State Route 114 (SR 114), better known by its street name Willow Road, is a short, unsigned
state highway
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in the
U.S. state
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of
California
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. It runs in
San Mateo County
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from
U.S. Route 101
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in
East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto ( ; abbreviated E.P.A.) is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of East Palo Alto was 30,034. It is situated on the San Francisco Peninsula, roughly halfway between the cit ...
to
State Route 84 in
Menlo Park
Menlo Park may refer to:
Places
*Menlo Park, New Jersey, a section of Edison, New Jersey, location of Thomas Edison's laboratories
**Menlo Park Mall, a shopping mall in Edison
**Menlo Park Terrace, New Jersey, a section of nearby Woodbridge Townsh ...
west of the
Dumbarton Bridge.
SR 114 was originally planned to stretch to
I-280
Interstate 280 may refer to multiple highways, all of which are or were related to Interstate 80:
* Interstate 280 (California), a north–south freeway running from San Jose to San Francisco
* Interstate 280 (Iowa–Illinois), part of the beltwa ...
, but that portion was never constructed and has since been deleted from the legislative definition.
Route description
The route begins at
U.S. Route 101
U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101 (US 101), is a major north–south highway that traverses the states of California, Oregon, and Washington on the West Coast of the United States. It is part of the United States Numbered Highway Syst ...
in
East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto ( ; abbreviated E.P.A.) is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of East Palo Alto was 30,034. It is situated on the San Francisco Peninsula, roughly halfway between the cit ...
. From here, it heads east into
Menlo Park
Menlo Park may refer to:
Places
*Menlo Park, New Jersey, a section of Edison, New Jersey, location of Thomas Edison's laboratories
**Menlo Park Mall, a shopping mall in Edison
**Menlo Park Terrace, New Jersey, a section of nearby Woodbridge Townsh ...
. Here, it meets Hamilton Avenue and its east end at
SR 84, which continues to the
Dumbarton Bridge over the
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay (Chochenyo language, Chochenyo: 'ommu) is a large tidal estuary in the United States, U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the cities of San Francisco, California, San ...
.
History
When defined in 1963, the route began at
I-280
Interstate 280 may refer to multiple highways, all of which are or were related to Interstate 80:
* Interstate 280 (California), a north–south freeway running from San Jose to San Francisco
* Interstate 280 (Iowa–Illinois), part of the beltwa ...
and ended at US 101. In 1984, a segment of SR 84 in the vicinity was swapped with SR 114, moving SR 114 from I-280 to SR 84, which followed Willow Road, as it does today. In 1990, however, the I-280 section was truncated and the terminus was switched to US 101.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
{{CASR external links, SR, 114
California Highways: SR 114
114 114 may refer to:
*114 (number)
*AD 114
*114 BC
*114 (1st London) Army Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, an English military unit
*114 (Antrim Artillery) Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, a Northern Irish military unit
*114 (MBTA bus)
*114 (New Je ...
State Route 114
Menlo Park, California
State highways in the United States shorter than one mile