Elsewhere, this is defined as a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Highway includes street.
A statewide system of freeways and expressways and connections thereto, creating a comprehensive system of access-controlled freeways and expressways throughout the State. Those portions of the state highway system which, together with the adjacent scenic corridors, require special scenic conservation treatment. The projects shall be on eligible routes identified and be located outside the boundaries of urbanized areas of over 50,000 population as designated by the most recent census of the Bureau of the Census, except as necessary to provide connections for continuation of the routes within those urban areas. In 1945, the National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc., approved the Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker program. For more information, see the Caltrans page on Blue Star Memorial Highways .