City of Morgan Hill Station Area Master Plan - February 2018

Station Area Master Plan – Transportation Context

Butterfield Boulevard is a four-lane, divided arterial that extends northward from South Monterey Road at Watsonville Road to Cochrane Road and acts as a downtown bypass route for north-south through traffic. (See Figure 1-18.) Butterfield Boulevard forms the eastern boundary of the Downtown area and is a primary north-south roadway within the city. The street is posted at 45 mph and includes signalized intersections at major cross streets. Left-turn pockets are provided at its intersection with Main Avenue. Butterfield Boulevard also provides access to VTA’s park-and-ride lot at the Morgan Hill Transit Center. Depot Street is a two-lane, north-south roadway east of Monterey Road that extends south from Main Avenue to Dunne Avenue. The roadway is posted at 30 mph. Stop signs are provided along Depot Street at its intersection with Third Street, Main Avenue, and Dunne Avenue. It has sidewalks and bike lanes along most of its length. Figure 1-18: Butterfield Boulevard

Del Monte Avenue is a two-lane, north-south discontinuous roadway west of Monterey Road. It forms the western boundary of the Downtown area. (See Figure 1-19.)

Figure 1-19: Del Monte Avenue

Third Street is a two-lane, east-west roadway south of Second Street. (See Figure 1-20.) This street extends east from Del Monte Avenue to Monterey Road and continues east to Depot Street, where access to the Morgan Hill Transit Center and Depot Street parking area is provided. The segment between Monterey Road and Depot Street is designed as a shared use street with wide sidewalks to support pedestrian travel and narrow lanes to slow vehicle traffic. The intersection of Third

Figure 1-20: Third Street

Street and Monterey Road has a center landscaped median preventing eastbound and westbound through traffic. There is a one-lane bridge over West Little Llagas Creek between Monterey Road and Del Monte Avenue.

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