California State Route 3
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by Caltrans | ||||
Length | 146.369 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 | Trinity Heritage Scenic Byway | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | SR 36 near Peanut | |||
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North end | Ball Mountain Little Shasta Road in Montague | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | California | |||
Counties | Trinity, Siskiyou | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Route 3 (SR 3) is a
Route description
SR 3 begins at the junction with
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 Trail into Siskiyou County.[3][4]
In Siskiyou County, SR 3 passes through
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]
History
The short piece from
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 ( ).[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.
County | Location | Postmile [1][20][21] | Destinations | Notes | |
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Trinity TRI L0.00-85.07 | | L0.00 | SR 36 – Red Bluff, Forest Glen | South end of SR 3 | |
Hayfork | | Hyampom Road – Hyampom | |||
| L30.89 R58.11[N 1] | 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 | SR 299 west (Main Street) – Eureka | North end of SR 299 overlap | ||
Siskiyou SIS 0.41-54.19 | | 6.95 | Gazelle Callahan Road – Gazelle | ||
Fort Jones | 32.20 | Scott River Road – Scott Bar | |||
Portland | South end of I-5 Bus. overlap | ||||
L49.21 | Center Street to I-5 | ||||
L49.87 | SR 263 north (North Main Street) / Tebbe Street | ||||
R47.38 | I-5 – Portland, Redding | I-5 exit 776; north end of I-5 Bus. overlap | |||
CR A28 south (Montague Grenada Road) – Grenada | South end of CR A28 overlap | ||||
| CR A28 north (11th Street) | North end of CR A28 overlap | |||
54.19 | Ball 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
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See also
- California Roads portal
References
- ^ a b c California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ California State Assembly. "An act to add Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) to Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, and to repeal Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, the..." 1963 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 385 p. 1182.
- ^ a b c The Road Atlas (Map). Rand McNally. 2008. p. 12. § NB3-NE4.
- ^ a b c California Road Atlas and Driver's Guide (Map). Thomas Brothers. 2000. p. 3,4,11,12,17.
- ^ "Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Division 1". California Streets and Highways Code. Sacramento: California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: California (North) (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
- ^ "Article 2.5 of Chapter 2 of Division 1". California Streets & Highways Code. Sacramento: California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ California Department of Transportation (August 2019). "Officially Designated State Scenic Highways and Historic Parkways" (XLSX). Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
- ^ California Department of Transportation (2012). Scenic Highway Guidelines (PDF). Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. p. 5. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (n.d.). "Trinity Heritage Scenic Byway". America's Byways. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- ^ California Department of Transportation (2014). "All Traffic Volumes on CSHS". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ^ California State Assembly. "An act to provide for...a state highway connecting the present county road systems of any one or all of the counties of Trinity, Tehama and Shasta with the road system of Humboldt county..." Thirty-seventh Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 117 p. 139.
- ^ Ben Blow, California Highways: A Descriptive Record of Road Development by the State and by Such Counties as Have Paved Highways, 1920 (Archive.org or Internet Archive), p. 112
- ^ California State Assembly. "An act to amend sections 2, 3 and 5 and to add two sections to be numbered 6 and 7 to an act entitled 'An act to provide for the acquisition of rights of way for and the construction, maintenance..." Fiftieth Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 767 p. 2034.: "Etna Mills to Montague." "State Highway Route 35 near Peanut to State Highway Route 20 near Douglas City."
- ^ California State Assembly. "An act to establish a Streets and Highways Code, thereby consolidating and revising the law relating to public ways and all appurtenances thereto, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts specified herein". Fifty-first Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 29 p. 277, 281.: "Route 35 is from Route 1 near Alton to Route 20 near Douglas City, passing near Kuntz and Peanut." "Route 82 is from Etna Mills to Montague."
- ^ California State Assembly. "An act to amend Sections 306, 320, 332, 351, 362, 365, 369, 374, 382, 388, 397, 407, 408, 409, 410, 415, 422, 435, 440, 446, 453, 456, 460, 467, 470, 476, 487, 492, 493, 494, 506, 521, 528, and 529..." 1959 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 1062 p. 3113, 3116.
- ^ California State Assembly. "An act to add Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) to Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, and to repeal Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, the..." 1963 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 385 p. 1171.
- ^ California State Assembly. "An act to amend Section 303 of the Streets and Highway Code, relating to state highways". 1973–1974 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 123 p. 247.: "Route 3 is from: ...(b) Route 299 near Weaverville to Montague via Main Street in Yreka."
- ^ California Department of Transportation (July 2007). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
- ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
External links
- Caltrans: State Route 3 highway conditions
- Caltrans Traffic Conditions Map
- California Highway Patrol Traffic Incidents
- California @ AARoads.com – State Route 3
- California Highways: Route 3