Fairview onramp to San Diego Freeway opens...

Fairview onramp to San Diego Freeway opens

Headaches on the northbound San Diego Freeway are expected to ease

up as a result of the latest improvement to the Fairview Road onramp,

which officially opened Tuesday, transportation officials said.

The California Department of Transportation and the Orange County

Transportation Authority announced this week that the newly extended

onramp from Fairview Road to the northbound San Diego Freeway now

goes over the Harbor Boulevard exit and dumps motorists directly on

the freeway.

This portion of the freeway used to create gridlock for those

getting on the freeway at Fairview Road and those trying to merge

right to exit at Harbor Boulevard. The construction now provides

congestion relief through that area and makes the commute a little

less hectic, officials said.

Caltrans, OCTA and Costa Mesa have been working for years to

alleviate the traffic on the San Diego Freeway. This onramp

improvement is one of many projects for the San Diego and Corona del

Mar freeways designed to widen portions, construct new ramps, bridge

structures and sound walls and install drainage and electrical items.