The Arroyo Simi Overhead is a tall

viaduct A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide v ...

Ventura County, California Ventura County () is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura. Ventura County comprises the Oxn ...

, that carries

State Route 118 Route 118 or Highway 118 can refer to multiple roads: Argentina * National Route 118 Canada * British Columbia Highway 118 * New Brunswick Route 118 * Nova Scotia Highway 118 * Ontario Highway 118 * Prince Edward Island Route 118 Costa ...

(SR 118, Ronald Reagan Freeway) over the

Arroyo Simi The Arroyo Simi (Spanish language, Spanish for "Small Stream of Simi", sometimes also referred to as Simi Creek)Appleton, Bill (2009). ''Santa Susana''. Arcadia Publishing. Page 27. . is a westwards-running Arroyo (creek), creek, located in Calif ...

. At the south end of the bridge, the freeway continues as SR 23. The state routes continue as highways to the west and north respectively. The entire connector, completed in 1993, is long and includes seven bridges. The

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between

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and

Moorpark Moorpark is a city in Ventura County in Southern California. Moorpark was founded in 1900. The town grew from just over 4,000 citizens in 1980 to over 25,000 by 1990. As of 2006, Moorpark was one of the fastest-growing cities in Ventura County.. ...

together with a local road also pass under the two main bridges that separately carry the traffic in each direction, each more than long. A wetlands was created as a mitigation measure for the impacts of the construction on the Arroyo Simi. Nearby

Moorpark College Moorpark College is a public community college in Moorpark, California. It was established in 1967 with enrollment of 2,500 students and enrolled 14,254 students in 2014. An Exotic Animal Training and Management center houses over 200 animals o ...

manages and maintains the site which is used as a nature center by the environmental science program.

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