California_State_Route_271 Knowpia

State Route 271
State Route 271
	SR 271 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by Caltrans
Length	14.84 mi (23.88 km)
Section 1
South end	US 101 at Cummings
North end	SR 1 near Leggett
Section 2
South end	US 101 at Reynolds
North end	US 101 at Cooks Valley
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Counties	Mendocino, Humboldt
Highway system
	State highways in California; Interstate; US; State; Scenic; History; Pre‑1964; Unconstructed; Deleted; Freeways;

State Route 271 (SR 271) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs along a former routing of U.S. Route 101 (US 101) in Mendocino and Humboldt counties. It also connects with State Route 1 just before that route's terminus with US 101 in Leggett. After US 101 was realigned, SR 271 was reduced to being a frontage road in discontinuous segments. While US 101 stays mostly in second growth redwoods, SR 271 is used as a scenic alternate through several old growth redwood groves.

Route description edit

Sign at the north end of California Route 1 showing direction of California Route 271.

The southern portion of SR 271 begins at an interchange with US 101 in the community of Cummings. SR 271 winds through the forest, paralleling US 101 and intersecting it twice on its northwest journey. The highway eventually comes into the southern area of Leggett, where SR 271 comes to another grade-separated interchange with US 101. The road continues north, paralleling US 101 to the west, and passing through the Drive-Thru Tree Park. The southern segment of SR 271 terminates at SR 1 in Leggett.^[2]

The northern portion of SR 271 begins at another interchange with US 101 and parallels US 101 to the east. At an interchange, it passes to the west of US 101 and continues north to the community of Cooks Valley, where it terminates at an interchange with US 101.^[3]

SR 271 is not part of the National Highway System,^[4] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.^[5]

History edit

CA 271 was part of U.S. Route 101 until a freeway bypass completed in 1970–1974, assuming the 101 designation. The former highway was then designated as CA 271.

Major intersections edit

Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions).^[6] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.

County	Location	Postmile ^[6]^[1]^[7]	Destinations	Notes
Mendocino MEN 0.00-22.72		0.00	US 101 – Eureka, Ukiah	Interchange; south end of SR 271; US 101 exit 609
	South Leggett	5.60	US 101	Interchange; US 101 exit 614 (as South Leggett)
	Leggett	7.31	SR 1 to US 101 – Fort Bragg	Northern end of southern section of SR 271; former SR 208
	Gap in route
	Reynolds	R17.05	US 101	Interchange; southern end of northern section of SR 271; US 101 exit 625
	Piercy	19.46	US 101	Interchange; US 101 exit 627 (as Piercy)
Humboldt HUM 0.00-0.30	Cooks Valley	0.30	US 101	North end of SR 271
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References edit

^ ^a ^b California Department of Transportation (April 2008). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
^ Google (2011-03-19). "California State Route 271 - southern portion" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
^ Google (2011-03-19). "California State Route 271 - northern portion" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
^ Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: California (North) (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
^ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
^ ^a ^b California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2007