U.S. Route 6 in California

Infobox road
state=CA
type=US
route=6
section=306
maint=Caltrans


length_mi=40.505
length_round=2
length_ref=
formed=1936cite web|url=http://www.cahighways.org/hwystart.html|title=California Highways Routes 1 through 8|author=Daniel P. Faigin.|accessdate=2007-12-19]
direction_a=South
terminus_a=Jct|state=CA|US|395 in Bishop
direction_b=North
terminus_b=Jct|state=NV|US|6 towards Tonopah, NV
previous_type=I
previous_route=5
next_type=SR
next_route=7In the U.S. state of California, U.S. Route 6 is a short segment in the state from Bishop to the Nevada state Line. Prior to a 1964 highway renumbering project US 6 extended to Long Beach, California.cite web|url=http://www.scvresources.com/highways/us_6/us6intro.htm |title=Virtual Tour of old US 6|author=Michael Ballard|accessdate=2007-12-16]

This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System [http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=shc&group=00001-01000&file=250-257 CA Codes (shc:250-257)] ] and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System [http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=shc&group=00001-01000&file=260-284 CA Codes (shc:260-284)] ] .

Route description

Starting in Inyo County, US 6 begins its route at Bishop at a junction with US 395 near the Bishop Paiute Indian Reservation. After leaving Inyo County and entering Mono County, the highway proceeds due north to the small town of Benton and makes a junction with SR 120. The highway then begins an ascent up Montgomery Pass, in the state of Nevada. The highway reaches the state line before cresting the pass. While still in California, the highway passes by Boundary Peak, the highest point in Nevada.cite map
publisher=Benchmark Maps
title=Nevada Road and Recreation Atlas
url=http://www.benchmarkmaps.com
edition=2003
year=2003
cartography=
scale=1:250000
series=
page=70
section = B2
accessdate=
accessmonth=
accessyear=
isbn=0-929591-81-X
id=]

History

The California portion of US 6 was originally commissioned in 1937 as an extension of the highway from Greeley, Coloradocite web
url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us6.htm
title=U.S. 6- The Grand Army of the Republic Highway
author=Richard F. Weingroff
accessdate=2007-12-19
publisher=United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration]

US 6 was later extended further south to Long Beach, California. [http://www.scvresources.com/highways/us_6/us6intro.htm Virtual Tour of old US 6] ] It traveled along with what is now US 395, SR 14, I-5, I-110 / SR 110, and SR 1. When the Four Level Interchange was constructed, US 6 was the original number for SR 110 at this interchange.

In 1964, most of US 6 was cancelled. The highway was truncated to Bishop as part of a 1964 highway renumbering project.cite web
url=http://www.geocities.com/usend0009/End006/end006.htm
title=End of US highway 6
author=Dale Sanderson
accessdate=2007-12-19] It formerly ran from Long Beach west to San Pedro and continued north, briefly concurrent with US 66 in Los Angeles before turning northwest and co-signing with US 99. US 66 continued north on the Pasadena Freeway before also being decomissioned in 1964, leading to the Harbor and Pasadena freeways being redesignated to SR 11, which ran from Gaffey Street in San Pedro to Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. In 1981, the Harbor Freeway between Gaffey Street and Interstate 10 became Interstate 110, replacing the SR 11 designation. The northern segment of SR 11 continuing to Glenarm Street became SR 110, which continues briefly as the Harbor Freeway before becoming the Pasadena Freeway north of the Four Level Interchange with US 101.

Despite being designated as an east-west route, US 6 was designated as a north-south route in California when it was extended to Long Beach and still remained after the 1964 truncation. Caltrans still declared that the route was north-south in the present day.Caltrans - [http://traffic-counts.dot.ca.gov/rtedir.htm Route and Direction] , accessed December 2007]

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 numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column."

References

External links

* [http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/us-006_ca.html WestCoastRoads - US 6]
* [http://www.cahighways.org/001-008.html#006 California Highways: US 6]
* [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/us6 Caltrans: Route 6 highway conditions]
* [http://www.scvresources.com/highways/us_6/us6intro.htm Virtual Tour of US 6 in California and western Nevada]