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Maintained by Caltrans | ||||
Length | 33.76 mi [1] (54.33 km) | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | California | |||
Counties | Merced | |||
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State Route 59 (SR 59) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California located entirely in Merced County. It connects State Route 152 near El Nido to the city of Merced and beyond, ending abruptly at the intersection of County Routes J59 and J16 in Snelling.
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]
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]
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.
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 to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary ( ). [6] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The entire route is in Merced County.
Location | Postmile [6] [1] [7] | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.00 | ![]() | Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of SR 59 | ||
Merced | 14.77 14.69 [N 1] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange; south end of SR 99 / SR 140 overlap; SR 99 exit 187B | ||
South end of freeway on SR 99 | |||||
15.80 [N 1] 14.78 | North end of freeway on SR 99 | ||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange; north end of SR 99 / SR 140 overlap; SR 99 exit 188 | ||||
14.98 | V Street, 16th Street south (SR 99 Bus. south) | South end of SR 99 Bus. overlap; former US 99 south | |||
15.35 | 16th Street north (SR 99 Bus. north) | North end of SR 99 Bus. overlap; former US 99 north | |||
16.10 | ![]() | ||||
| 19.00 | Bellevue Road – Yosemite Lake | Serves UC Merced | ||
| R28.81 | ![]() | |||
Snelling | 33.00 | ![]() ![]() | South end of CR J16 overlap | ||
33.71 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of CR J16 overlap; north end of SR 59 | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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