STATE ROUTE 65 LINCOLN BYPASS

A NEW ROUTE

The purpose of this project is to remove congestion from downtown Lincoln by building a new freeway bypass to the west of lincoln north to Sheridan.

PROJECT STATS

Basic Information: Project Length approx 11.7 miles Project Area SR-65 to the west of Lincoln and Sheridan from South of Industrial Ave to North of Riosa Rd Est. Cost TBD Status Right of way
The schedule is as follows: Begin Construction winter 2009 Estimated Completion winter 2013

PROJECT BACKGROUND

Since the community of Lincoln has experience rapid growth many drivers have noticed increased congestion along Hwy 65 through downtown. The highway is a 2 lane street through downtown currently and is not capable of handling both local traffic demand as well as inter-regional traffic. This freeway needs to be constructed to alleviate this congestion.

PROJECT DETAILS

The first phase of the freeway project will be to construct a 4-lane expressway from Industrial Ave to Nelson Ln and a 2-lane expressway from Nelson ln to north of Riosa Rd near Sheridan, where the highway rejoins the existing alignment. In the second phase 2 additional lanes will be added north of Nelson Ln and freeway interchanges will be constructed.

VISIONS FOR THIS PROJECT

This project is part of an overall plan to upgrade the entire northern section of state route 65 to freeway. There is also a plan to bypass Wheatland and construct a new interchange at Sunset Blvd in Rocklin. When these projects are complete the entire segment will be freeway from I-80 to SR-70.

Additionally designing this section as freeway could pave the way for future interstate application. There is a discussion of upgrading SR-99 to interstate I-7 or I-9, If this happens the routing could be extended north onto the Capital City Freeway. from there it would join Interstate 80 to the Hwy 65 junction in Rocklin and then be extended up Hwy 65 to Marysville, Chico and beyond.

Updated 06/22/2008