state route short state highway helps connect rural connecting state route state route east durham forms primary north south highway eastern highway majority merged routes mid-1970s highway newer lane alignment route california freeway expressway system project widen lane road lane expressway completed late removing highway route description state route begins divided highway interchange miles north north end freeway passes gap way heads northwest gently rolling terrain descending valley begins climb valley ends interchange highway continues corridor northwest quickly dropping valley route divided highway lanes history late 1910s natural prairie road linked state highway route southeast following present road highway midway route primary route cities state highway route following route west route near dedicated newly improved highway july state highway system northern portion woodland route rest route sign route turned east present state route 1950s 1960s quarters highway absorbed routes new lane alignment legislative route east opened mid-1950s highway south bypassing remainder junction south early 1960s alternate legislative route relocated old alignment bridge feather river northwest dam opened august resulting highway relocated new lane freeway alignment south remainder sign route route renumbering relocated new lane alignment mid-1970s leaving road began studies interchanges end september approved funding april interchanges construction begin cost million state budget problems need study environmental impacts project repeatedly pushed impacts inflation doubled cost million particular endangered species discovered south forcing redesign construction began september new freshwater marsh near state route intersection replace beaver ponds path highway completed march ground broken highway project april major construction beginning estimated completion late completion lane expressway including new directional interchange end state route state route exit enter right main movement access closed road providing sole grade crossing expressway near state route giving access local property road relocated southeast allowing future construction interchange addition state route relocated west state route local access state route interchange replaced frontage roads entire project completed november cost million major intersections letter measured road based alignment existed time necessarily reflect current mileage reflects realignment route indicates second realignment refers overlap correction change indicates classified temporary list list definitions segments remain relinquished local control omitted entire route
California State Route 149