State Route 371 (SR 371) is a

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, serving as a connector from SR 79 near Aguanga to SR 74 near Anza. The highway crosses through the private community of Lake Riverside, as well as

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and the Cahuilla Indian Reservation. It is the primary road running through Anza but mostly serves rural areas. SR 79, SR 371, and SR 74 form a heavily-used, scenic shortcut from

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in southwestern

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to the

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in central Riverside County. This provides a shorter corridor from

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to the Coachella Valley, avoiding the heavily congested freeway route via

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, Interstate 215 to Riverside, SR 60 to Beaumont, and then

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. SR 371 was part of SR 71 until 1973, when SR 79 and SR 71 were co-signed from Temecula to Aguanga to

. In 1974, the portion of SR 71 from Temecula to

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along

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's current alignment was deleted, and the orphaned route from Aguanga to Anza was re-signed as SR 371.

Route description

SR 371 begins as Cahuilla Road at an intersection with SR 79. It travels northeast away from the community of Aguanga, loosely paralleling

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for the first few miles. SR 371 continues through the Lake Riverside community, crossing over the outflow of the lake. The highway enters the Cahuilla Indian Reservation and passes by the Cahuilla Creek Casino in

before passing through the community of Anza. SR 371 briefly becomes Kenworthy Bautista Road and parallels Hamilton Creek as it enters the

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before terminating at SR 74. SR 371 is not part of the National Highway System, a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the

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History

Route 277 from Temecula to Anza was added to the state highway system in 1959. In the 1964 state highway renumbering, the part from US 395 to SR 74 was included as part of SR 71. In 1974, the part from near Aguanga to SR 74 became SR 371. Before 2003, the intersection with SR 79 was very dangerous, as northbound SR 79 traffic had to stop at a stop sign and there was no such sign for southbound SR 79 traffic or for SR 371 traffic headed towards its western terminus. Now, there are stop signs in every direction at that intersection.

Major intersections

References

External links

{{CASR external links, SR, 371
California @ AARoads.com - State Route 371

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State Route 371