Drivers now have stoplights at the intersection of Claus Road and Highway 108 in Riverbank.
The California Department of Transportation completed the $2.25 million project on Thursday, June 11. To help drivers adjust, it began with flashing red lights, acting as a three-way stop sign. It will be a full traffic signal, including green and yellow phases, by this Thursday.
For decades, the junction was controlled by only a stop sign where Claus dead-ends at 108. The highway curves as it runs atop a Stanislaus River bluff…