MAY-JUNE 1961 National ~i~ hwd~ ~~~ THE WEED OF MSy ZI-Z~, 1961, was observed throughout STATEP+IENT the United States as National Highway Week. The observance was made official by virtue of a procla- mation issued by President John F. Kennedy, in which The demands of a growing and mobile economy, he called attention to the importance of completing the the interests of national defense and the urgent need to relieve the suffering caused by National Interstate Interstate and Defense acci- System of dents are constant pressures £or better high- Highways on schedule in 1972 and pointed out that "The ways to serve our nation. orderly advancement of our expanded Federal-State high- ~vay program promises a sharp reduction in our annual In California, we are meeting these challenges by building thousands of miles of freeways waste of human and economic resources due to outmoded and expressways and by improving roads that highways." are no longer adequate to the burdens placed In California, Governor Edmund G. Brown also cited upon them. safety the contribution of better highways to the public President John F. Kennedy has proclaimed and economic growth (see statement). the week of May 21-27 as National Highway The observance was given added significance in Cali- Week in recognition of the vital role our anniversary highways play in the continued growth and fornia by virtue of this year's being the 50th prosperity of America. year of this State's modern-day highway program. The California Highway Commission was created in 1911. As Governor, T urge all Californian to share I carried accounts of in the observance of this week. urge also Newspapers throughout the state that we take this opportunity to pay tribute recent and current construction progress in modern high- to the thousands of engineers, contractors way construction, with emphasis on Interstate System and and construction workers who vaork so hard to other freeways. keep America on the move, State Highway Engineer J. C. Womack was quoted as noting that California has increased its total of multi-lane divided highways by nearly 1,000 miles in the past six years. The State no~v has approximately 2,300 miles of EDPdiTND G. BROWN, Governor multi-lane divided highways in operation now. Most of the recent construction has been of the full freeway or expressway type. In some parts of the state, notably Southern California, events. Under- Womack also pointed to the progress in highway plan- interested organizations sponsored special Jr. spoke at ning, as evidenced by the pace of freeway route adop- secretary of Commerce Clarence D. Martin, ceremony was tion actions by the California Highway Commission. The a luncheon in Los Angeles, and a dedication Los Angeles Commission has now adopted routes for 5,560 miles of held for a completed portion of the East special television controlled access freeways and expressways, an increase Interchange now under construction. A a public meeting in of 2,670 miles in six years. program featured the proceedings at Escondido regarding freeway route location studies in that area. A number of newspapers ran special articles on high- way developments in their respective areas of the state. The Oakland Tribune featured a series of National High- way Week articles by its highway specialist, Dave Hope• Part of the observance of National Highway Week was a dedication ceremony signalizing the opening to trafFic on a portion of the East Los Angeles Interchange on May 23• Highway Commissioner Roger S. Woolley is shown speaking. Behind him is former Highway Commissioner Harrison R. Baker, president of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Traffic Association. Robert At far left, with notes in hand, is Highway Commissioner Himelhoch E. McClure, accompanied by District Engineer A. L. of District VII. opened The trucks in the background are using the newly- Santa ramp connection from the Golden State Freeway to the stand- Ana Freeway. The structure on which the participants are Golden ing is a connection between the Santa Monica and be in State Freeways; the structure is completed, but will not across service until a portion of the Santa Monica Freeway the Los Angeles River is open to trafFic later this year. California Hi~ hwa Y s a,n~ Public Work s Official Journal of the Division of Highways, Department of PublFC Works, State of California Vol. 40 May-June Nos. 5-6 CONTENTS Page RouteAdoptions - - - ------------- -- --------------- -- ---- - ---------------- 2 BayArea Freeways -- - ------- -------- - - ------ --- - - ------------- - - -------- 3 By J. P. Sinclair, Auistant State Highway Engineer Canadians Study Right-of-way Procedures -_--_-_---------------_-___---____------------- 22 U.S. 80—San Diego ---------- -------------------- - - - - --- -- ~ By Mark E. Darrough, Highway Engineering Associa#e U.S. 199 Tunnel - ----------------------------- ---------- -- ------ - _ 27 By Paul E. Parker and H. L. Payne, Senior Bridge Engineers Nash io Headquarters; Foley, Shervington Named ______ _______________________________ 31 Interchanges- - - --------------- -------- ---------- ----------- - --------- -- 32 By W. L. Warren, Engineer of Design Farmlands- --- --- -- ------ ------- - -------- - ------- - ------- -------- 38 By Bamford Frankland, Headquarters Right-of-way Agent New17-Mile Road ------------- ----------- --- ------ - ------ - ---- - - 43 By Ray J. Geimer, City and County Projects Engineer Archeology--------- --- ------------- ---------------------------------------- ---- 45 By Claude N. Warren, Elizabeth Von Titl Warren and Ernest Chandonet, University of California at Las Angeles WhiskeytownFill -------- --------- -------------------------------------------- ---------- - 52 By R. J. Fenton, District Construction Engineer FRONT COVER—Looking north on U.S. 40 through Rich- mond at the Solano Avenue Overcrossing. Scotch broom, Needles- ---- - --------------- -- --------------------------- - ----- 56 ground cover and other shrubbery plantings were com- By L. M. Barnett, Construction Engineer and C. M. Mauck, Resident Engineer pleted in 1959 along the slopes of this section of depressed freeway. Photo by John F. Meyerpeter AsphaltTest ------ - ------- - -------------------- - ---------- ------------ 59 By Ernest Zube, Supervising Materials and Research Engineer GeerRoad BACK COVER—Many of the steel bridges on California's ----- ----- --- ------ ----------------------------------------- — -------- 67 highways are being painted green fo blend witk~ natural By Ellis R. Delbon, Road Commissioner, Stanislaus County colors of adjacent terrain and foliage. One of the first California to receive this treatment is the Noyo River Bridge Roadsides-3 — ------------------- -- --------------------- ------------- 68 on Sign Route 1 in Mendocino County, shown here. FloodProblems-2 74 Photo by John F. Meyerpeter ---------------------- -------------------------------- ------- Personnel Aides Confer -- ---- - --------------- -- ----------------------- ----- 78 Harbor Freeway Project Wins Bonneroo Award __ _______ ________ ___________ 7$ Bridge Bonds Sold for Terminal Island Span _____ _____ _________ __ ____________ 79 Twenty-five-year Awards ------- - - --------------------------------- ------------ ---- 51 In Memoriam ---- ---------- -------------- - ------------------------ ~ Retirements from Department Listed ____________________ _______________________________ 66 L. D. Wanee ------- --------- ---- - - ------ --- - - ------ -- 66 LESTER S. KORITZ, Editor STEWART MITCHELL, Associate Editor JOHN C. ROBINSON, Associate Editor HELEN HALSTED, Assistant Editor WILLIAM R. CHANEY, Chief Photographer Ezlitors are invited to use information contained herein and to request prints of any black and while photographs. Address communications to: EDITOR, CALIFORNIA HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS P. O. Box 1499 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (~ Commission Approves o VI ~ O Freeway Locations IMroxz~nrrT freeway routes in both ~ „ s9,. northern and southern California were ~ "9~~,y adopted by the California Highway `°` `~ ~ Commission in February and March. c°`°FN ~o, These included a route through Glendale and the Eagle Rock section Angeles County; a route in of Los Posadeno Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riv- erside Counties skirting the cities of Pomona, Chino and Ontario; a route in Santa Clara County involving the cities of Gilroy, Morgan Hill and San Jose, and a beltline route around and 2 Los AnOe/~s '~ •. .~~ ~~ • .~~iic~nr~ to the north of Sacramento. ~~ ~r_~ ~ adoption The Glendale-Eagle Rocic ~~CiS~~■l~1111~~ involves 6.6 miles of freeway on Sign '~~~ •~rz2Z~=Ci:]C=3~3 Route 134 and the action was taken ~ ~~ar`~l~~!!~~■I F~"~`~~ a following a public hearing by the 1~ m`. ■-1~■-~ Commission in Los Angeles. The t ■i ■1 ■1 Commission followed the recommen- dation of State Highway Engineer Womack for a route through Glen- dale, but adopted a route referred to as the "D" line through Eagle Rock, a route located a quarter to a half mile north of the route which Womack had recommended. For the 13.9 miles of freeway in the area of Pomona, Chino and On- tario the Commission adopted the route recommended by Womack from Sign Route 71 at Garet' Avenue to Mira Loma Grade Separation. The Commission urged Womack, in de- signing the freeway, to depress it un- der city streets and county roads in the Chino area. If this should involve serious engineering and financial prob- lems, Womack is to refer the matter back to the Commission for further comment, but not in regard to loca- tion. freeway way. The newly adopted