California State Route 245
Highway in California
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State Route 245 (SR 245) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs from near Exeter to near Kings Canyon National Park. It connects State Route 198 in Tulare County to State Route 180 in Fresno County. It runs through the city of Woodlake and the small unincorporated towns of Elderwood, Badger, and Pinehurst. Roughly 95 percent of SR 245 traverses rural areas. North of Avenue 364 in Tulare County, SR 245 is synonymous with Millwood Drive.
Route description
The route begins at State Route 198 in Tulare County. It then heads north and intersects State Route 216 in Woodlake and County Route J27 amid farmland in the county. The route continues to meet State Route 201 in Elderwood. After several miles through Tulare County, it crosses into Fresno County, where it meets its north end at State Route 180.
SR 245 is not 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]
History
State Route 245 | |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles |
| Existed | 1963–1965[5] |
From 1963 to 1965, Route 245 was originally defined to run from Interstate 5 to SR 60 in the Los Angeles area, as a temporary route during construction in Downtown Los Angeles.[5]
Present-day SR 245 was originally numbered Route 69 during the 1964 renumbering.[6] SR 69 was then renumbered to SR 245 in 1972 due to the continual theft of SR 69 signs.[5][6]
Major intersections
Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment of State Route 69 as it existed at that 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 ().[7] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.
| County | Location | Postmile [7][1][8] | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulare TUL 0.00–33.04 | | 0.00 |  SR 198 / Road 204 – Sequoia Park, Visalia | South end of SR 245 | |
| Woodlake | 7.07 |  SR 216 (Naranjo Boulevard) | Roundabout | ||
| | 10.47 | Millwood Drive (CR J27) / Avenue 364 – Visalia | Northern terminus of CR J27 | ||
| Elderwood | 12.00 |   SR 201 west (Avenue 376) – Kingsburg | Eastern terminus of SR 201 | ||
| | 19.29 | Boyd Drive – Orosi | |||
| | 30.01 | Dry Creek Drive (CR J21) | Northern terminus of CR J21 | ||
| Fresno FRE 0.00–8.97 | | 8.97 |  SR 180 – Fresno, Kings Canyon Park | North end of SR 245 | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
