Ai~iNUAL REPORT ISSUE O -~~ ~~~~f A Rs A1►. YY i% J~~ ~e~J a ~ ~ n ,'.,~ ~ •i1dr!~.~►r~`+ 1~~ .,~ ~ i raiih._. e* _.: .~ ~ ,~ r' 4 k~ ~ , .v. ,v '~ O ~ ~ + °~ fetters of Transmittal December 13, 1965 December 14, 1965 MR. JOHN ERRECA EDMUND G. BROWN Director of Public Works Governor of California State of California My dear Governor: Dear Sir: It is my pleasure to submit to you the 19th Annual Report In compliance with Section 143 of the Streets and Highways of the Division of Highways, Department of Public Works, Code, the 19th Annual Report of the Division of Highways for which presents the activities of the division's various units in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, is submitted herewith the past fiscal year, and describes our progress in planning for your approval and transmittal to Governor Edmund G. and constructing today for our future transportation needs. Brown. California began 1965 while reeling under the blows of last The report also includes the highlights of the division's winter's devastating floods. However, through the combination construction through calendar year 1965, as well as a descrip- of the skill and determination of the Division of Highways per- tion of the projects in the 1966-67 fiscal year budget, adopted sonnel with legislation that provided emergency flood damage by the Highway Commission at its October meeting. repair funds, our highways and bridges were replaced or re- As in the past several years, construction emphasis has been paired in record time. Our overall construction schedule was on the completion of California's portion of the national system not delayed. of defense and interstate highways, a system within and com- In addition to the progress on the interstate system freeways, prising about 17 percent of this state's 12,497-mile freeway that the State Highway Engineer reported in the attached and expressway system. letter, California made steady gains in 1965 toward the com- am pleased to report that 66 percent of these interstate pletion of its 12,497-mile freeway and expressway system, freeways, which by 1975 will carry 30 billion of an expected master-planned by the Legislature. 141 billion motor vehiele miles of travel in California, has been This year, of the estimated 47 billion motor vehicle miles completed, or is under construction or budgeted. traveled on state highways, approximately half took place on Simultaneously, the division has made good progress in con- freeways. This not only represents a deerease in the traveled verting conventional highways to freeway standards, and in miles on formerly high volume conventional highways, but a enhancing safety and mobility on other routes in every area great gain in terms of the saving of human lives and suffering. of the state by engineering improvements. In a report prepared in October in cooperation with the The text portion of the annual report is illustrated and pub- U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, the Traffic Department of the lished as the November—December issue of our bimonthly Division of Highways stated, "If the amount of freeway travel magazine, California Highways and Public Works. A supple- that occurred in 1964 on California's state highway system ment containing financial statements, apportionment tables, had been forced to occur on conventional highways and ex- contract statistics and other data will be available to interested pressways, there would have been approximately 78,500 persons on request. additional aecidents and over 650 additional fatalities." Knowing that the conversion of routes to full freeway stand- ards where traffic conditions warrant is the single greatest advance we can make in the cause of traffic safety, we are confident that the more than 200 miles of freeway opened to traffic in 1965 will result in additional prevention of highway carnage. J. C. WOMACK We are not only building safer traffic facilities, but we are State Highway Engineer paying increasing attention to making them more attractive. This has resulted in additional emphasis on design aesthetics and in stepped-up programs for landscaping and driver amenities. Respectfully, JOHN ERRECA Director of Public Works California Hig hwa Y sand Public Works Official Journal of the Division of Highways, Department of Public Works, State of California VOI. 44 November-Deeember Nos. 11-12 CONTENTS Page California Highway Commission Calendar of Meetings_____.....__ - - --- 2 California Highways-1965. _____ _._______________ _._------ _ 3 Operations----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ----- -- 19 Construction------------------------- -------------------------------------- __------------ 19 Maintenance ___ ______________----------------------------------- ---- --- -- ------ 20 Materials and Research------..--------------------------------------------------- --- ------- 25 Equipment -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ---- 28 Administration------------------------------------------------------------------------ - __ 30 Ofl`ice Engineer --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- 30 City and County Projects-------------------------------------------- --------------- 33 Service and SuPP~Y----------- ---------- -- -------------------------------- -------- ---- 36 Systems Research ------------------------------------------------ ------ --- ---------- 37 Management Analysis ------------------------------------------------ ----------------- 37 PIa n ni ng -------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ------------------ 38 Advance Planning ----------------------------------------------------- --- 38 PhotogrammetrY ---------------------------------- ----------- ------------------ --------------- 39 Programs and Budgets------ --_----_------------------------- .__ 40 Project Control - ---------------------------------------- ------------------ 41 Design ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- -------------- 42 Roadside Development ------------------------------------------------ ----------------- 44 Traffic ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --------- 45 Urban Planning ---_-------------t------------------------------- -- ------ ------------------ 4~ ComputerSystems ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- 50 Bridges -------------------------------------------------------------------------- .-- - 52 Bridge Administration -------------------------------------------------------- - ---------- 52 Bridge Pfanning- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ 54 Bridge Operations ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------- 55 Personnel and Information ________________ _______________________________ .__ ___ 59 Personnel-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- 59 SafetY---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- 61 Audio-visual ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- 62 Public Information ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- 62 Legal--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- 64 Rightof WaY-- -------------------------------------------------- -------------- 66 Fiscal Management -------------------------------------------------- ---------------- 68 1966-67 Highway Budget----..--------_----_------------------------------------- .--- 70 FRONT COVER: The men raking leaves on the front cover are Robert Johnson and R. D. Collins, both of District 11 Maintenance Department. The leaves are in the median of the US 395 freeway LESTER S. KORITZ, Editor through Balboa Park, just a few blocks from the of STEWART MITCHELL, Associate Editor JOHN C. ROBINSON, Associate Editor hear} of downtown San Diego. In this year great emphasis on highway beautification, the MARCIA J. MICKELSEN, Assistant Editor California Division of Highways can proudly point WILL;AM R. CHANEY, Chief Photographer to this urban freeway, and dozens of other such landscaped freeways throughout the state, as Edetars are invited to use information contained herein and to request prints of any black and white proof California has long been a leader in high- photographs. way beautification. Photograph by Bill Ruland. Address communications to: EDITOR, BACK COVER: The replacement of the old sidehill viaduct at Dodge Poini near 4he summi} of Tioga CALIFORNIA HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS Pass on State Route 120 wilt make passage of P.O. Box 1499 this route safer and easier for motorists. The new structure is part of the modernization program SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95807 on the eastern end of this route. A comprehensive article on Tioga Pass will appear in the next issue of this magazine. Photograph by Bill Ruland. This photo of }he California Highway Commission was taken of its April meeting in Sacramento. Seated clockwise around the table are (left): Robert 8. Bradford, Administrator of the Transportation Agency and Chairman; John Erreca, Director of Public Works and Administrative Officer; Roger 5. Woolley; Franklin S. Payne; Joseph C. Houghteling; Jack Cooper, Commission Secretary; Robert 7. Martin, Assistant Secretary; J. C. Womack, State Highway En- gineer; William S. Whitehurst, Abraham Kofman, and James Guthrie. CALENDAR OF MEETINGS