California State Route 1

State Route 1
Route information
Defined by S&HC § 301
Maintained by Caltrans
Length:	655.843 mi[1] (1,055.477 km) (broken into 5 pieces by U.S. Route 101)
History:	State highway in 1919; numbered in 1934
Major junctions
South end:	I-5 in Dana Point
	I-10 in Santa Monica SR 34 in Oxnard SR 46 near Cambria SR 68 in Monterey SR 17 in Santa Cruz I-280 in Daly City SR 20 near Fort Bragg
North end:	US 101 near Leggett
Highway system
State highways in California (list • pre-1964) History • Unconstructed • Deleted • Freeway • Scenic ← I-980 SR 2 →

State Route 1 (SR 1), often called Highway 1, is a state highway that runs along much of the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. It is famous for running by some of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, leading to its designation as an All-American Road.

SR 1 starts at Interstate 5 in the Orange County area before traveling along the western edge of Los Angeles and passing through the seaside towns of Santa Monica and Malibu. The highway continues north, at times running concurrently with U.S. Route 101 (US 101), and serves as a scenic alternative to U.S. Route 101 in several locations. SR 1 connects Ventura, San Luis Obispo, San Simeon (where Hearst Castle is located), Monterey, and Santa Cruz.

Following this, SR 1 enters the metropolitan area and later the city proper of San Francisco, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge and continuing through Marin County. The highway provides access to Point Reyes National Seashore and Fort Bragg before reaching its northern terminus at U.S. Route 101 in Leggett.

SR 1 has several portions designated as either Pacific Coast Highway (commonly abbreviated PCH), the Cabrillo Highway,^[2] or the Shoreline Highway.

Route description

In Southern California, the California Legislature has designated the segment between Interstate 5 in Dana Point and US 101 near Oxnard as Pacific Coast Highway (commonly referred to as "PCH"); between US 101 at the Las Cruces junction (8 miles south of Buellton) and US 101 in Pismo Beach and between US 101 in San Luis Obispo and US 101 in San Francisco, the legislature has designated State Route 1 as the Cabrillo Highway; and between Manzanita Junction near Marin City and US 101 in Leggett, the legislature has designated State Route 1 Shoreline Highway. The entire route is also designated as a Blue Star Memorial Highway to recognize those in the United States armed forces. The highway has been assigned several other names by the state and municipal governments.^[3]

This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System^[4] and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System.^[5] However, only a few selected portions in between San Francisco and Los Angeles have officially been designated as a scenic highway.^[6] The Big Sur section is an official National Scenic Byway.^[7]

Orange County

At its southernmost end, Route 1 terminates at I-5 in Capistrano Beach, just south of San Juan Capistrano. With the name Pacific Coast Highway, it then travels north into downtown Dana Point, where, for one mile (1.6 km), northbound traffic continues along the original PCH alignment while southbound traffic is diverted onto parallel Del Prado. After the two roads merge into PCH, Route 1 then heads north along the coast through Laguna Beach and Crystal Cove State Park.

Southbound PCH near Laguna Beach.

Route 1 then enters Newport Beach, where its name changes to simply Coast Highway. It passes through several affluent neighborhoods, including Newport Coast and Corona Del Mar, and spans the entrance to the Upper Newport Bay. Upon entering Huntington Beach, Route 1 regains the designation of Pacific Coast Highway. It passes Huntington State Beach and Bolsa Chica State Beach, and passes through the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. It continues along the coast into Seal Beach, the final city in Orange County.

Los Angeles and Ventura Counties

PCH then enters Los Angeles County and the city of Long Beach and continues in a northwesterly direction to meet Lakewood Boulevard State Route 19 (and Los Coyotes Diagonal at the Long Beach Traffic Circle) more than two miles (3 km) from the coast. From the traffic circle it continues inland in a westerly direction through Long Beach (where it intersects with Long Beach Boulevard and the Blue Line station), including approximately one mile adjacent to the southern boundary of Signal Hill. Although bypassing the immediate coastline of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, State Route 1 retains the PCH name as it continues westerly through the Los Angeles districts of Wilmington and Harbor City (where it intersects the PCH Harbor Freeway Station at Interstate 110), and the cities of Lomita and Torrance. It then turns northerly through the cities of Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach. Upon entering Manhattan Beach, it becomes Sepulveda Boulevard, and continues through El Segundo and Los Angeles International Airport, directly passing underneath two runways. Metro Local line 232 operates on most of this portion of CA-1.

Southbound SR 1 between Santa Monica and LAX.

After leaving LAX, State Route 1 then turns northwesterly, becoming Lincoln Boulevard and passing through the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Westchester, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, and Venice. It then enters the city of Santa Monica, where SR 1 turns southwest, merging onto the final segment of the Santa Monica Freeway. Santa Monica Big Blue Bus line 3 and Rapid line 3 operates on most of this portion of CA- 1. Passing through the McClure Tunnel, Route 1 emerges along the beachfront in Santa Monica and continues along the coast; it is known locally also as Palisades Beach Road, and formerly as Roosevelt Highway. Upon leaving Santa Monica, it once again regains the name PCH as it follows the coast, curving westbound through the neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, passing the Getty Villa before reaching the city of Malibu. PCH is the main thoroughfare through Malibu (served by Metro Express line 534), spanning the entire 21 miles (34 km) of the city, providing access to Pepperdine University and Zuma Beach.

PCH passes Mugu Rock at Point Mugu.

Leaving Malibu, Route 1 crosses into Ventura County and continues along the coast through Point Mugu State Park to just beyond the park's western boundary. Approaching the Oxnard plain it passes through a notch in the mountain that forms Point Mugu. The cut left a very large rock formation at the tip of the point that is called the Mugu Rock. At that point, PCH leaves the coast and heads northerly and then northwesterly along the northeastern boundary of Naval Air Station Point Mugu for several miles and continues to Wooley Road in Oxnard. From the South Oxnard railroad grade crossing north of Statham Boulevard in Oxnard to Wooley Road, State Route 1 is known locally as Oxnard Boulevard. At Wooley Road the direction of State Route 1 changes from northwest to north; however, the Oxnard Boulevard name continues to Vineyard Avenue, Route 232. From Vineyard Avenue, State Route 1 continues north as PCH and joins US 101 in Oxnard approximately five miles inland from the coast. It is noted that about a seven-mile (11 km) stretch of PCH between Calleguas Creek near the south boundary of the Point Mugu Naval Air Weapons Station and the South Oxnard railroad grade crossing north of Statham Boulevard was built to freeway standards. However, today only part of that stretch, from Calleguas Creek to Pleasant Valley Road in Oxnard, a distance of over five miles (8 km), is operating as a freeway. The remaining distance from Pleasant Valley Road to the railroad grade crossing is operating as an expressway (including three signalized intersections).

Central Coast

After traveling through Ventura, State Route 1 separates from US 101 to travel along the beach from Emma Wood State Beach to the Mobil Pier Undercrossing, where it rejoins US 101 about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the Santa Barbara County line near La Conchita. State Route 1 then merges with US 101 (although signage is nonexistent) for 54 miles (87 km), passing through Santa Barbara. Route 1, now named Cabrillo Highway, splits again from US 101 north of the Gaviota Tunnel, and heads through the coastal cities of Lompoc, Guadalupe, and Grover Beach before joining US 101 for the third time at Pismo Beach.

View of the Pacific Ocean from the Bixby Creek Bridge

State Route 1 splits from US 101 at San Luis Obispo and resumes as Cabrillo Highway continuing north as a freeway through Morro Bay. where it crosses Morro Creek at the site of a prehistoric Chumash settlement dating to the Millingstone Horizon.^[8] Thence State Route 1 proceeds north to Cayucos until it again becomes a winding, two lane road with occasional passing lanes. It follows along the coast through San Simeon, past the elephant seal colony at Piedras Blancas Light, and to the cliffs of Big Sur. Then several miles north, the highway crosses the scenic Bixby Creek Bridge, a reinforced concrete arch with a 320-foot (98 m) span that passes over the Bixby Creek gorge, and the Rocky Creek Bridge. The highway between San Simeon and Carmel was built between 1919 and 1937. This section of Highway One (from San Luis Obispo to Carmel) is an official part of the National Scenic Byways Program.^[7]

Big Sur coastline. Bixby Creek Bridge near the outcropping of rocks which resembles a dinosaur, June, 1965

Looking south showing the McWay Rocks island group, about 16½ miles south of Big Sur.

From there, State Route 1 passes through Carmel before becoming a freeway in Monterey. The freeway portion of Route 1 from Route 68 (west) to Munras Avenue opened in 1960. The segment from Munras Avenue in Monterey to the northern border of Sand City and Seaside opened in 1968, and bypasses the original highway alignment of Munras Avenue and Fremont Street in Monterey, and Fremont Boulevard through Seaside. North of Seaside, the freeway was built over the original SR 1 alignment through Fort Ord in 1973. North of Fort Ord, SR 1 veers to the left of the original alignment and bypasses Marina to the west. This segment including the interchange with Route 156 and the short, 2-lane Castroville Bypass opened in 1976. Originally Route 1 followed the Route 156 alignment to the Route 183 intersection in Castroville, then turned northwest, following the present-day Route 183 through Castroville before rejoining its existing alignment at the northern terminus of the Castroville Bypass.

At the interchange with State Route 156 near Castroville, SR 1 continues north as a 2-lane rural road to Moss Landing. Despite heavy traffic on this segment, it was not upgraded to a freeway because doing so would require cutting through the Elkhorn Slough Wildlife Refuge east of Moss Landing. While the existing alignment avoids Elkhorn Slough, expanding the existing roadway is virtually impossible as it passes on a narrow right-of-way between the town of Moss Landing and the coastline to the west and the Moss Landing Power Station to the east.

San Francisco Bay Area

Scene from SR 1 near Half Moon Bay

Once the highway crosses Salinas Road, near the Monterey County Santa Cruz County line, it makes a swift transition from a narrow two-lane highway to a four-lane freeway that continues to the State Route 17 interchange at Santa Cruz (the Highway 1/17 interchange is locally known as The Fishhook due to its tight loop ramps that resemble a fishhook when viewed from above). Upon reaching downtown Santa Cruz, it continues as Mission Street and Coast Road before regaining the Cabrillo Highway name. SR 1 then continues north as a winding, two lane road following the west coast of the San Francisco Peninsula, passing through Half Moon Bay. Before the completion of the present highway in 1937, a narrow, winding, steep road known as Pedro Mountain Road connected Montara with Pacifica. That highway was completed in 1914 and provided competition to the Ocean Shore Railroad, which operated between San Francisco and Tunitas Creek from 1907 to 1920.

Before reaching Pacifica, the highway travels through a treacherous stretch where it is dubbed Devil's Slide. Here the road is in constant danger of sliding into the Pacific Ocean. This stretch of road is periodically closed, the last time from April 2, 2006 to August 3, 2006. Previous closures include about five months in 1995 and about three months in 1983.^[9] To avoid these problems, a tunnel is being constructed to bypass the slide area, opening in 2011 according to Caltrans.

The Golden Gate Bridge, which Route 1 shares with US 101

SR 1 turns into a multi-lane freeway in Pacifica before joining Interstate 280 in Daly City. SR 1 used to run along the coast between Pacifica and Daly City but this segment was damaged and rendered unusable after a 5.3 magnitude earthquake on March 22, 1957. A small stub remains near Thornton Beach. Just short of reaching the city of San Francisco, Route 1 splits from Interstate 280 and the Cabrillo Highway designation ends at the Daly City / San Francisco border, where the road becomes Junipero Serra Boulevard. It is also at this point where the first sign announcing the Shoreline Highway is installed. Shortly thereafter, the highway makes a slight left, becoming the six-lane wide 19th Avenue where, in spite of being a city street, it retains a dense traffic flow. Route 1 turns into Park Presidio Boulevard after it passes through the city's Golden Gate Park and the Presidio of San Francisco, where it goes through the General Douglas MacArthur Tunnel. It then joins US 101 for a fourth time on the approach to the Golden Gate Bridge known as Doyle Drive.

The Redwood Empire

Route 1 winds along the Marin County coast

The area of the coast north of the Bay Area is sometimes called the Redwood Empire. After crossing the bridge and entering Marin County, SR 1 then splits from US 101 again near Marin City, where it leaves the city and, as the Shoreline Highway, returns to a winding, two lane road as it passes over the Marin Hills to rejoin the coast at Muir Beach. Leaving the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the highway passes the Point Reyes National Seashore and Tomales Bay, eventually leaving Marin County and entering Sonoma County just south of Bodega Bay, where its name changes to Coast Highway past the Sonoma Coast State Beaches.

After bridging the Russian River at Jenner, SR 1 winds along the rugged coast to Fort Ross and Salt Point State Parks before bridging the Gualala River and entering Mendocino County. The highway enters the city of Point Arena, in which it becomes Main Street, before following School Street to the northwest and then becoming Shoreline Highway once again bridging the Garcia River, the Navarro River, where it meets California State Route 128. Highway 1 crosses the Albion River at the town of Albion, on the Albion River Bridge, the only remaining wooden trestle bridge on the highway, and then passes through Little River and Van Damme State Park at the town of Little River. At the Victorian community of Mendocino, the road crosses Big River and passes through Mendocino Headlands State Park. Continuing north, SR 1 crosses through Russian Gulch State Park on the Frederick W. Panhorst Bridge, and passes through Jug Handle State National Reserve and the town of Casper. Route 1 widens to two lanes at the western terminus of California State Route 20, bridges the Noyo River and crosses the California Western Railroad at Noyo, California, and enters the former Union Lumber Company town of Fort Bragg, where it is known as Main Street. Continuing northward, the highway follows the coast for about 30 miles (48 km), passing MacKerricher State Park and the towns of Cleone and Inglenook before crossing Ten Mile River. At the former sawmill company town of Rockport the highway turns away from the Lost Coast to avoid steep and unstable highlands created by Mendocino Triple Junction uplift. The highway follows Cottaneva Creek inland through redwood-forested mountainous terrain and terminates at US 101 in Leggett.

History

Looking over the edge from Highway 1 along the Big Sur coastline

State construction of what is now Highway 1 started after the state's third highway bond issue passed in 1919. At that time, California highways were not publicly referred to by any route numbers, and the Highway 1 name came about 15 years later. The legislature and Highway Department referred to roads either by a name or as "Legislative Route Numbers." The first two approved sections of what is now Highway 1 were Legislative Route 56 from San Simeon to Carmel (connecting with existing county highways at each end) and Legislative Route 60 from Oxnard via the coast to San Juan Capistrano, intended as links in a continuous coastal roadway from Oregon to Mexico.^[10][11] A 1921 law extended Legislative Route 56 south over the county road to Cambria,^[12] and Legislative Route 60 was extended from Oxnard to El Rio (midway to Ventura, now the site of the Oxnard Boulevard interchange with US 101) in 1925. The latter law, in theory, made Legislative Route 60 a continuous coastal loop, with both ends at what became US 101 in Oxnard and at Capistrano Beach (since 1964 the southern terminus of Highway 1 at Interstate 5 in Orange County).^[13] Legislative Route 56 was extended further south from Cambria to connect to present-day US 101 in San Luis Obispo in 1931.^[14]

A large expansion of the state highway system in 1933 resulted in Legislative Route Number 56 being extended in both directions. To the south, a second section was added, beginning at Pismo Beach on US 101 (Legislative Route 2) and heading south through Guadalupe and Lompoc to rejoin US 101 at a junction called Los Cruces (sic), just north of Gaviota Pass. (A short piece near Orcutt and Los Alamos had been part of Legislative Route Number 2, which originally followed present SR 135 from Los Alamos to Santa Maria.) To the north, Legislative Route Number 56 was continued along the coast from Carmel through Santa Cruz to San Francisco. Several discontinuous pieces were added north of San Francisco, one from Legislative Route Number 1 (US 101) north of the Golden Gate to the county line near Valley Ford, another from the Russian River near Jenner (where the new Route 104 ended) to Westport, and a third from Ferndale to Route 1 near Fernbridge. Except for the gaps in Legislative Route Number 56 north of San Francisco, these additions completed the coastal highway, with other sections formed by Legislative Route Numbers 1, 2, and 71.^[15][16]

California Route 1 is a famous brand name around the world now, but California 1 was called several other names and numbers prior to 1964. When the road was first envisioned in the World War I era, it was referred to either by a highway name or by a "Legislative Route Number" or LRN. LRNs were used by state highway planners and the Legislature from 1915 until 1964, but were never posted on highways, referred to by the auto clubs or public, nor used on maps. Various portions of State Route 1 have been posted and referred to by various names and numbers over the years. The section of Highway 1 from Santa Monica to Oxnard, via Malibu, went out to contract in 1925 as "Coast Boulevard" but was designated "Theodore Roosevelt Highway" when it was dedicated in 1929.

California Highway 1 signs first went up after California decided to number its highways, in 1934. But only the section from Santa Barbara County north was posted as Highway 1, that section of the road known Legislative Route Number 56 (Las Cruces to Fernbridge, including the gaps). In Ventura, Los Angeles and Orange counties, Legislative Route Number 60 (San Juan Capistrano to the Oxnard area) became California Highway 3, and a few Route 3 signs were actually posted ^[17]. But the Route 3 signs were replaced by "U.S. Route 101 Alternate" shields and strips by 1936, as the road was built out; this change also allowed the extension of US 66 to end at another U.S. Route, in Santa Monica.^[18]

The gaps of non-state highway along the northern coast were finally filled in by the Legislature in 1951, though the Department of Public Works was not required to maintain the newly-added portions immediately. A short connection from near Rockport to Route 1 at Leggett was also included,^[19] as the existing county road north from Rockport to Ferndale had not yet been paved.^[20] The Leggett connection became State Route 208.^[21]

The state Legislature in 1963 tossed out the old conflicting Legislative Route Numbers (1964 renumbering), got rid of some famous old U.S. routes (like U.S. 66), and renumbered many state highways. It abolished US 101A in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties and renumbered it as state Highway 1. The cover of "California Highways" magazine in fall 1964 shows state engineers posting the new shield at Point Mugu.^[22]. The same year, the Legislature by state law named Route 1 "Pacific Coast Highway" in Orange, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, and "Cabrillo Highway" from San Luis Obispo north to San Francisco. Many cities, however, did not change the name of city streets that are part of Highway 1, such as Lincoln and Sepulveda boulevards in Los Angeles, Santa Monica and El Segundo; Oxnard Boulevard in Oxnard; and Junipero Serra and Park Presidio boulevards in San Francisco.

In 1980, another section was added northwest of Ventura, when several miles of the old two-lane alignment of US 101 were posted as Route 1 where the freeway had bypassed it in about 1960. At its northern terminus, in 1984 SR 1 replaced SR 208, with the old alignment to Fernbridge, never constructed south of Ferndale, becoming SR 211.^[23] This part of the Pacific coast, the only long section in California not served by a state highway, has been termed California's "Lost Coast".

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

County	Location	Postmile [1][24][25]	Exit [26][27]	Destinations	Notes
Orange ORA R0.13-33.72	Dana Point	R0.13		Camino Las Ramblas	Continuation beyond I-5
		R0.13		I-5 (San Diego Freeway) – Los Angeles, San Diego	Interchange
		South end of freeway
		R0.78		Coast Highway south, Doheny Park Road – Capistrano Beach
		North end of freeway
		4.32		Crown Valley Parkway, Monarch Bay Drive – Orange County Regional Civic Center
	Laguna Beach	9.42		SR 133 (Broadway Street to Laguna Canyon Road)
	Newport Beach			Newport Coast Drive
		16.25		MacArthur Boulevard to I-405 – Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Ana	Former SR 73 north; serves John Wayne Airport
		17.43		Jamboree Road
		19.80		SR 55 (Newport Boulevard) – Costa Mesa, Balboa Peninsula	Interchange
	Huntington Beach	22.09		Brookhurst Street
		23.74		SR 39 (Beach Boulevard)
		25.89		Goldenwest Street	Interchangeably spelled Golden West Street
	Sunset Beach	29.89		Warner Avenue
	Seal Beach	32.72		Seal Beach Boulevard to I-405 – Los Alamitos
Los Angeles LA 0.00-62.69	Long Beach			2nd Street
		1.97		SR 22 (7th Street)
		2.75		Anaheim Street, Los Altos Plaza
		3.56		Lakewood Boulevard, Los Coyotes Diagonal – Downey, Bellflower	Lakewood Boulevard was former SR 19 north
		6.26		Long Beach Boulevard
		7.29		I-710 (Long Beach Freeway) – Long Beach, Pasadena	Interchange
		8.27		SR 103 (Terminal Island Freeway) / Willow Street – Terminal Island	Interchange
	Los Angeles	8.43		2300-2400 East Pacific Coast Highway – Port of Los Angeles	Interchange
		9.25		Alameda Street (SR 47)	Interchange
		10.53		Avalon Boulevard
		11.61		I-110 (Harbor Freeway) – Los Angeles, San Pedro	Interchange
		12.17		Vermont Avenue
		12.52		Normandie Avenue
		13.10		SR 213 (Western Avenue)
	Torrance	14.63		Crenshaw Boulevard – Rolling Hills
		16.01		SR 107 north / CR N7 (Hawthorne Boulevard) – Inglewood, Palos Verdes Estates
	Redondo Beach	19.52		Torrance Boulevard
	Manhattan Beach	21.92		Artesia Boulevard, Gould Avenue	Artesia Boulevard was former SR 91 east
		22.90		Manhattan Beach Boulevard
		23.92		Rosecrans Avenue
	El Segundo
		24.91		El Segundo Boulevard
	Los Angeles	25.92		I-105 east (Century Freeway) / Imperial Highway – Norwalk	Interchange
		26.90		Century Boulevard – LAX Airport	Interchange
		27.36		LAX Airport (96th Street)	Interchange
				Sepulveda Boulevard	No left turn from SR 1 south
		28.50		Westchester Parkway	Interchange
		29.08		Manchester Avenue	Former SR 42 east
		31.29		SR 90 east (Marina Freeway)
		31.78		Washington Boulevard
		32.17		Venice Boulevard (SR 187 east)
	Santa Monica	R34.58		I-10 east (Santa Monica Freeway) / SR 2 east (Lincoln Boulevard) – Los Angeles
		35.18		Ocean Avenue	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance; former SR 187 east
	Los Angeles	39.33		Sunset Boulevard
		40.77		SR 27 north (Topanga Canyon Boulevard)
	Malibu	48.17		CR N1 (Malibu Canyon Road)
		54.02		CR N9 north (Kanan Dume Road to Ventura Freeway)
		59.90		SR 23 north (Decker Canyon Road) – Thousand Oaks
		62.30		Mulholland Highway
Ventura VEN 0.00-43.62[N 1]	South end of freeway
		10.23	107	Las Posas Road – USN Point Mugu
		11.59	108	Wood Road – USN Point Mugu
		12.79	109	Hueneme Road
	Oxnard	13.59	110	Nauman Road	No entrance ramps to SR 1
		R14.67		Hueneme Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		North end of freeway
		15.06		Rice Avenue, Pleasant Valley Road
		15.93	113	Channel Islands Boulevard	Interchange; no southbound exit
		17.63		Saviers Road	Former SR 34 west
		18.15		SR 34 east (Fifth Street)
		20.14		SR 232 north (Vineyard Avenue)
		21.08 22.73[N 1]		US 101 south (Ventura Freeway) / Oxnard Boulevard	Interchange; south end of US 101 overlap
		South end of freeway on US 101
			63A	Wagon Wheel Road	Southbound only
	Ventura	R23.45[N 1]	63B	Johnson Drive – Montalvo	Signed as exit 63 northbound
		R24.65[N 1]	64	Victoria Avenue – Channel Island Harbor
		25.97[N 1]	65	Telephone Road
		26.39[N 1]	66A	SR 126 east (Santa Paula Freeway) – Santa Clarita	Signed as exit 66 southbound; no southbound entrance
		26.72[N 1]	66B	Main Street (US 101 Bus. north) – Ventura	No southbound exit
		28.45[N 1]	68	Seaward Avenue
		29.45[N 1]	69	Vista del Mar Drive, Sanjon Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		30.15[N 1]	70A	California Street, Ventura Avenue
		30.91[N 1]	70B	SR 33 north (Ojai Freeway) – Ojai
		31.50[N 1]	71	Main Street (US 101 Bus. south) – Ventura	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	North end of freeway on US 101
	Solimar Beach	R32.70[N 1] 21.25		US 101 north (Ventura Freeway)	Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of US 101 overlap
	Seacliff	27.68 R38.98[N 1]		US 101 south (Ventura Freeway) – Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Francisco	Interchange; south end of US 101 overlap
	South end of freeway on US 101
		R43.57[N 1]	83	Bates Road
Santa Barbara SB R0.00[N 1]-50.61	Carpinteria	R0.63[N 1]	84	SR 150 east – Ojai, Lake Casitas
		1.61[N 1]	85	Bailard Avenue
		2.64[N 1]	86A	Casitas Pass Road	Signed as exit 86 northbound
		3.06[N 1]	86B	Linden Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		3.77[N 1]	87A	Santa Monica Road	Signed as exit 87 northbound
			87B	Carpinteria Avenue	Southbound exit only
		R5.28[N 1]	88	Padaro Lane, Santa Claus Lane
		R7.14[N 1]	90	Padaro Lane – Summerland
		R8.26[N 1]	91	Evans Avenue – Summerland
	Montecito	9.00[N 1]	92	Sheffield Drive
		10.02[N 1]	93	San Ysidro Road
	Santa Barbara	10.54[N 1]	94A	Olive Mill Road, Coast Village Road	No northbound entrance
			94B	Hermosillo Drive	Northbound exit only
		11.41[N 1]	94C	Hot Springs Road, Cabrillo Boulevard, Coast Village Road	Signed as exit 94B southbound
			95	Los Patos Way	Southbound exit only; unsigned
			95	Salinas Street	Northbound exit and entrance
		12.75[N 1]	96A	SR 144 (Milpas Street)
		13.49[N 1]	96B	Laguna Street, Garden Street
		R14.19[N 1]	97	Bath Street, Castillo Street – Santa Barbara Harbor
		R14.76[N 1]	98A	Carrillo Street – Downtown Santa Barbara	Signed as exit 98 southbound
		R15.26[N 1]	98B	Arrellaga Street	Northbound exit and entrance
		R15.73[N 1]	99A	Mission Street	Signed as exit 99 southbound
			99B	Pueblo Street	Northbound exit only
		16.55[N 1]	100	SR 225 east (Las Positas Road)
		17.78[N 1]	101A	La Cumbre Road, Hope Avenue
		18.38[N 1]	101B	SR 154 west / State Street – Cachuma Lake
			102	El Sueno Road	Northbound exit and entrance
		20.06[N 1]	103	Turnpike Road
	Goleta	21.15[N 1]	104A	Patterson Avenue	Signed as exit 104 southbound
		21.41[N 1]	104B	SR 217 west – Airport, UCSB	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		22.53[N 1]	105	Fairview Avenue
		23.72[N 1]	107	Los Carneros Road
		24.77[N 1]	108	Glen Annie Road, Storke Road
		26.91[N 1]	110	Winchester Canyon Road, Hollister Avenue
	Short gap in freeway on US 101
		30.06[N 1]	113	Dos Pueblos Canyon Road
	Short gap in freeway on US 101
		32.84[N 1]	116	El Capitan Ranch Road
		33.85[N 1]	117	El Capitan State Beach
		36.62[N 1]	120	Refugio Road – Refugio State Beach
	North end of freeway on US 101
		44.82[N 1]	128	Mariposa Reina	Interchange
				Gaviota State Beach
		47.19[N 1]	Gaviota Gorge Tunnel (northbound only)
	South end of freeway on US 101
	North end of freeway on US 101
	Las Cruces	R48.85[N 1] R0.00		US 101 north – San Luis Obispo, San Francisco	Interchange; north end of US 101 overlap
				Santa Rosa Road
	Lompoc	19.25		SR 246 east / 12th Street – Buellton	South end of SR 246 overlap
		20.57		SR 246 west (Ocean Avenue) / H Street – Surf	North end of SR 246 overlap
		23.30		Harris Grade Road, Purisima Road – Buellton
	Vandenberg Village	R25.07	211	Constellation Road	Interchange
		M29.89		Vandenberg AFB
				San Antonio Road West – Casmalia
				San Antonio Road East – Los Alamos
		M36.19 R31.04		SR 135 south – Los Alamos	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of SR 135 overlap
	South end of freeway
		R34.78	226	SR 135 north – Orcutt, Santa Maria	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of SR 135 overlap
	North end of freeway
		R35.53		Clark Avenue to SR 135 north
				Black Road – Casmalia, Vandenberg, Betteravia
	Guadalupe	49.20		SR 166 east (Main Street) – Santa Maria
San Luis Obispo SLO 0.00-74.32				Division Street – Nipomo
	Pismo Beach	L16.54 17.75[N 1]		US 101 south	Interchange; south end of US 101 overlap
		South end of freeway on US 101
		R19.81[N 1]	193	Spyglass Drive, Shell Beach Road
		R21.11[N 1]	195	Avilla Beach Drive
		R22.29[N 1]	196	San Luis Bay Drive – See Canyon, Avila Beach
		R24.30[N 1]	198	Higuera Street
	San Luis Obispo	25.91[N 1]	200A	Los Osos Valley Road	Signed as exit 200 southbound
			200B	Prado Road, Elks Lane	Northbound exit and entrance
		27.50[N 1]	201	SR 227 south (Madonna Road)
		28.07[N 1]	202A	Marsh Street
		28.81[N 1]	202B	Broad Street
		29.08[N 1]	203A	Osos Street, Santa Rosa Street
		North end of freeway on US 101
		29.08[N 1] 16.77		US 101 / Santa Rosa Street	Interchange; north end of US 101 overlap
	South end of freeway
	Morro Bay	27.88	277	Los Osos/Baywood Park (South Bay Boulevard)
		28.82	278	Morro Bay Boulevard
		29.62	279A	Main Street
		30.14	279B	SR 41 north – Atascadero
	Short gap in freeway
		R34.91	284	Cayucos (13th Street)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R35.96	285	Cayucos Drive
	North end of freeway
		45.99		SR 46 east (Green Valley Road) – Paso Robles
	Cambria	48.26		SR 1 Bus. north (Main Street) / Ardath Drive – Cambria
				SR 1 Bus. south (Windsor Boulevard to Moonstone Beach Drive) – Cambria
		56.39		Hearst Castle
Monterey MON 0.00-R102.03		72.92		CR G16 (Carmel Valley Road)
	South end of freeway
	Monterey	75.14	399A	SR 68 west – Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach	South end of SR 68 overlap
		R75.75	399B	Munras Avenue – Monterey	No northbound entrance
		R76.00	399C	Soledad Drive, Munras Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R77.38	401A	Aguajito Road – Monterey
		R78.12	401B	SR 68 east – Salinas	North end of SR 68 overlap
		R78.18	401B	North Fremont Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R78.45	402A	Casa Verde Way
		R78.88	402B	Del Monte Avenue – Pacific Grove
	Seaside	R79.36	403	SR 218 east (Canyon del Rey Boulevard) – Seaside, Del Rey Oaks
	Sand City	R80.27	404	Fremont Boulevard, Del Monte Boulevard – Seaside, Sand City
		R82.89	406	Lightfighter Drive
		R84.48	408	12th Street
		R85.14	409	Marina (Del Monte Boulevard)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R86.48	410	Reservation Road – Marina
		R88.64	412	Del Monte Boulevard – Marina
		R90.39	414A	Nashua Road, Molera Road	Signed as exit 414 southbound
		R90.98	414B	SR 156 east to US 101 – Castroville, San Jose	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	North end of freeway
		T92.21		SR 183 south (Merritt Street) to SR 156 east – Castroville, Salinas
Santa Cruz SCR R0.00-37.45	South end of freeway
		R0.72	425	SR 129 east (Riverside Drive) to SR 152 east – Watsonville
	Watsonville	R2.27	426	Harkins Slough Road, Green Valley Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R2.68	426	SR 152 east (Main Street) – Watsonville, Gilroy	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R3.18	427	Airport Boulevard – Freedom	Serves Watsonville Municipal Airport
		R4.07	428	Buena Vista Drive
		R6.69	431	Mar Monte Avenue – La Selva
		R7.66	432	San Andreas Road, Larkin Valley Road
		8.35	433A	Freedom Boulevard
		9.15	433B	Rio del Mar Boulevard – Rio del Mar, Aptos
		10.54	435	State Park Drive – Seacliff Beach, Aptos
	Capitola	12.09	436	Park Avenue – Capitola, New Brighton Beach
		13.19	437	Porter Street, Bay Avenue
		13.62	438	41st Avenue
		14.86	439	Soquel Drive, Soquel Avenue
	Santa Cruz	15.82	440	Morrissey Boulevard
		16.63	441A	Emeline Avenue	Northbound exit only
		16.82	441B	SR 17 north – San Jose, Oakland	Signed as exit 441 southbound
		17.24	442	Ocean Street – Beaches
		North end of freeway
		17.56		SR 9 north (River Street)
		19.00		Bay Street – UC Santa Cruz
San Mateo SM 0.00-R48.56		13.58		Pescadero Road, Pescadero State Beach
	San Gregorio	18.19		SR 84 north – San Gregorio, La Honda, Redwood City
	Half Moon Bay	29.04		SR 92 east – San Mateo
	South end of freeway
	Pacifica	R43.46	505A	Sharp Park Boulevard, Fairway Drive – San Bruno	Signed as exit 505 southbound
		R43.74	505B	Clarendon Road, Oceana Boulevard	Northbound exit only
		R44.21	506	Paloma Avenue, Francisco Boulevard	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R45.12	507	Manor Drive, Monterey Road, Palmetto Avenue
	Daly City	R46.72	508	SR 35 (Skyline Boulevard)	Signed as exit 508A (south) and 508B (north) southbound
		R47.27	509A	Serramonte Boulevard, Clarinada Avenue	Signed as exit 509 southbound
		R47.80 R25.28[N 2]	509B	I-280 south (Junipero Serra Freeway) – San Jose	South end of I-280 overlap; no exit number southbound
		R25.78[N 2]	510	Eastmoor Avenue, Mission Street	Signed as exit 48 southbound
		M27.17[N 2] R48.05		I-280 north – Downtown San Francisco, Bay Bridge	North end of I-280 overlap; southbound exit is exit 511
			511	John Daly Boulevard – Daly City, Westlake District	Signed as exit 49A northbound
San Francisco SF R0.00-11.18[N 1]		North end of freeway
		R0.11		Alemany Boulevard east – Cow Palace	Interchange
		R0.31		Brotherhood Way	Interchange
		R0.68		Junipero Serra Boulevard – San Francisco State University, San Francisco Zoo	No left turn from SR 1 south to Junipero Serra Boulevard north
		1.90		SR 35 south (Sloat Boulevard) – San Francisco Civic Center, Beach, San Francisco Zoo	No left turn from SR 1 north to Sloat Boulevard west (SR 35)
		4.05		Lincoln Way	No left turns from SR 1
				Geary Boulevard – University of San Francisco	No left turns from SR 1
		South end of freeway
		7.08 9.60[N 1]		US 101 south / Marina Boulevard – Downtown San Francisco	South end of US 101 overlap; US 101 south was former SR 480 east
		9.71[N 1]	439	25th Avenue – View Area, Presidio, Golden Gate NRA, Fort Point
		Golden Gate Bridge over Golden Gate
Marin MRN L0.00[N 1]-50.51	Sausalito
				Vista Point	Northbound exit and entrance
		0.32[N 1]	442	Alexander Avenue – Sausalito
		0.89[N 1]	Waldo Tunnel through Waldo Grade
		1.52[N 1]	443	Spencer Avenue, Monte Mar Drive
		2.48[N 1]	444	Rodeo Avenue	No access across US 101
		3.33[N 1]	445A	Sausalito, Marin City
		North end of freeway on US 101
		4.46[N 1] 0.00		US 101 north – Santa Rosa	Interchange; north end of US 101 overlap
		0.65		Almonte Boulevard – Mill Valley
	Olema	26.51		Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
	Point Reyes Station	29.33		Point Reyes - Petaluma Road – Petaluma
Sonoma SON 0.00-58.58		0.19		Valley Ford Road – Petaluma
		2.42		Valley Ford Freestone Road – Occidental, Monte Rio
		5.38		Bodega Highway – Bodega, Sebastopol
		20.10		SR 116 east (River Road) – Guerneville
	Fort Ross	R33.04		Fort Ross Road – Cazadero, Fort Ross
Mendocino MEN 0.00-105.58	Point Arena	15.18		Riverside Drive - Point Arena
		40.27		SR 128 – Cloverdale
	Fort Bragg	59.80		SR 20 – Willits
		90.87		SR 211 (Usal Road)
		105.50		SR 271 – Leggett
		105.58		US 101 – Ukiah, Eureka, Crescent City

Sport

The highway hosted part of the road cycling event for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

See also

• U.S. Route 101 in California
• List of highways numbered 1

References

External links

• Pacific Coast Highway Travel
• California @ WestCoastRoads - State Route 1
• Caltrans: Route 1 road conditions
• California Highways: SR 1
• 1958 plans for the conversion of Junipero Serra Boulevard in San Francisco to freeway
• 1964 plans for the conversion of Park Presidio Boulevard in San Francisco to freeway