Telegraph Canyon Road

I’m not sure why this particular road is on Unilocal,but nevertheless I will review it since I have driven on it a few times.
One of the main roads in Chula Vista, I don’t really like it, especially at night. It is way too dark and I’m always worried that anything can jump in front of my Stella at a moment’s notice. So yeah, I’ve experienced better.
Speed Limit is 50 MPH by the way.

Yeah, you read that right. I am reviewing a road. Strange? Maybe. Different? Probably. Necessary? Definitely! So why, you ask, am I undertaking such nonsense? Because this road freaking sucks!
If you live in Eastlake, and I do, there are really three main surface streets that go directly into the area. From north to south those are H Street/​Proctor Valley, Telegraph Canyon/​Otay Lakes, and Olympic. H Street is too congested in the Rancho Del Rey area so cross that one off your list. If you’re coming from the north, you’d be better off taking Bonita to Otay Lakes to H Street and missing the high congestion area. If you’re coming from the south, take Olympic. It actually moves pretty good. But let’s get to the point. Why is Telegraph Canyon Road so awful?
Well, let me tell you. In the 5ish mile stretch between the 805 and Lane (where I turn to go to my house) the average speed limit is 50 MPH. Not too bad, that should take, what, 10 minutes tops? WRONG! I forgot to mention, there are 16 stop lights in that stretch that the city of Chula Vista has clearly never considered synchronizing. On a good day, you will hit about 6 of them green and 10 red and the 5 mile stretch will take you 15 minutes.
On most days, and of course every time that you are in a hurry, you will hit 12 – 14 of them red. And not the kind of red where you slow down and then hit the gas before you come to a complete stop, I mean the kind of red where the light turns yellow just far enough in front of you so that you HAVE to stop… and sit… and sit… and sit.
To make it even worse, half of the lights turn red just for the sake of turning red. There is no one coming the other direction, the city of Chula Vista just decided that the green bulb needed a break or something. This frustrating experience then turns your 5 mile journey into a grueling 20 – 25 minute time killer.
If you must get to Eastlake and don’t want to bend over for the ridiculous dollar a mile toll, take the alternate routes I suggested above and forget about Telegraph Canyon all together.