Campus Parkway is a 4.5-mile expressway corridor located in and around the city of Merced. Campus Parkway spans from California State Route 99 to Yosemite Avenue and is part of the larger conceptual Campus Loop corridor. The Campus Loop in full scale a series of planned roadways which if built will encircle Merced with an expressway grade beltway and permit easier access to the University of California-Merced campus. Campus Parkway was completed in three phases in 2009, 2020 and 2022. Part 1; the history of Campus Parkway The purpose of Campus Parkway is to enhance access to the campus of University of California-Merced (UC-Merced). In full scale the corridor begins at California State Route 99 Exit 185 and extends 4.5 miles northward as a four-lane expressway to Yosemite Avenue. The Campus Parkway corridor can be seen in contrast to the rest of the larger proposed Campus Loop which also includes Atwater-Merced Expressway. Currently access to t...
Kauai County Route 520 is 5.1-mile rural highway which serves the community of Koloa. Kauai County Route 520 begins at Hawaii Route 50 (Kaumualii Highway) near Knudson Gap and extends south to Koloa Landing near the southern coast of Kauai. This county route is mostly known for the Koloa Tree Tunnel which is a row of 500 Eucalyptus Trees planted in 1911. What is now Kauai County Route 520 was originally commissioned in 1955 as Hawaii Route 52. Hawaii Route 52 as originally only extended from Hawaii Route 50 south to Hawaii Route 53 at Poipu Road in Koloa. During the late 1960s Hawaii Route 52 was spun off as Kauai County Route and would later be renumbered as "520" during the 1970s. By the early 1980s Kauai County Route 520 was extended to the vicinity of Koloa Landing and has since had a nominal extension to Hoonani Road. This page is part of the Gribblenation Hawaii Roads series. A compellation of all Hawaii-related media from both...