Sierra Highway
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| Sierra Highway |
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| South end: | San Fernando Rd. in Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
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| Major junctions: |
 SR 14 in Santa Clarita SR 14 near Santa Clarita SR 138 in Palmdale SR 14 near Mojave |
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| North end: |   SR 58 Bus. in Mojave |
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Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling State Route 14 (Antelope Valley Freeway).
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Formerly, except for the segment between its west junction with Soledad Canyon Road in Santa Clarita and Ward Road in Acton, it was State Route 14. Previous to July, 1964, the part of Sierra Highway identified in the preceding was signed US 6. Previous to the late 1950s or early 1960s, Sierra Highway was signed US 6 in its entirety.
The northernmost section of Sierra Highway, between Silver Queen Road south of Mojave and Midland Trail in Mojave, has not been bypassed by a freeway, and thus still carries SR 14. (There is a break in Sierra Highway at Silver Queen Road south of Mojave; through traffic approaching Silver Queen Road from the south wishing to continue on Sierra Highway must turn west onto Silver Queen Road and then north onto the onramp to northbound Route 14 to resume travel on Sierra Highway.)
A section of Sierra Highway near Santa Clarita is designated and signed[1] as State Route 14U, which signifies that it is an unrelinquished section of State Route 14, still owned by Caltrans despite being bypassed by a freeway ca. 1971.[2] SR 14U is 7.33 miles (11.80 km) long, from postmile 24.28 (at the bridge carrying SR 14 over SR 14U, just north of the south end of Sierra Highway) north to postmile 31.61 (at the SR 14 ramps near Via Princessa).[2]
[edit] Principal cities and towns along route
(Bold denotes an incorporated city.)
- Los Angeles
- Santa Clarita
- Agua Dulce
- Acton
- Palmdale
- Lancaster
- Rosamond
- Mojave
- California City
- Inyokern
