State Route 253 (SR 253), also known as the Ukiah–Boonville Road, is a
state highway
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in the
U.S. state
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of
California
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that runs between the
Anderson
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Companies
* Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910
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* Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer
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and
Ukiah valleys in
Mendocino County
Mendocino County (; ''Mendocino'', Spanish for "of Mendoza) is a county located on the North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,601. The county seat is Ukiah.
Mendocino County consists whol ...
. It crosses the mountains of the
Mendocino Range
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from
State Route 128 near
Boonville to
U.S. Route 101
U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101 (US 101), is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, on the West Coast of the United States. It is also known as (The Royal Roa ...
near
Ukiah.
Route description
The road begins in
Boonville at an at-grade intersection with
SR 128. The road heads eastward through a forested and mountainous area for approximately fifteen miles before entering the
Russian River Basin, where numerous farms exist. The road ends with an
interchange with
U.S. Route 101
U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101 (US 101), is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, on the West Coast of the United States. It is also known as (The Royal Roa ...
in southern
Ukiah.
SR 253 is not part of the
National Highway System,
a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the
Federal Highway Administration
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.
History
This route, under the name of the Ukiah-Boonville Road, has been in use as a road since at least 1897, when it was the scene of the robbery of a
stage coach carrying the payrolls for a coastal
lumber mill
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.
[.] However, it was not a state highway until 1963, when it was added to the state highway system. It was given its present number in the
1964 state highway renumbering.
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
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Caltrans: Route 253 highway conditionsView South from Route 253 at Boonville
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State Route 253
Ukiah, California