Simplify the following text for a Grade 14 native English-speaking person.
Original: On April 24 , 2002 , to honor her contribution to road safety , California officially designated the stretch of Interstate 10 near Indio east of the Indio Boulevard\/Jefferson Street exit as `` The Doctor June McCarroll Memorial Freeway . ''
Simplified: On April 24 , 2002 , to honor her contribution to road safety , the State of California named the stretch of Interstate 10 near Indio east of the Indio Boulevard\/Jefferson Street exit as `` The Doctor June McCarroll Memorial Freeway . ''