Following a day trip to the Bay Area I headed northward into Sacramento Valley to drive some more off the beaten path State Routes. One such route that caught my eye was California State Route 45. CA 45 is a 70 mile north/south State Highway which begins at CA 113 in Knight's Landing of Yolo County. CA 45 follows the western bank of the Sacramento River through Colusa County to CA 32 in Hamilton of Glenn County. CA 45 being an extremely rural corridor is largely unchanged from when it was first signed in 1934. The route of CA 45 was defined as Legislative Route Number 88 which was adopted in 1933 according to CAhighways.org. CAhighways.org on LRN 88 LRN 88 was originally adopted in two segments: - Knights Landing north to Sycamore just south of Colusa. - Glenn north to Hamilton. CA 45 was originally signed in the segments of LRN 88 described above. Despite the gap in CA 45/LRN 88 there is a strong likelihood that the California Divisio...
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