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A traffic camera is a video camera which observes vehicular traffic on a road. Typically, traffic cameras are put along major roads such as highways, freeways, expressways and arterial roads, and are connected by optical fibers buried alongside or under the road, with electricity provided either by mains power in urban areas, by solar panels or other alternative power sources which provide ...
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) .
Construction on the highway began in 1928, which involved the boring of three tunnels. Previously, the road was signed as U.S. Route 40 Alternate, crossing the Sierra Nevada at a lower elevation than Donner Pass on US 40, now Interstate 80 (I-80). The road was renumbered SR 70 in the 1964 state highway renumbering. Today, portions of SR 70 have ...
State Route 88 (SR 88), also known as the Carson Pass Highway, [2] [3] is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It travels in an east–west direction from Stockton , in the San Joaquin Valley , to the Nevada state line, where it becomes Nevada State Route 88 , eventually terminating at U.S. Route 395 (US 395).
SR 89 is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System; [12] however, it is only a scenic highway as designated by Caltrans from the El Dorado-Placer county line to a point 3.2 miles west of the US 395 junction, [13] meaning that it is a substantial section of highway passing through a "memorable landscape" with no "visual intrusions", where the ...
SR 111 north in Niland. The highway begins near the Calexico West Port of Entry, where Calexico connects with the Mexican city Mexicali.Prior to the port of entry's 2018 realignment, SR 111 directly connected to the border crossing, with northbound traffic entering from Mexican side of the border via Avenida Cristóbal Colón, and southbound traffic exiting onto Mexican Federal Highway 5.
State Route 86 (SR 86) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. State of California that connects the Imperial and Coachella valleys in the southeastern desert region of the state. It runs from State Route 111 near the Mexican border crossing at Calexico north through the Imperial Valley via El Centro and Brawley , and around the west side ...
East of Modesto, the road climbs the foothills and eventually ends at SR 49 at Coulterville. Portions between I-580 and I-5 are a four-lane freeway, and there are plans to upgrade the portion between I-5 and SR 99 in Modesto to an expressway , with 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) west of SR 99 currently open.