The state highway system shall consist of the routes described in this article.

It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, that the routes of the state highway system serve the state’s heavily traveled rural and urban corridors, that they connect the communities and regions of the state, and that they serve the state’s economy by connecting centers of commerce, industry, agriculture, mineral wealth, and recreation.

Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 300

  • highway: includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works incidental to highway construction, improvement, and maintenance. See California Streets and Highways Code 23
  • State highway: means any highway which is acquired, laid out, constructed, improved or maintained as a State highway pursuant to constitutional or legislative authorization. See California Streets and Highways Code 24

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 317, Sec. 3.)

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