OCTA and Caltrans will break ground on the Riverside Freeway (SR-91) Westbound Lane Widening Project on Wednesday, May 1.
Together with the cities of Anaheim and Fullerton, OCTA and Caltrans will kick off construction on the third in a series of freeway improvement projects designed to increase capacity, improve operations and enhance mobility and safety on the SR-91 in Orange County.
Funded by Measure M and Proposition 1B, the $64-million freeway improvement project will add a new, four-mile westbound lane along a key stretch located between the Orange Freeway (SR-57) and the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5).
Drivers take more than 130,000 westbound trips along that section of the freeway. The new lane will help improve the connection to regional destinations such as Cal State Fullerton, the Anaheim Medical Center and residential areas in both Anaheim and Fullerton.
In addition to the new lane, construction crews will widen six bridges, realign ramps and make several operational improvements, including adding new safety barriers, drainage facilities and new striping throughout the project limits.
Since December 2010, OCTA and Caltrans have added 18 lane miles to the SR-91 in Orange County. When the SR-91 Westbound Lane Widening Project is completed at the end of 2015, the number of new lane miles on the 91 will increase to 22.
For more information on this and other 91 projects, go to www.octa.net/better91, follow the project on Twitter at @91fwy or contact Fernando Chavarria at (714) 560-5306.
