Country Route 120 ( SR 120 ) is located in central California. It runs from the San Joaquin Valley near Lathrop through Yosemite National Park, ending on Route 6 US in Mono County, eastern California. While the route is signed as an adjacent route through Yosemite National Park, the portion at the park boundary is maintained on a federal basis, and is not included in the state route logs. The passage on Tioga Pass is the highest paved by way of the California State Route system. This section is not treated in winter and is usually closed during the winter.
Video California State Route 120
Route description
SR 120 begins as a free road that intersects Interstate 5 to extend Interstate 205 via Manteca. At eastern Manteca the expressway ends at SR 99 and becomes a highway that continues heading east through Escalon, Oakdale and various other small towns. East of Oakdale there is no densely populated area 90 miles (144 km) as it heads to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and into Yosemite National Park. After leaving the Flat Crane inside Yosemite, it is known as Tioga Pass Road (or often just Tioga Road ), and retains that name while traveling through Tuolumne Meadows and over Tioga Skip at an altitude of 9.945 feet on a 59-mile (95 km) journey to the intersection with US Route 395, at Lee Vining. After running south along US 395, continue east as the Mono Mills Road , along the southern end of Mono Lake and provide access to Mono South Tufa Lake as well as Mono Mills historical site before climbing the Sagehen Summit and ending with a US crossing Route 6 in Benton. Both sections through Yosemite National Park and the southern stretch of Lake Mono are subject to the winter closure. Usually highways are opened through Tioga Pass on Memorial Day weekend at the end of May, and usually close for winter in November.
The SR 120 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, and both western and western sections to the west of US 395 are part of the National Highway System, a highway network considered critical to the economy, defense and mobility of countries by the Federal Highway Administration. SR 120 deserves to be included in the State Scenic Highway System, but it is not officially designated as a beautiful highway by the California Department of Transportation.
Maps California State Route 120
History
During the Gold Rush, SR 120 was originally known as Big Oak Flat Road, after the village of Big Oak Flat which it passes at the foot of the Sierra. It was the footsteps of the pack from Stockton that became popular with gold seekers around 1849. In 1874, it was a railroad that extended into the Yosemite Valley.
In 1921, the California State Assembly authorized San Joaquin County to transfer a county road connecting Manteca with Route-5 at that time (now I-5) in Mossdale to the state. It was numbered Route 66 , such as the 1933 extension from eastern Manteca to Route 13 in Oakdale. Also in 1933, Route 40 was extended eastward from Mono Lake to Route 76 (US 6) in Benton. The route from Manteca to Benton was marked as Route 120 in 1934, and it was soon extended westward to Mossdale, replacing which has been part of the 99W Route in the US.
Primary Value
West of Priest is part of a highway with over a hundred indentations and hairpin bends, known as the "New Priest Class." With a grade of 4%, it opened in 1915 and was built by a group of local volunteers who wanted an alternative to the very steep Old Priest Grade (17%). Currently, both grades are paved, but trailers and RVs are banned from Old Priest Grade. There is a weight limit of 7,500 pounds in the old class.
Large intersection
Except where it begins with letters, postmiles are measured on the street as in 1964, based on the existing harmony at the time, and do not necessarily reflect the current mileage. R reflects the alignment in the route since then, M denotes a second rearrangement, L refers to overlap due to correction or change, and T denotes postmiles are classified as temporary (for a complete list of prefixes, see postmil definition list). Segments that remain unconstructed or have been released to local controls can be removed. The numbers are reset at the county line; the initial and final posts in each county are given in the county column.
See also
- California Street Portal
References
- Map: "National Forest Stanislaus, California," U.S. Forest Service, 1979.
External links
- Brief History of Tioga Road
- Caltrans: Routes 120 Road Conditions
- Tioga Road (Highway 120 via Yosemite National Park) condition
- California @ AARoads.com - Country Route 120
- California Highway: SR 120
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