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| State Route 299 | |||||||||||||
| Defined by S&HC § 599, maintained by Caltrans | |||||||||||||
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| Length: | 305.777 mi[1] (492.100 km) | ||||||||||||
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| West end: |  US 101 in Arcata |
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| Major junctions: |
 SR 3 at Weaverville I-5 in Redding US 395 in Alturas |
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| East end: |  SR 8A towards Vya, NV |
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>State Route 299 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs across the northern part of the state. It runs from Arcata on the Pacific Ocean to the border with Nevada. Between Arcata and Redding, Route 299 junctions with State Route 96 and is briefly co-signed with State Route 3. In Redding, it intersects with State Route 273 and State Route 44 and a short section is co-signed with Interstate 5. East of Redding, it intersects with State Route 89 and a section is co-signed with State Route 139 before reaching Alturas. It is then co-signed with U.S. Route 395 north-east of Alturas, then it runs east towards the border with Nevada. A ghost town, Vya, Nevada, can be reached via this route, which after the border becomes a dirt road, which was formerly Nevada State Route 8A.
Part of SR 299 is the Trinity Scenic Byway, a Forest Service Byway.
This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System[2] and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System[3].
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Route description
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History
State Route 299, from the intersection with US 101 all the way to US 395 in Alturas, was U.S. Route 299 from 1934 to 1964, but the actual road has been realigned many times, mainly to make easier grades and curves through the mountains. In many places, especially in Trinity County, the old concrete can be seen beside the new road, and there is even an arch bridge from 1923 visible from the current 299, that seemingly connects nothing to nothing nowadays.
Major intersections
- Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.
| County | Location | Postmile [1][4][5] |
#[6] | Destinations | Notes |
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| Humboldt HUM 0.00-43.04 |
Arcata | 0.00 | US 101 – Arcata, Eureka, Crescent City |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| 0.72 | 1 | Guintoli Lane, West End Road | |||
| R1.80 | 2 |  SR 200 (North Bank Road) |
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| 3A | Glendale Drive | Eastbound exit only | |||
| R2.92 | 3B | Essex Lane | |||
| R4.04 | 4 | Glendale Drive | |||
| R5.45 | 5 | Glendale Drive – Blue Lake | |||
| East end of freeway | |||||
| 19.05 | Bair Road | ||||
| Willow Creek | 38.83 |  SR 96 – Hoopa |
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| Trinity TRI 0.00-72.25 |
Weaverville | 51.57 | SR 3 north – Trinity Center, Yreka, Trinity Lake |
West end of SR 3 overlap | |
| Douglas City | R58.11 | SR 3 south – Hayfork |
East end of SR 3 overlap | ||
| 67.43 | Trinity Dam Boulevard – Lewiston, Lewiston Lake, Trinity Lake | ||||
| Shasta SHA 0.00-99.36 |
8.65 | Trinity Mountain Road – French Gulch | |||
| Iron Mountain Road – Keswick | |||||
| Redding | 22.23 |  Buenaventura Boulevard to SR 273 south – Anderson |
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| 23.81 | Court Street | ||||
| 24.09 273 16.83 |
  SR 44 east / SR 273 south (Market Street) to I-5 south |
West end of SR 273 overlap | |||
| 273 18.62 24.09 |
 SR 273 north (Market Street) to I-5 north / CR A18 (Lake Boulevard) – Portland |
East end of SR 273 overlap | |||
| 24.82 | I-5 – Portland, Sacramento |
Interchange | |||
| West end of freeway | |||||
| 25.54 | 141 | Churn Creek Road, Hawley Road | |||
| 27.24 | 143 | Old Oregon Trail – Shasta College | |||
| East end of freeway | |||||
| Bella Vista | 34.46 | Deschutes Road – Palo Cedro, Anderson | |||
| Burney | 73.13 | Tamarack Road | |||
| 80.09 |  SR 89 – Burney Falls Park, Lassen Park |
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| Fall River Mills | 91.08 |  CR A20 (Glenburn Road) – Glenburn |
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| McArthur | 95.24 |  CR A19 (McArthur Road) – Glenburn, McCloud |
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| 96.78 | Pittville Road – Pittville | ||||
| Lassen LAS 0.00-25.64 |
Bieber | 15.10 |  CR A2 (Susanville Road) / Bieber Lookout Road – Susanville, Lookout, Tulelake |
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| Modoc MOD 0.00-66.63 |
Adin | 0.33 |  SR 139 south – Susanville |
West end of SR 139 overlap | |
| Canby | 21.75 | SR 139 north – Tulelake, Klamath Falls |
East end of SR 139 overlap | ||
| Alturas | 40.63 395 22.76 |
US 395 south (Main Street) – Susanville, Reno |
West end of US 395 overlap | ||
| 395 28.29 40.64 |
US 395 north – Lakeview |
East end of US 395 overlap | |||
| Cedarville | 57.35 | Surprise Valley Road – Lake City, Fort Bidwell, Eagleville | |||
| 66.63 | Nevada state line | ||||
| 66.63 | SR 8A |
Continuation beyond the Nevada state line | |||
Sources
References
- ^ a b California Department of Transportation, State Truck Route List (XLS file), accessed January 2008
- ^ CA Codes (shc:250-257)
- ^ CA Codes (shc:260-284)
- ^ California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
- ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
- ^ California Department of Transportation, California Numbered Exit Uniform System, SR-299 Eastbound and SR-299 Westbound, accessed January 2008
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