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CA 99 Exits Tulare, Fresno, and Madera Counties |
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171 |
171 |
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Road 15 Le Grand Avenue Minturn Road |
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170
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170
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CA 233 through Chowchilla Avenue 26 |
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168 |
168 |
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Avenue 24 1/2 |
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167 |
167 |
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Avenue 24 |
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166
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166
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01-02-2005 01-02-2005 |
CA 152 to Westbound Los Baños and |
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162 |
162 |
01-02-2005 |
Avenue 20 |
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159 |
159 |
01-02-2005 01-02-2005 |
Avenue 18 ½ Road 23 |
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157 |
157 |
01-02-2005 |
Avenue 17 |
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156 |
156 |
01-02-2005 |
Northernmost exit in Madera proper,
exit 156 gives access to Avenue 16 and the northern terminus of Gateway
Drive—former US 99. |
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155 |
155 |
01-02-2005 01-02-2005 01-02-2005 |
Exit 155—or the Cleveland Avenue exit
is perhaps Madera’s most congested intersection. |
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154 |
154 |
01-02-2005 |
Southbound: Central Madera Northbound: Fourth Street |
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153
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153B
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01-02-2005 01-02-2005 |
CA 145 meets CA 41 as an east-west
highway east of Madera, and runs as a north-south rural route through Kerman
(Jct. CA 180) to Helm, Five Points and Westside; CA 145 ends at a junction
with I-5 Exit 337 and CA 33. |
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153A |
01-02-2005 01-02-2005 |
Gateway Drive is the Madera stretch of
Golden State Highway. Much of CA 99 is
followed by its previous routing as US 99.
There still are present a few signs designating Gateway Drive as
“Business CA 99.” |
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151 |
151 |
01-01-2005 01-01-2005 |
Exit 151 is a major junction with
Avenue 12, which leads through Madera Ranchos to Yosemite and Fresno’s Northern
entrance via CA 41. Note the new ultra
reflective sign with the exit number and the pre-2000 button copy sign
without the exit number. |
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147 |
147 |
01-01-2005 |
Avenue 9 is a shortcut to the Valley Children’s
Hospital, turning into Children’s Boulevard and meeting with CA 41 Exit 138B
near Fresno’s northern entry at the San Joaquin River and Woodward Park.. |
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144 |
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01-01-2005 |
Avenue 7 |
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143 |
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01-01-2005 |
Herndon Avenue |
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142 |
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Grantland Avenue |
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140 |
140 |
01-01-2005 |
Shaw Avenue, formerly CA 168 from CA 41
to Clovis Avenue, is one of Fresno’s busiest thoroughfares second only to
Herndon Avenue two miles to the north.
The traffic lights were synchronized between Blackstone Avenue and
Golden State Highway by time I was of temporary Fresno residence in Summer
2004. The interchange has been
scheduled for major upgrades for around 2006-2008. |
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138 |
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01-01-2005 |
Ashlan Avenue |
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137B |
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01-01-2005 |
Dakota Avenue (Southbound access only). |
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137A |
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Shields Avenue (Southbound Access
only). |
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136B |
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Princeton Avenue |
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136A |
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Clinton Avenue |
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135 |
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Olive Avenue |
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134 |
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Belmont Avenue |
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133B
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133
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01-01-2005 |
CA 180 (East and Westbound split);
access to CA 41 North and South. The
4-digit exit number can barely be read at the top right corner. |
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133A |
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Stanislaus Street |
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132B |
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Fresno Street / Civic Center |
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132A |
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01-01-2005 |
Ventura Street (former CA 180) Southbound: Golden State Blvd. |
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131
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131
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01-01-2005 |
CA 41 South; to Lemoore, Hanford, Kettleman City and Paso Robles (Southbound CA 99 only) CA 41 North; to |
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130 |
130 |
01-01-2005
01-01-2005
01-01-2005 |
Jensen Avenue (access to CA 41 North and
South) was the only way to access CA 41 before 1998 when he
freeway was extended to about two miles south of CA 99. The 99/41 intersection is not a full
intersection, meaning that a driver may not be able to change directly from
one freeway to the other without using surface streets. Thus, Jensen Avenue remains the only means
of meeting CA 41 South from CA 99—only CA 41 North can be directly
accessed. Freeway CA 180 (which CA 99
meets several miles to the north) serves as a freeway link between CA 99 and
CA 41, providing interchange in all directions. Yet, as the second picture to the left
suggests, I would recommend use of Jensen due to the fact that CA 41 lies
only ½ mile to the west immediately after exiting CA 99. |
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129 |
128 |
01-01-2005 |
North Avenue and Cedar Avenue |
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127 |
127 |
01-01-2005 01-01-2005 |
Central Avenue and Chestnut Avenue |
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126 |
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American Avenue |
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124 |
124 |
01-01-2005 |
Clovis Avenue |
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123B |
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Adams Avenue |
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123A |
123 |
01-01-2005 01-01-2005 |
Merced Street |
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121 |
121 |
01-01-2005 01-01-2005 01-01-2005 |
Manning Avenue |
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118
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118
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01-01-2005 01-01-2005
01-01-2005 |
CA 43, Highland Avenue is the northern
exit to Selma, which is known as the “Raisin Capital of the World” (The cities of Fowler and Kingsburg, along
with Fresno County all claim a link to the grape, wine and raisin industry
along CA 99’s stretch. The popular
raisin producer, “Sun-Maid” is based
here. |
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117 |
117 |
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Second Street |
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115 |
115 |
01-01-2005 01-01-2005 |
Mountain View Avenue |
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114 |
114 |
01-01-2005 |
Kamm Avenue and Bethel Avenue |
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112
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112
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01-01-2005 |
CA 201 runs eastward along Conejo Avenue and Sierra Street from CA 99 Exit 112 to
Dinuba. Kingsburg’s main exit accesses
it’s downtown area of Swedish theme. See CA 99 Exit 118 (CA 43/Highland Avenue). |
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111 |
111 |
01-01-2005 01-01-2005 01-01-2005 |
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109 |
109 |
01-01-2005 |
The exit for Ave 384 is number
109. A rest area lies at the western
side of the freeway—accessible from southbound CA 99. |
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106 |
106B |
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Merritt Drive. |
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106A |
01-01-2005 01-01-2005 |
“Traver” is a
rural lodge that lies at the side of the northbound lanes. |
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98B |
98B |
01-01-2005 |
Betty Drive Elder Street This sign is one of the last signs to
be replaced by CalTrans before they switched from
button copy to retroflective in 2000. Thus, its newness is noticeable. This sign could either have a retroflective exit tab added in the future, or could be
completely replaced with a new retroflective and
numbered sign. The former is more
common in Southern and Northern California; the later is more common in
Central California. |
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98A |
98A |
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Avenue 304 |
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97
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96
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CA 198 serves as the recently completed
east-west freeway to the east through Visalia into Three Rivers, Kaweah Lake and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks,
and as an east-west connection between the CA 99 and I-5 for Tulare and Kings
Counties. CA 198 serves Hanford and
Lemoore (where it meets CA 41) before arriving at I-5. |
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94 |
94 |
01-01-2005 |
Avenue 280 Caldwell Avenue |
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92 |
92 |
01-01-2005 |
Exit 92 for Avenues 260 and 264 is one
of the first exits on the CA 99 to be numbered north of Bakersfield. Thus, many other sites have already photographed
this sign (Aaroads.com for instance).
This picture was taken on 01-01-2005. |
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91 |
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The northernmost access to Tulare, “J” Street is the former routing of US
99, meeting again with CA 99 a few miles to the south. |
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90 |
01-01-2005 |
Try saying “Oaks Street” ten times
fast. |
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89 |
89 |
01-01-2005 01-01-2005 |
“M” Street Cartmill Avenue |
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88 |
88 |
01-01-2005 |
Prosperity Avenue Blackstone Street (South only) Hillman Street (North only) This intersection was renovated in
2004. |
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87
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87
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01-01-2005 |
CA 137 runs along Tulare Avenue toward
Porterville until its eastern terminus at CA 65. Westbound CA 137 leads to CA 43 and
Concord. |
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86 |
86 |
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Bardsley Avenue |
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85 |
85 |
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Paige Road |
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83 |
83 |
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Avenue 200 |
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81 |
81 |
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Avenue 184 |
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80 |
80 |
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Rest Area |
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77 |
77 |
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Tipton, a small farm town, can be
accessed here. Avenue 152 |
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76
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76
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CA 190 goes eastward to meet CA 65 in
Porterville, and continues as a route into the Sierras. Centerville is a control city for this
route. |
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73 |
73 |
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Avenue 120 |
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70C |
71 |
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Road 24 Pixley is another small farm town—yet is
large enough to have its own Nazarene Church.
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70B |
70B |
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Court Street |
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70A |
70A |
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Avenue 96 Terra Bella has a Nazarene Church as
well. |
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68 |
67 |
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Avenues 80 and 76 |
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67 |
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Alpaugh Avenue 72 |
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65B |
65 |
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Avenue 56 |
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65A |
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Ducor |
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64 |
64 |
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Avenue 48 |
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61 |
61 |
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Avenue 24 |
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60 |
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First exit outside of northern Delano,
which hugs the northern border of Kern county with Tulare county, is Avenue
16. |
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Source of Exit numbers:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/calnexus/reports/ninetyninenorth.htm
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*No
formal plans have been made thus far to re-number and/or re-designate CA 99
to I-7. Yet, some media coverage has
been recently dedicated to Central California legislators who have in recent years
been looking for ways to bring federal funds to the Highway 99. At least one representative in Visalia, and
Fresno’s mayor Alan Autry, are pushing to find loopholes to avoid the costly
barrier of 150+ bridges that are too low; the goal is to give the highway
from its southern terminus at I-5 which is 21 miles south of Bakersfield, to Stockton
or Sacramento, an “Interstate” designation.
However, a couple of legislators in Shafter push for the more
reasonable (and perhaps more continuous with the highway’s history) idea to redesignate the highway as a US route. See the below sites which give reference to
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Highway 99 “Master
Plan”—CalTrans suggests an I-9
designation. See the link, “Final
Draft.” |
This site
lists I-7 as a potential number for the “interstate” designation of CA 99. |
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