organization Chart _ __ ____ __ ___ __ _ 21 Operations . -------- - _ -- ----- _ - ---_ ---- -- 22 Construction --------- ----- ----- -------- ---- - - -- -- ----- _ __ 22 Maintenance--------------------------------- --- -- ------------------ - _ - - 24 Materials and Research ------------------------- --- -- ---- ----- ------ 27 Equipment- --- -- ------------------ --- --------- -- - ---- - _ 30 Administration ----- ----------------- - --------------- ---- - _ 33 Office Engineer ________. _ --------------- -- - -------------- - -_ City and County Projects ----- _ -----_----- ----- --- ------ -- __---------------- 36 Service and Supply ___..-------___ --_ ----_ ---- 39 Management Analysis --------------- __ ------- -- ---------- ---- -------- 40 Systems Research ------------------------ --------------- 40 Planning --------- ------------------ -- -------- - -- - -- ----------_ 41 Advance Planning ---- ------------------- - - ------------------ ------------------------ 41 FRONT COVER: In fhis aerial photo taken above Photogrammetric Mapping and Aerial Photography ___________ _________ 42 Donner down the eastern slope Programs and Budgets -------------_----------_-------- -- -_----- Pass, old US 40 winds -------------------------- 43 toward Donner Lake in fhe distance. The new Inter Design ---------------- ------------------ - --------------------------------- ------- 44 state 80 Freeway, opened fo froffic on November 20, Traffic- ----------------------- ----- -------------- -- ----- r---------------- -------------------- 46 can be seen on the slopes to the left of the lake and beyond. (Photo by William R. Chaney). Urban Planning ------------ -- -----------------------------=- --------- 49 Bridges --------------------------------------------------------------- --- ----------------- 51 BACK COVER: This nighttime view of the Antelope B ri dg e P I a n ni ng ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ --- 51 Road interchange on Interstate 80 near Sacramento displays the Division of Highways' latest devices aimed BridgeOperations ------------------------------------------------- — ------- 52 SpecialStudies 56 at keeping wrong-way drivers ofi freeways. the whi~e- ----------------------------------------------- ------- - on-red signs which read WRONG WAY will be Bridge Office Engineering ------------------------------------------------- --------- 57 similarly placed on all ofi` ramps in the Stafe Highway Special Projects ________ 57 system. The red pavement arrow (which is invisible to a driver clearing the ramp) and the sign, GO BACK— Personnel and Information ______________________________ .__.______________ ______ 5$ You Are Going—WRONG WAY, are still in the experi- Personnel------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- 58 menta( stage and are now installed at a limited num- ber of locations. (Photo by Bill Ruland.) Training _____________ -------------------------------------------------- ________ 59 EmployeeSafeYY ------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 60 Audio-visual ------------ -------------------------------------- -------- 61 Public Information -- ------------------------------------------- --- -- 61 Rightof WaY - - ------------------------------------------------------- ------- ---------- 63 Legal - - - -- ---------------------------------- ----------- ------ ------------ 66 Fiscal Management ---------- --- ------------------------------------------ ------ 68 1965-66 Highway Budget ------------ --- ------------------------------------____--_- 71 LESTER S. KORITZ, Editor STEWART MITCHELL, Associate Editor MARCIA J. MICKELSEN, Assistant Editor WILLIAM R. CHANEY, Chief Photographer ~difors are invited to use information contained herein and }o request prints of any black and white photographs. Address communications to: EDITOR, CALIFORNIA HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS P.O. Box 1499 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95807 State of California Department of Public Works — Organization Chart GOVERNOR ` Edmnnd G. Blown I ADMINISFRaTOR QF HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION~1~ Robert E Bradford CALIFORNIR HIGHWAY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS CALfFORNIA TOLL STATE AERONAUTICS BOARD COMMISSION — Ez~ — BRIDGE AUTHORITY 7 Members John Erreca 5 Members 5 Members SECRETARY C.H.C. CHIEF DEPUTY DfRECTOR A. J. Cooper Frank A. Chambers DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR (Planning) (Management) Harry D. Freeman Russell J Cooney DIRECTOR`S OFFICE STAFF QtVISfON OF CONTRACTS DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS DIVISION OF BAY TOLL DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS AND RIGHTS OF WAY ~Legac CROSSINGS Division Chief State Highway Engineer Division Chief Director Harry S. Fenton J. C. Womack E. R.. Foley Clyde P Barnett (1) Administrator is Ex-officio Chairman and Member of the California Highway Commission and a Member o[ the California Toll Bridge Authority (2) Director is Ex-officio Administrative Officer of the California Highway Commission and Administrative Officer of the California Toll Bridge Authority NOVEMF3ER, 1964 STATE OF CALIFORNIA-DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY COMMISSION ROBERT B. BRADFORD, Chairman, Ex Ofricio Dttte of original Member Residence appoi~atncent Terytz expires Jn~tES A. GUTHRIF,~ San Bernardino ___________ _______________________________ ______________________September 14, 1943 January 1 S, 1965 ROGF,R S. WOOI;LEY~ Rancho Santa Fe _____ _______________________________ __________________________March 1 S, 1959 January 15, 1467 Asxnxn~-i KOFi~iAN~ Alameda -------------------------------------------------------------------September 14, 1961 January 15, 1964 FRANKLIN S. PAYNE~ Los Angeles _____________________ _______________________________ ._______.February