After driving the Warren Freeway on California State Route 13 east via CA 24 and Interstate 680 to drive California State Route 242. CA 242 is a 3 mile freeway in Contra Costa County which runs northward from I-680 in Pleasant Hill to CA 4 in Concord . CA 242 is a former segment of what was once a much larger CA 24 which was routed through the area on Legislative Route Number 75 in 1935 when it was extended to Berkeley from Sacramento. The route of CA 24 from originally used the following alignment prior to the present CA 242 freeway being completed: - CA 24 was multiplexed with CA 21 north from Walnut Creek to Pleasant Hill. CA 24/CA 21 entered Pleasant Hill on Contra Consta Boulevard where CA 24 split on Monument Road towards Concord. - CA 24 entered Concord on Monument Road which becomes Galindo Street entering downtown. - CA 24 exited downtown via Willow Pass Road which continued to CA 4. The original alignment of CA 24 on the current CA 24...
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