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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 120
CS&HC Sec. ?
Length: 153 mi
(246 km)
Major cities/towns: Manteca
Escalon
Oakdale
Direction: East-West
JUNCTION POSTMILE
5 ??
395 ??
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.
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California State Highways
Current - Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic

California State Route 120, in northern California, USA, is the end of the freeways heading east from the San Francisco Bay Area. It begins in the west intersecting Interstate 5 to extend Interstate 205 through Manteca. This section is referred to as "the 120 bypass". In east Manteca the freeway ends and becomes a highway which continues to head east through Escalon, Oakdale and other various small towns. East of Oakdale there are no major cities for the 90 miles (144 km) as it heads up into the Sierra Nevada mountains to Yosemite National Park. Once in Yosemite, it is known as Tioga Pass Road as that it travels through the Tioga Pass on its 45 mile journey to its intersection with U.S. Highway 395, near Lee Vining, California. It continues east, skirting the south end of Mono Lake and providing access to the Mono Lake South Tufa, and ends at the intersection of U.S. Highway 6 in Benton, California. A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... 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). ... Manteca is a city in San Joaquin County, California, USA. As of August 2005, the city had a total population of approximately 57,200 residents. ... Escalon is a city located in San Joaquin County, California. ... Oakdale is a city located in Stanislaus County, California. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Route marker sign: Interstate 5 File links The following pages link to this file: List of Interstate Highways Interstate 5 Interstate 705 Interstate 605 Interstate 805 Interstate 505 California State Route 91 California State Route 55 California State Route 57 Interstate 405 (California) Interstate 105 (California) California State Route 14... Jump to: navigation, search United States Highway 395 is a scenic highway that starts in the Mojave Desert at Interstate 15 near Hesperia, runs along the east side of the Sierra Nevada in the Owens Valley, winds through Carson City, Reno, back into California, crosses through the Modoc Plateau, and... File links The following pages link to this file: U.S. Highway 395 List of California State Routes ... 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. ... California State Route 119 is legally defined: 419. ... 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Jump to: navigation, search USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Interstate 205 in California is a short connecting Interstate Highway between Interstate 5 and Interstate 580 south of the town of Lathrop. ... Manteca is a city in San Joaquin County, California, USA. As of August 2005, the city had a total population of approximately 57,200 residents. ... Escalon is a city located in San Joaquin County, California. ... Oakdale is a city located in Stanislaus County, California. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that is almost entirely in eastern California. ... Jump to: navigation, search Yosemite National Park (pronounced Yo-SEM-it-tee, IPA ) is a U.S. national park largely in Mariposa County, and Tuolumne County, California, United States. ... Tioga Pass (elevation 9943) is a pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. ... Jump to: navigation, search United States Highway 395 is a scenic highway that starts in the Mojave Desert at Interstate 15 near Hesperia, runs along the east side of the Sierra Nevada in the Owens Valley, winds through Carson City, Reno, back into California, crosses through the Modoc Plateau, and... Lee Vining lies at the base of the Sierra Nevada, on the shore of Mono Lake Lee Vining, California is an unincorporated town in Mono County, California, USA. It is located on the southwest short of Mono Lake, at 37°5724 N, 119°713 W (37. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mono Lake, showing nearby Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park Mono Lake is an alkaline and hypersaline lake in California, United States that is a critical nesting habitat for several bird species and is one of the most productive ecosystems in North America. ... Tufa is the name for an unusual geological formation. ... Jump to: navigation, search MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION POSTMILE US-395 CA 0. ...

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Tuolumne Meadows: An Introduction: Yosemite (721 words)
The Tioga Road is a 39-mile (63km) scenic drive through forests and past meadows, lakes, and granite domes from Crane Flat, past Olmsted Point and Tenaya Lake, through Tuolumne Meadows, and on to Tioga Pass, which at 9945 feet (3031m) above sea level is the highest automobile pass in California.
Though the Tioga Road is closed to vehicle traffic during the winter and spring, there is a ski hut in Tuolumne Meadows for use by cross-country (nordic) skiers during that time.
Lodging along the Tioga Road and in Tuolumne Meadows is limited to the summer season (except for ski hut lodging for cross-country skiers during the winter and early spring).
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