Editing Escalon, California (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Escalon HD.jpg|thumb|400px|left| Aerial view of Escalon.]]

===Highways and Roads===
[[California State Route 120]] runs through Escalon connecting it to the Bay Area and to the west through [[Oakdale, California|Oakdale]] where it merges with [[California State Route 108]] to the [[Sierra Nevada]]. McHenry Avenue runs south towards [[Modesto]] crossing the [[Stanislaus River]] over the newly rebuilt McHenry Bridge. Escalon currently has 4 stoplights in town all within a 1/4 mile proximity.

====Future development====
'''South McHenry Avenue''': This project will widen the road from two lanes to three lanes from Narcissus Way to Jones Road (3300 lineal feet). The improvements will include pavement widening and curb and gutter on the east side. The need for right of way will not be determined until the design phase. This project is awaiting approval in 2030 for completion by 2036<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2021 |title=Agenda: City Council of the City of Escalon |url=http://cityofescalon.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_10745808/File/Agendas%20and%20Minutes%202/2021%20Agendas/03-01-21%20Packet.pdf}}</ref>

'''Ullrey Ave./ McHenry Ave. Traffic Signal''': design and construction of a signal at the intersection of McHenry nd Ullrey avenues.

'''SR 120 at Brennan Avenue'''
In 2020 $446,066 was approved for intersection improvements, no traffic signal. The project is slated for completion in 2026.<ref name="sjcog.org">{{Cite web |url=https://www.sjcog.org/DocumentCenter/View/495/2014-RTPSCS-Technical-Appendix-F---Project-List?bidId= |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165829/https://www.sjcog.org/DocumentCenter/View/495/2014-RTPSCS-Technical-Appendix-F---Project-List?bidId= |url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''Escalon Bellota Road Improvements'''
Widen 2 to 4 lanes with shoulders from Escalon City limits to Mariposa Road. Project is estimated to be completed by 2025.<ref name="sjcog.org"/>

'''Caltrans Intercity Rail'''
Construct double main track, panelized turnouts,
relocate/renew siding turnout, and realign existing track. From Stockton to Escalon. No estimated completion date.<ref name="sjcog.org"/>

'''French Camp at Hwy 120 Roundabout'''
The 2020 SHOPP, approved in May 2020, included the following Collision Reduction item of interest, Route 120 near Manteca, at French Camp Road. Construct roundabout. Programmed in FY23-24, with construction scheduled to start in December 2024. Total project cost is $16,204K, with $10,536K being capital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cahighways.org/ROUTE120.html|title=California Highways (www.cahighways.org): Route 120|website=www.cahighways.org}}</ref>

===Railroads===
[[File:Caboose 2.jpg|thumb|This Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad caboose is located in   Escalon's Main Street Park and owned by the Escalon Historical Society.  The caboose sits very near the spot where the Santa Fe depot was erected as one of the new town's first buildings in the late 1890s. The first train passed through Escalon in 1896.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.escalonhistoricalmuseum.org/index.html|title = Home Page}}</ref>]]
Escalon has two railways through town. The former [[Tidewater Southern Railway]] comes west from [[Manteca, California|Manteca]] parallel to [[California Highway 120|Highway 120]] until it hits McHenry Avenue and heads south out of town. This railway is owned and operated by [[Union Pacific Railroad]] and is still in use today,{{when|date=August 2021}} though the tracks end at the city limits of Jones Avenue.

[[BNSF Railway]] [[Stockton Subdivision]] is the second railway; it has two tracks, dividing the town in a northwest to southeast direction. Two trains will meet and pass on opposing rails through town, often backing up traffic along Highway 120 for over 20–30 mins. The [[Santa Fe Railway]] ''[[San Francisco Chief]]'' served Escalon as a flag stop until 1971, when it ended passenger rail service to the town.