California State Route 229

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State Route 229

California State Route 229 Map.svg

Map of San Luis Obispo County in southern California with SR 229 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by Streets and Highways Code § 529
Maintained by Caltrans
Length 9.160 mi [1] (14.742 km)
Major junctions
South endCalifornia 58.svg SR 58 near Atascadero
North endCalifornia 41.svg SR 41 near Creston
Location
Counties San Luis Obispo
Highway system
California 227.svg SR 227 SR 232 California 232.svg

State Route 229 (SR 229) is a short state highway in the U.S. state of California. The route runs from State Route 58 to State Route 41. It connects the small town of Creston with the rural state routes. Also, in conjunction with SR 58 and SR 41, it provides a slower, more scenic route between the Central Coast and the San Joaquin Valley.

A state highway, state road, or state route is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or province falls below numbered national highways in the hierarchy. Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on the state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for the other.

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California State of the United States of America

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

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Route description

SR 229 starts at SR 58 east of Santa Margarita. It travels north on Webster Road as a one-lane, windy mountain road, after which the road widens to two lanes as it approaches Rocky Canyon Road. In this segment, it is a county road much like a standard rural state route. It continues north through relatively flat, rural farmland and then passes through the small town of Creston, continuing north and terminating at SR 41.

Santa Margarita, California census-designated place in California, United States

Santa Margarita is a town and census-designated place located in San Luis Obispo County, California. It was founded in 1889 near Cuesta Peak and San Luis Obispo along State Route 58. The town's name comes from the Mexican Alta California land grant of Rancho Santa Margarita. It is home to the Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia site. The population was 1,259 at the 2010 census.

SR 229 is not part of the National Highway System, [2] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration. [3]

National Highway System (United States) highway system in the United States

The National Highway System (NHS) is a network of strategic highways within the United States, including the Interstate Highway System and other roads serving major airports, ports, rail or truck terminals, railway stations, pipeline terminals and other strategic transport facilities. Altogether, it constitutes the largest highway system in the world.

Federal Highway Administration government agency

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two programs, the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program. Its role had previously been performed by the Office of Road Inquiry, Office of Public Roads and the Bureau of Public Roads.

History

SR 229 was adopted as a state route in 1933 as Legislative Route 137. It was an unsigned highway running from LRN 2 (currently US 101) near Santa Margarita to LRN 125 (formally US 466, currently SR 41). [4] Its original purpose was to provide an alternate route between US 101 (the major north-south route on the Central Coast) to US 466 (a major route connecting the Central Coast to the San Joaquin Valley). In the 1950s, US 466 was moved to LRN 33 (currently SR 46). The original alignment became unsigned. In 1957, LRN 137 was changed to start at LRN 58 (currently SR 58) instead of LRN 2. This isolated the route between two rural routes. In 1964, with the renumbering of California state routes, LRN 137 became SR 229 and became a signed route. [5] It has changed little since that time.

Major intersections

Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see the list of postmile definitions). [1] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The entire route is in San Luis Obispo County.

California postmile measurement

California uses a postmile highway location marker system on all of its state highways, including U.S. Routes and Interstate Highways. The postmile markers indicate the distance a route travels through individual counties, as opposed to milestones that indicate the distance traveled through a state. The postmile system is the only route reference system used by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).

In 1963 and 1964, the California Division of Highways implemented a major renumbering of its state highways. The majority of sign routes—those marked for the public—kept their numbers; the main changes were to the legislative routes, which had their numbers changed to match the sign routes. A large number of formerly unsigned routes received sign numbers corresponding to their new legislative numbers. A smaller change was the removal and truncating of many U.S. Routes in favor of the Interstate Highways, and the renumbering of State Routes that conflicted with Interstate numbers. Some U.S. Routes that were officially removed continued to be signed until the replacement Interstates were completed.

San Luis Obispo County, California County in California, United States

San Luis Obispo County, officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a county located in the southern region of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 269,637. The county seat is San Luis Obispo.

LocationPostmile
[1] [6] [7]
DestinationsNotes
0.00California 58.svg SR 58  McKittrick, Santa Margarita South end of SR 229
9.16California 41.svg SR 41  Atascadero, Paso Robles, Shandon Former US 466; north end of SR 229
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 3 California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  2. Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: California (South) (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  3. Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  4. Route 137-144. CAHighways.org. Accessed: 12-01-2009.
  5. Route 225-232. CAHighways.org. Accessed: 12-01-2009.
  6. California Department of Transportation (July 2007). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
  7. California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006

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