California State Route 299

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SR 299 begins in Arcata at a trumpet interchange with US 101 as a freeway. The route has another trumpet interchange with SR 200 after leaving the Arcata city limits and crossing the Mad River. The freeway ends in the city of Blue Lake as SR 299 continues east past the truck scales. SR 299 enters Six Rivers National Forest and intersects SR 96 at Willow Creek. Soon after this, SR 299 crosses into Trinity County and Trinity National Forest. Paralleling the Trinity River, SR 299 passes through Salyer (where there is a rest area), Hawkins Bar, Burnt Ranch, Del Loma, Big Bar, Helena, Junction City, and finally Weaverville.

In Weaverville, SR 299 runs concurrently with SR 3 southbound to Douglas City, where there is a rest area. SR 299 continues east away from the Trinity River into Shasta County, passing by the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area and through the towns of Tower House and Whiskeytown as well as Whiskeytown Lake. SR 299 continues along Eureka Way through the town of Shasta into the city of Redding. SR 299 then runs concurrently along SR 273 north and Market Street across the Sacramento River before turning east onto its own freeway and intersecting I-5.{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Arcata,+CA/67254+California+299,+Cedarville,+CA+96104/@41.401182,-123.2637412,366077m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x54d1570e67b9e801:0x7d8ad78fa1858786!2m2!1d-124.0828396!2d40.8665166!1m5!1m1!1s0x54cbabfa352f5b4b:0x9c0788336f580a3d!2m2!1d-120.0784102!2d41.5326955 |title= Overview Map of State Route 299 |access-date= July 11, 2015}} SR 299 remains a freeway for a few miles before leaving the Redding city limits and passing through the town of Bella Vista and into the foothills of the southern Cascade Range.

SR 299 continues through Ingot, Round Mountain, Montgomery Creek, Hillcrest (after the rest area), Burney, and Johnson Park. The highway intersects with SR 89 before continuing through Fall River Mills and McArthur, where there is an intersection with CR A19. SR 299 then crosses into Lassen County, where it passes through Nubieber and Bieber before intersecting CR A2. The highway crosses into Modoc County and passes through Adin, where it runs concurrently with SR 139 and passes through Modoc National Forest. The concurrency lasts for several miles before SR 299 turns east and enters the city of Alturas. SR 299 runs concurrently with US 395 before turning east again and passing through Cedarville, near the Cedarville Airport. SR 299 ends at the Nevada state line,{{Cite map| publisher=Thomas Brothers| title=California Road Atlas| year=2008}} connecting with the unpaved former Nevada State Route 8A.

SR 299 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,{{CAFESystem}} and from US 101 to SR 3 and from SR 139 to the eastern junction with US 395 is part of the National Highway System,{{FHWA NHS map|region=californianorth|access-date=July 30, 2017}} a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.{{FHWA NHS}} Three sections of SR 299 are eligible for inclusion in the State Scenic Highway System: from US 101 to SR 96, from SR 3 to I-5, and from SR 89 to SR 139;{{CA scenic}} however, none are officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation.{{Caltrans scenic|access-date=July 30, 2017}}

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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. This was a spur of US 99 running East and West from the junction in Redding, now signed as CA 273 at the intersection of Eureka Way and Market St. The actual road has been realigned many times, mainly to make easier grades and curves through the mountains, but also to make room for the Whiskeytown Lake reservoir. In many places, especially in Trinity County, the old roadway can be seen beside the new road, and there are even several bridges visible from the current 299 that seemingly connect nothing to nothing nowadays, one of which is an arch bridge from 1923. In 1934, 299 was the original State Route 44.

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{{cite web |author= Staff |publisher=California Department of Transportation |work=California Numbered Exit Uniform System |url=https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/safety-programs/documents/exit/f0017877-299-a11y.pdf |format=PDF |title= State Route 299 Freeway Interchanges |access-date= April 15, 2021}}

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|road={{jct|state=CA|US|101|city1=Arcata|city2=Eureka|city3=Crescent City}}

|notes=Western terminus; US 101 exit 716A

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{{CAint|exit

|postmile=0.72

|exit=1

|road=Guintoli Lane

|notes=Opened 1972

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{{CAint|exit

|location=none

|postmile=R1.80

|exit=2

|road={{Jct|state=CA|SR|200|dir1=west|name1=North Bank Road}}

|notes=Opened 1972

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{{CAint|exit

|location=none

|type=incomplete

|postmile=none

|exit=3A

|road=Glendale Drive

|notes=Eastbound exit only; opened 1972; connects to Essex Gulch Road

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{{CAint|exit

|location=Essex

|ctdab=Humboldt

|postmile=R2.92

|exit=3B

|road=Essex Lane

|notes=Opened 1972

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{{CAint|exit

|location=none

|postmile=R4.04

|exit=4

|road=Glendale Drive – Business District

|notes=Opened 1972

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{{CAint|exit

|location=none

|postmile=R5.45

|pmspan=2

|exit=5

|road=Glendale Drive – Blue Lake

|notes=Opened 1988; former SR 299; connects to Blue Lake Boulevard

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{{CAint|exit

|location=none

|mile=none

|place=East end of freeway

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{{CAint|exit

|espan=8

|location=Willow Creek

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|exit=

|road={{Jct|state=CA|SR|96|dir1=east|city1=Hoopa}}

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|location=none

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|place=Mathews Rest Area

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|road={{Jct|state=CA|SR|3|dir1=north|city1=Trinity Center|city2=Yreka|location3=Trinity Lake}}

|notes=West end of SR 3 overlap

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{{CAint

|location=none

|postmile=56.80

|place=Moon Lim Lee Rest Area

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{{CAint

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|location=Redding

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|road={{Jct|state=CA|extra=hospital|road|Buenaventura Boulevard|SR|273|to2=yes|dir2=south|city1=Anderson}}

|notes=Access to Mercy Medical Center Redding

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{{CAint|exit

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|postmile=24.09

|postmile2=16.83Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along SR 273 rather than SR 299.

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|notes=West end of SR 273/Hist. US 99 overlap; former SR 299 east

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|mile=none

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|notes=One-way street, inbound access only where SR 44 west/SR 273 north traffic enters in

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|notes=East end of SR 273/Hist. US 99 overlap

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{{CAint

|mile=none

|road={{Jctname|state=CA|CR|A18|noshield=yes|county1=Shasta|name1=Lake Boulevard west}}

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{{CAint|exit

|postmile=24.82

|pmspan=2

|road={{Jct|state=CA|I|5|location1=Portland|city2=Sacramento}}

|notes=Interchange; I-5 exit 680

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{{CAint|exit

|mile=none

|place=West end of freeway

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{{CAint|exit

|postmile=25.54

|exit=141

|road=Churn Creek Road / Hawley Road

|notes=Opened 1974

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{{CAint|exit

|location=none

|postmile=27.22

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|exit=143

|road=Old Oregon Trail

|notes=Opened 1974; serves Shasta College

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{{CAint|exit

|location=none

|mile=none

|place=East end of freeway

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{{CAint|exit

|location=none

|postmile=60.60

|place=Hillcrest Rest Area

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{{CAint|exit

|location=none

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|road={{Jct|state=CA|SR|89|city1=Burney Falls Park|city2=Lassen Park}}

|notes=

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|county=Modoc

|cspan=6

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|road={{Jct|state=CA|SR|139|dir1=south|city1=Susanville}}

|notes=West end of SR 139 overlap

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|road={{Jct|state=CA|SR|139|dir1=north|city1=Tulelake|location2=Klamath Falls}}

|notes=East end of SR 139 overlap

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{{CAint

|location=Alturas

|type=concur

|postmile=40.63

|postmile2=22.76Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along US 395 rather than SR 299.

|line=yes

|exit=

|road={{Jct|state=CA|US|395|dir1=south|name1=Main Street|city1=Susanville|location2=Reno}}

|notes=West end of US 395 overlap

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{{CAint|exit

|location=none

|postmile=27.10

|place=Agricultural Inspection Station (westbound only)

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|location=none

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{{CAint|exit

|location=none

|postmile=66.63

|exit=

|road=Former {{Jct|state=NV|NV|8A|noshield=yes}}

|notes=Continuation into Nevada; road no longer maintained

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{{CASR external links|SR|299}}

• [http://usends.com/99.html Historic endpoints of U.S. Highway 299]
• [http://www.aaroads.com/california/ca-299.html California @ AARoads.com - State Route 299]
• [http://www.cahighways.org/289-299.html#299 California Highways: SR 299]

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