page_title: State Scenic Highway System (California)
section_title: List of eligible and designated scenic state highways
hierarchical_section_title: State Scenic Highway System (California) / List of eligible and designated scenic state highways
caption_attribution_description: English: Jersey Bridge, Highway 49, and the town of Downieville, California. Taken at the historic St. Charles Place. The bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places in Sierra County.
context_page_description: The State Scenic Highway System in the U.S. state of California is a list of highways, mainly state highways, that have been designated by the California Department of Transportation as scenic highways. They are marked by the state flower, a California poppy, inside either a rectangle for state-maintained highways or a pentagon for county highways.
  The California State Legislature makes state highways eligible for designation as a scenic highway, listing them in the Streets and Highways Code, sections 260-284. For a highway to then be declared scenic by Caltrans, the local government with jurisdiction over abutting land must adopt a "scenic corridor protection program" that limits development, outdoor advertising, and earthmoving, and Caltrans must agree that it meets the criteria. The desire to create such a designation has at times been in conflict with the property rights of abutters, for example on State Route 174.
  Any county highway that is believed to have outstanding scenic qualities is considered eligible, and the county with jurisdiction must follow Caltrans' same approval process as state highways to be declared scenic.
context_section_description: State Route 1
  I-5 in San Juan Capistrano to SR 19 in Long Beach
  State Route 128 between State Route 1 near Albion and Winters
  SR 187 near Santa Monica to US 101 near El Rio
  US 101 at Las Cruces to SR 246 in Lompoc
  Cabrillo Highway, scenic drive through the rocky headlands near the Pacific coast
  Designated 1971-12-14 in Santa Barbara County: US 101 at Las Cruces to Lompoc
  SR 227  near Oceano to US 101 in Pismo Beach
  US 101 in San Luis Obispo to SR 35 in Daly City
  San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway (also an All-American Road), scenic drive along the Pacific coast
  Designated 1999-08-13 in San Luis Obispo County: San Luis Obispo to Monterey County
  Big Sur Coast Highway (also an All-American Road), scenic drive along the Pacific coast
  Designated 1965-06-07 in Monterey County: San Luis Obispo County to Carmel River
  Designated 1970-05-21 in Monterey County: Carmel River to SR 68 in Monterey
  Cabrillo Highway, scenic drive along the Pacific coast
  Designated 1976-06-25 in San Mateo County: Santa Cruz County to Half Moon Bay
  SR 35 to US 101 in San Francisco
  US 101 near Marin City to US 101 at Leggett
  State Route 2
  I-210 in La Cañada Flintridge to SR 138 near Wrightwood
  Part of the Angeles Crest Scenic Byway (also a National Forest Scenic Byway), runs through the San Gabriel Mountains with scenic views of the Los Angeles Basin and the Mojave Desert
  Designated 1971-05-12 in Los Angeles County: La Cañada Flintridge to San Bernardino County
  State Route 3
  SR 36 near Peanut to Montague
  State Route 4
  SR 160 in Antioch to  SR 84 near Brentwood
  SR 49 in Angels Camp to SR 89 near Markleeville
  Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway (also a National Scenic Byway), crossing of the Sierra Nevada via Ebbetts Pass past giant sequoia groves
  Designated 1971-11-09 in Calaveras County: Arnold to Alpine County
  Designated 1970-09-14 in Alpine County: Calaveras County to SR 89 near Markleeville
  Interstate 5
  Mexico to SR 75 in southern San Diego
  SR 75 near Downtown San Diego to SR 74 in San Juan Capistrano
  I-210 in Sylmar to SR 126 in Santa Clarita
  SR 152 near Los Banos to I-580 near Tracy
  West Side Freeway, follows the western edge of the agricultural areas of the Central Valley, paralleling the California Aqueduct and the Delta–Mendota Canal
  Designated 1968-10-25 in Merced County: SR 152 near Los Banos to Stanislaus County
  Designated 1968-10-25 in Stanislaus County: Merced County to San Joaquin County
  Designated 1974-06-07 in San Joaquin County: Stanislaus County to I-580 near Tracy
  SR 44 in Redding to Shasta Lake
  SR 89 near Mount Shasta to US 97 in Weed
  SR 3 in Yreka to Oregon
  Interstate 8
  Sunset Cliffs Boulevard in San Diego to SR 98 near Ocotillo
  State Route 9
  SR 1 in Santa Cruz to SR 17 in Los Gatos
  Saratoga-Los Gatos Road, scenic drive through suburban areas in and near Saratoga at the foot of the Santa Cruz Mountains
  Designated 1979-10-18 in Santa Clara County: SR 35 at Saratoga Gap to Saratoga Sunnyvale Road in Saratoga
  Designated 1968-05-02 in Santa Clara County: Saratoga Sunnyvale Road in Saratoga to Los Gatos
  Interstate 10
  SR 38 in Redlands to SR 62 near White Water
  State Route 12
  US 101 in Santa Rosa to SR 121 near Sonoma
  Valley of the Moon Highway, passes through various wineries and vineyards of Sonoma Valley
  Designated 1974-12-17 in Sonoma County: Santa Rosa to Agua Caliente
  State Route 14
  SR 58 near Mojave to US 395 near Little Lake
  Interstate 15
  SR 76 near Pala to SR 91 in Corona
  SR 58 in Barstow to SR 127 at Baker
  State Route 16
  SR 20 near Rumsey to Capay
  State Route 17
  SR 1 in Santa Cruz to SR 9 in Los Gatos
  State Route 18
  SR 138 at Crestline to SR 247 at Lucerne Valley
  State Route 20
  SR 1 in Fort Bragg to SR 16 near Rumsey
  SR 49 in Grass Valley to I-80 near Emigrant Gap
  Part of the Yuba-Donner Scenic Byway (also a National Forest Scenic Byway), scenic drive through the pine forests of Tahoe National Forest
  Designated 1971-03-12 in Nevada County: Relief to Bear Valley
  State Route 24
  Caldecott Tunnel near Oakland to I-680 in Walnut Creek
  Route 24, scenic drive through the rolling hills in Orinda and Lafayette with a view of Mount Diablo going eastbou
caption: SR 49 through the historic mining community of Downieville.
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