Tiburon Boulevard
{{short description|Highway in California}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=CA
|type=SR
|route=131
|alternate_name=Tiburon Boulevard
|map_notes=Map of Marin County in western California with SR 131 highlighted in red
|section=431
|maint=Caltrans
|length_mi=4.317
|length_round=3
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=CA|US|101}} in Strawberry
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b=Main Street in Tiburon
|counties=Marin
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=130
|next_type=SR
|next_route=132
}}
State Route 131 (SR 131), named Tiburon Boulevard along its entire length, is a state highway in the U.S. state of California in Marin County. It is a short route that connects U.S. Route 101 with the town of Tiburon.
Route description
The route follows the northern and eastern shorelines of Richardson Bay, an inlet of San Francisco Bay north of Sausalito. Approximately the first half of the route is four-lane divided road, until it reaches the site of the old railroad trestle and Blackie's Pasture, after which it narrows to two lanes on Tiburon Peninsula heading into Tiburon.
Beyond its western terminus at U.S. 101, Tiburon Boulevard becomes East Blithedale Avenue, which leads into Mill Valley. Its eastern terminus is at the intersection with Main Street in Tiburon, after which the road becomes Paradise Drive, a winding route which loops around the eastern side of Tiburon Peninsula, eventually leading to Corte Madera.
SR 131 is part of the National Highway System,{{FHWA NHS map|region=sanfrancisco|accessdate=September 29, 2017}} a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.{{FHWA NHS}}
History
Caltrans took over maintenance of Tiburon Boulevard and designated it as SR 131 in the 1950s; it was originally planned to be extended over a new bridge to San Francisco via Angel Island that would complement the Golden Gate Bridge.{{cite news|url=http://www.marinij.com/ci_12756305|title=Tiburon Boulevard work to start Monday|author=Prado, Mark|newspaper=Marin Independent Journal|date=2009-07-04|access-date=2010-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404174459/http://www.marinij.com/ci_12756305|archive-date=2012-04-04}}{{cite web|url=http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Freeways_trashed_by_89_quake|title=Freeways Never Built, or Unbuilt after 1989 quake|publisher=FoundSF|access-date=2010-06-21}}{{cite news |last=Prado |first=Mark |date=January 3, 2015 |title=New website shows how Marin could have developed |url=https://www.marinij.com/2015/01/03/new-website-shows-how-marin-could-have-developed/ |work=Marin Independent Journal |accessdate=August 6, 2023}}
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Major intersections
{{CAinttop|county=Marin|post_ref=
{{Caltrans bridgelog|date=July 2007}}California Department of Transportation, [http://traffic-counts.dot.ca.gov/2006all.htm All Traffic Volumes on CSHS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721033203/http://traffic-counts.dot.ca.gov/2006all.htm |date=2011-07-21 }}, 2006
}}
{{CAint
|location=Strawberry
|ctdab=Marin
|postmile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=CA|US|101|name1=Redwood Highway|city1=Eureka|city2=San Francisco}}
|notes=Interchange; west end of SR 131; US 101 exit 447; road continues as East Blithedale Avenue to Mill Valley
}}
{{CAint
|location=Tiburon
|lspan=2
|postmile=1.86
|road=Trestle Glen Boulevard – Paradise Beach Park, Romberg Tiburon Center, SFSU
|notes=
}}
{{CAint
|postmile=4.39
|road=Main Street
|notes=East end of SR 131; road continues as Paradise Drive
}}
{{Jctbtm}}
See also
- {{portal-inline|California Roads}}
- {{portal-inline|San Francisco Bay Area}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
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{{CASR external links|SR|131}}
- [http://www.aaroads.com/california/ca-131.html California @ AARoads.com - State Route 131]
- [http://www.cahighways.org/129-136.html#131 California Highways: SR 131]
Category:State highways in California