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Between US 101 at the Las Cruces junction (8 miles [13 km] south of Buellton) and US 101 in Pismo Beach, and between US 101 in San Luis Obispo and Interstate 280 in San Francisco, the legislature also designated SR 1 as the Cabrillo Highway in 1959, after the explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo who sailed along the coast line.
U.S. Route 101 (US 101) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway, stretching from Los Angeles, California, to Tumwater, Washington.The California portion of US 101 is one of the last remaining and longest U.S. Routes still active in the state, and the longest highway of any kind in California. [8]
U.S. Route 101 US 101 highlighted in red Route information Length 1,535.27 mi [a] (2,470.78 km) Existed November 11, 1926 (1926-11-11) –present Major junctions South end I-5 SR 60 in Los Angeles, CA Major intersections I-80 in San Francisco, CA US 199 near Crescent City, CA US 20 in Newport, OR US 26 near Seaside, OR US 30 in Astoria, OR US 12 in Aberdeen, WA North end I-5 in Tumwater, WA ...
This Ridge Route Alternate, or Ridge Alternate Highway, [51] shortened the route by 9.6 miles (15.4 km) and increased the minimum curve radius from 70 to 1,000 feet (21 to 305 m). [52] This was done for the safety of the road, which had many accidents, and to increase the road's capacity.
Chicago Cafe owner Paul Fong thanks longtime customers Frances and Melton Losoya, who walk past the restaurant’s 100-year-old refrigerator as they leave through the kitchen after a meal last ...
The road continues south, over U.S. Route 101, into the Santa Monica Mountains, and across Mulholland Highway. 1.7 miles (2.7 km) south of Mulholland, Las Virgenes Road becomes Malibu Canyon Road, where it continues through the Santa Monica Mountains alongside Malibu Creek until it reaches its southern terminus at California State Route 1 in ...
Paul and Nancy Fong prepare meals for the lunch rush at the Chicago Cafe in Woodland. The family diner, established in 1903, was recently recognized as California's oldest Chinese restaurant.
[60]: 2–2 Aside from Highway 1, the only access to Big Sur is via the winding, narrow, 24.5 miles (39.4 km) long Nacimiento-Fergusson Road, which from Highway 1 south of Lucia passes east through Fort Hunter Liggett to Mission Road in Jolon. It's about a 50 miles (80 km) and hour-and-a-half drive to U.S. Route 101 (US 101). [61]