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El Centro (Spanish for "The Center") is a city and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States.El Centro is the most populous city in the Imperial Valley, the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core urban area and principal city of the El Centro metropolitan area which encompasses all of Imperial County.
SR 86 north of Salton City, looking north. Salton Sea in the background. SR 86 begins at an intersection with SR 111, just east of the town of Heber, as Heber Road.After traveling west through Heber, and intersecting CR S31, SR 86 heads north and enters the city of El Centro (as 4th Street), having an interchange with I-8.
SR 111 north in Niland. The highway begins near the Calexico West Port of Entry, where Calexico connects with the Mexican city Mexicali.Prior to the port of entry's 2018 realignment, SR 111 directly connected to the border crossing, with northbound traffic entering from Mexican side of the border via Avenida Cristóbal Colón, and southbound traffic exiting onto Mexican Federal Highway 5.
El Centro. State St & 7th St SR-111: 2N/2S El Centro. State St & 7th St Niland. Highway 111 & Main St SR-86: 3E/3W El Centro. State St & 7th St Holtville. 5th St & Figueroa Av Evan Hewes Hwy 4E/4W El Centro. State St & 7th St Seeley. Evan Hewes Hwy & Drew Rd Evan Hewes Hwy 21N/21S Calexico. Hacienda Dr & Olive Av Imperial. Imperial Valley ...
SR 98 intersects SR 111, the north-south highway connecting Mexicali and El Centro, before leaving the city and continuing east through rural Imperial County. After meeting SR 7, SR 98 goes through the community of Bonds Corner before intersecting CR S33. SR 98 then parallels the All American Canal before terminating at I-8 at Midway Well. [3]
The El Centro Metropolitan Area is home to 182,972 residents, according to a 2017 US Census estimate, and encompasses the whole Imperial County. The area is in the far southeast region of the State of California. Major population centers are Brawley, Calexico, and El Centro, which is the county seat.
In El Centro, I-8 intersects with SR 86 and SR 111, both north–south routes which connect to I-10 in the Coachella Valley, north of the Salton Sea. SR 115 and SR 98 end at I-8 east of El Centro. The route also has the lowest above-ground elevation of any Interstate at 52 ft (16 m) below sea level near El Centro. [ 19 ]
In the meantime, parts of El Cajon Boulevard through downtown El Cajon were widened in 1935. [46] Federal funds were allocated for rerouting US 80 in 1940; [45] by then, La Mesa Boulevard had been designated as a U.S. 80 Business Route, and El Cajon Boulevard then carried the US 80 designation to San Diego. [47]