ASPHALT JUNGLE: If you laid every street...
ASPHALT JUNGLE: If you laid every street in Ventura County end to end, you could drive all the way to Philadelphia. But considering all the cars, trucks and motorcycles we have, it’s not much pavement--one mile for every 203 vehicles. . . . Most new roads are city streets built by developers, but state and local officials are planning a new six-lane highway--along Rice Avenue--to connect the Port of Hueneme and the Ventura Freeway. When completed in about seven years, it will be the new California 1. . . . You don’t have to wait that long for help getting around the county (Street Smart, B1).
Busy Streets Ventura County has 2,719 miles of public roads. The breakdown: City streets: 1,682 County roads: 544 State highways: 272 Forest Service roads: 139 State park roads: 76 National park roads: 6 Source: Caltrans
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