State Route 99 ( SRÃ, 99 ), commonly known as Highway 99 or, simply, as 99 ( without further mention), is a north-south state highway in the US state of California, stretching almost along the Central Valley. From the southern end of Interstate 5 (I-5) near Wheeler Ridge to the north end at SR 36 near Red Bluff, SR 99 passes through the eastern part of a densely populated valley. The cities served include Bakersfield, Delano, Tulare, Visalia, Kingsburg, Selma, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Turlock, Modesto, Stockton, Sacramento, Yuba City, and Chico.
This highway is the remnant of the former Mexico to Canada Routes United States 99 (US 99), which closed in 1972 after being functionally replaced by I-5 for long-distance traffic. Almost the entire road from Wheeler Ridge to Sacramento has been upgraded from January 2016 to the freeway at least four lanes wide, and Caltrans plans to further increase the segment to a minimum width of six lanes and also bring it into compliance with Interstate Standard highways, as the parallel route to I-5 for Los Angeles-Sacramento traffic. To the north of Sacramento, the road consists of a rural two-lane road to a four-lane highway.
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Route description
SR 99 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, and except for a small portion in the north SR 20 is part of the National Highway System, a highway network considered crucial for Federal economy, defense, and mobility. Highway Administration.
Wheeler Ridge to Sacramento
From the southern end of I-5 at Wheeler Ridge (Wheeler Ridge Interchange) to Sacramento, SR 99 passes through major San Joaquin Valley towns, including Bakersfield, Delano, Tulare, Visalia, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Modesto and Stockton. The entire segment is now built to a highway standard with complete access control, although some older parts are not yet compliant with the Interstate Highway standard. Part of the highway between Fresno and Madera has been designated as the 100th Infantry Battalion Memorial Highway , honoring a US Army unit almost entirely composed of Japanese American soldiers during World War II battles.
The freeway section connects and serves Central Valley's California farm and industry, linking agricultural production with packing and packing businesses. Most freeways are also parallel to the Fresno Union Pacific Sub-District.
The passage between Salida and Manteca is designated as 442 Regimental Combat Team Memorial Highway , honoring the US Army infantry regiment which, like the 100th Infantry Battalion, also comprises almost entirely of Japanese-American soldiers during World War II.
In Sacramento, the first SR 99 joined the I-80 Business as part of the Capital City Freeway, then proceeded simultaneously with the I-5. The SRÃ, 99 concession is not officially designated by Caltrans, but mapmakers often show it that way. The SR 99 sign has been along the route for the convenience of the rider, but was removed in 2000, and replaced with the "KE SRÃ,99" mark.
Northern Sacramento to Red Bluff
SR99 then split from I-5 in northern Sacramento, and then headed along the east segment of the Sacramento Valley through Yuba City, and Chico to the north terminal at SR 36 near Red Bluff. The majority of SR 99 from Sacramento to Red Bluff is a two-lane highway, while segments at Yuba City and Chico are built to the freeway standards. SR 99 remains a four-lane freeway as the Sacramento County leaf route, but soon returns to a four-lane highway divided as a highway across to Sutter County. When the SR 99 reaches the SR 70 intersection, the route turns northwest to north and becomes an undivided freeway with the exception of crossing the Feather River near Nicolaus and the intersection with SR 113, where the route then turns straight north to Yuba City.
When SR 99 crosses SR 20 as a signal intersection, the highway becomes a four-lane four-lane highway (4.8 km) before returning to a two-lane road, through the small towns of Live Oak, Fagan, and Gridley. SRÃ,99 is briefly a local four-lane road through Gridley before proceeding as a two-lane road. SR 99 passes the west side of Thermalito Afterbay. SR 162 joins SR 99 for 2 miles (3.2 km) before splitting east toward the northern end of Thermalito Afterbay. SR 99 then transitioned from a two-lane road into four separate toll lanes before the intersection of SR 149 turned northwest and finally a highway entered the boundary of Chico town. When SR 99 left Chico, the highway returned to the 2-lane road before crossing into Tehama County and passing through the countryside and town of Los Molinos. The route then curves to the west and ends at the intersection with SR 36, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from I-5 in Red Bluff. This part of the highway is not planned to be I-7/I-9.
Maps California State Route 99
History
From initial construction to Route 99 AS
The issue of the first state highway bonds, approved by state voters in 1910, included the north-south highway through the central part of the country consisting of Route 3 through the Sacramento Valley from the southern Oregon state line to Sacramento, replacing Siskiyou Trail, and Route 4 via San Joaquin Valley from Sacramento to Los Angeles. In addition, the second route follows the west side of the Sacramento Valley, using Route 7 from Red Bluff south to Davis and a short 8-kilometer Route along the proposed Yolo Causeway to Sacramento. North of Bakersfield is parallel to some of the main routes of the South Pacific Railroad, including the lines of Fresno, East and West Valley lines, Shasta Line and Siskiyou Line.
By 1920 paving from both routes from Red Bluff to Los Angeles was completed or in progress, including the only mountain that crossed the southern Red Bluff, Route Ridge north of Los Angeles. To the north of Red Bluff, the road is being assessed but not paved over the Siskiyou Mountains to Oregon. Paving finally finished in mid-1933, when a new alignment (now SR 263) opened through Shasta River Canyon.
The route from Davis to Oregon via Routes 7 and 3 was later known as part of the Pacific Highway, a car line set up in 1910 to connect Canada and Mexico. The split in the Sacramento Valley is known as the East and West Side highways (the latter also carrying the Pacific Highway). The South of Sacramento Route 4 is the Valley Route, but the San Joaquin Valley Tourist and Travel Association held a contest to change its name, selecting Golden State Highway as the winning entry in July 1927. To this day, "Golden State Highway "is the standard name SR99 in an area not named by the Legislature, and the name continues from its tip on Wheeler Ridge on I-5 as the Golden State Freeway from there to downtown Los Angeles.
This north-south central highway became part of US 99 in 1926, as part of the newly established US Highway System developed by the Association of American Highway Officials (AASHO), although signs were not posted in California until 1928 US 99 also continues southeast from Los Angeles along paved state highways, Routes 9 and 26, to US 80 at El Centro. The roads of the paved areas south of El Centro to the Mexican border became the state highway in mid-1931, and part of US 99 in mid-1932.
In mid-1929, AASHO approved the split appointment between Sacramento and Red Bluff, with US 99W replacing the original west route via Davis, and US 99E following the East Side Highway (Route 3) through Roseville. A short break also occurred between Manteca and Stockton in the early 1930s, with US 99E being the main route and US 99W being extended SR 120 where it did not coincide with US $ 50.
The third highway heading north from Sacramento was built by the Natomas Company in the 1910s for 13 miles (21 km) along the Sacramento River embankment to provide access to land reclaimed and sold by the company. Sacramento and Sutter County continue along the Sacramento River and Feather River to Nicolaus, where county roads run across the river on suspension bridges and run north to the East Side Highway at Yuba City. The sustainable road between Sacramento and Yuba City was dedicated in October 1924 as the Highway Park.
Part of the current SRÃ direction, 99 between Sacramento and Yuba City was added to the state highway system in 1933, when the legislature added Route 87 (Route 24, then USÃ, 40 Alternate) from Woodland north through Yuba City to northwest Oroville , and in 1949, with the creation of Route 232 (later Sign Route 24) between Sacramento and Marysville. The last section became Route 245 (no number signed) in 1959, connected Route 232 near Catlett with Route 87 near Tudor, and followed the old Garden Highway across from Feather River to the eastern point of Tudor. Although this combined route connects the same towns as the Garden Highway, the only other part of the old county road taken for the state highway is a short segment north of Sacramento, carrying Route 232 between Jibboom Road and El Centro Road.
As the country route
When the Interstate Toll Road System was being planned in the 1950s, there were two proposals leading to the highway through the San Joaquin Valley. One of them is to raise US $ 99 into an Interstate standard. Another alternative is to build a proposed Westside Freeway, which will cut across all Central Valley communities and thus provide a faster and more direct north-south route through the country. The last route, which eventually became I-5, was finally chosen.
The implementation of the Interstate Highway System and the 1964 central highway rounding finally closed the fate of US Highway designation on US 99. Interstate eventually replaced the US $ 99 section, causing it to be cut off at both ends. Since the remaining person does not cross the state line, it is not allowed to maintain the status of the U.S. Highway.
USÃ, 99 was cut to Los Angeles, with the old route south to Mexico being primarily I-10 and SR 86. At the same time Route 99 was legislatively defined for running from I-5 near Wheeler Ridge to Red Bluff, but it was only marked as SR 99 between Sacramento and Yuba City, as the rest is still US 99 or US 99E. The southern end of US $ 99 was moved further north to Sacramento at the end of 1966 and SR 99 extended to Wheeler Ridge; the remainder of the former US $ 99 to Los Angeles is the locally managed I-5 or San Fernando Road. A few years later US $ 99 and its branches were removed completely from California, making the billboard SR99 in accordance with the legislative definition; all US 99W, and US 99 north of Red Bluff, remain as other routes (I-80, SR 113, and I-5), while US 99E between Roseville and Marysville becomes SR 65. In 1968, all 99 US marks were removed or replaced with SRÃ, 99 marks upon completion of I-5.
During the last 20th century, Caltrans gradually widened Route 99 into four lane highways for all segments from Wheeler Ridge to Sacramento. As traffic levels on the highways continue to rise, the intersections in the class on the toll road segment become very dangerous. Drivers at crossroads that need to cross the highway often have to wait for a few minutes to find a suitable slot to bolt across heavy traffic on Route 99 that moves perpendicularly to them at the speed of the highway. Therefore, the intersections are gradually upgraded or replaced by freeway exchanges, and the front road is often added to provide access to many contiguous areas. In 2012, there is only one remaining toll segment with a class crossing on Route 99 between Sacramento and Wheeler Ridge, in Merced County between the towns of Chowchilla and Atwater. On January 15, 2016, Caltrans officially opened the junction of Plainsburg Road, which completed the conversion of Route 99 south of Sacramento close to the highway with near-interstate standards.
Future
Caltrans's long-term plan recommends that the SR 99 be upgraded to the Interstate Highway standard between the southern end and Stockton (or Sacramento), which will require some sub-standard upgrades. Caltrans indicates the route will be designated as I-7 or I-9, according to the Interstate Highway System numbering standard (located to the east and parallel to I-5).
Exit list
Except where it begins with letters, postmiles are measured on the street as in 1964, based on the existing harmony at the time, and do not necessarily reflect the current mileage. R reflects the alignment in the route since then, M denotes a second rearrangement, L refers to overlap due to correction or change, and T denotes postmiles are classified as temporary (for a complete list of prefixes, see postmil definition list). Segments that remain unconstructed or have been released to local controls can be removed. The numbers are reset at the county line; the initial and final posts in each county are given in the county column.
Business route
Bakersfield
Country Line 99 Business ( SRÃ, 99 Bus. ) in the city of Bakersfield follow Union Avenue and Golden State Avenue. Travel north on SR 99, the business route starts at exit 11 (Union Avenue), and follows the original route of US 99. Union Avenue is a rural road, four lanes along about seven miles (11 km) up into Greenfield on Panama Street. From there, continue north, past Bakersfield Municipal Airport and Kern County Exhibition Area. Union Avenue widened into six lanes on Ming Avenue, just a few miles before its intersection with SR 58. At SR 58 intersection, SR 204 designation was added to the route. SR 99 Bus./SR 204 continues north on Union Avenue to Union Avenue Y intersection, where the appointment leads northwest across Golden State Avenue. The route passes under SR 178 and passes Chester Avenue in Garce Circle. At F Street, the SR 99 Bus./SR 204 becomes a short four-lane highway that ends at SR 99 just before the Olive Drive exit.
See also
- California Street Portal
- Colored fog
Note
References
External links
- 99 road highway conditions in the California Department of Transportation
- Route 99 on the California Highway
- July 24, 2005, San Francisco Chronicle article on Interstate improvement
- California 99 at AARoads.com
- US Virtual Tour 99 north of Los Angeles
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