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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, or U.S. Highway 101 (US 101), is a major north–south highway that traverses the states of California, Oregon, and Washington on the West Coast of the United States. It is part of the United States Numbered Highway System and runs for over 1,500 miles (2,400 km) along the Pacific Ocean .
[3] [4] Other proposals included signing El Camino Real as US 101 Scenic. [5] The Bayshore Freeway was constructed to replace the original highway between 1947 and 1962. [6] US 101 was later rerouted onto the Bayshore Freeway during the 1964 renumbering and replaced US 101 Bypass entirely. Until then, US 101 used SR 82 (El Camino Real) and I-280.
When the Bayshore Highway was completed in 1937, U.S. Route 101 signs were moved to it from El Camino Real, and El Camino became U.S. Route 101 Alternate. Businesses along El Camino created the El Camino Real Association to protest the move and resulting loss of business, [ 25 ] and by 1939 the main route had been moved back, with the Bayshore ...
The road became part of the state highway system in the early 1900s and, eventually, it became incorporated into U.S. Route 101 (US 101). [4] By the 1970s, as an expressway with only three lanes (for both directions combined) [2] and high volumes of traffic, it had so many traffic accidents that it became known as "blood alley". [4] [7] [8]
The construction project aims to improve traffic flow on a critical Central Coast stretch of the highway. Massive Highway 101 corridor project gets $75 million loan. How will money be spent?
Two vehicle fires and a mattress fire that spread to nearby vegetation slowed traffic on Highway 101.
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