# California State Route 63

State Route 63 (SR 63) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California in the Central Valley. It begins from near Tulare at Route 137, runs north through the city of Visalia and the towns of Cutler and Orosi, before ending 8 miles (13 km) north of Orange Cove, where it reaches its northern terminus at Route 180, roughly 2 and 1/2 miles southwest of the town of Yokuts Valley. State Route 63 runs concurrent with Route 198 within Visalia.

## Route description

SR 63 begins in the city of Tulare at an intersection with SR 137. It travels due north as Mooney Boulevard before leaving the Tulare city limits. The highway soon enters Visalia, intersecting CR J30 and passing through to the SR 198 freeway, where SR 63 merges with the freeway heading eastbound until the next exit. Following this, SR 63 turns north as a one-way couplet with Locust Street for southbound traffic and Court Street for northbound traffic. SR 63 intersects with CR J32 in downtown Visalia before turning northwest on NW 2nd Avenue and NW 3rd Avenue. North of downtown, NW 2nd Avenue and NW 3rd Avenue merge and become Dinuba Boulevard, and SR 63 continues north out of Visalia.
SR 63 continues north as Road 124, intersecting CR J34 and passing by Sequoia Field Airport. The road makes a small bend to the east, running concurrently with SR 201 briefly as Road 128 in the town of Calgro. SR 63 continues through Cutler and Orosi before intersecting CR J19 and traveling west on Avenue 460 for two blocks before continuing north at the city of Orange Cove as Hills Valley Road. After a few curves in the road, SR 63 ends at SR 180.
SR 63 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, and south of the northern Visalia city limits is part of the National Highway System, a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.

## History

In 1963, portions of SR 63 through Visalia were reconstructed as a one-way pair between Mineral King Avenue and Sweet Avenue.

## Major intersections

Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions). Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.
| County | Location | Postmile | Destinations | Notes |
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | Tulare | 0.00 | Mooney Boulevard | Continuation beyond SR 137 |
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | Tulare | 0.00 | SR 137 (Tulare Avenue) to SR 99 | South end of SR 63 |
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | Tulare | 1.00 | Prosperity Avenue to SR 99 | |
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | Visalia | 6.01 | Caldwell Avenue (CR J30) | |
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | Visalia | L7.97R8.75 | SR 198 west (Sequoia Freeway) / Mooney Boulevard | Interchange; south end of SR 198 overlap; SR 198 east exit 105B |
| South end of freeway on SR 198 ||
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | Visalia | R9.977.98 | North end of freeway on SR 198 | North end of freeway on SR 198 |
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | Visalia | R9.977.98 | SR 198 east (Sequoia Freeway) / Locust Street – Lemon Cove, Sequoia Park | Interchange; north end of SR 198 overlap; SR 198 west exit 107A |
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | Visalia | ​ | Murray Avenue (CR J32) | |
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | Visalia | R9.10 | Houston Avenue (CR J15) to SR 216 | |
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | ​ | 12.13 | Avenue 328 (CR J34) – Ivanhoe, Woodlake | |
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | ​ | R19.19 | SR 201 east (Avenue 384, CR J38) – Yettem, Woodlake, Dinuba | South end of SR 201 overlap |
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | ​ | 21.57 | SR 201 west (Avenue 400) – Kingsburg | North end of SR 201 overlap |
| Tulare TUL 0.00-R30.08 | Orosi | 23.57 | El Monte Way (CR J40) | |
| Fresno FRE 0.00-8.36 | Orange Cove | 0.00 | Hills Valley Road (CR J19) / Park Boulevard – Orange Cove | |
| Fresno FRE 0.00-8.36 | ​ | 8.36 | SR 180 (Kings Canyon Road) – Kings Canyon Park, Fresno | North end of SR 63 |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus |||||
* 1 2 Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along SR 198 rather than SR 63.