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Traffic Advisory: Alma Exit from 87
Originally posted Jan 15, 200715 Jan
It’s open! The latest segment of the Highway 87 widening project is open today … Drivers on southbound Highway 87 will be coming home tonight using the the re-worked exit to Alma Street.
When traveling on Highway 87 south, drivers now exit for Alma (actually Lelong and Willow, too) almost immediately after crossing under Interstate 280. Traffic merges with those entering Hwy 87 from I-280, while the 87-to-280 merge is extended south of the Alma exit (aka Exit #4).
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3 Responses for "Traffic Advisory: Alma Exit from 87"
Have you used it? I hope it will not be the final answer. This is an accident waiting to happen. Getting off 87 onto the off ramp is fine, but then there is absolutely no place to go as fast moving cars, on the two lanes coming off 280, seemingly have the right of way. I will be taking my taxi customers off at Park Av. or Almaden.
The SJ Mercury’s Roadshow column by Gary Richards got the same question from our local taxicab heroine. Here’s how he responded:
The complete column: “Temporary fixes leave drivers in permanent state of anxiety“
[...] WGx reader and San Jose Metroblogger Joann Landers provided us with the harrowing details of trying to merge onto the Alma Street exit from southbound Highway 87 last month. Because that wasn’t challening enough for local drivers, CalTrans has made the entrance ramp from Alma to northbound 87 even tougher: A — Caltrans is trying to speed up work here and will meet with the contractor to see if they can change the configuration of the K-rail temporary barrier. The merge lane will be lengthened when work on the retaining wall next to the on-ramp is done in a few weeks. And when the widening on 87 is completed north of here in the summer, Alma traffic will have its own merge lane. [...]
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