California State Route 92

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Between Half Moon Bay and Interstate 280, Route 92 winds through the Coast Range as a narrow, mainly undivided two and three lane highway with a switchback turn. The east-bound uphill portion was upgraded with a long passing lane. Between Interstate 280 and Interstate 880 it is entirely a divided multilane highway, including the toll San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, the longest span across the San Francisco Bay; west of that bridge, Route 92 is carried on twin girder bridges across Seal Slough, which forms the border between the cities of San Mateo and Foster City. East of Interstate 880 the route becomes a divided surface street in Hayward, locally known as Jackson Street.

State Route 92 traverses through significant habitat areas including wetland, California oak woodland, chaparral and grassland. In one serpentine soil location near Crystal Springs Reservoir, it passes near one of the only known colonies of the endangered wildflower Pentachaeta bellidiflora and near one of the limited number of colonies of the endangered Eriophyllum latilobum.

SR 92 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,{{CAFESystem}} and a small portion near SR 1 as well as the entire portion east of I-280 are part of the National Highway System,{{FHWA NHS map|region=sanfrancisco|accessdate=October 8, 2017}} a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.{{FHWA NHS}} SR 92 is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System,{{CA scenic}} but it is not officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation.{{Caltrans scenic|accessdate=October 8, 2017}}

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File:California route 92 at US 101 and San Mateo Bridge.jpg|View directed east, showing US 101 interchange, serpentine Seal Slough, and the San Mateo Bridge

File:CA Route 92 aerial San Mateo to Half Moon Bay.jpg|View directed west near interchange with I-280, showing Crystal Springs Reservoir and route from San Mateo to Half Moon Bay

File:CHPW - 19th Ave Fwy (May-Jun '62, pg 23).jpg|View directed east {{circa|1962}}, showing 19th Avenue Freeway segment under construction; the Antoine Borel family estate is the wooded area north (left) of the new freeway

File:CHPW - 19th Ave Fwy (May-Jun '64, pg 40).jpg|View directed west as-completed {{circa|1963}}, showing full cloverleaf interchange with SR 82, center, and bridges over SP's Peninsula Corridor

File:Aerial view of Hayward in 2021.jpg|View directed north over Hayward; SR 92 runs along bottom right corner

The alignment was designated as Legislative Route Number 105 by Caltrans in 1933.{{cite web |url=https://www.cahighways.org/chrphas3.html |title=Chronology of California Highways, Phase III: A Significant System is Created (1933-1946) |website=California Highways |access-date=16 May 2024}}{{cite magazine |url=https://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/Californiahighways/chpw_1961_mayjun.pdf |title=Bay Area Freeways |first=J. P. |last=Sinclair |date=May–June 1961 |magazine=California Highways and Public Works |access-date=16 May 2024}}{{rp|16–17}}

The San Mateo section also was referred to as the 19th Avenue Freeway which was the street name where the freeway now exists.{{cite magazine |url=https://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/Californiahighways/chpw_1962_mayjun.pdf |title=Bay Area Report |first=J. P. |last=Sinclair |date=May–June 1962 |magazine=California Highways and Public Works |access-date=16 May 2024}}{{rp|22}} Parts of the street remain. This section is also known as the J. Arthur Younger Freeway; J. Arthur Younger was a United States representative who served during the 1950s and 60s.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808201207/http://www.cityofsanmateo.org/downloads/planning/general_plan/files/After%20Measure%20P%20Elements%20&%20Appendices/circulation_element_05_03_28_without_bikways_map.pdf]

|url=http://cityofsanmateo.org/downloads/planning/general_plan/files/after%20measure%20p%20elements%20%26%20appendices/circulation_element_05_03_28_without_bikways_map.pdf |title=III. Circulation |publisher=City of San Mateo |archive-date=August 8, 2007 |url-status=dead}}{{rp|III-2}} On August 29, 1963, the 19th Avenue segment was completed and by 1964, the present name had been adopted; planning began for the segments in Alameda County, east of the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge, and the remainder in San Mateo County, west of Interstate 280.{{cite magazine |url=https://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/Californiahighways/chpw_1964_mayjun.pdf |title=Bay Area Report |first=J. P. |last=Sinclair |date=May–June 1964 |magazine=California Highways and Public Works |access-date=16 May 2024}}{{rp|30;41}}

An upgrade of the intersection with Main Street in Half Moon Bay, near the western terminus, was scheduled to be completed by fall 2008.{{cite web |url=https://www.smcta.com/projects/half-moon-bay-highway-improvements |title=Half Moon Bay Highway Improvements |publisher=San Mateo County Transportation Authority |access-date=16 May 2024}}

The old cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 880 was converted into a three-level combination interchange with direct ramp replacements for two of the tight "cloverleaf" ramps, and a new wider and taller overpass to carry Route 92 over Interstate 880. The project took four years and was completed in October 2011.{{Cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/10/07/at-long-last-improved-connectors-open-at-hayward-traffic-trouble-spot/ |title = At long last, improved connectors open at Hayward traffic trouble spot |first=Eric |last=Kurhi |url-access=subscription |date = 7 October 2011 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News}}

A similar cloverleaf interchange at SR 82 (El Camino Real) was rebuilt in 2018 into a partial cloverleaf interchange.{{cite news |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/interchange-revamp-in-gear-state-route-92-el-camino-real-project-underway/article_54182da0-3fff-5fe5-93c2-d79fa252c682.html |title=Interchange revamp in gear: State Route 92, El Camino Real project underway |first=Samantha |last=Weigel |date=March 6, 2017 |newspaper=San Mateo Daily Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 May 2024}} Two of the loop off-ramps from SR 92 were eliminated: from westbound SR 92 to northbound El Camino Real, and from eastbound SR 92 to southbound El Camino Real. The remaining off-ramps were widened and signalized to allow left and right turns onto El Camino Real.{{cite report |url=https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentCenter/View/46133/Approved-Project-Report |title=Project Report: In San Mateo County in the City of San Mateo at the SR 92/SR 82 Interchange 04-SM -92-PM 11.0/11.5, 04-SM -82-PM 10.3/10.7 |publisher=City of San Mateo |date=May 2014 |access-date=16 May 2024}}

Planning for improvements to the interchange with the Bayshore Freeway (U.S. 101) began in 2018; construction is scheduled to begin in 2024.{{cite web |url=https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-projects/d4-san-mateo-101-92-interchange-improvements |title=US 101/ SR 92 Short-Term Interchange Improvements Projects |publisher=District 4, California Department of Transportation |access-date=16 May 2024}} In addition, a separated bikeway will be built on Fashion Island Boulevard, which largely follows the former alignment of 19th Avenue, connecting the cities of Foster City and San Mateo. This project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026.{{cite web |url=https://catc.ca.gov/-/media/ctc-media/documents/programs/sccp/fact-sheets/fact-sheets-2022/14-fact-sheet-caltrans-14-of-14-san-mateo-us-101-sr-92-a11y.pdf |title=Fact Sheet: US 101/SR 92 Area Improvements & Multimodal Project |publisher=California Transportation Commission |access-date=16 May 2024}}

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{{CASR external links|SR|92}}

• [http://www.bayareafastrak.org/ Bay Area FasTrak] – includes toll information on the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge and the other Bay Area toll facilities
• [http://www.aaroads.com/california/ca-092.html California @ AARoads.com - State Route 92]
• [http://www.cahighways.org/089-096.html#092 California Highways: SR 92]

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