I mentioned California State Route 153 in El Dorado County on the CA 49 blog but I thought it was worth it's own blog entry considering the boast made on the placard about it being the "Shortest" state highway in California. CA 153 is a 0.544 mile route from CA 49 near Coloma to the James Marshall Monument in Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park. CA 153 being the the "Shortest State Highway" certainly isn't true as CA 225, CA 275, CA 283 and CA 77 are actually shorter. CAhighways.org list of shortest state highways CA 153 isn't even technically the shortest signed State Highway as CA 77 is presently signed at only 0.45 miles.. But with that said, CA 153 isn't signed particularly well as there is nothing to indicate there is an actual highway junction at CA 49 at the beginning of the route at Cold Springs Road. CA 153 begins on the left in the pictures below. CA 153 turns off of Cold Springs Road on to Monument Road on ...
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