California State Route 3

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State Route 3

California State Route 3.svg
SR 3 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Caltrans
Length146.369 mi [1]  (235.558 km)
SR 3 is broken into pieces, and the length does not reflect the SR 299 overlap that would be required to make the route continuous.
Existed 1964 renumbering [2] –present
Tourist
routes
National Forest Scenic Byway.svg Trinity Heritage Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South endCalifornia 36.svg SR 36 near Peanut
Major intersections
North endBall Mountain Little Shasta Road in Montague
Location
Country United States
State California
Counties Trinity, Siskiyou
Highway system
California 2.svg SR 2 California 4.svg SR 4

State Route 3 (SR 3) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that serves Trinity and Siskiyou counties. It runs from SR 36 north along the shore of Trinity Lake, Fort Jones and Etna. The route then approaches Yreka, intersecting with Interstate 5 (I-5), and turns east to Montague. The road was numbered SR 3 in 1964, and most of it has been part of the state highway system since 1933.

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Route description

SR 3 begins at the junction with SR 36 south of the town of Peanut in Trinity County. SR 3 is also known as Bramlot Road from its southern terminus to Hayfork. This stretch of road through the Shasta-Trinity National Forest parallels the Hayfork River. Once SR 3 reaches the town of Hayfork, it travels along Hyampom Road east and snakes through the mountains to Douglas City and the junction with SR 299. From there, SR 3 runs concurrently with SR 299 north to the town of Weaverville. [3] [4] SR 3 then separates from SR 299, providing access to the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area and Trinity Dam along Lewiston Lake.

Trinity Dam in Trinity Lake north of Lewiston Trinity dam us bor.jpg
Trinity Dam in Trinity Lake north of Lewiston

SR 3 passes through the towns of Covington Mill, Trinity Center, and Wyntoon before paralleling the Trinity River and Trinity Mountains as Weaverville-Scott Mountain Road and crossing the Scott Mountains and the Pacific Crest Trailinto Siskiyou County. [3] [4]

In Siskiyou County, SR 3 passes through Callahan, Etna, Greenview, and Fort Jones as it turns northeast to intersect with Interstate 5 in Yreka. At this point, SR 263 continues in the northerly direction towards SR 96; SR 3 turns east to its northern terminus in the incorporated city of Montague. [3] [4]

SR 3 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, [5] and a portion near the northern terminus is part of the National Highway System, [6] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration. [7] SR 3 is eligible to be included in the State Scenic Highway System, [8] and is officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation for its entire length, [9] meaning that it is a substantial section of highway passing through a "memorable landscape" with no "visual intrusions", where the potential designation has gained popular favor with the community. [10]

The segment of SR 3 from Weaverville to Gazelle Callahan Road forms part of the Trinity Heritage Scenic Byway, a National Forest Scenic Byway. [11]

In 2014, SR 3 had an annual average daily traffic (AADT) of 135 at U.S. Forest Service Road, and 10,000 at Moonlit Oaks Avenue, the latter of which was the highest AADT for the highway. [12]

Junction of SR 3 and CR A28 in Montague Montague A28nCA3.jpg
Junction of SR 3 and CR A28 in Montague

History

The short piece from SR 36 north to Peanut was added to the state highway system in 1907 as part of the Peanut Road, [13] which became Route 35 in 1917. [14] Route 35 was extended north from Peanut to Route 20 (SR 299) near Douglas City in 1933, and simultaneously a new Route 82 was created, running from Route 3 (I-5) in the Yreka area southwest to Etna and east to Montague. [15] [16] The gap between Douglas City and Etna was filled in 1959 with an extension of Route 82 south to Route 20 near Weaverville; at the same time, the portion between Weaverville and Yreka was added to the California Freeway and Expressway System, which identifies the main routes of transportation in the state of California. [17] The State Route 3 designation was applied to the Peanut-Montague roadway in the 1964 renumbering. [18] The overlap with temporary I-5 (along the portion where SR 3 runs concurrently with Interstate 5 today) near Yreka was removed when the new I-5 bypass was built; the legislative definition was updated to reflect this in 1974, soon after the building of the bypass. [19]

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 to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions ). [1] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.

CountyLocationPostmile
[1] [20] [21]
DestinationsNotes
Trinity
TRI L0.00-85.07
L0.00California 36.svg SR 36  Red Bluff, Forest Glen South end of SR 3
Hayfork Hyampom Road – Hyampom
L30.89
R58.11 [N 1]
East plate green.svg
California 299.svg
SR 299 east Redding
South end of SR 299 overlap
56.80 [N 1] Moon Lim Lee Rest Area
Weaverville 51.57 [N 1]
30.86
West plate green.svg
California 299.svg
SR 299 west (Main Street) Eureka
North end of SR 299 overlap
Siskiyou
SIS 0.41-54.19
6.95Gazelle Callahan Road – Gazelle
Fort Jones 32.20Scott River Road – Scott Bar
Yreka L47.26To plate blue.svg
I-5 (1961).svg
Moonlit Oaks Avenue (I-5 Bus. south) to I-5  Redding, Portland
South end of I-5 Bus. overlap
L49.21To plate blue.svg
I-5 (1961).svg
Center Street to I-5
L49.87North plate green.svg
California 263.svg
SR 263 north (North Main Street) / Tebbe Street
R47.38I-5 (1961).svg I-5  Portland, Redding I-5 exit 776; north end of I-5 Bus. overlap
Montague 53.22South plate county.svg
CR A28 jct.svg
CR A28 south (Montague Grenada Road) Grenada
South end of CR A28 overlap
North plate county.svg
CR A28 jct.svg
CR A28 north (11th Street)
North end of CR A28 overlap
54.19Ball Mountain Little Shasta Road – Ball Mountain Continuation beyond the Montague east city limit; north end of SR 3
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  1. 1 2 3 Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along SR 299 rather than SR 3.

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  21. California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006

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