Tom Carter, and construction executive Doug Beatty placed a 1960 Chevrolet Impala on a crane and placed it on top of an unfinished ramp. They were not seen by police, although one officer recalled seeing a crane on the unfinished ramp, but assumed that it was late night work. Later that morning, Joe Colla rode a helicopter to the top of the same unfinished ramp and took a picture with the Impala. The next day, that picture ran in dozens of newspapers and according to the San Jose Mercury News, pressured then-governor of California Jerry Brown. In part because of the publicity of the stunt, the interchange eventually received the necessary funding to be completed. In 2010, this interchange was named the Joe Colla Interchange. Signs naming the interchange were posted in January 2016. See also References Transportation in San Jose, California Road interchanges in California