"There's been a long history of serious collisions, head-on collisions, and collisions caused by motorists making unsafe passing maneuvers," said Jim Shivers of Caltrans.
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A memorial to actor James Dean, killed here in a head-on collision 63 years ago is nearby.
The intersection, often called the Y is adjacent to the turnoff to the town of Parkfield, and Barb Varian, who owns the local restaurant is happy to learn something will finally be done.
"I think it's a very good idea. We are very concerned about that road, we don't even take that road at this point because it is so dangerous."
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Caltrans says the main feature of the new interchange will be an overpass.
For motorists traveling from the Coast back to Fresno, "they will take a dedicated ramp that will go over the existing lanes of Highway 46 and then north to Highway 41," said Shivers.
The project is expected to cost $140 million. It's still in the design phase and work is not expected to get underway for 3 or 4 years. But, it will eventually make travel to and from the coast safer.