California State Route 59

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State Route 59

California State Route 59.svg

SR 59 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by Streets and Highways Code § 359
Maintained by Caltrans
Length 33.76 mi [1] (54.33 km)
Major junctions
South endCalifornia 152.svg SR 152 near El Nido
 California 99.svgCalifornia 140.svg SR 99 / SR 140 in Merced
North endCR J16 jct.svgCR J59 jct.svg CR J16 / CR J59 at Snelling
Location
Counties Merced
Highway system
California 58.svg SR 58 SR 60 California 60.svg

State Route 59 (SR 59) is a California state highway that connects State Route 152 to the city of Merced and beyond, ending abruptly at the intersection of County Routes J59 and J16 in Snelling.

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.

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.

California State Route 152 highway in California

State Route 152 is a state highway that runs near the latitudinal middle of the U.S. state of California from Watsonville to Route 99 southeast of Merced. Its western portion provides access to and from Interstate 5 toward southern California for motorists in or near Gilroy, San Jose, and most of the San Francisco Peninsula.

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Route description

SR 59 begins at SR 152 as Los Banos Highway. The highway travels north through the town of El Nido until entering the city of Merced, where it runs concurrently with the SR 99 freeway and with SR 140. SR 59 leaves the concurrency on the west side of Merced and travels north as the Snelling Highway. The highway winds up the Sierra Nevada foothills until it passes through Snelling, where it ends. [2]

El Nido, Merced County, California Census designated place in California, United States

El Nido is a census-designated place in Merced County, California. It is located 15 miles (24 km) west-southwest of Le Grand, at an elevation of 141 feet, and a population of 160 The population was 330 at the 2010 census.

Merced, California City and county seat in California, United States

Merced is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley. As of 2014, the city had a population of 81,743. Incorporated on April 1, 1889, Merced is a charter city that operates under a council-manager government. It is named after the Merced River, which flows nearby.

Sierra Nevada (U.S.) mountain range

The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily in Nevada. The Sierra Nevada is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges that consists of an almost continuous sequence of such ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America and Antarctica.

SR 59 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, [3] but except for a portion in Merced is not part of the National Highway System, [4] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration. [5]

California Freeway and Expressway System highway system

The California Freeway and Expressway System is a system of existing or planned freeways and expressways in the U.S. state of California. It encompasses both State highways and federal highways in California. It is defined by the Streets and Highways Code, sections 250-257.

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.

Future

In January 2010, the Tuolumne County board of supervisors made a formal request to the state to add the entire length of County Route J59 as a northerly extension of State Route 59 from its terminus in Snelling, Merced County, to the intersection of State Routes 108 and 120 in Tuolumne County.

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). [6] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The entire route is in Merced 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.

Merced County, California County in California, United States

Merced County, is a county located in the northern San Joaquin Valley section of the Central Valley, in the U.S. state of California.

LocationPostmile
[6] [1] [7]
DestinationsNotes
0.00California 152.svg SR 152  Madera, Los Banos Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of SR 59
Merced 14.77
14.69 [N 1]
California 99.svgCalifornia 140.svg SR 99 south / SR 140 east / Martin Luther King Jr. Way Los Angeles, Yosemite Interchange; south end of SR 99 / SR 140 overlap
 South end of freeway on SR 99
 North end of freeway on SR 99
15.80 [N 1]
14.78
California 99.svgCalifornia 140.svg SR 99 north / SR 140 west (McSwain Road) / V Street Sacramento, Gustine Interchange; north end of SR 99 / SR 140 overlap
14.98V Street, 16th Street south (SR 99 Bus. south)South end of SR 99 Bus. overlap
15.3516th Street north (SR 99 Bus. north)North end of SR 99 Bus. overlap
16.10CR J7 jct.svg CR J7 (Santa Fe Drive) / West Olive Avenue
19.00Bellevue Road – Yosemite Lake Serves UC Merced
R28.81CR J17 jct.svg CR J17 (Turlock Road) Turlock
Snelling 33.00CR J16 jct.svg CR J16 west (Montgomery Street)South end of CR J16 overlap
33.71CR J16 jct.svgCR J59 jct.svg CR J16 east (Merced Falls Road) / CR J59 (La Grange Road) Merced Falls, Hornitos, La Grange, Sonora North end of CR J16 overlap; north end of SR 59
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  1. 1 2 Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along SR 99 rather than SR 59.

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References

  1. 1 2 California Department of Transportation (April 2008). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
  2. California Road Atlas (Map). Thomas Brothers. 2008.
  3. California State Legislature. "Section 250–257". Streets and Highways Code. Sacramento: California State Legislature. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  4. Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: California (North) (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  5. 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.
  6. 1 2 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.
  7. California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2007

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