El Camino Real — San Dieguito River Bridge and Corridor Improvements

Location: San Diego, California

Sector: Highway / Bridge / Resilience

Value: $57 million

Owner: City of San Diego

Contractor: Skanska

Stage: Contract signed / awarded

Expected start: December 2026

Expected completion: August 2030

Project: Widening El Camino Real to four lanes and replacing the existing San Dieguito River Bridge near Del Mar. The scope also includes drainage and flood-resilience improvements, riverbank stabilization, separated bike lanes, sidewalks and traffic-signal upgrades.

Construction Dig note: Skanska announced that it had signed the $57 million contract with the City of San Diego. The precise agency award or contract-execution date remains to be verified before the project is treated as a frozen Highway v0.1 award-date observation.

Related coverage: Construction Dig Morning Brief — September 2, 2026.