California Department of Transportation
 

Gateway Monument Demonstration Program - Guidelines

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Visalia, CA Daly City , CA Fresno County, CA

 

General

A gateway monument is defined as any freestanding structure or sign, not integral or otherwise required for the highway facility that communicates the name of a region, community or area.

Statutory Authority

Authority for the Department to control encroachments within the State highway right-of-way is contained in the Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 3. Title 23 – Code of Federal Regulations, which states in part that all real property, including air space, within the right-of-way boundaries of a project shall be devoted exclusively to public highway purposes, governs the Department. The Department is responsible for preserving such right-of-way free of all public and private installations, facilities or encroachments, except for those with which FHWA’s Administrator must approve. FHWA has delegated authority to the Department to allow utility encroachments on access controlled highway right-of-way. As gateway monuments are non-utility encroachments, the Department does not have the expressed authority to approve their placement within the State’s right-of-way.

Policy

Refer to the Design Memo titled Gateway Monument Demonstration Program and the Encroachment Permits Manual

Annual Report

Click Here for the Gateway Monument Report, covering the third year of this 4-year demonstration program. As 'Gateway Monuments' must have been initiated by the end of 2006, they should all be included in this report. The remaining year of this program will consist of implementing, monitoring and evaluating the Gateway Monuments constructed within the State right-of-way.

 

Gateway Monument Program - Headquarters Contacts

Lori Butler, Statewide Coordinator
Division of Design
1120 N Street, MS 28,
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-5151
FAX (916) 654-3770
lori.butler@dot.ca.gov
Chris Rossmiller
HQ Coordinator for Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4

1120 N Street, MS #28
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-5636,
FAX (916) 654-3770
chris.rossmiller@dot.ca.gov
Don Chin
HQ Coordinator for Districts 5, 6, 9 and 10

1120 N Street, MS #28
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-4814,
FAX (916) 654-3770
don.chin@dot.ca.gov
Dawn Grinstain
HQ Coordinator for Districts 7, 8, and 12

1120 N Street, MS #28
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-4704,
FAX (916) 654-3770
dawn.grinstain@dot.ca.gov
Dale Williams
HQ Coordinator
for District 11
1120 N Street, MS #28
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-6025,
FAX (916) 654-3770
dale.williams@dot.ca.gov
 

 

Gateway Monument Program - District Contacts

John P. Carson, District 1
Encroachment Permits
1656 Union Street
Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 445-6377,
FAX (707) 441-3914
john.p.carson@dot.ca.gov
Joe Millman, District 7
Landscape Architecture
100 South Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 897-0646,
FAX (213) 897-0760
joseph.j.millman@dot.ca.gov
Stacey Barnes, District 2
Encroachment Permits
1657 Riverside Dr., MS 20
Redding, CA 96001
(530) 225-3314,
FAX (530) 225-3097
stacey.barnes@dot.ca.gov
Ray Desselle, District 8
Landscape Architecture
464 W. Fourth Street, MS 1062
San Bernardino, CA 92401-1400
(909) 383-4529,
FAX (909) 383-6494
ray.desselle@dot.ca.gov
Kenneth Murray, District 3
Landscape Architecture
2800 Gateway Oaks, MS 19
Sacramento, CA 95833
(916) 274-6138,
FAX (916) 274-5855
kenneth.murray@dot.ca.gov
Terry Erlwein, District 9
Traffic Operations
500 South Main Street
Bishop, CA 93514
(760) 872-5215,
FAX (760) 872-0678
terry.erlwein@dot.ca.gov
David Eng, District 4
Landscape Architecture
111 Grand Avenue (P.O. Box 23660)
Oakland, CA 94623-0660
(510) 286-5918,
FAX (510) 286-5952
david.eng@dot.ca.gov
Brad Cole, District 10
Landscape Architecture
2015 E. Shields Avenue, Suite 100
Fresno, CA 93726-5428
(559) 230-3134,
FAX (559) 243-3483
brad.cole@dot.ca.gov
Dennis Reeves, District 5
Landscape Architecture
50 Higuera Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
(805) 549-3509,
FAX (805) 542-4746
dennis reeves@dot.ca.gov
Tom Ham, District 11
Landscape Architecture
2829 Juan Street (P.O. Box 85406)
San Diego, CA 92110 (92186-5406)
(619) 688-6719,
FAX (619) 688-3192
tom.ham@dot.ca.gov
Elbert Cox, District 6
Landscape Architecture
2015 E. Shields Avenue Suite 100
Fresno, CA 93726-5428
(559) 230-3146,
FAX (559) 243-3483
elbert.cox@dot.ca.gov
Sandy Ankhasirisan, District 12
Landscape Architecture
3337 Michelson Drive, Suite CN380
Irvine, CA 92612-1699
(949) 724-2449,
FAX (949) 724-2643
sandy.ankhasirisan@dot.ca.gov