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Southern California residents idiomatically refer to freeways with the definite article, as "the [freeway number]", e.g. "the 5" or "the 10". [18] This use of the article differs from other American dialects, including that of Northern California, but is the same as in the UK (e.g.
Number Length (mi) [5] [a] Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes SR 1: 655.845 [b] [c] 1,055.480 I-5 in Dana Point: US 101 near Leggett: 1934: current Longest State Highway in California SR 2: 87.295 [b] [c] 140.488 Centinela Avenue in Santa Monica: SR 138 near Wrightwood: 1934: current SR 3
The state highway system of the U.S. state of California is a network of highways that are owned and maintained by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Each highway is assigned a Route (officially State Highway Route [1] [2]) number in the Streets and Highways Code (Sections 300–635).
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—for example, the I-80/I-580 concurrency, known as the Eastshore Freeway, is only listed under Route 80 in the highway code while the definition of Route 580 is broken into non ...
While HOV lanes are enforced 24 hours a day, seven days a week in Southern California, HOV lanes are enforced 6 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, in Northern California.
The following is a list of roads defined by the Streets and Highways Code, sections 250–257, as part of the California Freeway and Expressway System. [1] Some of the routes listed may still be in the planning stages of being fully upgraded to freeways or expressways. State Route 1 (part) State Route 2 (part) State Route 3 (part) State Route 4 ...
County routes are typically designated with a letter (A, B, D, E, G, J, N, R, or S, depending on the region of the state, with several counties split between two region prefixes) followed by a number (example: G2). Therefore, the county routes are sorted alphabetically, from the northernmost region of California to the southernmost region.
Each state highway in the U.S. state of California is assigned a Route (officially State Highway Route) number in the Streets and Highways Code (Sections 300-635). Since July 1 of 1964, the majority of legislative route numbers, those defined in the Streets and Highways Code, match the sign route numbers.