California_State_Route_202
California State Route 202
Highway in California
State Route 202 (SR 202) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that serves as a spur route from State Route 58 in Tehachapi in Kern County to the California Correctional Institution.
Map of Kern County in south central California with SR 202 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Caltrans | ||||
| Length | 10.53 mi[1] (16.95 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | California Correctional Institution | |||
| East end |  SR 58 near Tehachapi | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | California | |||
| Counties | Kern | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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A portion of SR 202 is overlapped with SR 58 Business. That portion follows the alignment of decommissioned U.S. Route 466.
The road begins with its western terminus at the California Correctional Institution in Cummings Valley along West Valley Boulevard, its name for part of the route. SR 202 then heads eastward through a farmland area before entering a suburb area of Tehachapi. The road then abruptly turns north toward SR 58 Business where it is concurrent with the business route through town to its eastern end at State Route 58 with an interchange.[2]
SR 202 is part of the National Highway System,[3] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.[4]
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).[5] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The entire route is in Kern County.
| Location | Postmile [5][1][6] | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | R1.48 | California Correctional Institution main entrance | West end of SR 202 | ||
| | 7.30 | Woodford Tehachapi Road | Former US 466 west | ||
| Tehachapi | R8.87 | Tucker Road south, Valley Boulevard east | Former US 466 east / SR 202 east | ||
| R9.38 |   SR 58 Bus. east (Tehachapi Boulevard) / Red Apple Avenue | West end of SR 58 Bus. overlap; former SR 202 west | |||
| | 12.01 | SR 58 – Barstow, Bakersfield | Interchange; east end of SR 58 Bus. overlap; east end of SR 202; SR 58 exit 148 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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- California Department of Transportation (July 2007). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
- Microsoft; Nokia (2011-01-13). "California State Route 202" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: California (South) (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
- Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
- California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
