The Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) and MTC/BATA, joined by state, regional and local officials, marked the completion of work on the much-needed $50 million connection between State Route 160, the Senator John A. Nejedly Bridge (Antioch Bridge) and Highway 4 with a brief ribbon cutting ceremony this morning. Read more
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Assembly Transportation Committee Chairman Jim Frazier and MTC Commissioner Federal Glover are flanked by state, county and local officials at the Feb. 29, 2016 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly-completed connections between State Routes 4 and 160

From left, MTC Commissioners Bijan Sartipi, Federal Glover and Amy Rein Worth; and MTC Executive Director Steve Heminger enjoy some morning sunshine on the newly completed ramp connecting westbound State Route 4 with northbound State Route 160

Randell H. Iwasaki, Executive Director of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, welcomes attendees to the Feb. 29, 2016 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly-completed connections between State Routes 4 and 160 in Antioch

Randell H. Iwasaki, Executive Director of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, identifies key members of the project team at the Feb. 29, 2016 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly-completed connections between State Routes 4 and 160 in Antioch

Antioch Mayor Wade Harper hails the completion of the new connector ramps between Highways 4 and 160 at the Feb. 29, 2016 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the MTC-funded project.

CCTA Executive Director Randell Iwasaki and Assembly Transportation Committee Jim Frazier present MTC Executive Director Steve Heminger an oversize refund check for $1 million, the amount by which the State Routes 4/160 project came in under budget

Contra Costa County Supervisor Mary Piepho explains how the new connector ramps will improve access to and from the Antioch Bridge, which is named for her father, John A. Nejedly, who represented Contra Costa County in the state Senate from 1969 to 1980

MTC Commissioner and Contra Costa County Supervisor Federal Glover tells the audience how the new freeway connectors are among the many long-overdue projects now underway to modernize the Highway 4 corridor in eastern Contra Contra County

Caltrans District 4 Director and MTC Commissioner Bijan Sartipi speaks of his appreciation for the partnership between Caltrans, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, and the cities of Antioch and Oakley.

Colleen Isenberg, field representative for U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney, presents a Congressional declaration of appreciation to MTC Executive Director in recognition of the Commission's role in financing the State Routes 4/160 connector ramps project

Pittsburg Mayor Ben Johnson addresses attendees at the Feb. 29, 2016 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly-completed ramps connecting State Routes 4 and 160 in Antioch

MTC Commissioners Federal Glover and Amy Rein Worth are among a score of federal, state, local and regional government officials on hand to cut the ribbon at the Feb. 29, 2016 event marking the official opening of the State Routes 4/160 connector ramps