US Route 50 ("US 50") between Interstate 80 ("I-80") in West Sacramento east to the California State Route 51/California State Route 99 ("CA 51/CA 99") interchange in Sacramento presently carries a hidden designation of Interstate 305. This segment of US 50 is a significant historic corridor which once parts of; US 40, US 99W, and I-80. Part 1; the history of the Interstate 305 designation on US Route 50 Prior to the development majority of the freeway system in the Sacramento Area the existing US Routes and State Highways were aligned through downtown via the State Capitol complex. This can be seen by examining the 1950 Division of Highways State Map City Insert . The first leg of what would become US 50/I-305 appears on the 1951 Division of Highways State Map City Insert . A new planned freeway bypass for US 40/US 99W is shown as a proposed highway following south of Capitol Avenue in West Sacramento. This particular segment of US 40/US 99W was a s...
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