CA: US 395 relocation west of Death Valley

[oscar]

Caltrans is relocating US 395 to a new four-lane divided highway west of Death Valley, bypassing about a dozen miles of the undivided old alignment through Olancha and Cartago. Work on the project is still in progress. But US 395 southbound through traffic has already been moved to the new alignment, and northbound through traffic will be shifted tomorrow (postponed a day, to complete striping work).

Later phases of the project will extend CA 190 from its current west end in Olancha to the new US 395 alignment. Westbound CA 190 traffic has been temporarily detoured to the new US 395 alignment, via part of the old 395 alignment north of Olancha, and Crystal Geyser Rd. The permanent 190 extension apparently will instead follow old 395 south of Olancha, and a new road still under construction when I was there last month (indicated by a partially-covered CA 190 route marker on the new 395 alignment). Also, at least part of the old 395 alignment may become Business US 395, but I saw no business route signage.

Pull requests:

https://github.com/TravelMapping/HighwayData/pull/7930
https://github.com/TravelMapping/HighwayData/pull/7931
https://github.com/TravelMapping/HighwayData/pull/7932

[oscar]

Later phases of the project will extend CA 190 from its current west end in Olancha to the new US 395 alignment. Westbound CA 190 traffic has been temporarily detoured to the new US 395 alignment, via part of the old 395 alignment north of Olancha, and Crystal Geyser Rd. The permanent 190 extension apparently will instead follow old 395 south of Olancha, and a new road still under construction when I was there last month (indicated by a partially-covered CA 190 route marker on the new 395 alignment). Also, at least part of the old 395 alignment may become Business US 395, but I saw no business route signage.

OSM shows the new CA 190 extension, and Caltrans District 9 website confirms it opened to traffic December 19.

https://github.com/TravelMapping/HighwayData/pull/8046
https://github.com/TravelMapping/HighwayData/pull/8047
https://github.com/TravelMapping/HighwayData/pull/8048

This extension incorporates part of the old US 395 alignment south of Olancha, but also includes a new ~0.3 mi. roadway between the old and new US 395 alignments. That new roadway de-clinches usaca for me, until I can get back out to California.

[oscar]

US 395 Business signage has been posted for part of old US 395 in the Olancha area, apparently including part of the old road north of Olancha not incorporated in the recent western extension of CA 190. However, it's unclear how much more of the old road is signed or otherwise designated as Business US 395. It might extend to a temporary connector road at Lake Street in Cartago, which is being replaced with a short new road to link the business route to the US 395 mainline.

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=31804.msg2964419;topicseen#msg2964419