The Madera 41 Expressway Project was among 12 projects selected in December 2022 to receive a Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program Award. The project will upgrade approximately four miles of the Madera 41 South Expressway in Merced County from a two-lane rural highway to a four-lane limited-access expressway. In addition to the construction of the four-lane expressway, the project will improve the local road network by widening the Lateral 6.2 canal crossing near Avenue 15, constructing storm water detention basins, raising the height of the new roadway and constructing at-grade intersections at Avenue 12 and Avenue 15, reserving right-of-way for a future freeway interchange at Avenue 12, and adding a widened and raised median between the canal and Avenue 15.
