List of U.S. Routes in California#Special routes
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This is a list of U.S. Routes in the U.S. state of California. It includes routes defined by the California State Legislature but never built, as well as routes entirely relinquished to local governments. It also includes the routes that were decommissioned during the 1964 state highway renumbering.
Each U.S. Route in California is maintained by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and is assigned a Route (officially State Highway Route{{cite book |chapter= Section 231 |title= California Streets and Highways Code |via= Wikisource }}{{cite web |author= California Department of Transportation |author-link= California Department of Transportation |url= http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/transprog/stip/2004%20ITIP/other.htm |title= Other State Highway Routes |location= Sacramento |publisher= California Department of Transportation}}) number in the Streets and Highways Code (Sections 300-635). Under the code, the state assigns a unique Route X to each highway and does not differentiate between state, US, or Interstate highways.
California still uses a version of the 1961 U.S. Route shield, featuring a simplified cutout shield containing only the outer border, "U S," and the route marker. All other U.S. states adopted the 1971 version of the marker, consisting of a white shield outline on a black square background.
Mainline routes
- Lengths for each state route were initially measured as they were during the 1964 state highway renumbering (or during the year the route was established, if after 1964) based alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect the current mileage. Portions of some routes have been relinquished to or are otherwise maintained by local or other governments, and may not be included in the length listed below. Several routes are broken into non-contiguous pieces, and their lengths may not reflect the overlaps that would be required to make them continuous. Some routes may also have a gap because it is either explicitly defined in the California Streets and Highways Code or due to an unconstructed portion, and the listed length may or may not reflect the gap.
- If a route was renumbered, the old or new number is given in the "notes" column.
- Concurrences are not explicitly codified in the Streets and Highways Code; such highway segments are listed on only one of the corresponding legislative route numbers. When a highway is broken into such segments, the total length recorded by Caltrans only reflects those non-contiguous segments, and does not include those overlaps that would be required to make the route continuous.
- Since the 1990s, a number of piecemeal relinquishments have been made. These are generally reflected in the length but not the termini.
- Former termini are not shown if they are along the current route, meaning that the route was simply extended.
- A U.S. Route may be partially signed as an Interstate Highway, while the remaining segment is signed as a U.S. Route.
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=6
|terminus_b=Nevada state line
|length_mi=40.505
|length_ref=
|established=1937
|decommissioned=
|notes= Until 1964 western terminus was in Long Beach
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=40
|terminus_a=US 101 in San Francisco
|terminus_b=Nevada state line
|length_mi=
|length_ref=Portions of this route have been relinquished to or are otherwise maintained by local or other governments, and may not be included in the length.This route is broken into pieces due to a gap in the description, unfilled by any route.
|established=1926
|decommissioned=1964
|notes=Replaced by I-80
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=48
|terminus_a=First Street in San Jose
|terminus_b=French Camp Road in French Camp
|length_mi=87.3
|established=1926
|decommissioned=1931
|notes=Renumbered as US 50
}}
{{routelist row
|state=CA
|type=US
|route=50
|terminus_a=I-80 in West Sacramento
|terminus_b=Nevada state line
|length_mi=108.624
|length_ref=
|established=1926
|decommissioned=
|notes= Until 1964 western terminus was in San Francisco
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=60
|terminus_a=I-5 and former US 99 in Los Angeles
|terminus_b=Arizona state line
|length_mi=255
|established=1926
|decommissioned=1972
|notes=Replaced by I-10; ran concurrently with US 70
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=66
|terminus_a=SR 1 and former US 101 Alt. in Santa Monica
|terminus_b=Arizona state line
|length_mi=315
|established=1926
|decommissioned=1969
|notes=Replaced by I-40 and other routes
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=70
|terminus_a=I-5 and former US 99 in Los Angeles
|terminus_b=Arizona state line
|length_mi=255
|established=1926
|decommissioned=1964
|notes=Replaced by I-10; ran concurrently with US 60
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=80
|terminus_a=I-5 and former US 101 in San Diego
|terminus_b=Arizona state line
|length_mi=176.53
|established=1926
|decommissioned=1964
|notes=Replaced by I-8
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=91
|terminus_a=SR 1 and former US 101 Alt. in Long Beach
|terminus_b=Nevada state line
|length_mi=
|established=1926
|decommissioned=1971
|notes=Replaced by I-15 and SR 91
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=95
|terminus_a=Arizona state line
|terminus_b=Nevada state line
|length_mi=116.721
|length_ref=This route is broken into pieces, and the length does not reflect the overlaps that would be required to make the route continuous.
|established=1930
|decommissioned=
|notes= none
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=97
|terminus_b=Oregon state line
|length_mi=54.364
|length_ref=
|established=1935
|decommissioned=
|notes= none
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=99
|terminus_a=Fed. 5 near Calexico
|terminus_b=Oregon state line
|length_mi=754
|established=1926
|decommissioned=1964
|notes=Replaced by I-5; completely decommissioned in 1972
}}
{{routelist row
|state=CA
|type=US 1926
|route=99E
|terminus_a=SR 99 and former US 99 in Wheeler Ridge
|terminus_b=SR 99 and former US 99 in Sacramento
|length_mi=141
|established=1929
|decommissioned=1933
|notes=Most of former US 99E is now part of SR 99
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=99W
|terminus_a=SR 99 and former US 99 in Wheeler Ridge
|terminus_b=SR 99 and former US 99 in Sacramento
|length_mi=
|established=1929
|decommissioned=1964
|notes=Replaced by majority of I-5
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=101
|terminus_a=I-5 / I-10 / SR 60 in Los Angeles
|terminus_b=Oregon state line
|length_mi=808.111
|established=1926
|decommissioned=
|notes=Segment across the Golden Gate Bridge is not officially recognized as part of the state highway system; until 1964 southern terminus was in San Diego
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=101W
|length_mi=
|established=1929
|decommissioned=1940
|notes=Reverted to US 101 after US 101E was decommissioned
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=101E
|terminus_a=US 101
|terminus_b=US 101
|length_mi=
|established=1929
|decommissioned=1940
|notes=Renumbered into SR 17
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=199
|terminus_a=US 101 near Crescent City
|terminus_b=Oregon state line
|length_mi=36.41
|length_ref=
|established=1926
|decommissioned=
|notes=none
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=299
|length_mi=304
|established=1934
|decommissioned=1964
|notes=Replaced by the majority of SR 299
}}
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|state=CA
|type=US
|route=395
|terminus_a=I-15 near Hesperia
|terminus_b=Oregon state line
|length_mi=556.909
|established=1979
|decommissioned=
|notes=Split into two segments, as the highway clips into Nevada to serve Carson City and Reno; until 1969 southern terminus was in San Diego
}}
{{routelist row
|state=CA
|type=US
|route=399
|terminus_b=SR 99 and former US 99 in Bakersfield
|length_mi=137
|established=1934
|decommissioned=1964
|notes=Replaced by SR 33 and SR 119
}}
{{routelist row
|state=CA
|type=US
|route=466
|terminus_b=Nevada state line
|length_mi=526
|established=1935
|decommissioned=1965
|notes=Replaced by SR 58 and I-15; ran concurrently with former US 91
}}
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File:P-town.jpg|alt=Photograph|Road sign on US 6 showing that it is 3205 miles to its eastern end in Provincetown, Massachusetts
File:Looking down on US 50 from Lower Echo Lake.jpg|alt=Photograph|US 50 westbound as it winds down Echo Summit towards the west
File:U.S. Highway 95 at the Nevada California border.jpg|US 95 southbound at the California-Nevada state line
File:US 97 Sign on Interstate 5.JPG|US 97 sign on I-5 in the City of Weed
File:UShwy101GaviotaRestArea.png|US 101 northbound approaching Gaviota Tunnel through the Santa Ynez Mountains
File:US 199 south at state line.jpg|US 199 southbound at the California-Oregon state line
File:US395descending intobishop.JPG|alt=Photograph|US 395 southbound descending into Owens Valley from the Sierra Nevada, just north of Bishop
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Special routes
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 40
| dab = Oakland-Berkeley
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Oakland
| terminus_b = Berkeley
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Temp
| route = 40
| dab = American Canyon-Cordelia
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = American Canyon
| terminus_b = Cordelia
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 40
| dab = West Sacramento
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served West Sacramento
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 40
| dab = North Sacramento
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served North Sacramento
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Alt
| route = 40
| dab = California-Nevada
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Davis, California
| terminus_b = California-Nevada state line
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 50
| dab = Oakland
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Oakland
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 50
| dab = Sacramento
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Sacramento
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Alt
| route = 50
| dab = California
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Pollock Pines
| terminus_b = South Lake Tahoe, California
| established =
| notes = Unofficial signed route
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 60
| dab = Riverside
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Riverside
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 60
| dab = Banning
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Banning
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Alt
| route = 66
| dab = Los Angeles
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Los Angeles
| terminus_b = Pasadena
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 66
| dab = San Bernardino
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served San Bernardino
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-City
| route = 66
| dab = San Bernardino
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served San Bernardino
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 70
| dab = Pomona
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Pomona
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 70
| dab = Banning
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Banning
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 80
| dab = San Diego
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served San Diego
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 80
| dab = Yuma
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Winterhaven
| terminus_b = Arizona-California state line
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 91
| dab = Corona-Riverside
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Corona
| terminus_b = Riverside
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 91
| dab = Colton-San Bernardino
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Colton
| terminus_b = San Bernardino
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 91
| dab = Victorville
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Victorville
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 99
| dab = Banning
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Banning
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 99
| dab = Pomona
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Pomona
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 99
| dab = Los Angeles
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Elysian Park
| terminus_b = Sylmar
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 99
| dab = Fresno
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Fresno
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 99
| dab = Merced
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Merced
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 99
| dab = Atwater
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Atwater
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Alt
| route = 99
| dab = Sacramento-Red Bluff
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Sacramento
| terminus_b = Red Bluff
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 99
| dab = Sacramento
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Sacramento
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Chula Vista-National City
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Chula Vista
| terminus_b = National City
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = San Diego
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served San Diego
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Alt
| route = 101
| dab = Los Angeles
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Capistrano Beach
| terminus_b = Oxnard
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Buena Park
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Buena Park
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Anaheim
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Anaheim
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Alt
| route = 101
| dab = Long Beach
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Long Beach
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Los Angeles
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Los Angeles
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Byp
| route = 101
| dab = Los Angeles
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Anaheim
| terminus_b = Los Angeles
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Alt
| route = 101
| dab = Santa Monica
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Santa Monica
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Universal City-Woodland Hills
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Universal City
| terminus_b = Woodland Hills
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Ventura
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Ventura
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Santa Maria
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Santa Maria
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Arroyo Grande
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Arroyo Grande
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Paso Robles
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Paso Robles
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = King City
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves King City
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Greenfield
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Greenfield
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Soledad
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Soledad
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Gonzales
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Gonzales
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Salinas
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Salinas
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Gilroy
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Gilroy
| terminus_b = San Jose
| established =
| notes = none
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Byp
| route = 101
| dab = San Francisco
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = San Jose
| terminus_b = San Francisco
| established =
| notes = none
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Alt
| route = 101
| dab = San Francisco
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served San Francisco
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Novato
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Novato
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Petaluma
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Petaluma
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Santa Rosa
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Santa Rosa
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Cloverdale
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Cloverdale
}}
{{routelist row
| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Ukiah
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Ukiah
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Rio Dell
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Rio Dell
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = Fortuna
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves Fortuna
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 101
| dab = McKinleyville
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| notes = Serves McKinleyville
}}
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 395
| dab = Riverside
| length_mi =
| terminus_a =
| terminus_b =
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = Served Riverside
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 395
| dab = Colton-San Bernardino
| length_mi =
| terminus_a = Colton
| terminus_b = San Bernardino
| established =
| decommissioned = yes
| notes = none
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| state = CA
| type = US-Bus
| route = 395
| dab = Ridgecrest
| length_mi =
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| terminus_b =
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See also
- {{portal-inline|California Roads}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://cahighways.org California Highways]
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