 state route 82 (sr 82) is a state highway in the u.s. state of california that runs from interstate 880 in san jose to interstate 280 in san francisco following the san francisco peninsula. some portions of the highway are named el camino real, which also formed part of the historic el camino real mission trail. ==route description== thumb|left|route 82 at the intersection with mathilda avenue (sunnyvale) thumb|left|historical el camino real marker in santa clara route 82 begins its journey at interstate 880 in san jose. once it enters santa clara, route 82 bends north-east around santa clara university and onto el camino real, where it continues for the remainder of its trip up the san francisco peninsula, paralleling the caltrain corridor. route 82, referred to by local residents almost always as "el camino," runs through a number of cities on the peninsula, including palo alto (passing by stanford university), san carlos, san mateo, burlingame, and millbrae, and it is a central artery of the peninsula communities through which it passes. in daly city, route 82 becomes mission street, connecting with san francisco's mission street, but then quickly flows onto san jose avenue, crossing alemany boulevard, and terminating at i-280. route 82 takes an inland course paralleling the bayshore freeway (us 101). the entire route is at street level with at least four lanes of traffic; no portions of it exist as a freeway, although the route is occasionally a divided highway. the bayshore freeway and the interstate 280 tend to provide faster alternatives than route 82 even during traffic jams on those freeways. from 1964 to 1968, route 82 continued past its current end north on alemany boulevard to bayshore boulevard in s
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