California State Route 82

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State Route 82

Defined by S&HC § 382, maintained by Caltrans

Length:

52.176 mi^[1] (83.969 km)

South end:

US 101 in San Jose

Major
junctions:

I-880 in San Jose

SR 85 in Mountain View

SR 84 in Redwood City

SR 92 in San Mateo

North end:

I-280 in San Francisco

State highways in California (list - pre-1964)
County routes in California (list)
< I-80		SR 83 >
History - Unconstructed - Deleted - Freeway - Scenic

State Route 82 runs from U.S. Route 101 at Blossom Hill Road in San Jose to Interstate 280 in San Francisco following the San Francisco Peninsula. It forms part of El Camino Real.

1 Route description
2 History
3 Major intersections
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Route description

Route 82 at the intersection with Mathilda Avenue (Sunnyvale)

Route 82 begins its journey at US 101 and Blossom Hill Road, where it heads north onto Monterey Highway, later known as Monterey Road north of Capitol Expressway. At Alma Avenue the road becomes South First Street, and Route 82 veers onto Market Street upon approaching downtown San Jose just north of Interstate 280 (which has no direct interchange with Route 82). In less than a mile, Route 82 turns west on San Carlos Street past Downtown San Jose's hotels and convention center, then soon turns north on Montgomery Street and Autumn Street where it quickly turns again west onto The Alameda at the HP Pavilion.

Once it enters Santa Clara, Route 82 bends northward around the city's downtown and onto El Camino Real, where it continues for the remainder of its trip up the San Francisco Peninsula. Route 82, referred to by local residents almost always as "El Camino," runs through a number of cities on the Peninsula, including Palo Alto (passing by Stanford University), San Carlos, San Mateo, and Millbrae, and it is a central artery of the Peninsula communities through which it passes.

In Daly City, Route 82 becomes Mission Street, connecting with San Francisco's Mission Street, but then quickly flows onto San Jose Avenue, crossing Alemany Boulevard, and terminating at I-280.

Route 82 takes an inland course paralleling the Bayshore Freeway (US 101). The entire route is at street level with at least four lanes of traffic; no portions of it exist as a freeway, although the route is occasionally a divided highway. The Bayshore Freeway and the Junipero Serra Freeway (I-280) tend to provide faster alternatives than Route 82 even during traffic jams on those freeways.

From 1964 to 1968, Route 82 continued past its current end north on Alemany Boulevard to Bayshore Boulevard in San Francisco (see below).

[edit] History

Originally a segment of U.S. Route 101 (and before that, the historic El Camino Real), rapid growth of the San Francisco Bay Area after World War II, including urbanization of the towns along its path, made it completely inadequate for the needs of traffic. The Bayshore Highway to the east was later upgraded to a freeway and was originally built as "Bypass U.S. 101".

In 1964, U.S. Route 101 was officially moved onto the Bayshore Freeway (now Route 101), and its former alignment on El Camino Real became Route 82. It was defined as two portions: From Route 101 near Ford Road south of San Jose to Route 101 in San Francisco (which today corresponds to the Alemany Maze), and from Route 101 near Alemany Boulevard to Route 87 (current unbuilt State Route 230) in San Francisco. In 1968, the portions from Route 280 (at current Route 82) to Route 101 and from Route 101 to Route 87 were transferred to Route 280. Route 82 today is designated as part of El Camino Real.

[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 ^[1]^[2]^[3]	Destinations	Notes
Santa Clara (SCL R0.00-26.37)	San Jose	R0.00	Silver Creek Valley Road	Continuation beyond US 101
		R0.00	US 101 – San Francisco, Los Angeles	Interchange
		R0.36	Monterey Road, Blossom Hill Road (CR G10), Cottle Road	Interchange
		2.81	Capitol Expressway (CR G21)	Interchange
		6.06	CR G8 (Alma Avenue)
		6.90	I-280	Interchange
		R7.31	San Carlos Street, Market Street
		R7.72	SR 87 (Guadalupe Parkway)	Interchange
		R8.08	Bird Avenue, San Carlos Street
		R8.61	Santa Clara Street
		9.90	I-880 – Oakland, Santa Cruz	Interchange
	Santa Clara	11.38	To US 101 / De la Cruz Boulevard, Coleman Avenue	Interchange
		13	San Tomas Expressway (CR G4)
		14.30	Lawrence Expressway (CR G2)	Interchange
	Sunnyvale	17.04	Mathilda Avenue	Former SR 85
	Mountain View	18.84	SR 85 – San Francisco, Cupertino	Interchange
		19.13	SR 237 east / Grant Road – Milpitas
		21.84	San Antonio Road
	Los Altos	21.84	San Antonio Road
	Palo Alto	24.04	CR G3 (Page Mill Road)
	Palo Alto	25.88	Palm Drive, University Avenue – Stanford University, Palo Alto Caltrain Station	Interchange
San Mateo (0.00-25.15)	Menlo Park	0.77	Santa Cruz Avenue
	Atherton	1.89	Atherton Avenue
	Redwood City	3.44	SR 84 (Woodside Road) / Main Street – Woodside	Interchange
	San Carlos	6.57	Holly Street
	Belmont	7.69	Ralston Avenue	Former Legislative Route 214
	San Mateo	9.33	Hillsdale Boulevard	Interchange
	San Mateo	10.55	SR 92 – San Mateo Bridge, Hayward, Half Moon Bay	Interchange
	Burlingame	12.96	Peninsula Avenue
	Millbrae	15.95	Millbrae Avenue
	San Bruno	18.96	I-380 to US 101 / I-280 – San Francisco International Airport, San Jose, Daly City, San Francisco	Interchange
	South San Francisco	21.91	Hickey Boulevard
	Colma	23	Serramonte Boulevard
	Daly City	24.85	John Daly Boulevard
	Daly City	24.93	Mission Street
San Francisco (0.00-R0.21)		0	Alemany Boulevard	Former SR 82 north
		R0.21	I-280 north – San Francisco Civic Center, Bay Bridge	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R0.21	San Jose Avenue	Continuation beyond I-280