State Route 41 North - Fresno


Now on a fully standard expressway with concrete through lanes, the first signalized intersection along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) north is with Conejo Avenue. Conejo Avenue (a Fresno county-maintained route) runs east to Conejo and Kingsburg (California 201 (Sierra Street) interchange with California 99).
11/23/06
The next signalized intersection along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) is with Mountain View Avenue. This county-maintained highway travels west to Elm View and Caruthers (two miles) and east to Selma (via a connection with California 43 (Highland Avenue) north, 11 miles).
11/23/06
The next two signed intersections along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) north are with Nebraska Avenue (one mile north of Mountain View Avenue) and Floral Avenue (two miles north of Mountain View Avenue). Both Nebraska Avenue and Floral Avenue travel east to Selma on the California 99 corridor.
11/23/06
A set of Pacific Gas and Electric power lines cross over California 41 between Floral Avenue and Manning Avenue.
11/23/06
The next intersection along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) north is with Manning Avenue. Use Manning Avenue east to Bowles, Parlier, and Reedley. To the west, Manning Avenue travels to Raisin City, San Joaquin, and a junction with Interstate 5 Exit 365 in the west valley. This is a major east-west arterial across Fresno County.
11/23/06
The next intersection along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) north is with South Avenue, approximately 1.5 miles north of the Manning Avenue intersection.
11/23/06
The next intersection along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) north is with Adams Avenue (Exit 120), which connects to California 41 Business/Elm Avenue north to Easton. Easton is an unincorporated community with a population of 1,966 as of the 2000 Census. It sits at an elevation of 276 feet.
11/23/06
Northbound California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) meets Adams Avenue west to California 41 Business/Elm Avenue north to Easton and east to Oleander and Fowler. The business route reconnects to California 41 at American Avenue, about two-three miles north of here.
11/23/06
Bypassing Easton to the east, California 41 sees a brief freeway alignment (built 1998). Two highways pass over California 41 without intersecting: Clayton Avenue and Lincoln Avenue. The expressway again resumes with an at-grade intersection with American Avenue (California 41 Business south).
11/23/06
Northbound California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) meets American Avenue west to California 41 Business/Elm Avenue south to Easton and east to Del Rey.
11/23/06
The next intersection along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) north is with Central Avenue (Exit 123).
11/23/06
Northbound California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) meets Central Avenue. This is the final signalized intersection before California 41 assumes a full freeway configuration with traffic interchanges.
11/23/06
The first exit on California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) is Exit 124, North Avenue (one-half mile; full diamond interchange).
11/23/06
This mileage sign provides the distance to the first three exits on California 41 (Yosemite Freeway): Exit 124, North Avenue; Exit 125, Jensen Avenue; and Exit 126A, California 99 north.
11/23/06
Northbound California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) meets Exit 124, North Avenue. The section of freeway from North Avenue to California 99 was built in 1997.
11/23/06
The next exit along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) is Exit 125, Jensen Avenue (three-quarters mile; partial cloverleaf interchange).
11/23/06
California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) enters the city of Fresno in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. Home to 427,652 people as of the 2000 Census, Fresno has seen significant growth to where 2009 population estimates are over one-half million (500,000 people). The city has seen substantial development around the city and is the seat of largely agricultural Fresno County. It was founded on October 12, 1885. Fresno sits at an elevation of 294 feet and lies along the Historic U.S. 99 corridor. It is the largest city in California (and the United States) not to be served by an Interstate Highway, but it is served by three major freeways: California 41 (north-south), California 99 (northwest-southeast), and California 180 (east-west). A fourth north-south freeway (California 168) offers relief to California 41.
11/23/06
This mileage sign provides the distance to the first three exits on California 41 (Yosemite Freeway): Exit 125, Jensen Avenue; Exit 126A, California 99 north; and Exit 126B, Van Ness Avenue to downtown Fresno.
11/23/06
Northbound California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) meets Exit 125, Jensen Avenue. Use Jensen Avenue east to California 99 south.
11/23/06
Passing under Jensen Avenue overpass, northbound California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) next approaches Exit 126A, California 99 north to Modesto, Stockton, and Sacramento. California 41 becomes the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Freeway north of California 99.
11/23/06
The left three lanes continue north on California 41 north, while the right two lanes connect to California 99 north. There is no direct access to California 99 south.
11/23/06
Northbound California 41 meets Exit 126A, California 99 (Golden State Freeway) north. California 99 is a major north-south freeway that serves most of the cities through the Central Valley, from Bakersfield to Fresno to Modesto to Stockton to Sacramento to Chico to Red Bluff. Replacing Historic U.S. 99, California 99 is almost entirely freeway between Bakersfield and Sacramento. Projects underway converted the rest of California 99 into full freeway standards with interchanges.
11/23/06
The next exit along California 41 north is Exit 126B, Van Ness Avenue and Ventura Street (which is signed to Kings Canyon via the former route of California 180). The interchange between California 99 and California 41, known as the Rosa Parks Interchange, was built in 1963 and expanded in 1997 to accommodate the freeway extension of California 41 south to Jensen Avenue and Easton.
11/23/06
California 41 carries two northbound lanes over the California 99 freeway through the Rosa Parks Interchange (the interchange was expanded in 1997).
11/23/06
The downtown skyscrapers of Fresno come into view ahead as we continue on an elevated viaduct. This mileage sign provides the distance to the next two exits along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) north: Exit 126B, Van Ness Avenue and Ventura Street (old alignment of California 180) to downtown Fresno and Exit 127, Tulare Street and Divisadero Street.
11/23/06
After traffic from California 99 north merges onto California 41 north, the freeway expands to three northbound lanes.
11/23/06
Northbound California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) reaches Exit 126B, Van Ness Avenue and Ventura Street. Use Van Ness Avenue north to Ventura Street east/west and to downtown Fresno including the Civic Center. This section of California 41 viaduct was built between 1966 and 1969. The next exit is Exit 127, Tulare Street.
11/23/06
This California 41 north reassurance shield is posted after the on-ramp from Van Ness Avenue.
05/13/05
California 41 through Fresno is known as the Yosemite Freeway but is also designated as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Freeway in honor of the 34th U.S. President who was responsible for the passage of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act), which created the modern Interstate Highway system. It is ironic that President Eisenhower is honored on a non-Interstate highway in the largest city in the United States not served by an Interstate Highway.
05/13/05
Northbound California 41 meets Exit 127, Tulare Street. The next interchange along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) is Exit 128, California 180 (Kings Canyon Freeway).
05/13/05
To Fresno International Airport, motorists are advised to use California 180 east according to this sign on northbound California 41. California 180 is a major east-west freeway that crosses the city of Fresno; the interchange between California 41 and California 180 was built in 1974.
11/23/06
The right two lanes connect to California 180 east and west, while the left three lanes continue north on California 41 north to Yosemite National Park. California 180 travels east to Kings Canyon National Park (Exit 128A) and west to Mendota (Exit 128B). The control city for northbound California 41 (Eisenhower / Yosemite Freeway) is now Yosemite National Park.
11/23/06
Northbound California 41 (Eisenhower / Yosemite Freeway) reaches Exit 128A, California 180 (Sequoia-Kings Canyon Freeway) east to Kings Canyon National Park. Use California 180 east to California 168 northeast to California State University at Fresno (CSUF). The next exit is for Exit 128B, California 180 (Kings Canyon Freeway) east to Mendota. The California 180 freeway east of here was opened in the early 2000s and is slated for further extension east as development and traffic needs warrant.
11/23/06
Immediately thereafter, northbound California 41 meets Exit 128B, California 180 (Sequoia-Kings Canyon Freeway) west to Mendota. California 180 links with California 99 west of here, then eventually reverts to a conventional two-lane highway to Mendota. Plans call for an eventual extension of California 180 east to link with Interstate 5 in the future, perhaps as a two-lane facility or as an expressway.
11/23/06
The next interchange along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) is Exit 129, McKinley Avenue (one-half mile). The freeway passes under the California 180 stack interchange. The section of California 41 north between California 180 and Herndon Avenue was constructed in 1982.
05/13/05
This mileage sign provides the distance to the next three interchanges along California 41 (Eisenhower / Yosemite Freeway): Exit 129, McKinley Avenue; Exit 130, Shields Avenue; and Exit 131, Ashlan Avenue.
05/13/05
The right lane of northbound California 41 (Eisenhower / Yosemite Freeway) becomes exit only for Exit 129, McKinley Avenue.
05/13/05
The next interchange along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) is Exit 130, Shields Avenue (one mile).
05/13/05
This mileage sign provides the distance to the next three interchanges along California 41 (Eisenhower / Yosemite Freeway): Exit 130, Shields Avenue; Exit 131, Ashlan Avenue; and Exit 132, Shaw Avenue (former California 168).
05/13/05
This mileage sign provides the distance to the next three interchanges along California 41 (Eisenhower / Yosemite Freeway): Exit 131, Ashlan Avenue; Exit 132, Shaw Avenue (former California 168); and Exit 133, Bullard Avenue.
05/13/05
The next interchange along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) is Exit 132, Shaw Avenue (former California 168). Use Shaw Avenue east to California State University at Fresno and Clovis.
05/13/05
Northbound California 41 (Eisenhower / Yosemite Freeway) reaches Exit 132, Shaw Avenue east to Clovis. With the construction of the Sierra Freeway, California 168 now begins at California 180 near the airport and travels northeast as a freeway to the California State University at Fresno.
05/13/05
The next interchange along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) is Exit 133, Bullard Avenue (one mile).
05/13/05
This mileage sign provides the distance to the next three interchanges along California 41 (Eisenhower / Yosemite Freeway): Exit 133, Bullard Avenue; Exit 134, Herndon Avenue; and Exit 135, Friant Road.
05/13/05
The next interchange along California 41 (Yosemite Freeway) is Exit 134, Herndon Avenue (0.75 mile).
05/13/05
Northbound California 41 (Eisenhower / Yosemite Freeway) reaches Exit 134, Herndon Avenue. Ahead, the section of California 41 freeway between Herndon Avenue and Audubon Drive was built in 1988-1989.
05/13/05
This mileage sign provides the distance to the next three interchanges along California 41 (Eisenhower / Yosemite Freeway): Exit 135, Friant Road and Blackstone Avenue; Exit 138A, Rio Mesa Boulevard; and Exit 138B, Children's Boulevard.
05/13/05
Northbound California 41 (Eisenhower / Yosemite Freeway) reaches Exit 135, Friant Road north and Blackstone Avenue south. Blackstone Avenue is the old alignment of California 41 leading into Fresno from the north.
05/13/05
Photo Credits:
- Andy Field: 05/13/05, 11/23/06
Connect with:
Page Updated Wednesday November 30, 2011.