California State Route 23

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State Route 23

(CS&HC Section 323)

Length:

32 mi^[1] (51 km)

South end:

SR-126 in Fillmore

Major
junctions:

SR-118 in Moorpark

US-101 in Thousand Oaks

North end:

SR-1 in Malibu

Major cities:

Fillmore
Moorpark
Thousand Oaks
Malibu

California State Routes
< SR 22		SR 24 >
Unconstructed - Deleted - Freeway - Scenic

State Route 23 in the U.S. State of California is a state highway mostly in Ventura County, California that runs roughly North-South from Fillmore to Malibu.

1 Route summary
2 State law
3 Control Cities
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Route summary

Route 23 consists of three distinct sections:

The northernmost section, Grimes Canyon Road, begins at State Route 126 in Fillmore (called A Street in Fillmore), and heads south through orange groves and Grimes Canyon. There, it meets Los Angeles Avenue in Moorpark and merges with Route 118. The road in Fillmore actually continues past Route 126 up to the foot of the Los Padres National Forest.
The middle section, known as the Moorpark Freeway, is a major route for traffic headed between Thousand Oaks and Moorpark. It starts east of Moorpark, splitting off from Route 118 and heading south, with two lanes in both directions, terminating in a short multiplex with the Ventura Freeway (U.S. Route 101). Funding for widening of the freeway was approved August 18, 2005, with construction to begin in February 2006, to be completed in 2009. Officially, this portion is named the Military Intelligence Memorial Freeway, in honor of the U.S. 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed entirely of Japanese Americans. Traffic along this freeway during rush hour is extremely congested, particularly near the intersection with the 101.
The southern section begins as Westlake Boulevard in Thousand Oaks, where Route 23 splits from Route 101, and heads roughly two miles southwest through the Westlake section of Thousand Oaks before leaving the developed residential community to narrow and become an increasingly windy canyon road at its intersection with Potrero Road. During its steep and winding path through the Santa Monica Mountains, Route 23 becomes Decker Canyon Road, where it departs Ventura County for Los Angeles County and meets its southern terminus at State Route 1, the Pacific Coast Highway, near Trancas in Malibu. This portion provides numerous beautiful vistas of the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean during daytime, but extreme caution is advisable, especially as the road nears PCH. It is a notoriously dangerous road, and the rusted chassis of cars that have gone over the side can still be seen. Bassist Philip Taylor Kramer of the rock band Iron Butterfly allegedly committed suicide by driving his van over the side along this route.