California State Route 244

Infobox road
state=CA
type=SR
route=244
section=544
maint=Caltrans

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length_mi=1.08
length_ref= [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/structur/strmaint/brlog2.htm January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways] ]
length_round=2
established=July 1, 1964 [http://cahighways.org/241-248.html#244 California Highways: State Route 244] ]
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=CA|I|80|BL|80|dab2=Sacramento in Sacramento
direction_b=East
terminus_b=Auburn Blvd. in Sacramento
previous_type=SR
previous_route=243
next_type=SR
next_route=245

State Route 244 is a short unsigned freeway connection northeast of Sacramento, California, United States. It connects the junction of Interstate 80 and Interstate 80 Business (State Route 51) with Auburn Boulevard (the old Lincoln Highway - former U.S. Route 40/U.S. Route 99E).

History

Legislative Route 288 was defined in 1959 as a proposed route from pre-1964 Legislative Route 3 and pre-1964 Legislative Route 242 (now I-80 and SR 51) northeast of Sacramento east to pre-1964 Legislative Route 249 (unbuilt State Route 65 - approximately Sunrise Boulevard) near Fair Oaks. In the 1964 renumbering, this was assigned the number Route 244.

In 1965, an extension was defined from SR 65 east to U.S. Route 50. This piece was removed in 1975, and it was truncated to end at Fair Oaks Boulevard near San Juan Avenue. It was truncated further to Auburn Boulevard, its present terminus, in 1994.

The bridges along the route date from 1971, a year after the bridges on I-80 to the west. (That part of I-80 was Interstate 880 until 1981.)

Exit list

:"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 Sacramento County.

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