xipetotec
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2005
Yep, it's now 4 lane, mostly divided, all the way from the 156-152 junction to I-5. Although it's a mountain pass, it's now a very easy road to travel. They even built a fly-over intersection at 156 & 152. Before that, 152 east from Gilroy used to back up quite a ways, while people yielded to left turns for westbound traffic. The new fly-over is wonderful, and is the crowning touch to making the road safe and easy.
Blood Alley, huh? I thought that term was reserved for the portion of Monterey Highway from Morgan Hill to San Jose, in the old days, when it served as US 101 before the freeway portion of 101 was complete.
-Bob
Ironically, on this past trip that started this whole thread, to the relief of all those afraid of heights, we made it to Santa Cruz for a quick lunch, then headed over to San Jose. Anyway, somewhere between those two, it started to rain and we were working our way up a slanted highway when a car spun out with an ear tearing loud screech and sliding sidways RIGHT TOWARDS US!!! I was fortunately able to swerve out of the way, but I think half our van load might have had a mild heart attack... they were talking about that until we got to san Francisco that night.