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List of U.S. Routes in California

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U.S. Routes in California
U.S. Route 6 marker
U.S. Route 95 marker
U.S. Route 101 marker
Highway shields for US 6, US 95, and US 101
Map
U.S. Routes highlighted in red
System information
Maintained by Caltrans
Length1,721.644 mi (2,770.717 km)
FormedNovember 11, 1926 (1926-11-11)[1]
Highway names
US HighwaysU.S. Route XX (US XX)
Special Routes:U.S. Route XX Alternate (US XX Alt.);

U.S. Route XX Business (US XX Bus.);
U.S. Route XX Bypass (US XX Byp.);

U.S. Route XX Temporary (US XX Temp.)
System links

This is a list of U.S. Routes in the U.S. state of California. It includes routes defined by the California State Legislature but never built, as well as routes entirely relinquished to local governments. It also includes the routes that were decommissioned during the 1964 state highway renumbering.

Each U.S. Route in California is maintained by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and is assigned a Route (officially State Highway Route[2][3]) number in the Streets and Highways Code (Sections 300-635). Under the code, the state assigns a unique Route X to each highway and does not differentiate between state, US, or Interstate highways.

California still uses a version of the 1961 U.S. Route shield, featuring a simplified cutout shield containing only the outer border, "U S," and the route marker. All other U.S. states adopted the 1971 version of the marker, consisting of a white shield outline on a black square background.

Mainline routes

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  • Lengths for each state route were initially measured as they were during the 1964 state highway renumbering (or during the year the route was established, if after 1964) based alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect the current mileage. Portions of some routes have been relinquished to or are otherwise maintained by local or other governments, and may not be included in the length listed below. Several routes are broken into non-contiguous pieces, and their lengths may not reflect the overlaps that would be required to make them continuous. Some routes may also have a gap because it is either explicitly defined in the California Streets and Highways Code or due to an unconstructed portion, and the listed length may or may not reflect the gap.
  • If a route was renumbered, the old or new number is given in the "notes" column.
  • Concurrences are not explicitly codified in the Streets and Highways Code; such highway segments are listed on only one of the corresponding legislative route numbers. When a highway is broken into such segments, the total length recorded by Caltrans only reflects those non-contiguous segments, and does not include those overlaps that would be required to make the route continuous.
  • Since the 1990s, a number of piecemeal relinquishments have been made. These are generally reflected in the length but not the termini.
  • Former termini are not shown if they are along the current route, meaning that the route was simply extended.
  • A U.S. Route may be partially signed as an Interstate Highway, while the remaining segment is signed as a U.S. Route.
Number Length (mi)[4][a] Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes
US 6 40.505 65.186 US 395 in Bishop Nevada state line 01937-01-011937 current Until 1964 western terminus was in Long Beach
US 40 US 101 in San Francisco Nevada state line 01926-01-011926 01964-01-011964 Replaced by I-80
US 48 87.3[b][c] 140.5 First Street in San Jose French Camp Road in French Camp 01926-01-011926 01931-01-011931 Renumbered as US 50
US 50 108.624 174.813 I-80 in West Sacramento Nevada state line 01926-01-011926 current Until 1964 western terminus was in San Francisco
US 60 255[b][c] 410 I-5 and former US 99 in Los Angeles Arizona state line 01926-01-011926 01972-01-011972 Replaced by I-10; ran concurrently with US 70
US 66 315[b][c] 507 SR 1 and former US 101 Alt. in Santa Monica Arizona state line 01926-01-011926 01969-01-011969 Replaced by I-40 and other routes
US 70 255[b][c] 410 I-5 and former US 99 in Los Angeles Arizona state line 01926-01-011926 01964-01-011964 Replaced by I-10; ran concurrently with US 60
US 80 176.53[b][c] 284.10 I-5 and former US 101 in San Diego Arizona state line 01926-01-011926 01964-01-011964 Replaced by I-8
US 91 SR 1 and former US 101 Alt. in Long Beach Nevada state line 01926-01-011926 01971-01-011971 Replaced by I-15 and SR 91
US 95 116.721[d] 187.844 Arizona state line Nevada state line 01930-01-011930 current
US 97 54.364 87.490 I-5 in Weed Oregon state line 01935-01-011935 current
US 99 754[b][c] 1,213 Fed. 5 near Calexico Oregon state line 01926-01-011926 01964-01-011964 Replaced by I-5; completely decommissioned in 1972
US 99E 141[b][c] 227 SR 99 and former US 99 in Wheeler Ridge SR 99 and former US 99 in Sacramento 01929-01-011929 01933-01-011933 Most of former US 99E is now part of SR 99
US 99W SR 99 and former US 99 in Wheeler Ridge SR 99 and former US 99 in Sacramento 01929-01-011929 01964-01-011964 Replaced by majority of I-5
US 101 808.111[b] 1,300.529 I-5 / I-10 / SR 60 in Los Angeles Oregon state line 01926-01-011926 current Segment across the Golden Gate Bridge is not officially recognized as part of the state highway system; until 1964 southern terminus was in San Diego
US 101W I-880 and US 101 I-580 and US 101 01929-01-011929 01940-01-011940 Reverted to US 101 after US 101E was decommissioned
US 101E US 101 US 101 01929-01-011929 01940-01-011940 Renumbered into SR 17
US 199 36.41 58.60 US 101 near Crescent City Oregon state line 01926-01-011926 current
US 299 304[b][c] 489 US 101 in Arcata US 395 in Alturas 01934-01-011934 01964-01-011964 Replaced by the majority of SR 299
US 395 556.909[b][c] 896.258 I-15 near Hesperia Oregon state line 01979-01-011979 current Split into two segments, as the highway clips into Nevada to serve Carson City and Reno; until 1969 southern terminus was in San Diego
US 399 137[b][c] 220 US 101 in Ventura SR 99 and former US 99 in Bakersfield 01934-01-011934 01964-01-011964 Replaced by SR 33 and SR 119
US 466 526[b][c] 847 SR 1 in Morro Bay Nevada state line 01935-01-011935 01965-01-011965 Replaced by SR 58 and I-15; ran concurrently with former US 91
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Special routes

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Number Length (mi) Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes

US 40 Bus.
Oakland Berkeley

US 40 Temp.
American Canyon Cordelia

US 40 Bus.
Served West Sacramento

US 40 Bus.
Served North Sacramento

US 40 Alt.
Davis, California California-Nevada state line

US 50 Bus.
Served Oakland

US 50 Bus.
Served Sacramento

US 50 Alt.
Pollock Pines South Lake Tahoe, California Unofficial signed route

US 60 Bus.
Served Riverside

US 60 Bus.
Served Banning

US 66 Alt.
Los Angeles Pasadena

US 66 Bus.
Served San Bernardino

City US 66
Served San Bernardino

US 70 Bus.
Served Pomona

US 70 Bus.
Served Banning

US 80 Bus.
Served San Diego

US 80 Bus.
Winterhaven Arizona-California state line

US 91 Bus.
Corona Riverside

US 91 Bus.
Colton San Bernardino

US 91 Bus.
Served Victorville

US 99 Bus.
Served Banning

US 99 Bus.
Served Pomona

US 99 Bus.
Elysian Park Sylmar

US 99 Bus.
Served Fresno

US 99 Bus.
Served Merced

US 99 Bus.
Served Atwater

US 99 Alt.
Sacramento Red Bluff

US 99 Bus.
Served Sacramento

US 101 Bus.
Chula Vista National City

US 101 Bus.
Served San Diego

US 101 Alt.
Capistrano Beach Oxnard

US 101 Bus.
Served Buena Park

US 101 Bus.
Served Anaheim

US 101 Alt.
Served Long Beach

US 101 Bus.
Served Los Angeles

US 101 Byp.
Anaheim Los Angeles

US 101 Alt.
Served Santa Monica

US 101 Bus.
Universal City Woodland Hills

US 101 Bus.
Serves Ventura

US 101 Bus.
Serves Santa Maria

US 101 Bus.
Serves Arroyo Grande

US 101 Bus.
Serves Paso Robles

US 101 Bus.
Serves King City

US 101 Bus.
Serves Greenfield

US 101 Bus.
Serves Soledad

US 101 Bus.
Serves Gonzales

US 101 Bus.
Serves Salinas

US 101 Bus.
Gilroy San Jose

US 101 Byp.
San Jose San Francisco

US 101 Alt.
Served San Francisco

US 101 Bus.
Serves Novato

US 101 Bus.
Serves Petaluma

US 101 Bus.
Serves Santa Rosa

US 101 Bus.
Serves Cloverdale

US 101 Bus.
Serves Ukiah

US 101 Bus.
Serves Rio Dell

US 101 Bus.
Serves Fortuna

US 101 Bus.
Serves McKinleyville

US 395 Bus.
Served Riverside

US 395 Bus.
Colton San Bernardino

US 395 Bus.
Serves Ridgecrest
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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Lengths rounded to the nearest mile or tenth-mile are estimated from various sources including Google Maps.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Portions of this route have been relinquished to or are otherwise maintained by local or other governments, and may not be included in the length.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n This route is broken into pieces due to a gap in the description, unfilled by any route.
  4. ^ This route is broken into pieces, and the length does not reflect the overlaps that would be required to make the route continuous.

References

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  1. ^ Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  2. ^ "Section 231" . California Streets and Highways Code – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ California Department of Transportation. "Other State Highway Routes". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
  4. ^ California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
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