California State Route 225; the Zombie Highway of Santa Barbara and presently shortest in California
This past month I visited the Santa Barbara Area and drove the many short State Highways located there. The shortest and the strangest is the 0.081 mile California State Route 225. As noted above CA 225 is presently only 0.081 miles in length and is located completely on Castillo Street in Santa Barbara between Montecito Street and US 101/CA 1. Fortunately the Caltrans Post Mile Tool illustrates that CA 225 still exists despite almost being relinquished to death. At present moment CA 225 is the shortest State Highway in California. By the definition of actual field mileage the following State Highways are the five shortest in California: 1. CA 225 at 0.081 miles 2. CA 275 at 0.14 miles 3. CA 283 at 0.36 miles 4. CA 77 at 0.40 miles 5. CA 153/CA 265 at 0.50 miles each The origin of CA 225 was back in 1933 when Legislative Route 150 was added to the State Highway system as a loop of US 101/LRN 2 between Santa Barba...