California State Route 92

State Route 92 marker

State Route 92
Route information
Defined by Streets and Highways Code § 392
Maintained by Caltrans
Length: 27.769 mi[1] (44.690 km)
Existed: 1964[2] – present
Major junctions
West end: SR 1 in Half Moon Bay
  I‑280 near San Mateo
US 101 in San Mateo
I‑880 in Hayward
East end: SR 185 / SR 238 in Hayward
Highway system
← SR 91SR 94 →

State Route 92 (SR 92) is an east-west highway in the San Francisco Bay area between Half Moon Bay near the coast (and State Route 1) in the west and downtown Hayward at its junction with State Route 238 and State Route 185. It is most notable for being the route that traverses the San Mateo Bridge. It has interchanges with three freeways: Interstate 280 (the Junipero Serra Freeway), U.S. Route 101 (the Bayshore Freeway) in or near San Mateo, and Interstate 880 (the Nimitz Freeway). It also connects indirectly to Interstates 238 and 580 by way of Hayward's Foothill Boulevard, which carries Route 238 and flows directly into Route 92.

Route description

This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System[3] and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System.[4] However, it is not a scenic highway as defined by Caltrans.[5]

Between Half Moon Bay and Interstate 280, Route 92 winds through the Coast Range as a narrow, mainly undivided two and three lane highway with a switchback turn. The east-bound uphill portion was upgraded with a long passing lane. Between Interstate 280 and Interstate 880 it is entirely a divided multilane highway, including the toll San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, the longest span across the San Francisco Bay. East of Interstate 880 the route becomes a divided surface street in Hayward, locally known as Jackson Street.

All of Route 92 that is not already a freeway or a toll bridge has been proposed as a freeway, none of which has been built. An upgrade of the intersection with Main Street in Half Moon Bay is in the late planning stage. The old cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 880 was rebuilt with direct ramp replacements for two of the tight "cloverleaf" ramps, and a new wider and taller overpass to carry Route 92 over Interstate 880. The project took four years, and was completed in October 2011.[6]

The freeway segment of SR 92 in San Mateo

State Route 92 traverses through significant habitat areas including wetland, California oak woodland, chaparral and grassland. In one serpentine soil location near Crystal Springs Reservoir, it passes near one of the only known colonies of the endangered wildflower Pentachaeta bellidiflora and near one of the limited number of colonies of the endangered Eriophyllum latilobum.

History

The San Mateo section was once referred to as the 19th Avenue Freeway which was the street name where the freeway now exits. Parts of the street remain. This section is also known as the J. Arthur Younger Freeway; J. Arthur Younger was a United States Representative who served during the 1950s and 60s.

Major intersections

Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see the list of postmile definitions).[1] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.

CountyLocationPostmile
[1][7][8]		Exit
[9]		DestinationsNotes
San Mateo
SM 0.00-R18.80		Half Moon Bay0.00 SR 1 – San Francisco, Santa CruzWest end of SR 92
0.20Main Street – Downtown Half Moon BayFormer SR 1
 5.19 SR 35 south (Skyline Boulevard) – Big BasinWest end of SR 35 overlap
 7.19 SR 35 north (Skyline Boulevard) – San FranciscoEast end of SR 35 overlap
  West end of freeway
 R7.318 I‑280 (Junipero Serra Freeway) – San Francisco, San JoseSigned as exits 8A (south) and 8B (north) eastbound; I-280 exit 33
San MateoR7.939ARalston Avenue – BelmontFormer Legislative Route 214
R8.679BDe Anza Boulevard, Polhemus Road
R9.3810West Hillsdale Boulevard
R10.5611Alameda de las Pulgas
R11.2112 SR 82 (El Camino Real)Signed as exits 12A (south) and 12B (north)
R11.6112CDelaware Street
R12.1413 US 101 (Bayshore Freeway) – San Francisco, San JoseSigned as exits 13A (south) and 13B (north); US 101 exit 414B
Foster CityR12.7814AMariners Island Boulevard, Edgewater Boulevard
R13.6114BFoster City Boulevard, East Hillsdale Boulevard
San Mateo–
Alameda line		Foster City–
Hayward line		 San Mateo–Hayward Bridge over San Francisco Bay
Alameda
ALA R0.00-8.22		HaywardR4.4824Clawiter Road, Eden Landing Road
R5.1225AIndustrial Boulevard
R5.7625BHesperian Boulevard – San Lorenzo
6.3926 I‑880 (Nimitz Freeway) – Oakland, San JoseSigned as exits 26A (south) and 26B (north); I-880 exit 27
 East end of freeway
6.78Santa Clara StreetServes CSU East Bay
8.22 SR 185 / SR 238 (Mission Boulevard, Foothill Boulevard) to I‑580East end of SR 92; access to SR 185 is via a left turn on A Street from SR 238 north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 3 California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ Faigin, Daniel P. "County Highways - State Route 92". www.cahighways.org. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  3. ↑ CA Codes (shc:250-257)
  4. ↑ CA Codes (shc:260-284)
  5. ↑ "Officially Designated State Scenic Highways and Historic Parkways". California Department of Transportation. December 7, 2007. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
  6. ↑ http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19067123
  7. ↑ California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
  8. ↑ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
  9. ↑ California Department of Transportation, California Numbered Exit Uniform System, State Route 92 Freeway Interchanges, Retrieved on 2009-02-07.

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