The CSUSB community joined with city, regional and state officials on May 1 to formally celebrate the completion of the diverging diamond interchange, which improves the flow of traffic traveling through the University Parkway-Interstate 215 interchange to and from the university and in the surrounding area.
The formal ceremony to mark the end of the construction of the new diverging diamond interchange that serves Cal State San Bernardino and the surrounding area is set for 10 a.m. Friday, May 1, in front of the university’s John M. Pfau Library.
Students, faculty, staff and visitors who use the University Parkway-Interstate 215 interchange to reach the Cal State San Bernardino campus and the surrounding area should plan on alternate routes and extra traveling time.
The interchange, closed for 55 hours from Feb. 27 to March 2, is now open in its new configuration as a diverging diamond interchange. Students, faculty and staff should still allow for extra time to reach their destinations while construction continues in the area.
Access on to and off from the freeway at University Parkway will be closed beginning at 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, through 4 a.m. Monday, March 2. Students, faculty, staff and visitors who use the University Parkway-Interstate 215 interchange should plan on an alternate route and allow for extra time to reach their destinations.
Preliminary work, which includes surveying, installing concrete barriers and construction signage and temporary roadway striping, will mark the start of the realignment of the interchange that serves the CSUSB campus. Plan on using alternate routes to the university to avoid delays.
Commute time on the main thoroughfare to and from campus will be affected during construction, which is expected to begin in October and last for about a year.
The construction and renovation project would add two new buildings to campus including a new Performing Arts Center and an academic building that would serve as an anchor to the College of Arts and Letters.
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