California State Route 185

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State Route 185
Defined by S&HC § 377 and 485, maintained by Caltrans
Length: 10.826 mi[1] (17.423 km)
Formed: 1964 renumbering[2]
South end: SR 92 / SR 238 in Hayward
North end: I-880 in Oakland
State highways in California (list - pre-1964)
County routes in California (list)
< SR 184 SR 186 >
< SR 76 77 SR 78 >
History - Unconstructed - Deleted - Freeway - Scenic

State Route 185 is a state highway in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It runs along sections of Mission Boulevard in Hayward, East 14th Street in San Leandro and International Boulevard in Oakland. (see below)

The south end of SR 185 is a five-way intersection in downtown Hayward, with E Street heading northeast, State Route 92 heading southwest, and State Route 238 heading southeast and north. SR 185 heads northwest on Mission Boulevard and East 14th Street, crossing under Interstate 238, and meeting the east end of State Route 112 (signed as State Route 61) in downtown San Leandro. SR 185 ends just northwest of High Street in Oakland at 42nd Avenue, where the short State Route 77 freeway heads southwest to Interstate 880. However, SR 77 is signed as part of SR 185, so SR 185 is signed to end at I-880.

The .45-mile (.72 km)[3] State Route 77 is part of a planned 13.8-mile (22.2 km) route, which would run from I-880 northeast past SR 185 to Interstate 580 near High Street. There it would turn northwest on I-580 to around Park Boulevard, splitting there to head northeast and north to State Route 24 near Lafayette.[4] Only the part east of unbuilt State Route 93 west of Moraga is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System; this does not include the constructed part, which is built as a short freeway.

SR 185 traverses a once-deadly stretch of what was then called East 14th Street in East Oakland. For years throughout the 1980s to today it was a scene of prostitution, drug dealings and murders, causing a negative synonomity in that part of Oakland. Thus in 1996 the city council changed the name to International Boulevard, including the portion maintained by the city between Lake Merritt and 42nd Street and the one under SR 185's designation. Eventually the red light reputation continued until California Highway Patrol stepped in years later (SR 185 counts as CHP jurisdiction) to curtail crime.

[edit] Major intersections

Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. The entire route is in Alameda County.
Location Postmile
[1][3][5]		 Destinations Notes
Hayward 0.00 SR 92 (Jackson Street) / SR 238 south (Mission Boulevard) – San Mateo, San Jose
San Leandro 1.99 I-238 to I-580 / I-880 / Lewelling Boulevard – Stockton, Oakland
5.73 SR 61 (Davis Street)
Oakland 10.47
77 0.45		 42nd Avenue, 14th Street
South end of freeway
77 0.37 East 12th Street, High Street Southbound exit and northbound entrance
77 0.10 I-880 – San Jose, Downtown Oakland, Alameda Northbound exit and southbound entrance

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b California Department of Transportation, State Truck Route List (XLS file), accessed January 2008
  2. ^ California Highways: State Route 185
  3. ^ a b California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
  4. ^ State Highway Routes, Selected Information - 1994 with 1995 Revisions (PDF)
  5. ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2006