Category 1: The Urban Highways Honorable Mention
2002 I-15/40th Street Freeway Project, San Diego, California
I-15/40th Street Freeway Project,
San Diego, California
Designer:
Caltrans District 11 Landscape
McDaniel Engineering CO TY Lin Interntl.
Contractor:
C.C. Meyer, Rancho Cordova, CA
The construction of the I-15/40th Street Freeway completes the portion of Interstate 15 that stretches from the Canadian border to southern San Diego County. This construction has minimized neighborhood disturbance, maximized community cohesion, improved livability with two additional parks and traffic calming, and preserved local architectural forms and landscape.