Garden Highway Sacramento and Sutter counties

[bing101]

This road starts out as an expressway like road on Arden way in Sacramento but then after this road is west of I-5, Garden highway becomes a rural levee road. This is because the road is on the banks of the Sacrmento river. Once this road enters Sutter county the road turns east towards ca-99 then ends near ca-70. This road is managed by Sutter and Sacramento counties.  This road does not have a route number but has the name highway.

[NE2]

The road is Garden highway but does not go in new Jersey.

[Indyroads]

Segments of the Garden Hwy were part of SR-99 at one time. This was the primary route from downtown Sacramento (Via the Jibboom St Bridge) to Yuba City. The route crosses the feather river via the feather river crossing (recently reconstructed) in south Sutter county. The Arden-Garden Connector was a recent addition to the Garden Hwy and was never part of the original highway, it is however a useful connector.

[TheStranger]

The segment of Garden Highway from the American River to the current Route 99 bridge over the Feather River (north of Nicolaus) is former Route 70/99 (pre-1964 Route 24).  Until I-5's crossing into the Natomas area of Sacramento was finished in the early 1970s, 70/99 followed Jibboom Street southward across the river to downtown Sacramento.

I THINK the portion of Garden Highway from Route 99 near Route 113, into Yuba City, consists of part of former US 40A.

Arden-Garden Connector was constructed ca. 2003, I remember it being just about brand-new when I first went to college in Davis.  Previously, the main portion of Garden Highway (now a one-way ramp of sorts) ended at Northgate Boulevard.

[ZLoth]

The only reason why I'm even familiar with Garden Highway is that the local PBS station was located there up until around 1990. Now, the site is a relay station from its current studios to the transmitters in Walnut Creek Walnut Grove in the Delta.

[bing101]

The only reason why I'm even familiar with Garden Highway is that the local PBS station was located there up until around 1990. Now, the site is a relay station from its current studios to the transmitters in Walnut Creek.

You Mean that KVIE has a transmitter on Mount Diablo?

[ZLoth]

The only reason why I'm even familiar with Garden Highway is that the local PBS station was located there up until around 1990. Now, the site is a relay station from its current studios to the transmitters in Walnut Creek.

You Mean that KVIE has a transmitter on Mount Diablo?

No. The TV transmitters for the Sacramento market are located in Walnut Grove, not Walnut Creek as erroneously previously stated. (Well, they have Walnuts in their name ) The transmitter is shared with KTXL, although KTXL is at 2,000 feet, while KVIE is at 1,900 feet.

[bing101]

The only reason why I'm even familiar with Garden Highway is that the local PBS station was located there up until around 1990. Now, the site is a relay station from its current studios to the transmitters in Walnut Creek.

You Mean that KVIE has a transmitter on Mount Diablo?

No. The TV transmitters for the Sacramento market are located in Walnut Grove, not Walnut Creek as erroneously previously stated. (Well, they have Walnuts in their name ) The transmitter is shared with KTXL, although KTXL is at 2,000 feet, while KVIE is at 1,900 feet.

Don't forget another city in California with the name Walnut but its in the Pomona area.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut,_California
Post Merge: February 04, 2014, 07:20:51 PM
But I think this is basically California's version of a Farm to Market Road.

[jrouse]

The segment of Garden Highway from the American River to the current Route 99 bridge over the Feather River (north of Nicolaus) is former Route 70/99 (pre-1964 Route 24).  Until I-5's crossing into the Natomas area of Sacramento was finished in the early 1970s, 70/99 followed Jibboom Street southward across the river to downtown Sacramento.

I THINK the portion of Garden Highway from Route 99 near Route 113, into Yuba City, consists of part of former US 40A.

Arden-Garden Connector was constructed ca. 2003, I remember it being just about brand-new when I first went to college in Davis.  Previously, the main portion of Garden Highway (now a one-way ramp of sorts) ended at Northgate Boulevard.

Actually it was only the section from the former junction with Jibboom Street to El Centro Road.  The Jibboom Street intersection was removed when I-5 was constructed, and the intersection with El Centro Road was obliterated 5 to 10 years ago when a new housing tract was built in the area.  The second section ranfrom the Nicolaus junction at the Feather River Bridge, and continued on up to Tudor.  This changed when the Tudor Bypass was built a few years ago, when the highway was realigned, and the old road was closed off at the south end of the realignment. 

I don't know that US-40A ever ran on Garden Highway, as I think it followed the current alignment of State Route 113 and then turned north onto what is now State Route 99 at what is now the 99/113 junction.  That junction is west of Garden Highway. 

[TheStranger]

Actually it was only the section from the former junction with Jibboom Street to El Centro Road.  The Jibboom Street intersection was removed when I-5 was constructed, and the intersection with El Centro Road was obliterated 5 to 10 years ago when a new housing tract was built in the area.  The second section ranfrom the Nicolaus junction at the Feather River Bridge, and continued on up to Tudor.  This changed when the Tudor Bypass was built a few years ago, when the highway was realigned, and the old road was closed off at the south end of the realignment. 

Thanks for the correction!  I had forgotten that El Centro was the old Route 24 (and later 70/99).

I don't know that US-40A ever ran on Garden Highway, as I think it followed the current alignment of State Route 113 and then turned north onto what is now State Route 99 at what is now the 99/113 junction.  That junction is west of Garden Highway. 

Doublechecking with this early 1950s map, which shows Route 24 on what is now 113/99/20/70 -

http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1579621/Sutter+County+1950c/

While indeed Sawtelle Avenue just north of Tudor is marked as Route 24 (future US 40A).  But a lot of the current road bisecting Yuba City's west side isn't there, so I wonder if it did continue on the north end of Garden, or on another road.

[jrouse]

While indeed Sawtelle Avenue just north of Tudor is marked as Route 24 (future US 40A).  But a lot of the current road bisecting Yuba City's west side isn't there, so I wonder if it did continue on the north end of Garden, or on another road.

Yes, the 99 freeway north of 20 dates only to the early 1970s.  99 used to follow Live Oak Blvd prior to the freeway being built.

[TheStranger]

While indeed Sawtelle Avenue just north of Tudor is marked as Route 24 (future US 40A).  But a lot of the current road bisecting Yuba City's west side isn't there, so I wonder if it did continue on the north end of Garden, or on another road.

Yes, the 99 freeway north of 20 dates only to the early 1970s.  99 used to follow Live Oak Blvd prior to the freeway being built.

Since Live Oak ends at 20 (I had always had a feeling this was historic 99E and later Route 99)...it's the portion of the old 24/40A route between Bogue Road and 20 that I'm still guessing at a bit, based off that 1950s map, when today's 99 between Bogue and Live Oak Boulevard wasn't even on the drawing board yet.

From the then-current north terminus of Sawtelle...Oswald Road, Railroad Avenue, and Garden Highway appear to be the route to Yuba City.