Monterey County Route G-15

County Road G-15 branches southeast from SR 146 along Metz Road, 1.8 miles east of the Soledad city line.

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Following Metz Road, CR G-15 is unmarked as it travels southward between the adjacent foothills and Union Pacific Railroad line.

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Metz Road south reaches the railroad siding of Harlem at Bluejay Lane.

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Advancing south from Harlem, Monterey County G-15 separates the foothills from agricultural areas alongside the parallel Salinas River.

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CR G-15 and the adjacent Union Pacific Railroad line span Chalone Creek by the settlement of Metz.

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1.1 mile south of Chalone Creek, CR G-15 (Metz Road) meets the east end of CR G-16 (Elm Avenue).

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G-16 travels west to Greenfield, Sycamore Flat and Millers Ranch, then northwest to Carmel Valley. The west end is with SR 1 (Cabrillo Highway) at Carmel-by-the-Sea.

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A confirming marker for Monterey County G-15 appears after Elm Avenue west as Metz Road narrows ahead of San Carlos Canyon.

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Continuing south from San Carlos Canyon, the UP Railroad maintains its grade by taking a tunnel through a hill, while the Metz Road wraps around a hill along a horseshoe curve.

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Monterey County G-15 flattens out along a linear stretch ahead of Agua Grande Canyon.

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A reassurance shield stands along CR G-15 (Metz Road) south near the railroad siding of Coburn.

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A power substation located to the west of CR G-15 at Spreckels Road brings power generated in King City northward.

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County Road G-15 (Metz Road) remains along the adjacent foothills to Mesa Del Rey Airport (KIC). The airport lies a bluff on the north side of King City.

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Monterey County G-15 (Metz Road) widens beyond the intersection with Airport Road through King City.

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County Road G-15 combines with CR G-13 (Bitterwater Road) west to Downtown King City.

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Crossing the Union Pacific Railroad, CR G-13 & G-15 turn southward along 1st Street. The two separate at Broadway, which doubles as U.S. 101 Business west to the freeway.

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Although unmarked south of Broadway, 1st Street carries both Monterey County G-15 and U.S. 101 Business. The two routes cross over San Lorenzo Creek after Division Street.

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U.S. 101 Business & CR G-15 (1st Street) proceed south from Lonoak Road toward a diamond interchange with the U.S. 101 freeway.

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U.S. 101, which travels north from King City to Salinas and San Francisco and south to San Luis Obispo and Los Angeles.

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Both CR G-15 and U.S. 101 Business conclude at the southbound on-ramp for U.S. 101. Mesa Verde Road extends south and east as a local road from this point.

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