California State Route 229
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| State Route 229 | |||||||||||||
| Webster Road Defined by S&HC § 529, maintained by Caltrans |
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| Length: | 9.160 mi[1] (14.742 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  SR 58 near Santa Margarita |
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| North end: |  SR 41 near Creston |
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State Route 229 (SR 229) is a short state highway in the U.S. state of California. The route which runs from State Route 58 to State Route 41. It connects the small town of Creston, with the rural state routes. Also, in connection with SR 58 and SR 41, provides a slower, more scenic route between the Central Coast and the San Joaquin Valley.
[edit] Route description
SR 229 starts at SR 58 east of Santa Margarita. It travels north on Webster Rd, as a one lane windy mountain road. Leaving the windy segment, the road widens to two lanes as it approaches Rocky Canyon Rd, a county road. At this point the road looks more like a standard rural state route. The route continues north through relatively flat, rural farmland. It then passes through the small town of Creston. It continues north and terminates at SR 41.
[edit] History
SR 229 was adopted as a state route in 1933 as Legislative Route 137. It was a unsigned highway running from LRN 2 (currently US 101) near Santa Margarita to LRN 125 (formally US 466, currently SR 41).[2] Its original purpose was to provide an alternate route between US 101 (the major north/south route on the Central Coast) to US 466 (a major route connecting the Central Coast to the San Joaquin Valley). In the 1950’s US 466 was moved to LRN 33 (currently SR 46). The original alignment became unsigned. In 1957, LRN 137 was changed to start at LRN 58 (currently SR 58) instead of LRN 2. This isolated the route between two rural routes. In 1964, with the renumbering of California state routes, LRN 137 became SR 229, and became a signed route.[3] It has changed little since that time.
[edit] Major intersections
- 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 San Luis Obispo County.
| Postmile [1][4][5] |
Destinations | Notes |
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| 0.00 | SR 58 – McKittrick, Santa Margarita |
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| 9.16 | SR 41 – Atascadero, Paso Robles, Shandon |
Former US 466 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b California Department of Transportation, State Truck Route List (XLS file), accessed February 2008
- ^ Route 137-144. CAHighways.org. Accessed: 12-01-2009.
- ^ Route 225-232. CAHighways.org. Accessed: 12-01-2009.
- ^ California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
- ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
