California State Route 46
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California State Route 46 (CA-46) is an east-west highway from the Pacific coast of California at Cambria through the western part of the southern San Joaquin Valley.
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Route Description
CA-46 begins near the Pacific Ocean at the Pacific Coast Highway and leads to California State Highway 99 about five miles east of Wasco. It has an interchange with Interstate 5 near Lost Hills. Between Paso Robles (junction U.S. Highway 101) and its eastern terminus on California 99, or most of its route, it is the former U.S. Highway 466 The segment between Cambria and Paso Robles was never part of US-466 and was not a state highway until US 466 was decommissioned; parts of that segment were unpaved until the 1970s. Aside from a short segment coinciding with US 101, all of CA-46 is surface highway.
CA-46 is one of the easiest crossings of the Coast Range between San Francisco and Los Angeles. This has made it a very popular choice for freight haulers and Central Valley-dwellers going to and from the beach resorts of the Central Coast; since it is mostly an undivided two-lane road with narrow shoulders and passes through isolated areas far from emergency services, it has suffered from a spate of high-profile accidents. (The road has some notoriety as the highway upon which the promising young film star James Dean died in a freakish traffic accident in 1955.) It is now a Caltrans "safety corridor," with rumble strips and occasional sections of jersey barriers placed along the median line.
State Law
Legal Definition of Route 46
346. Route 46 is from: (a) Route 1 near Cambria to Route 101 near Paso Robles. (b) Route 101 in Paso Robles to Route 99 near Famoso via Cholame Pass.
Source: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 346
Freeway and Expressway System
The California freeway and expressway system shall also include:[...] Route 46 from Route 101 in San Luis Obispo County to Route 99 near Famoso.
Source: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 2, Section 253.4
Scenic Route
The state scenic highway system shall also include:[...] Route 46 from: (a) Route 1 near Cambria to Route 101 near Paso Robles. (b) Route 101 near Paso Robles to Route 41 near Cholame.
Source: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 2.5, Section 263.4
External Links
- Caltrans: Route 46 highway conditions
- California Highways: Route 46
- The Big Highways Page: California Route 46
Categories: California state highways | San Luis Obispo County, California | Kern County, California
