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| Defined by S&HC § 356 | ||||
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| Length: | 9.210 mi[1] (14.822 km) | |||
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| West end: |  I-5 in Carmel Valley |
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| East end: |  I-15 in Rancho Peñasquitos |
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State highways in California(list • pre-1964)
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→State Route 56 (SR 56) runs from Interstate 5 in the Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego to Interstate 15. Route 56 was originally planned in 1964 to connect to the north end of State Route 125 and continue east to State Route 67, but the city of Poway worked to make sure that would not be possible. Therefore, the eastern terminus of SR 56 is also the western end of the Ted Williams Parkway. Route 56 is also called the Ted Williams Freeway (thus, both are named after baseball player Ted Williams, who was born in San Diego).
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Route description
This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System.[2]
SR 56 begins as a ramp from I-5 northbound.[3] The interchange is considerably complex; from I-5 southbound one must exit to Carmel Valley Road before entering SR 56.[4] The route then has an exit at Carmel Creek Road, which provides access to the nearby San Diego Jewish Academy, heading eastward through a residential area. After passing milepost 2, the freeway has a similar interchange with Carmel Country Road south of the community of Torrey Hills. SR 56 meets Carmel Valley Road, and curves northward, passing by Canyon Crest Academy before turning southeastward. The route passes over McGonigle Creek before intersecting Camino Del Sur, which provides access to the nearby Westview High School. Southeast of Camino Del Sur, SR 56 curves back east, passing under Carmel Mountain Road without an exit. The route meets an exit with Black Mountain Road and Rancho Penasquitos Boulevard in Rancho Penasquitos in a primarily residential area before meeting its terminus at I-15. Past the bridge over I-15, the road continues as Ted Williams Parkway.[5]
History
The route was first added the California State Highway System in 1959 as Legislative Route Number 278 (LRN 278). The routing, along which a road was never built until after the 1964 state highway renumbering, ran from LRN 2, which is now US 101, all the way east to LRN 198, which is now SR 67.[6]
Ted Williams, who the freeway is named after, was a baseball player born in San Diego.[7] He played for the Boston Red Sox during his 21-year career.[8][9] The freeway was officially named after Ted Williams in 1993.[10]
The segments of the freeway from I-5 to Carmel Valley Rd and from Black Mountain Rd to I-15 were built first, opening to traffic in 1994. A 5-mile (8.0 km) gap in the freeway remained until 2003. At that time, a section on the east end from Black Mountain Rd to Camino Del Sur opened, but it took until July 19, 2004, to join the west and east ends of the freeway. Significant portions of the road remain under construction, including the ramps to I-15, and the ramps to I-5. Until this construction is completed, traffic is routed along local streets through Carmel Valley.
The cost of completing the middle 5.5-mile (8.9 km) segment was reported at $220 million in 2004. SANDAG started a study about the I-5 connector ramps in 2004, which is projected to be completed in 2012.
Exit list
- Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage.
The entire route is in San Diego, San Diego County.
| Postmile [1][11][12] |
Exit [13] |
Destinations | Notes | |
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| 0.00 | 1A | I-5 south (San Diego Freeway) |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| 0.31 | 1B | El Camino Real to I-5 north |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| 0.82 | 1C | Carmel Creek Road | Signed as exit 1 eastbound | |
| 1.81 | 2 | Carmel Country Road | ||
| 3.10 | 3 | Carmel Valley Road | ||
| 6.07 | 6 | Camino del Sur | ||
| 7.23 | 7 | Black Mountain Road | ||
| 8.04 | 8 | Rancho Peñasquitos Boulevard | Connects to CR S4 | |
| East end of freeway | ||||
| 9.21 | 9 | I-15 (Escondido Freeway) |
Interchange; east end of state maintenance; no exit number westbound | |
| Sabre Springs Parkway, Rancho Carmel Drive | Interchange | |||
| Ted Williams Parkway | Continuation beyond I-15 | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • Unopened |
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References
- ^ a b California Department of Transportation, State Truck Route List (XLS file), accessed February 2008
- ^ CA Codes (shc:250–257)
- ^ California Department of Transportation. San Diego Status of Projects Map (Map). http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist11/maps/sdstatus20100716.pdf. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ California Department of Transportation. San Diego County Regional Transit Map (Map). http://www.sdmts.com/RTM/RTMJuly09_Web.pdf. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ Microsoft. Map of SR 56 – Bing Maps (Map). Cartography by NavTEQ, Inc. http://www.bing.com/maps/#JmNwPXBncmQ4ejU3Mmd3OSZsdmw9MTImZGlyPTAmc3R5PWImcnRwPXBvcy4zMi45MzQwODM1OTQ2Njk4OV8tMTE3LjIzODMzMTIyMjkzNTkzX25lYXIlMjBDYXJtZWwlMjBWYWxsZXklMjBSZCUyQyUyMFNhbiUyMERpZWdvJTJDJTIwQ0ElMjA5MjEzMF9fX2FffnBvcy4zMi45NjQ3MTE5OTE2ODcxNF8tMTE3LjA5NTExMTk5MDM3Njc4X19fX2FfJm1vZGU9RCZydG9wPTB+MH4wfg==. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ "An act to amend...the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways, providing for a California Freeway and Expressway System...", 1959 chapter 1062
- ^ Seidel, Michael (2000). Ted Williams: A Baseball Life. University of Nebraska Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-8032-9280-5.
- ^ Montville, Leigh (2004). Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero. New York: Doubleday. pp. 33–34. ISBN 0-385-50748-8.
- ^ Nowlin, Bill (2005). The Kid: Ted Williams in San Diego. Cambridge: Rounder Books. p. 324. ISBN 1-58261-495-4.
- ^ "Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 21—Relative to the Ted Williams Freeway.", 1993 chapter 74
- ^ California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
- ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
- ^ California Department of Transportation, California Numbered Exit Uniform System, State Route 56 Freeway Interchanges, Retrieved on 2009-02-05.
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