California State Route 299

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State Route 299

Defined by S&HC § 599, maintained by Caltrans

Length:

305.777 mi^[1] (492 km)

West end:

US 101 in Arcata

Major
junctions:

SR 3 at Weaverville

I-5 in Redding

US 395 in Alturas

East end:

SR 8A towards Vya, NV

State highways in California (list - pre-1964)
County routes in California (list)
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History - Unconstructed - Deleted - Freeway - Scenic

State Route 299 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs across the northern part of the state. It runs from Arcata on the Pacific Ocean to the border with Nevada. Between Arcata and Redding, Route 299 junctions with State Route 96 and is briefly co-signed with State Route 3. In Redding, it intersects with State Route 273, State Route 44 and a short section is co-signed with Interstate 5. East of Redding, it intersects with State Route 89 and a section is co-signed with State Route 139 before reaching Alturas. It is then co-signed with U.S. Route 395 north-east of Alturas, then it runs east towards the border with Nevada. A ghost town, Vya, Nevada, can be reached via this route, which after the border becomes a dirt road, which was formerly State Route 8A.

Part of SR 299 is the Trinity Scenic Byway, a National Scenic Byway.

This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System^[2] and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System^[3].

1 Route description
2 History
3 Major intersections and exit list
4 Sources
5 References

[edit] Route description

Major cities Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs
Eureka (via US 101) Arcata Weaverville Redding Burney Alturas

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[edit] History

State Route 299, from the intersection with US 101 all the way to US 395 in Alturas, was U.S. Route 299 from 1934 to 1964—but the actual road has been realigned many times, mainly to make easier grades and curves through the mountains. In many places, especially in Trinity County, the old concrete can be seen beside the new road, and there is even an arch bridge from 1923 visible from the current 299, that seemingly connects nothing to nothing nowadays.

[edit] Major intersections and exit list

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 numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.

County	Location	Postmile ^[1]^[4]^[5]	#^[6]	Destinations	Notes
Humboldt HUM 0.00-43.04	Arcata	0.00		US 101 – Arcata, Eureka, Crescent City	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Arcata	0.72	1	Guintoli Lane, West End Road
		R1.80	2	SR 200 (North Bank Road)
			3A	Glendale Drive	Eastbound exit only
		R2.92	3B	Essex Lane
		R4.04	4	Glendale Drive
		R5.45	5	Glendale Drive – Blue Lake
	East end of freeway
		19.05		Bair Road
	Willow Creek	38.83		SR 96 – Hoopa
Trinity TRI 0.00-72.25	Weaverville	51.57		SR 3 north	West end of SR 3 overlap
	Douglas City	R58.11		SR 3 south – Hayfork	East end of SR 3 overlap
		67.43		Trinity Dam Boulevard – Lewiston
Shasta SHA 0.00-99.36		8.65		Trinity Mountain Road – French Gulch
	Redding	24.09 273 16.83		SR 44 east / SR 273 south (Market Street)	West end of SR 273 overlap
		273 18.62 24.09		SR 273 north (Market Street) / CR A18 (Lake Boulevard)	East end of SR 273 overlap
		24.82		I-5 – Portland, Sacramento	Interchange
		West end of freeway
		25.54	141	Churn Creek Road, Hawley Road
		27.24	143	Old Oregon Trail – Shasta College
	East end of freeway
		34.46		Deschutes Road
	Burney	73.13		Tamarack Road
		80.09		SR 89 – Burney Falls Park, Lassen Park
	Fall River Mills	91.08		CR A20 (Glenburn Road)
	McArthur	95.24		CR A19 (McArthur Road)
		96.78		Pittville Road
Lassen LAS 0.00-25.64	Bieber	15.10		CR A2 (Susanville Road) / Bieber Lookout Road
Modoc MOD 0.00-66.63	Adin	0.33		SR 139 south – Susanville	West end of SR 139 overlap
	Canby	21.75		SR 139 north – Tulelake, Klamath Falls	East end of SR 139 overlap
	Alturas	40.63 395 22.76		US 395 south – Susanville	West end of US 395 overlap
		395 28.29 40.64		US 395 north – Lakeview	East end of US 395 overlap
	Cedarville	57.35		Surprise Valley Road – Lake City, Fort Bidwell, Eagleville	Connects to SR 447 in Nevada
		66.63		SR 8A	Nevada state line