Highway in California This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Route 156 CS&HC Sec. 456 Length: 25 mi (42 km) Major cities/towns: Castroville,CA San Juan Bautista, CA Hollister, CA Direction: East-West JUNCTION POSTMILE SR-1 MON 0.0 SR-183 MON 1.11 US-101 MON 5.23 SBT 0.0 SR-25 SBT 10.78 SR-152 SCL 0.70 Legend   deleted (no longer in system)   unconstructed   closed   crossing with no access   begin/end concurrency, bold route is carried through   a bold route on white background indicates termini. Prev Next < Route 155 Route 157 > California State Highways Current - Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic

California State Route 156 is a state highway in California, USA, running from Castroville to California State Route 152 near Hollister. A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Castroville is a census-designated place located in Monterey County, California. ... San Juan Bautista is a city located in San Benito County, California. ... Hollister is the county seat of San Benito County, California. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE I-5 ORA 0. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Location in the state of California Formed 1850 Seat Salinas Area  - Total  - Water 9,767 km² (3,771 mi²) 1,163 km² (449 mi²) 11. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE US-101 MON 0. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION POSTMILE I-5 LA 0. ... File links The following pages link to this file: U.S. Highway system U.S. Highway 101 California State Route 1 Interstate 880 Interstate 680 (California) Interstate 280 (California) List of California State Routes Interstate 380 (California) California State Route 85 California State Route 92 California State Route 87 California... San Benito County is a county located in the California Coast Range Mountains south of San Jose. ... Looking north along CA 25 in San Benito County, CA. JUNCTION POSTMILE SR-198 MON 0. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE ? Legend < Route 151 Route 153 > California State Highways Current - Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic California State Route 152 is a state highway in California, USA, running from Watsonville to California State Route 99 near Chowchilla. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Location of Santa Clara County within California. ... A multiplex or concurrency on a road network occurs where a single physical road carries two or more different highway, motorway or other road numbers. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Example signage of the Califonia State Route System. ... For a list of currently routed California State Routes, please see List of California State Routes. ... Below contains a list and summary of the deleted California State Routes (i. ... The following highways are designated, in whole or part, by the State of California as California State Scenic Highways: California State Highway 1 California State Highway 2 - From 2. ... A state highway in the United States is a numbered highway primarily administered and financed by a state government. ... State nickname: The Golden State Official languages English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 4. ... Castroville is a census-designated place located in Monterey County, California. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE ? Legend < Route 151 Route 153 > California State Highways Current - Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic California State Route 152 is a state highway in California, USA, running from Watsonville to California State Route 99 near Chowchilla. ... Hollister is the county seat of San Benito County, California. ...

Route Description

The western terminus is at California State Route 1 in Castroville. The eastern terminus is at California State Route 152 near Hollister. JUNCTION POSTMILE I-5 ORA 0. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE ? Legend < Route 151 Route 153 > California State Highways Current - Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic California State Route 152 is a state highway in California, USA, running from Watsonville to California State Route 99 near Chowchilla. ...

History

The original portion of the route was defined in 1909 and ran from US 101 to Hollister. In 1933, the remainder of the route (between Castroville and US 101 and between Hollister and Route 152) was added. It was signed as Route 156 by 1963, but was not part of the original 1934 state signage of routes.
1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

State Law

Legal Definition of Route 156: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 456

Route 156 is part of the Scenic Highway System, as stated by section 263.1 of the California State Highway Code.

External links

• Caltrans: Route 156 highway conditions
• California Highways: Route 156
• The Big Highways Page: California Route 156

Points of Interest

San Juan Bautista Mission