California State Route 244

State Route 244
Route information
Defined by S&HC § 544
Maintained by Caltrans
Length: 1.08 mi[2] (1.74 km)
Existed: July 1, 1964[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: I-80 / I-80 Bus. in Sacramento
East end: Auburn Boulevard in Sacramento
Highway system

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

← SR 243 SR 245 →

State Route 244 (SR 244) is a short unsigned freeway connection northeast of Sacramento, California, United States. It connects the junction of Interstate 80 and Interstate 80 Business (State Route 51) with Auburn Boulevard (the old Lincoln Highway - former U.S. Route 40/U.S. Route 99E).

Contents

Route description

SR 244 starts just east of the westernmost ramps to the Watts Avenue exit off I-80. Just east of this, there are several connector ramps to both I-80 and Business I-80 as SR 244 passes under the terminus of Business I-80. SR 244 terminates at Auburn Boulevard, having just entered the Sacramento city limits near Renfree Park.[3]

History

Legislative Route 288 was defined in 1959 as a proposed route from pre-1964 Legislative Route 3 and pre-1964 Legislative Route 242 (now I-80 and SR 51) northeast of Sacramento east to pre-1964 Legislative Route 249 (unbuilt State Route 65 - approximately Sunrise Boulevard) near Fair Oaks. In the 1964 renumbering, this was assigned the number Route 244.

In 1965, an extension was defined from SR 65 east to U.S. Route 50. In 1972 a series of "volatile" public hearings took place where local residents protested the construction of this route among others being proposed in the Sacramento area. [4] This extension to U.S. Route 50 was removed in 1975, and the route's definition was truncated to end at Fair Oaks Boulevard near San Juan Avenue. The public forums ended in mid-1976 after the Board of Supervisors abandoned plans for all three routes.[4] It was truncated further to Auburn Boulevard, its present terminus, in 1994.[1]

The bridges along the route date from 1971, a year after the bridges on I-80 to the west.[2] (That part of I-80 was Interstate 880 until 1981.)

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 entire route is in Sacramento County.

Location Postmile
[5][6][7]		 Exit
[8]		 Destinations Notes
0.00 I-80 west – San Francisco Westbound left exit and eastbound entrance; former I-880 west
0.01 1 Watt Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
0.46 I-80 east / I-80 Bus. west (Capital City Freeway) – Reno, Sacramento Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-80 Bus. west was former I-80 west
Sacramento T1.08 Auburn Boulevard At-grade intersection; former US 40
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

  1. ^ a b California Highways: State Route 244
  2. ^ a b January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways
  3. ^ Thomas Brothers (2008). Sacramento County Street Atlas (Map). 
  4. ^ a b Coronado, Ramon (Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008). "For sale near Foothill Farms: Small slice of long-ago-rejected state highway 244". Sacramento Bee. http://www.sacbee.com/arden/story/1169489.html. Retrieved 2009-02-11. 
  5. ^ California Department of Transportation, State Truck Route List (XLS file), accessed February 2008
  6. ^ California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
  7. ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
  8. ^ California Department of Transportation, California Numbered Exit Uniform System, State Route 244 Freeway Interchanges, Retrieved on 2009-02-07.