(a) Route 145 is from:

(1) Route 5 near Oilfields to Route 99 near Madera, passing near Five Points and Kerman.

Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 445

  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town. See California Streets and Highways Code 15
  • commission: means the California Transportation Commission. See California Streets and Highways Code 22
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • highway: includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works incidental to highway construction, improvement, and maintenance. See California Streets and Highways Code 23
  • route: means State highway route and the route numbers are those given the State highway routes or portions thereof by the commission. See California Streets and Highways Code 231
  • 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

(2) Route 99 near Madera to Route 41.

(b) (1) The commission may relinquish to the City of Madera the portion of Route 145 located between Gateway Drive and Lake Street within the city, upon terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the best interest of the state.

(2) A relinquishment under this subdivision shall become effective on the first day of the next calendar or fiscal year, whichever occurs first, after the effective date of the commission’s approval of the terms.

(3) The relinquished section shall cease to be a state highway on the effective date of the relinquishment.

(4) The portion of Route 145 described in this subdivision may be relinquished to the City of Madera only upon the condition that the city agrees to both of the following:

(A) Maintenance of signs directing motorists to the continuation of State Highway Route 145.

(B) No reduction of the number of lanes within the relinquished section.

(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 540, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)

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