California State Route 120

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Basic data
Overall length:	153 mi (246 km ) with no section in Yosemite National Park
Opening:	1934
Starting point:	at Lathrop
End point:	at Benton
Counties:	San Joaquin Stanislaus Tuolumne Mono

The California State Route 120 (abbreviated CA 120 ) is running in east-west direction State Route in US -Bundesstaat California . It connects the city of Lathrop in the west with the town of Benton in the east over a length of 246 km.

course

The road begins in the San Joaquin Valley on Interstate 5 near the town of Lathrop, south of Stockton . From there it runs south past Manteca to the east towards Sierra Nevada . She crosses this in Yosemite National Park via the Tioga Pass . Thereafter 120 CA crosses at Mono Lake , the US 395 , runs to the east and ends at the village of Benton on US Highway 6 .

CA 120 southeast of Mono Lake

Yosemite National Park

In Yosemite National Park (Tioga Pass)

The road crosses the Sierra Nevada in Yosemite National Park via the Tioga Pass. With a height of up to 3,031  m it is the highest paved road in all of California. Although the CA 120 is signposted throughout the park as California State Route 120 , it is not maintained by the State of California , but by the federal government. Due to the heavy snowfall in the Sierra Nevada, this section is closed in winter.

See also

• List of state, US, and interstate highways in California

Web links

Commons : California State Route 120  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

• Street at cahighways.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ California Department of Transportation : State Truck Route List . Retrieved March 4, 2019