Calaveras Boulevard Improvements

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), in cooperation with the City of Milpitas and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), proposes to modify State Route 237/Calaveras Boulevard between Abel Street and Milpitas Boulevard.  

Objectives

The purpose of this project is to:

• Improve bicycle and pedestrian facilities along Calaveras Boulevard at and between the intersections of Abel Street and Milpitas Boulevard
• Reduce queuing and increase travel time reliability along the Calaveras Boulevard (State Route 237) corridor
• Reduce the number of collisions that occur as a result of the Calaveras Boulevard bridge bottleneck
• Improve emergency evacuation needs of the region

Project Features

• Widen Calaveras Boulevard between Abel Street and Milpitas Boulevard 
• Add pedestrian and bicycle facilities
• Implement complete streets improvements on Calaveras Boulevard
• Replace the existing structures over the Union Pacific Railroad/Bay Area Rapid Transit (UPPR/BART) track
• Replace the existing structures over North Main Street and the Union Pacific Railroad track