U.S. Route 395 in California
.svg?lang=en) U.S. Route 395 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Caltrans | ||||
| Length | 556.909 mi[1] (896.258 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930s–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  I-15 in Hesperia | |||
 SR 18 in Adelanto US 6 in Bishop SR 70 in Hallelujah Junction | ||||
| North end |  US 395 at Oregon state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | California | |||
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In the U.S. state of California, U.S. Route 395 traverses from Interstate 15 in Hesperia all the way to the Oregon state line in Modoc County. The route also clips into Nevada, serving the cities Carson City and Reno as a freeway and returns to California.
Route description
South segment
U.S. Route 395 begins as a limited-access road within the city limits of Hesperia at exit 141 from Interstate 15 and heads due north. Then it enters into Adelanto, a city north of Hesperia, and makes a junction with Palmdale Road (SR 18). US 395 then intersects with Air Expressway Boulevard, which serves Southern California Logistics Airport and the community Mojave Heights. US 395 then turns north-northwest and leaves the city limits of Adelanto and does not make any major junction for some 40 more miles. The route then makes a short clip in the northeastern corner of the Edwards Air Force Base, followed by an at-grade intersection with SR 58. Then US 395 continues north-northwest and passes through the last two communities in San Bernardino County - Atoila and Red Mountain. The route then makes its way through Kern County and makes a junction with Inyokern Road (SR 178), which serves Ridgecrest, Inyokern and the Inyokern Airport. Just before leaving Kern County and entering Inyol County, the route parallels the west side of the region of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and interchanges with SR 14 south, which serves Bishop, Lancaster, and Palmdale. Its first small unincorporated community in Inyo is Pearsonville (coloquially referred to as the Hubcap Capital of the World) and Little Lake (a settlement that is also known as Willits. The route no longer parallels the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake after reaching the Coso Junction. The route also serves the Haiwee Reservoir via Haiwee Reservoir Road (to the south side of the reservoir) and North Haiwee Road (to the north side). Afterwards, the route serves another community of Cartago shortly after making a junction at SR 190 east in Olancha, which is an alternate route to SR 136 (SR 136 reaches US 395 in Lone Pine. Travelling further on north, US 395 parallels the Owens River by this point, and the route is used to serve the region of the Manzanar National Site, as well as the community of Independence, California, the county seat of Inyo County and the home to the Eastern California Museum. Then passes through the small Fort Independence Indian Reservation and swerves nearby the Tinehama Reservoir near Fish Springs. At Big Pine, it traverses through the Big Pine Indian Reservation and is overlapped with SR 168.[2]
As soon as SR 168 departs from US 395 in Bishop, US 395 junctions with U.S. Route 6, a 3,205-mile long route which can guide motorists ultimately to the east end in Provincetown, Massachusetts. At the at-grade intersection with US 6, US 395 makes a 90-degree turn and continues west as it leaves Bishop and heads toward Mono County. Its first interchange in Mono County is at South Landing Road, which serves South Landing and Crowley Lake. US 395 then traverses in a general west-northwest direction towards the Mammoth Lakes Airport just before making a junction with SR 203 (a loop of US 395) towards Mammoth Lakes. At the June Lake Junction, the route holds another loop, SR 158, which serves the community of June Lake along with the June, Gull, Silver, and Grant Lakes. US 395 intersects with SR 120 east, which is used to meet with US 6 in Benton. SR 120 overlaps US 395 for a short segment and leaves westbound towards Yosemite National Park. SR 167 and SR 182 can both be used to reach the Nevada state line. After passing SR 89, US 395 also reaches the Nevada state line near Topaz Lake and serves the Nevadan cities of Carson City and Reno while cosigning with unsigned I-580. US 395 traverses in Nevada for approximately 83 miles.[2]
North segment
The route immediately downgrades from a freeway to a divided highway as soon as US 395 leaves Nevada and re-enters California near Peavine. US 395 continues for approximately three miles in Sierra County, then enters Lassen County. Its first junction in Lassen County is SR 70 at the Hallelujah Junction. The junction with SR 70 is the only interchange with an exit number (exit 8[3], which is is measured 8 miles from the Nevada state line near Peavine) on US 395 in California. After several more miles, US 395 intersects with County Routes A26 and A25, both routes headed towards the Sierra Army Depot. Then US 395 continues northwest around the west side of the 190 km² large Honey Lake and serves the nearby community of Milford. CR A3 serves as a shortcut and returns back to US 395 near Standish. Otherwise, US 395 continues northwest and turns back to the east at SR 36 near the Susanville Municipal Airport, then bypasses Lake Leavitt and intersects with the north end of County Route A3 near Standish, followed by CR A27 in Litchfield. The route turns up north at the intersection with Wendel Road, which serves the small census-designated place of Wendel. US 395 serves Ravendale at the intersection with Mail Route Road as well as the small Ravendale Airport. US 395 serves more communities of Termo and Madeline, California in Lassen County, as well as Likely and Ramsey in Modoc County. Modoc County is the northernmost county in California for US 395, with its last junction with SR 299 near Alturas, which can be used to travel west all the way to the western side of California at US 101 in Arcata, and east to the Nevada state line. The junction also overlaps with US 395 and enters jointly with SR 299 into the XI Ranch Indian Reservation, where SR 299 splits shortly after. US 395 parallels with Goose Lake and finally crosses the Oregon state line near New Pine Creek, Oregon and continues all the way to the Canadian border near Laurier, Washington.[2]
Legal definition
Legal Definition of Route 395: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 610 Template:CAFESAlt Template:CAScenicAlt
History
US 395 once held its southern terminus in San Diego, where it ended at the street of Pacific Highway (what is now Old US 101). The route that traversed through SR 163, I-15, and I-215 until it reached Temecula was decommissioned in the 1964 renumbering.[4] However, it was still signed until around 1970, when all signs have been replaced, and realignments of the route took place north of the present day southern terminus in Hesperia. In the present day, the segment of US 395 in San Diego County was decommissioned and is now signed as "Old US 395". [4]
In 1950, the highway in the San Diego area was realigned and widened from two lanes into four.[5] Sections of US 395 have been upgraded to a freeways; for example the Los Peñasquitos Creek Arch Bridge (built in 1949 and carries I-15) was widened and upgraded to a more stable bridge.[5] By 1966, US 395 was upgraded to full freeway status between the southern city limits of Escondido and the small region near the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. It was at the time when I-15 held its southern terminus at the interchange with I-10, and that the segment south of the interchange was only signed as US 395. By 1976, however, a further widening of the freeway into eight lanes took place and by then was signed as I-15.[5]
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][6][7] |
#[8] | Destinations | Notes |
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| San Bernardino (SBD R3.98-73.52) |
Hesperia | SBD R3.98 |  I-15 south – San Bernardino
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Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
| 4 |   To I-15 north – Victorville
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| Adelanto | SBD 11.18 | SR 18 – Palmdale
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| Kramer Junction | SBD 45.95 |  SR 58 – Bakersfield, Barstow, Boron
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| 72.77 | Trona Road – Trona, Death Valley | ||||
| Kern (KER 0.00-R36.82) |
R1.15 | Redrock Randsburg Road – Randsburg | |||
| 5 |   To SR 14 – Garlock
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| R15.00 | Ridgecrest (Bus. 395 north) | ||||
| KER R23.48 |   SR 178 (Bus. 395 south) to SR 14 south – Ridgecrest, Inyokern
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Interchange | |||
| R25.08 | Inyokern (Brown Road) | Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| KER R29.64 | SR 14 south – Los Angeles
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Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| Inyo (INY R0.00-R129.46) |
3 |  CR J41 – Kennedy Meadows
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| Olancha | INY 34.67 |  SR 190 – Death Valley
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| Lone Pine | INY 55.83 |  SR 136 to SR 190 – Death Valley
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| Big Pine | INY 100.83 |     SR 168 east to US 95 – Westgard Pass, Deep Springs
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South end of SR 168 overlap | ||
| Bishop | INY 115.40 |  SR 168 west – Lake Sabrina, South Lake
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North end of SR 168 overlap | ||
| INY 116.25 |  US 6 north – Tonopah
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| Mono (MNO R0.00-120.49) |
R13.93 | Crowley Lake, Hilton Creek | Interchange | ||
| MNO R25.75 |  SR 203 – Mammoth Lakes, Devils Postpile
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Interchange | |||
| 31 | Mammoth Lakes Scenic Loop | ||||
| June Lake Junction | MNO 40.34 |   SR 158 north (June Lake Loop)
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| MNO 45.96 |  SR 120 east – Mono Lake, South Tufa
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South end of SR 120 overlap | |||
| MNO 46.40 | SR 158 south (June Lake Loop)
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| Tioga Pass Junction | MNO 50.74 | SR 120 west – Tioga Pass, Yosemite National Park
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North end of SR 120 overlap | ||
| MNO 58.24 |  SR 167 – Hawthorne
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| 69.85 |  SR 270 – Bodie
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| Bridgeport | MNO 76.30 |  SR 182 – Bridgeport Lake, Yerington
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| MNO 93.70 |  SR 108 – Sonora
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| MNO 116.96 |  SR 89 – Markleeville
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| US 395 enters Nevada and returns to California | |||||
| Sierra (SIE R0.00-R3.12) |
No major intersections | ||||
| Lassen (LAS R0.00-138.98) |
Hallelujah Junction | LAS 4.62 | 8 | SR 70 – Portola, Quincy
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Interchange |
| 29.84 |  CR A26 – Herlong, Sierra Army Depot
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| 34 |  CR A25 – Herlong
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| 51.87 |   CR A3 north – Alturas, Lakeview
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| 53 | Janesville Grade Road – Janesville | ||||
| LAS R61.09 |  SR 36 – Susanville
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| Standish | 70.12 |  CR A3 south – Reno
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| Litchfield | 72.94 |  CR A27 – High Desert State Prison
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| Modoc (MOD 0.06-61.56) |
MOD 22.76 |  SR 299 west – Klamath Falls, Redding
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South end of SR 299 overlap | ||
| MOD 28.29 | SR 299 east – Cedarville, Gerlach
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North end of SR 299 overlap | |||
References
- ^ a b California Department of Transportation, State Truck Route List (XLS file), accessed January 2008
- ^ a b c Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed December 2007 via ACME Mapper
- ^ Cal-NExUS Interchange Exit Numbering
- ^ a b US Highway 395 - Desert to Mountains]
- ^ a b c US 395 Photo Gallery San Diego County
- ^ California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
- ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2006
- ^ Cal-NExUS Interchange Exit Numbering
External links
- Finding Route 395 (includes re-photography)
- The Three Flags Highway: US 395 at Floodgap Roadgap
- U.S. Highway 395: California's 'mother road' from the Los Angeles Times
