RELIEF'S AHEAD FOR HIGHWAY 14 NORTH OF MOJAVE WIDENING PROJECT TO BEGIN THIS MONTH.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer MOJAVE - A $44.9 million widening project will turn a 10.2-mile section of Highway 14 north of Mojave into a divided expressway and revamp re·vamp tr.v. re·vamped, re·vamp·ing, re·vamps 1. To patch up or restore; renovate. 2. To revise or reconstruct (a manuscript, for example). 3. To vamp (a shoe) anew. n. its troublesome intersection with California City Boulevard. The California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California. Its mission is to improve mobility across the state. It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems in California. awarded Granite Construction Granite Construction is a member of the S&P 400 Index, and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. the contract to expand the highway from two lanes to four lanes from the northern edge of Mojave to about five miles north of California City Boulevard. The work is expected to begin this month. The anticipated completion is summer 2008, said Caltrans spokeswoman Gloria Samaniego. Heavily used by skiers headed to Mammoth Lakes and other travelers to the Owens Valley This article has multiple issues: * It needs to be expanded. * It may need copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. , the highway is mostly two lanes just north of Mojave. The highway widens to four lanes at the intersection with California City Boulevard, where motorists must halt for stop signs. ``That intersection will become an interchange with on- and off-ramps,'' Samaniego said. ``It will be what we call a cloverleaf.'' As the intersection is now configured, motorists leaving California City and heading south must stop at a stop sign for the two northbound lanes of Highway 14. After crossing the northbound lanes, vehicles must make a complete stop again in the highway median before turning onto the two southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. lanes. Since 1999, when the center median was added at the intersection, the intersection has had more than 50 crashes. In April 2003, a Rosamond couple was killed and four others injured when their car was struck by a big rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider. while they were trying to cross the northbound lanes of Highway 14. The intersection's deadliest crash occurred in 1994, when four Los Angeles-area residents were killed when a car turning onto the highway was struck by a van. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com |
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