State Route 85
Stevens Creek Freeway, West Valley Freeway Defined by S&HC § 385, maintained by Caltrans
Length:	23.7 mi[1] (38.1 km)
Formed:	July 1, 1964[2]
South end:	US 101 in San Jose
Major junctions:	SR 17 in Los Gatos I-280 in Sunnyvale
North end:	US 101 in Mountain View
State highways in California (list - pre-1964) County routes in California (list) < SR 84 SR 86 > History - Unconstructed - Deleted - Freeway - Scenic

Route 85 through much of Saratoga and Los Gatos is a sunken highway.

State Route 85, commonly known in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States as Highway 85, is a highway which connects Mountain View and southern San Jose. The highway, which is also referred to as the West Valley Freeway, provides an alternative to U.S. Route 101, bypassing downtown San Jose and instead passing through Cupertino, Saratoga, Campbell, Los Gatos, and the Almaden Valley. The highway intersects with Interstate 280, Highway 17, and Highway 87. The total length of Highway 85 is 23.7 miles (38.1 km); the length of Highway 101 that it bypasses is 21.3 miles (34.3 km). The portion north of I-280 is also called the Stevens Creek Freeway. Image File history File links California_85. ... Caltrans logo The soaring ramps in the stack interchanges favored by Caltrans often provide stunning views. ... 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The following highways are designated, in whole or part, by the State of California as State Scenic Highways: // State Scenic Highways Entire route The following routes have their entire length designed as a scenic highway: California State Route 28 California State Route 35 California State Route 38 - In San Bernardino... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x679, 190 KB) California State Route 85 thru San Jose, California. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x679, 190 KB) California State Route 85 thru San Jose, California. ... Saratoga (IPA: ) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, USA. It is located on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Los Gatos redirects here. ... Bay Area redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. ... 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The northern part of the freeway, 5.7 miles (9.2 km) from Interstate 280 north to Highway 101 through Mountain View, was built in the 1960s. The southern part, 18.5 miles (29.8 km) from 280 in Cupertino to 101 in south San Jose, remained unbuilt until the late 1980s and finally opened in 1994. Before the southern part was built the route's southern terminus was at State Route 9 in Saratoga and ran north along Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road in Saratoga/San Jose and De Anza Boulevard in Cupertino to Interstate 280. The route number was then concurrent with Interstate 280 north to that highway's junction with the freeway portion of Route 85. Route 9, or Highway 9, may refer to: Alberta provincial highway 9 British Columbia provincial highway 9 Manitoba Provincial Highway 9 Highway 9 (Ontario) Prince Edward Island Route 9 Saskatchewan Highway 9 Route 9 (Hong Kong) Interstate 9 (Future) U.S. Route 9 State Route 9 (California) State Highway 9... A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ... A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ...

This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System^[3]. Wikisource has original text related to this article: California Streets and Highways Code Section 250-257 The California Freeway and Expressway System is a system of existing or planned freeways and expressways in the U.S. state of California. ...

History

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Preserving the right-of-way

Land was set aside for the entire freeway in the 1950s, with maps first showing the proposed freeway in 1957. At the time, Santa Clara County still consisted largely of orchards, and so the right-of-way touched very few existing structures. During Governor Jerry Brown's tenure in the 1970s, the building of highways was de-emphasized in favor of mass transit, and some building was allowed on the right-of-way with the expectation that the freeway would never be built. Local government officials, however, fought to preserve the right-of-way and succeeded in doing so. As a result, when congestion on other freeways—Interstate 280, US 101, and Highway 17—intersecting this path became overwhelming, it was still possible for this freeway to be built with little demolition required. Santa Clara County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. ... A community apple orchard originally planted for productive use during the 1920s, in Westcliff on Sea (Essex, England) An orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs maintained for food production. ... For the whistleblower, see Gerald W. Brown. ... In the United States of America, transit describes local area common carrier passenger transportation configured to provide scheduled service on fixed routes on a non-reservation basis. ... A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ... In the U.S. state of California, U.S. Route 101 (also known as Highway 101, The 101 in Southern California, and simply 101 in Northern California) is one of the last remaining and longest U.S. Routes still active in the state. ... State Route 17 commonly known locally as Highway 17, is a freeway and expressway that runs between San Jose and Santa Cruz in the U.S. State of California . ...

In the interim, parts of the unused open space were leased for use without permanent structures, including a large tree nursery and overflow parking for De Anza College. A nursery is a place where plants are propagated, usually for sale as a business, though some gardeners and farmers keep private nurseries. ... Flint Center, the main auditorium De Anza College is a 112 acre (453,000 m²) community college located in Cupertino, California. ...

Funding and planning

The town of Los Gatos and city of Saratoga added to the complexity and cost of the planning and implementation; to avoid excessive noise, they insisted that the freeway be built below grade (at an eventual additional cost of US$60 million), that it have only three lanes in each direction: the leftmost lane being a HOV lane, and two lanes carrying standard traffic; furthermore, no trucks over 4.5 tons (4.0 metric tons) be allowed on the road. In addition, to prevent what they felt would be excessive additional traffic on their surface streets, they lobbied heavily to prevent having any freeway entrances or exits in their cities. Full interchanges were originally planned at Winchester Boulevard, Quito Road, Saratoga Avenue, and Prospect Road; the final compromise placed only a half interchange at Winchester and completely did away with the Quito and Prospect interchanges. As a result, backups at entrances to the freeway near these cities are tremendous during morning rush hour, and Los Gatos and Campbell residents who want to take 85 southward must go two or three miles (3 to 5 km) out of their way to find a ramp onto the freeway. A permanent, separated high-occupancy vehicle lane on I-91 in Connecticut A high occupancy vehicle (or HOV) is any vehicle with a driver and one or more (or sometimes two or more, or three or more) passengers. ... For other uses, see Truck (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Rush hour (disambiguation). ...

The project was the first in the state for which county residents voted to tax themselves to build a state highway. Because state funds were scarce and congestion on other freeways and on surrounding surface streets was tremendous, a slight majority of voters (56%) voted for the tax in 1984. At the time, there was considerable controversy over whether funds would be better spent on mass transit and whether a freeway through so many residential areas would destroy the quality of life. The total US$785 million cost of the freeway was mostly funded by the special tax on county residents, along with matching state and federal funds. The project proved successful enough that, since then, many other locales have used local taxes to build state projects. It was also so effective as a solution to traffic problems that, several years after it was built, a poll by the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group revealed that nearly 80% of voters claimed that they had voted for the tax.

Construction of the freeway

The northern section, from I-280 to Highway 101 at Mountain View, was completed between 1965 and 1967 as four lanes (two in each direction). The northern section's carpool lanes were completed in 1990 (south half) and 1998 (north half). In the southern section, partial fill for the interchanges at Blossom Hill Road and Highway 87 was placed in 1986. Construction of the first structures (at the Highway 85/87 and Highway 85/Stevens Creek interchanges) began in approximately 1987-1988. Highway 85 opened between Santa Teresa Boulevard (at the future 85/87 interchange) and Cottle Road in 1991, along with the light rail line in the median of Highway 85. The extensions to Almaden Expressway and Great Oaks Boulevard were completed in 1992. With the completion of the southern leg (from I-280 to 85) of Highway 87 in 1993, the 85/87 interchange opened to traffic that year (with only two connector ramps, from 85 north to 87 north and 87 south to 85 south, due to funding limitations). The remaining segments, from Highway 101 (in South San Jose) to Great Oaks and from Almaden Expressway to I-280, opened in 1994. The projects completed in the 1990s had a total cost of about $785 million.

The remaining ramps at the Highway 85/87 interchange (from 85 south to 87 north and 87 south to 85 north) were completed in 2003. At the southern Highway 85/101 interchange in South San Jose, carpool-to-carpool ramps and the south 101 to north 85 connector ramp were opened in 2004. The $125 million reconstruction of the northern Highway 85/101 interchange in Mountain View, with the original ramps (built circa 1965) replaced and new carpool-to-carpool and other ramps added, was completed in 2006. The projects completed in the 2000s had a total cost of about $237 million. There is still one missing connector in the Highway 85 system left to the future—the flyover ramp from 85 south to 101 north at the southern interchange, with no funding identified yet and which is not specifically listed in the Transportation 2030 plan by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (San Francisco Bay Area) (MTC). The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is a regional planning, financing, and funding government agency in the San Francisco Bay Area. ...

Significant future Highway 85 projects listed in MTC's Transportation 2030 plan, as of 2006 (in 2004 dollars), include: (1) Route 85 northbound and southbound auxiliary lanes between Homestead Avenue and Fremont Avenue, at $19 million; (2) Route 85 corridor improvements at $177 million; (3) Route 85 northbound to Route 237 eastbound connector ramp improvements, at $22 million; and (4) Route 237 westbound to Route 85 southbound connector ramp improvements, at $18 million.

The results

In October 1994, the completed freeway between Almaden Expressway and I-280 opened with a single day on which only pedestrians and bicyclists were allowed to travel its length. The evening before opening day several cities along the route including Saratoga and Campbell held street fair events on the freeway featuring fine food, wine, and games. Limo service was offered linking the different city's fairs giving locals their first glimpse of the new freeway. The next morning 85 was officially opened to traffic. The city of Campbell had planted a large display of pansies spelling out the city's name on the sloped side of the freeway bed; this caused a traffic jam as motorists slowed to read the message. The flowers were removed after the first day. Santa Clara County Route G8 is an important north-south arterial from the south valley area of Santa Clara County, California, USA to near Downtown San Jose. ... For the Author whose pseudonym was Pansy, see Isabella Macdonald Alden. ...

The overall commute for people from south San Jose through Campbell into Mountain View and other business areas of Silicon Valley improved by roughly half an hour over previous longer routes on already crowded freeways or over miles of surface streets. Major surface streets that had once been unnavigable during many hours of the day suddenly became—and remained—usable. For example, eastern Blossom Hill Road had a typical load of 23,000 cars a day before 85 opened; as of 2004, a typical day's load was a mere 11,000 cars. (Conversely, Saratoga Avenue, which previously had been a fairly quiet road, now sees about 18,000 cars a day because it is the only interchange in or near the city of Saratoga.) For the Nintendo 64 game, see Space Station Silicon Valley. ... Santa Clara County Route G10, more commonly known along the majority of its route as Blossom Hill Road is an important east-west arterial roadway through the Almaden Valley area of Santa Clara County, California, in Silicon Valley. ...

As with any freeway, ambient noise in surrounding neighborhoods increased, from a steadily annoying whisper of sound day and night to a dull roar that muted backyard conversations. Property values, however, did not diminish; it is possible that the improved commute and access to the vast California freeway network improved the desirability of these neighborhoods. The noise level however has continued to be an issue with some residents particularly in Saratoga. Caltrans has floated several options from repaving with asphalt, to grinding down the current concrete surface of the highway. An experimental length of the freeway from Cox Avenue to De Anza Boulevard was ground down in 2003. This smoothed out much of the top layer of the freeway removing most of the rain grooves that had been cut in the concrete when the highway was first built. The result did lower the ambient sound levels along that stretch of the freeway, and subsequently the entire concrete surfaced section of the freeway from Almaden Expressway to Stevens Creek Boulevard was microgrooved in a follow up project in 2005.

Other Unique features and events

Besides the funding breakthrough, SR 85 set new standards in two additional areas: metering lights and median safety barriers. A ramp meter or metering light is a device, usually a basic traffic light or a two-phase (red and green, no yellow) light, that regulates traffic entering freeways according to current traffic conditions. ...

Route 85 was the first freeway in California to open with metering lights at every onramp, including interchanges with Routes 17 and 101. When the freeway opened on October 19, 1994, the lights caused tremendous backups at the onramps during commute hours, raising an outcry from commuters furious at having to wait as much as 20 to 30 minutes in the worst cases before entering the freeway. The county required Caltrans to turn off the metering lights, which they did on November 17, 1994. This almost immediately slowed the commute over the full 24 mile (39 km) stretch by 33 minutes; Caltrans eventually turned the lights back on in 1995, which sped up the overall commute considerably.^{[citation needed]} This article is about the U.S. state. ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Caltrans logo The soaring ramps in the stack interchanges favored by Caltrans often provide stunning views. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ...

The freeway was constructed with a 46-to-50-foot (14-15 m) wide center median with the intention that, a light rail extension could be built. Initially, no barrier of any kind was installed in the median because, at the time, Caltrans regulations stated that any median wider than 45 feet (14 m) did not require a median barrier unless there was a history of head-on collisions. However, within the first year, one person died, and in a one-year period from 1996 to 1997 six more were killed in head-on collisions by cars crossing the median at high speeds.^{[citation needed]} Public outcry convinced Caltrans to install the standard post-and-metal-beam barrier the entire length of the freeway and also to change their regulations so that median barriers are now required on all high-volume freeways with medians of less than 75 feet (23 m). Accidents and injuries dropped by roughly one third in the first year after the barrier was installed. This article is about light rail systems in general. ... Standard wrong-way sign package used on all freeway off-ramps in California (and since copied by other states such as Georgia and Virginia). ...

SR 85 has the distinction of being one of only a handful of California freeways that do not allow tractor semis over 4.5 tons (4.0 metric tons) to utilize it. This restriction is in effect from U.S. Route 101 in the south to Stevens Creek Boulevard in the north. This has been a prime factor in reducing the level of noise that the freeway would otherwise produce as most large trucks are unable to use the freeway.

In 1998, California Highway Patrol officer Scott Greenly was struck by a car and killed while issuing a ticket on the shoulder of Route 85; thereafter the portion between Quito Road and Prospect Road in the City of Saratoga was named the CHP Officer Scott M. Greenly Memorial Freeway. // The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is a state agency that acts as the state police force of California. ...

Exit list

Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage.

The entire route is in Santa Clara County. A milemarker on the National Road giving distances from many places Milestones redirects here. ... Santa Clara County is a county located in Californias San Francisco Bay Area. ...

Location	Postmile [4][5][6]	#[7]	Destinations	Notes
San Jose	0.00	1A	US 101 south (South Valley Freeway) – Los Angeles	Southbound entrance and northbound entrance
	0.18	1B	To US 101 north / Bernal Road – San Francisco	Southbound entrance and northbound entrance
	0.79	1C	Great Oaks Boulevard	Southbound entrance and northbound entrance
	1.97	2	Cottle Road
	3.93	4	Blossom Hill Road (CR G10)
	5.22	5A	SR 87 north (Guadalupe Freeway) – Downtown San Jose, Mineta San Jose International Airport	Signed as exit 5B southbound
	5.22	5B	Santa Teresa Boulevard	Signed as exit 5A southbound
	6.14	6	Almaden Expressway (CR G8)
	8.11	8	Camden Avenue
	9.28	9	Union Avenue
Los Gatos	R10.23	10	Bascom Avenue, Los Gatos Boulevard
	R10.50	11A	SR 17 – Santa Cruz, San Jose	Signed as exit 11 northbound
	R11.00	11B	Winchester Boulevard	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Saratoga	R13.68	14	Saratoga Avenue
San Jose	R15.87	16	De Anza Boulevard	Former SR 85
Cupertino	R17.70	18	Stevens Creek Boulevard
Sunnyvale	R18.45	19A	I-280 (Junipero Serra Freeway) – San Francisco, San Jose	Signed as exit 19 northbound
Cupertino	R18.86	19B	Homestead Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Sunnyvale	R19.86	20	Fremont Avenue – Los Altos
Mountain View	R21.75	22	SR 82 (El Camino Real) / Grant Road – Mountain View, Sunnyvale	Signed as exits 22A (south) and 22B (north)
	R22.16	22C	SR 237 to US 101 south (Bayshore Freeway) – Oakland, San Jose	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	R22.63	23	Evelyn Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	R22.63	23	Central Expressway (CR G6)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	R23.44	24A	Moffett Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	R23.87	24B	US 101 north (Bayshore Freeway) – San Francisco	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	R23.87	24C	Shoreline Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

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U.S. Route 101, also known as Highway 101, The 101 in Southern California, and simply 101 in Northern California, is one of the last remaining and longest U.S. Routes still active in California. ... San Francisco redirects here. ... Santa Clara County Route G10, more commonly known along the majority of its route as Blossom Hill Road is an important east-west arterial roadway through the Almaden Valley area of Santa Clara County, California, in Silicon Valley. ... Santa Clara County Route G10, more commonly known along the majority of its route as Blossom Hill Road for the majority of its length is an important east-west arterial roadway through the Almaden Valley area of Santa Clara County, California, in Silicon Valley. ... Image File history File links California_87. ... State Route 87, locally called Highway 87 or the Guadalupe Freeway, is a north-south state highway entirely within San Jose, California, United States. ... The Downtown Historic District of San Jose, California is an area of the city roughly the size of one square block. ... Santa Clara County Route G8 is an important north-south arterial from the south valley area of Santa Clara County, California, USA to near Downtown San Jose. ... Almaden at its interchange with Route 87 County Route G8 is an important north-south arterial from the south valley area of Santa Clara County, California, USA to near Downtown San Jose. ... Los Gatos redirects here. ... Image File history File links California_17. ... State Route 17 commonly known locally as Highway 17, is a freeway and expressway that runs between San Jose and Santa Cruz in the U.S. State of California . ... For other uses, see Santa Cruz. ... For other uses, see San José. 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Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Clara Government  - Mayor Otto Lee Area  - Total 22. ... Image File history File links I-280_(CA). ... A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ... Interstate 280 is the name of four distinct spur routes of Interstate 80 in the United States. ... San Francisco redirects here. ... For other uses, see San José. Nickname: Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California Location of San Jose with the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Clara Pueblo founded November 29, 1777 Incorporated March 27, 1850 Government  - Type charter city, mayor-council  - Mayor Chuck Reed  - Vice... Location of Cupertino within Santa Clara County, California. ... Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Clara Government  - Mayor Otto Lee Area  - Total 22. ... Los Altos (IPA: ) is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. ... Image File history File links California_82. ... State Route 82 runs from U.S. Route 101 at Blossom Hill Road in San Jose to Interstate 280 in San Francisco following the San Francisco Peninsula. ... A map produced in 1920 illustrating the route of El Camino Real in 1821, along with the 21 Alta California Franciscan missions. ... Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. ... Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Clara Government  - Mayor Otto Lee Area  - Total 22. ... Image File history File links California_237. ... 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The Bayshore Freeway is a major part of U.S. Route 101 in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. ... San Francisco redirects here. ...

Additional landmarks

Although SR 85 mainly passes through suburban Bay Area cities, it does have several points of interest. The northern terminus is located near Moffett Field, with its huge Hangar 1. Microsoft is also building an office complex near the northern end of the freeway. Near the interchange with Interstate 280, SR 85 runs close to the headquarters of Apple Computer and next to De Anza College, a community college in the area. Bay Area redirects here. ... Moffett Federal Airfield (IATA: NUQ, ICAO: KNUQ), also known as Moffett Field, is a private airport located 3 miles (5 km) north of Mountain View, in Santa Clara County, California, USA. The airport is near the south end of San Francisco Bay, north of San Jose. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ... A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ... Apple Inc. ... Flint Center, the main auditorium De Anza College is a 112 acre (453,000 m²) community college located in Cupertino, California. ... A community college is a type of educational institution. ...

References

Caltrans logo The soaring ramps in the stack interchanges favored by Caltrans often provide stunning views. ... Caltrans logo The soaring ramps in the stack interchanges favored by Caltrans often provide stunning views. ... Caltrans logo The soaring ramps in the stack interchanges favored by Caltrans often provide stunning views. ... Caltrans logo The soaring ramps in the stack interchanges favored by Caltrans often provide stunning views. ... The California Numbered Exit Uniform System (Cal-NExUS) is the California Department of Transportations (Caltrans) program for numbering the exits of Californias freeways. ...

External links

• Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
  • Route 85/U.S. 101 (North) Interchange Project
  • Route 85/U.S. 101 (South) Interchange Project
  • Route 85/87 Interchange Project
  • Route 85 Texture-grinding Project

• Other links
  • Caltrans: Route 85 road conditions
  • Route 85 at CAhighways.org
  • Eric Buchanan's State Route 85 Photos Index page