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City of Morgan Hill
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Roadways
This section describes major roadways in the Station Area, a typology for the streets in the
area, operating conditions of key roadway segments and intersections, traffic calming
devices and wayfinding, and planned improvements. The roadway locations are shown on
Figure 1-21.Roadway Descriptions
Monterey Road
, the main boulevard through Downtown
Morgan Hill, is a four-lane, divided arterial roadway with
separate left-turn lanes at intersections and on-street
parking. (Se
e Figure 1-15.)The speed limit on Monterey
Road is 25 miles per hour (mph) between Main Avenue
and Dunne Avenue in Downtown and 35 mph outside
of the Downtown.
Main Avenue
is a two-lane roadway that extends east
from Dewitt Avenue at the west end to Hill Road on the
east side of the city and forms the northern boundary of
the Downtown area. (Se
e Figure 1-16.)The roadway is
posted at 30 mph. Left-turn pockets are provided only
at its intersection with Depot Street in the Downtown.
Dunne Avenue
, east of Monterey Road, is a four-lane,
divided arterial that extends eastward from this
intersection, through a partial-cloverleaf interchange at
U.S. Highway 101, and up into the eastern foothills. (See
Figure 1-17.) Dunne Avenue, west of Monterey Road,
narrows to a two-lane, undivided roadway and extends
westward past the intersection of Peak Avenue and up
into the western foothills. The roadway is posted at 35
mph and is signalized at intersections with major cross streets. Dunne Avenue forms the
southern boundary of the Downtown area.
Figure 1-15: Monterey Road
Figure 1-16: Main Avenue
Figure 1-17: Dunne Avenue