CA 16

[Max Rockatansky]

The western segment of California State Route 16 carries an interesting alignment which largely follows Cache Creek.  What would become CA 16 was originally ordered by a survey in 1915 which in theory would have followed Cache Creek all the way from Rumsey to Clear Lake.  This survey would evolve into Legislative Route 50 by 1919 which in turn was expanded to Woodland in 1933.  The Clear Lake-Rumsey Highway was completed in 1934 just in time for it to become part of the newly designated CA 16.  The exact timeline for the creation of the gap in CA 16 isn't fully clear as it shows to be silently multiplexed with I-5 from Woodland-Sacramento on the 1990 Caltrans State Map.  The western segment of CA 16 has a bizarre east terminus in Woodland which is multiplexed with Yolo County Route E7 and I-5 Business on Road 98.

https://www.gribblenation.org/2021/01/western-california-state-route-16.html

[sparker]

The western segment of California State Route 16 carries an interesting alignment which largely follows Cache Creek.  What would become CA 16 was originally ordered by a survey in 1915 which in theory would have followed Cache Creek all the way from Rumsey to Clear Lake.  This survey would evolve into Legislative Route 50 by 1919 which in turn was expanded to Woodland in 1933.  The Clear Lake-Rumsey Highway was completed in 1934 just in time for it to become part of the newly designated CA 16.  The exact timeline for the creation of the gap in CA 16 isn't fully clear as it shows to be silently multiplexed with I-5 from Woodland-Sacramento on the 1990 Caltrans State Map.  The western segment of CA 16 has a bizarre east terminus in Woodland which is multiplexed with Yolo County Route E7 and I-5 Business on Road 98.

https://www.gribblenation.org/2021/01/western-california-state-route-16.html

Given the growth of Woodland as a Sacramento exurb commencing in the '80's, and the ongoing Caltrans push to eliminate city streets from the state highway system, while not terribly intuitive by any means the "shunt" north on Biz 5 is not surprising.  As a former state highway, D3 already had the technical specifications for that segment of Road 98 in their files, so once the decision to decommission CA 16 from West Sacramento to Woodland was made, something had to be done to connect the remaining western section to either I-5 or CA 113, preferably not through the center of town -- so turning north was the solution.  The fact that Biz 5 remains signed was coincidental, and Yolo County probably requested that E7, long a truck alternative to CA 113 pre-freeway (even back when when Davis-Woodland was part of both US 99W and Alternate US 40), remained co-signed on the shifted CA 16.   

[Max Rockatansky]

Now for Eastern CA 16:

Eastern California State Route 16 is a 32-mile segment of the highway is located in Sacramento County and Amador County.  The eastern segment once was bridged through downtown Sacramento to what is now the western segment near Woodland.  Eastern California State Route 16 begins at US Route 50 in Sacramento and largely follows Jackson Road east to California State Route 49 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.  The highway passes through numerous communities which were tied to the early Gold Rush era in California.  Pictured as the blog cover is California State Route 16 at the original Deer Creek Bridge in Sloughhouse during 1948. 

https://www.gribblenation.org/2024/07/eastern-california-state-route-16.html

[ClassicHasClass]

I have a photograph somewhere of a CA 16 postmile on the I Street bridge in Sacramento. I'll have to dig that out.

[Voyager]

The section between Cache Creek Casino and Highway 20 is one of the more beautiful highways I've seen.