California Department of Transportation
radio monitoring


Last updated July 06, 2003

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The California Department of Transportation has more than 23,000 employees with an annual budget of about $10 billion. Headquartered in Sacramento, the Department also has 12 district offices situated in Eureka, Redding, Marysville, Oakland, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Los Angeles, Bishop, Stockton, San Bernardino, Orange County and San Diego.

 
Caltrans Local Offices by County
district 7 district 11 district 12 district 8 district 6 district 5 district 9 district10 district 4 district 3 District 2 District 1
To find out what's going on in your neighborhood, click on your county.

Caltrans Press Releases
Live Traffic Cameras
Real-Time Freeway Speed Map

Statewide Construction Handie-Talkies
Channel Frequency
1 151.040
2 151.010

 

California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Southern California
Channel Frequency

Black

 47.0400

Blue

 47.1200

Brown

 47.0600

Gray

 47.1600

Green

 47.2400

Orange (Statewide)

 47.0800

Purple

 47.1800

Red

 47.2000

White

 47.0200

Yellow

 47.1000

 47.1400

 47.2200

 

District 3 (Sacramento)
Channel Description/Location Frequency Tone
01 CAR TO CAR 859.7375 156.7
02 LOCAL REPEATERS 856.7375 156.7
03 I-5 NORTH / WILLOWS 858.9875 131.8
04 CHICO / OROVILLE 859.9875 123.0
05 FOREST RANCH 860.7375 131.8
06 HIGHWAY 32 / CHICO NORTH 858.9875 156.7
07 I5 / WOODLAND / SACRAMENTO 858.7375 110.9
08 SACRAMENTO / TOC 856.9875 145.2
09 SACRAMENTO / SOUTH REGION 859.9875 136.5
10 PLACERVILLE / HIGHWAY 50 858.7375 131.8
11 DIST 3 / 10 STOCKTON 856.7375 110.9
12 KYBURZ / HIGHWAY 50 858.9875 123.0
13 ECHO SUMMITT / SOUTH LAKE TAHOE 850.7375 146.2
14 AUBURN / MARYSVILLE/ I80 859.7375 123.0
15 NEVEDA CITY / I-80 860.7375 136.5
16 WHITMORE / I-80 859.7375 136.5
17 WHITMORE / KINGVALE / I-80 858.7375 136.5
18 KINGVALE / TRUCKEE / I-80 859.9875 110.9
19 TRUCKEE / I-80 859.7375 136.5
20 BOCA / RENO / I-80 856.9875 146.2
21 TRUCKEE / TAHOE CITY 858.9875 146.2
22 TAHOE BASIN 859.7375 131.8
23 NEVEDA CITY NORTH 859.7375 110.9
24 HIGHWAY 49 / CALIDA 859.9875 156.7
25 HIGHWAY 49 - DOWNIEVILLE 856.7375 156.7
26 HIGHWAY 49 - SIERRA CITY 858.7375 156.7
27 HIGHWAY 45 - YUBA PASS 859.7375 110.9
28 SIERRAVILLE 858.9875 110.9
29 RED BLUFF - I-5 858.7375 146.2
30 DISTRICT 2/3 - SR 70 858.7375 123.0
31 DISTRICT 1/4 SANTA ROSA 856.9875 131.8
32 DISTRICT 4/10 - S F BAY AREA 856.9875 110.9

 

District 4 (San Francisco)

San Francisco Bay Area  FSP (Freeway Service Patrol)
LTR System  
LCN04 464.4000
LCN12 451.9375
LCN16 462.1000
LCN18 452.2375
LCN20 Home Repeater 461.3750

Talk Group Description
020052 FSP Golden Gate Dispatch

 

San Francisco Bay Area  FSP (Freeway Service Patrol)
LTR System  
LCN01 484.0375
LCN05 484.4375
LCN07 483.9375
LCN08 Home Repeater 484.1375
LCN12 489.4875
LCN15 489.3625
LCN16 483.3125
LCN19 490.1875
LCN20 484.8375

Talk Group Description
008119 FSP Golden Gate Car to Car
008137 FSP Golden Gate Dispatch

 

San Francisco Bay Area  FSP (Freeway Service Patrol)
LTR System  
LCN01 483.6625
LCN04 Home Repeater 483.5875
LCN06 484.1875
LCN10 484.2375
LCN12 483.9125

Talk Group Description
006146 FSP Golden Gate Dispatch

 

San Francisco Bay Area  FSP (Freeway Service Patrol)
LTR System  
LCN01 484.0375
LCN05 Home Repeater 484.4375
LCN07 483.9375
LCN08 484.1375
LCN12 489.4875
LCN15 489.3625
LCN16 483.3125
LCN19 490.1875
LCN20 484.8375

Talk Group Description
005117 FSP Golden Gate Dispatch
005128 FSP Golden Gate Car to Car

 

San Francisco Bay Area  FSP (Freeway Service Patrol)
LTR System  
LCN01 489.9125
LCN02 490.8875
LCN03 489.2875
LCN05 489.9375
LCN06 483.3625
LCN07 483.3875
LCN09 483.8125
LCN10 489.7875
LCN11 490.1625
LCN14 484.2875
LCN15 489.7125

Talk Group Description
101103 FSP Golden Gate Dispatch
101106 FSP Golden Gate Car to Car

 

San Francisco Bay Area  FSP (Freeway Service Patrol)
LTR System  
LCN01 484.3875
LCN03 483.9625
LCN05 484.0875
LCN10 490.9375
LCN15 483.3125
LCN18 490.0625
LCN20 484.9875
   
Talk Group Description
018138 FSP Golden Gate Dispatch

 

District 5 (San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara)
Trunked Radio Systems
Salinas Territory 856.7625 860.7625 860.7375 858.9875
Monterey Territory 860.7375 858.9875    
Templeton Territory 858.9875 857.7375    
San Luis Obispo Territory 857.7625 860.7375    
Santa Maria Territory 860.9875      
Santa Barbara Territory 858.9875      
         
Channel Description Frequency

Purple

District Primary

 47.1800

Orange

Statewide Alternate

 47.0800

 
Unit Codes
5-0 District Director
5-1 Permits Inspector
5-2 Crew
5-3 Santa Barbara South
5-4 Santa Barbara North
5-5 not used
5-6 District Trees
5-7 not used
5-8 Landscaping South
5-9 Landscaping North
5-C District 5 Construction
5-M District 5 Maintenance
5-W District 5 Traffic Operations
5-L District 5 Engineering
5-L-1 District 5 Traffic Surveys
5-L-2 District 5 Right of Way
5-L-4 District 5 Laboratory
   
5-1-0 Salinas Territory
5-1-10 Salinas Maintenance
5-1-20 Salinas Maintenance
5-1-30 Salinas North Maintenance
5-1-40 Hollister Maintenance
5-1-50 not used
5-1-60 King City Maintenance
5-1-70 Salinas North Maintenance
   
5-2-0 Monterey Territory
5-2-10 Monterey Maintenance
5-2-20 Santa Cruz Maintenance
5-2-30 not used
5-2-40 not used
5-2-50 Big Sur Maintenance
5-2-60 Willow Springs Maintenance
5-2-70 not used
   
5-3-0 Templeton Territory
5-3-10 Templeton Maintenance
5-3-20 Cambria Maintenance
5-3-30 Simmler Maintenance(closed)
5-3-40 not used
5-3-50 Shandon Maintenance
5-3-60 Templeton Maintenance
5-3-70 Templeton Maintenance
   
5-4-0 Santa Maria Territory
5-4-10 Santa Maria Maintenance
5-4-20 Cuyama Maintenance
5-4-30 Cuyama Maintenance
5-4-40 Santa Maria Maintenance
5-4-50 not used
5-4-60 Lompoc Maintenance
5-4-70 Buellton Maintenance
5-4-80 Controlled Message Sign Truck
   
5-5-0 Santa Barbara Territory
5-5-10 Santa Barbara Maintenance
5-5-20 Santa Barbara Maintenance
5-5-30 Santa Barbara Maintenance
5-5-40 Santa Barbara Maintenance
5-5-50 used
5-5-60 Barbara Maintenance
5-5-70 Controlled Message Sign Truck
5-5-80 Santa Barbara Maintenance
5-5-90 Santa Barbara Maintenance
   
5-6-0 San Luis Obispo Territory
5-6-10 SLO Road Crew
5-6-20 Electric Crew
5-6-30 SLO Bridges Crew
5-6-40 SLO Striping Crew
5-6-50 So Trees Crew
5-6-60 SLO Signs Crew
5-6-70 SLO Landscaping Crew
   
5-7-0 Shop 5
5-7-1 San Luis Obispo
5-7-2 San Luis Obispo
5-7-3 Transport
5-7-4 not used
5-7-5 Parts Van
5-7-6 Preventive Maintenance
5-7-7 Cambria
5-7-8 Shandon
5-7-9 Buellton
5-7-10 not used
5-7-11 Salinas
5-7-21 Monterey
5-7-31 Templeton
5-7-41 Santa Maria
5-7-51 Santa Barbara

 

District 7 (Los Angeles & Ventura)
Trunked Radio System

856.7375

856.9875

857.7375

857.9875

858.7375

858.9875

859.7375

859.9875

860.7375

860.9875

     
Channel Description/Location Frequency Tone
01 TRS n/a
02 TRS n/a
03 TRS n/a

04

Car to car

856.9875

110.9

05

Coast

856.9875

131.8

06

Rolling Hills

857.7375

123.0

07

Sierra Peak

856.9875

123.0

08

Johnstone Peak

860.9875

123.0

09

Mt Lukens

858.9875

110.9

10

Hauser Peak

857.7375

123.0

11

Los Pinetos

860.9875

110.9

12

Tejon Peak

858.7375

110.9

13

Waterhole

858.9875

110.9

14

Castro Peak

857.7375

123.0

15

South Mountain

857.9875

110.9

16

Sisar

860.7375

110.9

17

Red Mountain

859.9875

110.9

18

Box Springs

866.0375

156.7

19

Strawberry Peak

867.0375

123.0

20

Frost Peak

868.0375

123.0

21

Construction

859.7375

110.9

Green

Traffic Operations

 47.2400

x

Orange

Statewide Alternate

 47.0800

x


Los Angeles FSP (Freeway Service Patrol)
Location Frequency Tone

San Fernando Valley

938.1375  

Central/West

938.2000 88.5

South

938.1750 88.5
San Gabriel Valley 938.2250 131.8

 

District 8 (San Bernardino & Western Riverside)
Trunked Radio System

856.7375

856.9875

857.7375

857.9875

858.7375

858.9875

859.7375

859.9875

860.7375

860.9875

       
Channel Description Frequency Tone
01   TRS n/a
02   TRS n/a
03   TRS n/a
04   TRS n/a
05   TRS n/a
06   TRS n/a
07   TRS n/a

08

Car to car

856.9875

110.9

09

Sierra Peak

856.9875

123.0

10

Box Springs

866.0375

156.7

11

Banning

859.7375

123.0

12

Johnstone Peak

860.9875

123.0

13

Wrightwood

868.0375

123.0

14

Cajon

866.0375

110.9

15

Arrowhead

867.0375

136.5

16

Dry Creek

868.0375

136.5

17

Big Bear

856.9875

110.9

18

Onyx

867.0375

131.8

19

Keencamp

860.9875

156.7

20

Indio

858.9875

131.8

21

Yucca

866.0375

131.8

22

29 Palms

856.9875

131.8

23

East Iron

858.9875

123.0

24

Vidal

859.7375

131.8

25

Spirit

857.7375

110.9

26

Essex

868.0375

131.8

27

Amboy

860.9875

136.5

28

Rodman

858.9875

136.5

29

Lucerne

859.7375

146.2

30

Barstow

867.0375

123.0

31

Victorville

860.9875

146.2

32

Randsberg

860.7375

110.9

33

Halloran

857.7375

131.8

34

Mountain Pass

860.9875

131.8

35

Construction

859.7375

110.9

36

Channel A

856.9875

  

37

Channel B

860.7374

  

38

Channel C

857.7375

 

39

Channel E

860.9875

 

40

Channel F

859.9875

 

41

Channel G

859.7375

 

42

Channel H

858.7375

 

43

Channel I

858.9875

 

44

Channel J

857.9875

 

45

Channel K

866.0375

 

46

Channel L

867.0375

 

47

Channel M

868.0375

 

Gray

Traffic Operations

 47.1600

 

Orange

Statewide Alternate

 47.0800

 


Riverside FSP (Freeway Service Patrol)
Location Frequency Tone

Countywide

453.6500 662

 

District 11 (San Diego, Eastern Riverside & Imperial)
Channel Description Frequency

Yellow

District Primary

 47.1000

Black

District Secondary

 47.0400

Orange

Statewide Alternate

 47.0800

 

District 12 (Orange County)
Trunked Radio System

856.7375

856.9875

857.7375

857.9875

858.7375

858.9875

859.7375

859.9875

860.7375

860.9875

  
Channel Description/Location Frequency Tone
01   TRS n/a
02   TRS n/a
03   TRS n/a

04

Car to car

856.9875

110.9

05

Coast

856.9875

131.8

06

Rolling Hills

857.7375

123.0

07

Sierra Peak

856.9875

123.0

08

Johnstone Peak

860.9875

123.0

09

Mt Lukens

858.9875

110.9

10

Hauser Peak

857.7375

123.0

11

Los Pinetos

860.9875

110.9

12

Tejon Peak

858.7375

110.9

13

Waterhole

858.9875

110.9

14

Castro Peak

857.7375

123.0

15

South Mountain

857.9875

110.9

16

Sisar

860.7375

110.9

17

Red Mountain

859.9875

110.9

18

Box Springs

866.0375

156.7

19

Strawberry Peak

867.0375

136.5

20

Frost Peak

868.0375

123.0

21

Construction

859.7375

110.9

22

Channel A

856.9875

23

Channel B

860.7375

24

Channel C

857.7375

25

Channel E

860.9875

26

Channel F

859.9875

27

Channel G

859.7375

28

Channel H

858.7375

29

Channel I

858.9875

30

Channel J

857.9875

31

Channel K

866.0375

32

Channel L

867.0375

33

Channel M

868.0375

 

Special thanks for Robert Eisner for contributing information.
Special thanks to Michael Burke for contributing information.
Special thanks to Mathew Grant for contributing information.