Hesters Crossing

Hesters Crossing

Thursday, 03 July 2008

The Hesters Crossing project began in May 2007 and is expected to be completed by January 2009.

Mays Street will be realigned by constructing a road to run south into Dell Way. The current road that becomes Hesters Crossing will be removed later.

Improvements include realigning the Hesters Crossing bridge by removing the current bridge and constructing a new one farther south.

Hesters Crossing will be redirected with a new road running east from the new bridge into Mays Street.

Intersection and signal improvements will be made at the intersections at Mays Street and Hesters Crossing, northbound frontage road and Hesters Crossing and southbound frontage road and Hesters Crossing. The traffic signals will synchronize to allow traffic to flow through multiple intersections at once, an additional northbound frontage road lane will be built, and right-turn lanes will also be added to keep traffic moving.

A collector/distributor, similar to the road that bypasses University Boulevard, will allow commuters to bypass the Hesters Crossing intersection and then access the southbound frontage road before the La Frontera Shopping Center.

This land could one day be used for commercial use. The state would have to declare this property as a surplus and say that it is no longer a valid source for transportation in order for the land to be used for other purposes.