California State Route 299

State Route 299
Route information
Defined by Streets and Highways Code § 599
Maintained by Caltrans
Length:	305.777 mi[1] (492.100 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US 101 in Arcata
	SR 96 in Willow Creek SR 3 at Weaverville I‑5 in Redding US 395 in Alturas
East end:	Former SR 8A towards Vya, NV
Highway system
State highways in California List Pre-1964 History Unconstructed Deleted Freeway Scenic ← SR 284 SR 330 →

State Route 299 is a state highway in the state of California that runs across the northern part of the state. The highway begins at US 101 at the northern edge of Arcata and continues in an easterly direction through to the Nevada state line. Between Arcata and Redding, Route 299 intersects 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 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 northeast of Alturas, and then runs east toward 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 Nevada State Route 8A.

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

Route description

SR 299 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System^[2] and portions of the highway are included in the State Scenic Highway System, with other portions eligible for that designation.^[3]

SR 299 begins in Arcata at a trumpet interchange with US 101 as a freeway. The route has another trumpet interchange with SR 200 after leaving the Arcata city limits and crossing the Mad River. The freeway ends in the city of Blue Lake as SR 299 continues east past the truck scales. SR 299 enters Six Rivers National Forest and intersects SR 96 at Willow Creek. Soon after this, SR 299 crosses into Trinity County and Trinity National Forest. Paralleling the Trinity River, SR 299 passes through Salyer (where there is a rest area), Hawkins Bar, Burnt Ranch, Del Loma, Big Bar, Helena, Junction City, and finally Weaverville.^[4]

In Weaverville, SR 299 runs concurrently with SR 3 southbound to Douglas City, where there is a rest area. SR 299 continues east away from the Trinity River into Shasta County, passing by the Whiskeytown-Shasta National Recreation Area and through the towns of Tower House and Whiskeytown as well as Whiskeytown Lake. SR 299 continues along Eureka Way through the town of Shasta into the city of Redding.^[4] SR 299 then runs concurrently along SR 273 north and Market Street across the Sacramento River before turning east onto its own freeway and intersecting I-5.^[5] SR 299 remains a freeway for a few miles before leaving the Redding city limits and passing through the town of Bella Vista.^[4]

SR 299 continues through Ingot, Round Mountain, Montgomery Creek, Hillcrest (after the rest area), Burney, and Johnson Park. The highway intersects with SR 89 before continuing through Fall River Mills and McArthur, where there is an intersection with CR A19. SR 299 then crosses into Lassen County, where it passes through Nubieber and Bieber before intersecting CR A2. The highway crosses into Modoc County and passes through Adin, where it runs concurrently with SR 139 and passes through Modoc National Forest. The concurrency lasts for several miles before SR 299 turns east and enters the city of Alturas. SR 299 runs concurrently with US 395 before turning east again and passing through Cedarville, near the Cedarville Airport. SR 299 ends at the Nevada state line.^[4]

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 a spur of US 99 running East and West from the junction in Redding, now signed as CA 273 at the intersection of Eureka Way and Market St. 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 roadway can be seen beside the new road, and there are even several bridges visible from the current 299 that seemingly connect nothing to nothing nowadays, one of which is an arch bridge from 1923. In 1934, 299 was the original California State Route 44.

Major intersections

Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see the list of postmile definitions).^[1] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.

County	Location	Postmile [1][6][7]	Exit [8]	Destinations	Notes
Humboldt HUM 0.00-43.04	Arcata	0.00		US 101 – Arcata, Eureka, Crescent City	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of SR 299; US 101 exit 716A
		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 – Trinity Center, Yreka, Trinity Lake	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, Lewiston Lake, Trinity Lake
Shasta SHA 0.00-99.36		8.65		Trinity Mountain Road – French Gulch
	Redding	22.23		Buenaventura Boulevard to SR 273 south – Anderson
		23.81		Court Street
		24.09 16.83[N 1]		SR 44 east / SR 273 south (Market Street) to I‑5 south	West end of SR 273 overlap
		18.62[N 1] 24.09		SR 273 north (Market Street) to I‑5 north / CR A18 (Lake Boulevard) – Portland	East end of SR 273 overlap
		24.82		I‑5 – Portland, Sacramento	Interchange; I-5 exit 680
			West end of freeway
		25.54	141	Churn Creek Road, Hawley Road
		27.24	143	Old Oregon Trail – Shasta College
			East end of freeway
	Bella Vista	34.46		Deschutes Road – Palo Cedro, Anderson
	Burney	73.13		Tamarack Road
		80.09		SR 89 – Burney Falls Park, Lassen Park
	Fall River Mills	91.08		CR A20 (Glenburn Road) – Glenburn
	McArthur	95.24		CR A19 (McArthur Road) – Glenburn, McCloud
		96.78		Pittville Road – Pittville
Lassen LAS 0.00-25.64	Bieber	15.10		CR A2 (Susanville Road) / Bieber Lookout Road – Susanville, Lookout, Tulelake
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 22.76[N 2]		US 395 south (Main Street) – Susanville, Reno	West end of US 395 overlap
			Agricultural Inspection Station (westbound only)
		28.29[N 2] 40.64		US 395 north – Lakeview	East end of US 395 overlap
	Cedarville	57.35		Surprise Valley Road – Lake City, Fort Bidwell, Eagleville
		66.63		SR 8A	Continuation into Nevada; east end of SR 299
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Sources

• NevadaDOT state maps

See also

• California Roads portal

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to California State Route 299.

Route map: Bing / Google

U.S. Routes related to US 99 US 199 US 299 (defunct) US 399 (defunct)