This is a list of

Interstate Highways The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States. Th ...

in the

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that have existed since the 1964 renumbering. It includes routes defined by the

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but never built, as well as routes entirely relinquished to local governments. Each state highway in California is maintained by the

California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is an executive department of the U.S. state of California. The department is part of the cabinet-level California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA). Caltrans is headquartered in Sacrame ...

(Caltrans) and is assigned a ''Route'' (officially ''State Highway Route'') number in the Streets and Highways Code (Sections 300-635). Under the code, the state assigns a unique ''Route X'' to each highway and does not differentiate between state, US, or Interstate highways.

Overview

Lengths for each state route were initially measured as they were during the 1964 state highway renumbering (or during the year the route was established, if after 1964) based alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect the current mileage. Portions of some routes have been relinquished to or are otherwise maintained by local or other governments, and may not be included in the length listed below. Several routes are broken into non-contiguous pieces, and their lengths may not reflect the overlaps that would be required to make them continuous. Some routes may also have a gap because it is either explicitly defined in the California Streets and Highways Code or due to an unconstructed portion, and the listed length may or may not reflect the gap. Additionally, if a route was renumbered, the old or new number is given in the "notes" column. Years shown are when legislative action was taken, not when real-world changes were made. Concurrences are not explicitly codified in the Streets and Highways Code; such highway segments are listed on only one of the corresponding legislative route numbers—for example, the

I-80 Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one o ...

/ I-580 concurrency, known as the

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, is only listed under Route 80 in the highway code while the definition of Route 580 is broken into non-contiguous segments. When a highway is broken into such segments, the total length recorded by Caltrans only reflects those non-contiguous segments, and does not include those overlaps that would be required to make the route continuous. Since the 1990s, a number of piecemeal relinquishments have been made. These are generally reflected in the length but not the termini. Former termini are not shown if they are along the current route, meaning that the route was simply extended. One Interstate Highway— Interstate 305—is defined only federally; the state calls it part of

US 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic ...

. It was signed as part of Business Interstate 80, the only state-maintained

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in California.

Primary Interstates

File:I-5 near Shasta.jpg, alt=Photograph, I-5 southbound approaching

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File:I-8 Alpine.jpg, alt=Photograph, I-8 in

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in the background File:Interstate15 Ivanpah Valley.jpg, alt=Photograph, I-15 northbound descending into the

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towards

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at the California-Nevada state line File:Interstate 40 in Fenner Valley 1.jpg, alt=Photograph, I-40 eastbound near Fenner File:I80Donnersummit.JPG, alt=Photograph, I-80 eastbound in the Sierra Nevada from the Yuba Gap overpass towards the western approach to

Donner Summit Donner Pass is a mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about west of Truckee, California. Like the Sierra Nevada themselves, the pass has a steep approach from the east and a gradual appro ...

Auxiliary Interstates

File:Sep 09 215 Construction.jpg, alt=Photograph, Construction on I-215 between Inland Center Drive and Orange Show Road in

San Bernardino San Bernardino (; Spanish language, Spanish for Bernardino of Siena, "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a ...

File:Interstate 280 near Stanford p1130161.jpg, alt=Photograph, I-280 running along near

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File:The 405 in the Sepulveda Pass.JPG, alt=Photograph, Cars driving on I-405 through the

Sepulveda Pass Sepulveda Pass (elevation ) is a low mountain pass through the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles. It is named after the Sepúlveda family of California, a prominent Californio family that owned the land where the pass lies. It connects the L ...

File:Kluft-Photo-Aerial-I580-Altamont-Pass-Img 0037.jpg, alt=Photograph, I-580 winding through the Altamont Pass wind farm File:I605 CA dv 26 north lg.jpg, alt=Photograph, I-605 northbound approaching its northern terminus with I-210 File:View from I-680 (2).jpg, alt=Photograph, I-680 northbound descending from

Mission Pass Mission Pass is a historic mountain pass in the Bridge River-Lillooet Country of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, around west of Lillooet, towards the west end of Seton Lake Seton Lake is a freshwater fjord draining east via the Seton Ri ...

File:Empty Freeway.jpg, alt=Photograph, An empty I-805 at its interchange with I-8 in San Diego's

Mission Valley Mission Valley is a wide river valley trending east–west in San Diego, California, United States, through which the San Diego River flows to the Pacific Ocean. For planning purposes the city of San Diego divides it into two neighborhoods: Missi ...

File:Harborfreeway2.jpg, Rush hour on I-110 in

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Business Routes

Notes

References