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In 1918, state highway engineer Lester Gibson led a mule pack train along the Big Sur coast to complete an initial survey to locate the future Coast Highway. [8] When the convict labor law was revised in 1921, it gave control of the convicts and camps to the Division of Highways, although control and discipline remained with the State Board of ...
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) .
This is a list of state highways in the U.S. state of California that have existed since the 1964 renumbering.It includes routes that were defined by the California State Legislature but never built, as well as routes that have been entirely relinquished to local governments.
Cabrillo Highway, scenic drive through the rocky headlands near the Pacific coast. Designated December 14, 1971, in Santa Barbara County: US 101 at Las Cruces to Lompoc; SR 227 near Oceano to US 101 in Pismo Beach; US 101 in San Luis Obispo to SR 35 in Daly City. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway (also an All-American Road), scenic drive along ...
The remaining 10.2 miles (16.4 km) portion of the original Old Coast Road. It connects on the north to Highway 1 at Bixby Creek Bridge and on the south near Andrew Molera State Park. The Old Coast Road is a dirt road that still exists in part and preceded the current Big Sur Coast Highway along the northern coast of Big Sur, California. It was ...
County Route S1 (CR S1), also known as Sunrise Highway for a portion of its length, is a 34.08 mi (54.85 km) long county highway located entirely in San Diego County, California, United States. It begins at State Route 94 near Barrett and moves northward across Interstate 8 , just west of the Laguna Summit .
The western half of the highway in California is a four-or-more-lane divided highway, mostly built to freeway standards, and known as the El Dorado Freeway outside of downtown Sacramento. US 50 continues as an undivided highway with one eastbound lane and two westbound lanes until the route reaches the canyon of the South Fork American River at ...
The Sandberg's Summit Hotel, later Sandberg's Lodge, was just north of Liebre Summit, the highest point (4,233 feet (1,290 m)) on the road, at 4,170 feet (1,270 m) above sea level. The hotel was built in 1914 and served travelers from the opening of the road in 1915. Built of logs, it was a high-class hotel.