City of Morgan Hill Station Area Master Plan - February 2018

City of Morgan Hill

Roadways This section describes major roadways in the Station Area, a typology for the streets in the area, operating conditions of key roadway segments and intersections, traffic calming devices and wayfinding, and planned improvements. The roadway locations are shown on

Figure 1-21. Roadway Descriptions

Monterey Road , the main boulevard through Downtown Morgan Hill, is a four-lane, divided arterial roadway with separate left-turn lanes at intersections and on-street parking. (See Figure 1-15.) The speed limit on Monterey Road is 25 miles per hour (mph) between Main Avenue and Dunne Avenue in Downtown and 35 mph outside of the Downtown. Main Avenue is a two-lane roadway that extends east from Dewitt Avenue at the west end to Hill Road on the east side of the city and forms the northern boundary of the Downtown area. (See Figure 1-16.) The roadway is posted at 30 mph. Left-turn pockets are provided only at its intersection with Depot Street in the Downtown. Dunne Avenue , east of Monterey Road, is a four-lane, divided arterial that extends eastward from this intersection, through a partial-cloverleaf interchange at U.S. Highway 101, and up into the eastern foothills. (See Figure 1-17.) Dunne Avenue, west of Monterey Road, narrows to a two-lane, undivided roadway and extends westward past the intersection of Peak Avenue and up into the western foothills. The roadway is posted at 35 mph and is signalized at intersections with major cross

Figure 1-15: Monterey Road

Figure 1-16: Main Avenue

Figure 1-17: Dunne Avenue

streets. Dunne Avenue forms the southern boundary of the Downtown area.

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