Pacific Street Bike Lane and Widening Project

The City of Rocklin’s Pacific Street Bike Lane and Widening Project is noteworthy for both its roadway preservation qualities and its complete street features. Pacific Street in Rocklin has a unique history in that this segment first served as the Lincoln Highway, the first road for automobile use across the United States. Subsequently, this segment served motorists as part of the US Highway 40. The roadway was still utilizing pavement from this period, estimated from 1916. Based on consultation from the Lincoln Highway Association (LHA), it was determined that the original historic Lincoln Highway roadbed was still in place below the existing PCC pavement. It was discussed that it would be desirable to leave this original roadbed undisturbed. To accommodate this, a “crack, seat, and overlay” rehabilitation strategy was adopted for the project. This strategy would allow rehabilitation of the roadway surface without impacting the original roadbed below. The crack, seat, and overlay process cracks the existing PCC pavement with a large piece of fracturing equipment, followed by a vibratory roller to seat the fractured pavement, and then overlaid this new “base layer” with rubberized AC. This project also converted the very vehicle central nature of Pacific Street by adding a Class I Bike Path on the west side of the roadway, Class 2 bike facility on both sides of Pacific Street, improved ADA access, and added drought resistant landscaping features. The project also enhanced the area around an existing city entry monument. This project has transformed Pacific Street to a multi-modal facility while preserving critical infrastructure, and is worthy of recognition.