California State Route 180 Kings Canyon Expressway expansion opening (Minkler and Centerville Bypass)
This morning, I took a drive on the newly opened California State Route 180/Kings Canyon Expressway expansion. The new expressway segment of CA 180 bypasses Minkler and Centerville of eastern Fresno County. This blog is meant to be a continuation of the previous entry regarding CA 180 from Frankwood Avenue near Minkler west to CA 99 in Fresno. The previous Gribblenation blogs focus more heavily on the history of CA 180, all of them can be found on linked on June 2019 Minkler-Fresno entry. California State Route 180 Kings Canyon Road Expressway and Sequoia-Kings Canyon Freeway Part 1; overview of the Kings Canyon Expressway expansion project The new expansion of the Kings Canyon Expressway began to open this past Monday evening. The new segment of the Kings Canyon Expressway bypasses the communities of Minkler and Centerville which in recent history has been a choke point on CA 180. According to CAhighways the California Transportation Co...