California State Route 127
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State Route 127 |
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Defined by S&HC § 427, maintained by Caltrans | |||||||||||||||||
Length: | 90.89 mi[1] (146.27 km) | ||||||||||||||||
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South end: | I-15 at Baker | ||||||||||||||||
Major junctions: |
SR 178 at Shoshone SR 190 at Death Valley Junction |
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North end: | SR 373 towards Amargosa Valley, NV | ||||||||||||||||
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State Route 127, or Death Valley Road, is a California state highway that connects Interstate 15 to Nevada State Route 373, passing through Death Valley National Park.
This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System[2] and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System[3].
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[edit] Route description
The highway begins at I-15 in the community of Baker, the last town travelers from Los Angeles or Las Vegas see before making their trek across Death Valley. It ends at the California-Nevada border, where Nevada Route 373 begins. It is the "Lost Highway" featured in David Lynch's film Lost Highway.
[edit] Major intersections
- Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.
County | Location | Postmile [4][5][6] |
Destinations | Notes |
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San Bernardino SBD L0.00-41.47 |
Baker | L0.00 | I-15 – San Bernardino, Las Vegas | Interchange |
Inyo INY 0.00-49.42 |
Shoshone | 14.75 | SR 178 east – Pahrump | South end of SR 178 overlap |
16.25 | SR 178 west – Badwater | North end of SR 178 overlap | ||
Death Valley Junction | 42.15 | SR 190 – Death Valley National Park | ||
49.42 | SR 373 – Lathrop Wells | Nevada state line |
[edit] References
- ^ January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways
- ^ CA Codes (shc:250-257)
- ^ CA Codes (shc:260-284)
- ^ California Department of Transportation, State Truck Route List (XLS file), accessed February 2008
- ^ California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
- ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006