California State Route 3

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For the original Sign Route 3, see California State Route 3 (1934).

State Route 3

SR 3 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Caltrans
Length146.369 mi[1] (235.558 km)
SR 3 is broken into pieces, and the length does not reflect the SR 299 overlap that would be required to make the route continuous.
Existed1964 renumbering[2]–present
Tourist
routes		National Forest Scenic Byway.svg Trinity Heritage Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end SR 36 near Peanut
Major intersections
North endBall Mountain Little Shasta Road in Montague
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountiesTrinity, Siskiyou
Highway system
← SR 2→ SR 4

State Route 3 (SR 3) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that serves Trinity and Siskiyou counties. It runs from SR 36 north along the shore of Trinity Lake, Fort Jones and Etna. The route then approaches Yreka, intersecting with Interstate 5 (I-5), and turns east to Montague. The road was numbered SR 3 in 1964, and most of it has been part of the state highway system since 1933.

Route description

SR 3 begins at the junction with SR 36 south of the town of Peanut in Trinity County. SR 3 is also known as Bramlot Road from its southern terminus to Hayfork. This stretch of road through the Shasta-Trinity National Forest parallels the Hayfork River. Once SR 3 reaches the town of Hayfork, it travels along Hyampom Road east and snakes through the mountains to Douglas City and the junction with SR 299. From there, SR 3 runs concurrently with SR 299 north to the town of Weaverville.[3][4] SR 3 then separates from SR 299, providing access to the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area and Trinity Dam along Lewiston Lake.

Trinity Dam in Trinity Lake north of Lewiston

SR 3 passes through the towns of Covington Mill, Trinity Center, and Wyntoon before paralleling the Trinity River and Trinity Mountains as Weaverville-Scott Mountain Road and crossing the Scott Mountains and the Pacific Crest Trail into Siskiyou County.[3][4]

In Siskiyou County, SR 3 passes through Callahan, Etna, Greenview, and Fort Jones as it turns northeast to intersect with Interstate 5 in Yreka. At this point, SR 263 continues in the northerly direction towards SR 96; SR 3 turns east to its northern terminus in the incorporated city of Montague.[3][4]

SR 3 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,[5] and a portion near the northern terminus is part of the National Highway System,[6] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.[7] SR 3 is eligible to be included in the State Scenic Highway System,[8] and is officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation for its entire length,[9] meaning that it is a substantial section of highway passing through a "memorable landscape" with no "visual intrusions", where the potential designation has gained popular favor with the community.[10]

The segment of SR 3 from Weaverville to Gazelle Callahan Road forms part of the Trinity Heritage Scenic Byway, a National Forest Scenic Byway.[11]

In 2014, SR 3 had an annual average daily traffic (AADT) of 135 at U.S. Forest Service Road, and 10,000 at Moonlit Oaks Avenue, the latter of which was the highest AADT for the highway.[12]

Junction of SR 3 and CR A28 in Montague

History

The short piece from SR 36 north to Peanut was added to the state highway system in 1907 as part of the Peanut Road,[13] which became Route 35 in 1917.[14] Route 35 was extended north from Peanut to Route 20 (SR 299) near Douglas City in 1933, and simultaneously a new Route 82 was created, running from Route 3 (I-5) in the Yreka area southwest to Etna and east to Montague.[15][16] The gap between Douglas City and Etna was filled in 1959 with an extension of Route 82 south to Route 20 near Weaverville; at the same time, the portion between Weaverville and Yreka was added to the California Freeway and Expressway System, which identifies the main routes of transportation in the state of California.[17] The State Route 3 designation was applied to the Peanut-Montague roadway in the 1964 renumbering.[18] The overlap with temporary I-5 (along the portion where SR 3 runs concurrently with Interstate 5 today) near Yreka was removed when the new I-5 bypass was built; the legislative definition was updated to reflect this in 1974, soon after the building of the bypass.[19]

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 to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official 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][20][21]		DestinationsNotes
Trinity
TRI L0.00-85.07		​L0.00 SR 36 – Red Bluff, Forest GlenSouth end of SR 3
Hayfork​Hyampom Road – Hyampom
​L30.89
R58.11[N 1]
 SR 299 east – Redding		South end of SR 299 overlap
​56.80[N 1]Moon Lim Lee Rest Area
Weaverville51.57[N 1]
30.86
 SR 299 west (Main Street) – Eureka		North end of SR 299 overlap
Siskiyou
SIS 0.41-54.19		​6.95Gazelle Callahan Road – Gazelle
Fort Jones32.20Scott River Road – Scott Bar
YrekaL47.26
 Moonlit Oaks Avenue (I-5 Bus. south) to I-5 – Redding, Portland		South end of I-5 Bus. overlap
L49.21
 Center Street to I-5
L49.87
 SR 263 north (North Main Street) / Tebbe Street
R47.38 I-5 – Portland, ReddingI-5 exit 776; north end of I-5 Bus. overlap
Montague53.22
 CR A28 south (Montague Grenada Road) – Grenada		South end of CR A28 overlap
​
 CR A28 north (11th Street)		North end of CR A28 overlap
54.19Ball Mountain Little Shasta Road – Ball MountainContinuation beyond the Montague east city limit; north end of SR 3
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  1. ^ a b c Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along SR 299 rather than SR 3.

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ California State Assembly. An act to add Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) to Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, and to repeal Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, the... 1963 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 385, p. 1182.
  3. ^ a b c The Road Atlas (Map). Rand McNally. 2008. p. 12. § NB3-NE4.
  4. ^ a b c California Road Atlas and Driver's Guide (Map). Thomas Brothers. 2000. p. 3,4,11,12,17.
  5. ^ "Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Division 1". California Streets and Highways Code. Sacramento: California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: California (North) (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  7. ^ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  8. ^ "Article 2.5 of Chapter 2 of Division 1". California Streets & Highways Code. Sacramento: California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  9. ^ California Department of Transportation (August 2019). "Officially Designated State Scenic Highways and Historic Parkways" (XLSX). Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
  10. ^ California Department of Transportation (2012). Scenic Highway Guidelines (PDF). Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 5, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  11. ^ Federal Highway Administration (n.d.). "Trinity Heritage Scenic Byway". America's Byways. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  12. ^ California Department of Transportation (2014). "All Traffic Volumes on CSHS". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  13. ^ California State Assembly. An act to provide for...a state highway connecting the present county road systems of any one or all of the counties of Trinity, Tehama and Shasta with the road system of Humboldt county... Thirty-seventh Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 117, p. 139.
  14. ^ Ben Blow, California Highways: A Descriptive Record of Road Development by the State and by Such Counties as Have Paved Highways, 1920 (Archive.org or Internet Archive), p. 112
  15. ^ California State Assembly. An act to amend sections 2, 3 and 5 and to add two sections to be numbered 6 and 7 to an act entitled 'An act to provide for the acquisition of rights of way for and the construction, maintenance... Fiftieth Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 767, p. 2034.: "Etna Mills to Montague." "State Highway Route 35 near Peanut to State Highway Route 20 near Douglas City."
  16. ^ California State Assembly. An act to establish a Streets and Highways Code, thereby consolidating and revising the law relating to public ways and all appurtenances thereto, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts specified herein. Fifty-first Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 29, pp. 277, 281.: "Route 35 is from Route 1 near Alton to Route 20 near Douglas City, passing near Kuntz and Peanut." "Route 82 is from Etna Mills to Montague."
  17. ^ California State Assembly. An act to amend Sections 306, 320, 332, 351, 362, 365, 369, 374, 382, 388, 397, 407, 408, 409, 410, 415, 422, 435, 440, 446, 453, 456, 460, 467, 470, 476, 487, 492, 493, 494, 506, 521, 528, and 529... 1959 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 1062, pp. 3113, 3116.
  18. ^ California State Assembly. An act to add Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) to Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, and to repeal Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, the... 1963 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 385, p. 1171.
  19. ^ California State Assembly. An act to amend Section 303 of the Streets and Highway Code, relating to state highways. 1973–1974 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 123, p. 247.: "Route 3 is from: ...(b) Route 299 near Weaverville to Montague via Main Street in Yreka."
  20. ^ California Department of Transportation (July 2007). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
  21. ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006

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