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California State Route 46
State Route 46 (SR 46) is an east–west state highway in the U.S. state of California. It is a major crossing of the Coast Ranges and it is the southernmost crossing of the Diablo Range, connecting SR 1 on the Central Coast near Cambria and US 101 in Paso Robles with SR 99 at Famoso in the San Joaquin Valley. The road that is now SR 46 was built and improved during the 1920s and was fully paved by 1930. The majority of SR 46 was originally designated as U.S. Route 466; however, after the latter was entirely removed from the U.S. Highway system, the eastern portion of the route became SR 46. Route description State Route 46 begins at SR 1 southeast of Cambria, about from the Pacific Ocean. It heads east as the Eric Seastrand Highway across the Santa Lucia Range on a relatively straight roadway built in the 1970s, bypassing the steep, curvy Santa Rosa Creek Road. After passing near several wineries, this first segment ends at US 101 north of Templeton, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caltrans
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is an Executive (government), executive department of the U.S. state of California. The department is part of the Government of California#State agencies, cabinet-level California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA). Caltrans is headquartered in Sacramento, California, Sacramento. Caltrans manages the state's State highways in California, highway system, which includes the California Freeway and Expressway System, supports public transportation systems throughout the state and provides funding and oversight for three state-supported Amtrak intercity rail routes (''Capitol Corridor'', ''Pacific Surfliner'' and ''San Joaquins'') which are collectively branded as ''Amtrak California''. In 2015, Caltrans released a new mission statement: "Provide a safe, sustainable, integrated and efficient transportation system to enhance California's economy and livability." History The earliest predecessor of Caltrans was the Bureau of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Joaquin Valley
The San Joaquin Valley ( ; Spanish language in California, Spanish: ''Valle de San Joaquín'') is the southern half of California's Central Valley (California), Central Valley. Famed as a major breadbasket, the San Joaquin Valley is an important source of food, producing a significant part of California's agricultural output. San Joaquin Valley draws from nine counties of Northern California, Northern and Central California, including all of San Joaquin County, San Joaquin and Kings County, California, Kings counties, most of Stanislaus County, Stanislaus, Merced County, Merced, and Fresno County, California, Fresno counties, and parts of Madera County, California, Madera and Tulare County, California, Tulare counties, along with a majority of Kern County, California, Kern County. Although the valley is predominantly rural, it has three densely populated urban centers: Stockton, California, Stockton/Modesto, California, Modesto, Fresno, California, Fresno/Visalia, California, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cholame Creek
Cholame (; Salinan: ''Tco'alam'') is an unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. It sits within a mile of the San Andreas Fault at an elevation of above sea level. Cholame is reached via State Route 41, just southwest of the junction of Route 46. Rainfall data from a nearby ranch shows that the area around Cholame only receives about eight to nine inches (200–230 mm) of rain in a normal year. History Cholame was originally a rancheria of the Salinian Indians. 200px, Jack Ranch Cafe, left Rancho Cholame was an 1844 Mexican land grant. In 1867, William Welles Hollister (1818–1886) purchased Rancho Cholame. Hollister sold a half-interest in the rancho to Robert Edgar Jack in 1869.Dan Krieger, "Ranch Near Where James Dean Died in Crash Has a Long History," ''San Luis Obispo Tribune,'' May 17, 2015, page B3] Jack studied at Maine Wesleyan Seminary, and he later was an accountant at a shipping house in New York City. In the Civil W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rest Area
A rest area is a public facility located next to a large thoroughfare such as a motorway, Limited-access road, expressway, or highway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel without exiting onto secondary roads. Other names include motorway service area (UK), services (UK), travel plaza, rest stop, oasis (US), service area, rest and service area (RSA), resto, service plaza, lay-by, service centre, and onroute (Ontario, Canada). Facilities may include park-like areas, filling station, fuel stations, public toilets, water fountains, restaurants, and Holding tank dump station, dump and fill stations for Caravan (towed trailer), caravans and motorhomes. A rest area with limited to no public facilities is a lay-by, parking area, scenic area, or scenic overlook. Along some highways and roads are services known as wayside parks, roadside parks, or picnic areas. Overview The availability, standards and upkeep of facilities at a stop vary by jurisdiction. Servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrella River
The Estrella River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 tributary river in eastern San Luis Obispo County, California. The river forms at the confluence of Cholame Creek, from the north, and San Juan Creek, from the south, near the town of Shandon. From there it flows west-northwest to its confluence with the Salinas River, of which it is a tributary, 8 miles (12.8 km) north of Paso Robles. Cholame Creek has its headwaters on the southwest side of Middle Mountain and its tributary, Little Cholame Creek, begins on the northeast side. The creek drains the Cholame Valley, which is bordered by Diablo Range on the east and Cholame Hills, a northern extension of the Temblor Range, on the west. The average precipitation in the area ranges from , increasing northward. A portion of the Temblor Range drains into San Juan Creek, but the nearby Carrizo Plain has been cut off from the watershe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitley Gardens, California
Whitley Gardens is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California. Whitley Gardens sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported Whitley Gardens's population was 285. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km), 99.20% of it land and 0.80% of it water. Whitley Gardens is located on the Estrella River. Demographics The 2010 United States Census reported that Whitley Gardens had a population of 285. The population density was . The racial makeup of Whitley Gardens was 260 (91.2%) White, 1 (0.4%) African American, 6 (2.1%) Native American, 1 (0.4%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 13 (4.6%) from other races, and 4 (1.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 43 persons (15.1%). The Census reported that 285 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paso Robles Municipal Airport
Paso Robles Municipal Airport is northeast of downtown Paso Robles, in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Facilities The airport covers and has two runways and one helipad: * 1/19: , asphalt * 13/31: , asphalt * Helipad H1: , asphalt History On September 3, 1942, construction began on the Airfield, to be used as a Marine Corps Bomber Base. On April 8, 1943, the field was dedicated as Estrella Army Airfield to be used by the Army Air Corps. Estrella Army Airfield had 1259 acres of land, two runways, an operations building and a three-bay fire station. The Marine Corps Units occupied buildings to the west, across Airport Road in what is now the California Youth Authority. On August 29, 1947, the Federal Government transferred to the County of San Luis Obispo to be used as a commercial airport, and and buildings to the State of California to be used as a correctional facility. Pacific Seaboard Air Lines was the first airline at Paso Robles. In 1933 Pacifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salinas River (California)
The Salinas River ( Rumsen: ''ua kot taiauačorx'') is the longest river of the Central Coast region of California, running and draining . It flows north-northwest and drains the Salinas Valley that slices through the central California Coast Ranges south of Monterey Bay. The river begins in southern San Luis Obispo County, originating in the Los Machos Hills of the Los Padres National Forest. From there, the river flows north into Monterey County, eventually making its way to connect with the Monterey Bay, part of the Pacific Ocean, approximately south of Moss Landing. The river is a wildlife corridor, and provides the principal source of water from its reservoirs and tributaries for the farms and vineyards of the valley. Hydrology In 1769, when the river was first discovered by non-Native peoples via the Portola expedition, it was reported by them as being a "river watering a luxuriant plain" filled with fish weighing . As of the end of 2016, the river had been transfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Controlled-access Highway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms include ''wikt:throughway, throughway'' or ''thruway'' and ''parkway''. Some of these may be limited-access highways, although this term can also refer to a class of highways with somewhat less isolation from other traffic. In countries following the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, Vienna convention, the motorway qualification implies that walking and parking are forbidden. A fully controlled-access highway provides an unhindered flow of traffic, with no traffic signals, Intersection (road), intersections or frontage, property access. They are free of any at-grade intersection, at-grade crossings with other roads, railways, or pedestrian paths, which are instead carried by overpasses and underpasses. Entrances and exits to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concurrency (road)
In a road network, a concurrency is an instance of one physical roadway bearing two or more different route numbers. The practice is often economically and practically advantageous when multiple routes must pass between a single mountain crossing or over a bridge, or through a major city, and can be accommodated by a single right-of-way. Each route number is typically posted on highways signs where concurrencies are allowed, while some jurisdictions simplify signage by posting one priority route number on highway signs. In the latter circumstance, other route numbers disappear when the concurrency begins and reappear when it ends. In most cases, each route in a concurrency is recognized by maps and atlases. Terminology When two roadways share the same right-of-way, it is sometimes called a common section or commons. Other terminology for a concurrency includes overlap, coincidence, duplex (two concurrent routes), triplex (three concurrent routes), multiplex (any number of con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Templeton, California
Templeton is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Luis Obispo County, California, San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 8,368 at the 2020 census, up from 7,674 at the 2010 census. Geography and climate Geography Templeton is located at (35.553847, −120.709469). It is approximately south of Paso Robles, California, Paso Robles and five miles north of Atascadero, California, Atascadero along U.S. Route 101 (California), U.S. 101. California State Route 46, State Route 46 intersects U.S. 101 on the north edge of the town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , 99.37% of it land and 0.63% water. However, much of the surrounding unincorporated area between Atascadero and Paso Robles is considered as part of Templeton, with most U.S. mail for this area addressed as such. Climate Templeton has a Mediterranean climate that is characterized by mild winters and dry summers. The area usually has low humidity. Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Lucia Range
The Santa Lucia Range (sæntə luˈsiːə) or Santa Lucia Mountains is a rugged mountain range in coastal Central California, running from Carmel southeast for to the Cuyama River in San Luis Obispo County. The range is never more than from the coast.''Big Sur: Images of America'', Jeff Norman, Big Sur Historical Society, Arcadia Publishing (2004), 128 pages, The range forms the steepest coastal slope in the contiguous United States. Cone Peak at tall and three miles (5 km) from the coast, is the highest peak in proximity to the ocean in the lower 48 United States. The range was a barrier to exploring the coast of central California for early Spanish explorers. Geography The Santa Lucia Range is part of the Outer South California Coast Ranges, in the Pacific Coast Ranges System. The coastal side of the range rises directly from the shoreline, with oceanfront ridges rising directly to the crest of the coastal range. The crest of the range is never more than from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
