{"id":519813,"date":"2026-11-05T21:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/519813\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:12:08","slug":"stockdale-highway-off-ramp-to-close-permanently-nov-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/519813\/","title":{"rendered":"Stockdale Highway off-ramp to close permanently Nov. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The southbound Highway 99 off-ramp to Stockdale Highway will permanently close Friday, Nov. 20, after plans to shut it down were delayed more than four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>According to the city of Bakersfield, the closure is part of the Centennial Corridor Project and the Thomas Roads Improvement Program (TRIP).<\/p>\n<p>Electronic message boards will begin alerting drivers to the closure Friday, Nov. 6.<\/p>\n<p>The off-ramp was originally scheduled to close in August 2022, but Caltrans and the city delayed the closure<a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/stockdale-hwy-exit-on-99-southbound-to-remain-open-for-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> following concerns from residents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Bakersfield City Councilman Andrae Gonzales said residents were concerned about losing access to businesses, hospitals and Cal State Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the closure was always part of the Centennial Corridor plans and is intended to meet state safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>The next phase of construction at the Highway 58 and 99 interchange is expected to begin in late 2027.<\/p>\n<p>That project will create a direct freeway connection from southbound Highway 99 to westbound Highway 58, reducing the need for drivers to use local roads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The southbound Highway 99 off-ramp to Stockdale Highway will permanently close Friday, Nov. 20,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-519813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}