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SR 138 is eligible to be included in the State Scenic Highway System, [7] but it is not officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation. [ 8 ] The segment of SR 138 from I-15 in the Cajon Pass to SR 18 at Crestline is designated as part of the Rim of the World Scenic Byway , a National Forest Scenic Byway .
Interstate 405 (I-405, locally referred to as The 405) [2] is a major north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway in Southern California.The entire route is known as the northern segment of the San Diego Freeway.
US 50 continues as an undivided highway with one eastbound lane and two westbound lanes until the route reaches the canyon of the South Fork American River at Riverton. The remainder of the highway, which climbs along and out of the canyon, then over the Sierra Nevada at Echo Summit and into the Lake Tahoe Basin, is primarily a two-lane road.
Each state highway in California is maintained by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and is assigned a Route (officially State Highway Route [1] [2]) number in the Streets and Highways Code (Sections 300-635).
When Southern California freeways were built in the 1940s and early 1950s, local common usage was primarily the freeway name preceded by the definite article. [19] It took several decades for Southern California locals to start to also commonly refer to the freeways with the numerical designations, but the usage of the definite article persisted.
Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes SR 1: 655.845 [b] [c] 1,055.480 I-5 in Dana Point: US 101 near Leggett: 1934: current Longest State Highway in California SR 2: 87.295 [b] [c] 140.488 Centinela Avenue in Santa Monica: SR 138 near Wrightwood: 1934: current SR 3: 146.369 [b] 235.558 SR 36 near Peanut