After crossing San Francisco Bay on California State Route 84 on the Dumbarton Bridge I made my way southeast on CA 114 and US 101 to San Jose where I turned south on CA 87. CA 87 is a 9 mile State Route which is a freeway for it's entire length through the City of San Jose starting at US Route 101 southward to CA 85. CA 87 was created during the 1964 State Highway Renumbering and was originally meant to extend to extend all the way north to San Francisco skirting the shore of San Francisco Bay. CA 87 was created out of the following Legislative Route Numbers: - LRN 292 which exists on the current CA 87 corridor on the Guadalupe Parkway. LRN 292 was designated by the Legislature in 1961 according to CAhighways.org. CAhighways.org on LRN 292 - LRN 289 from US 101 northwest to San Francisco to LRN 253. According to CAhighways.org LRN 289 was defined in 1959, this segment was ultimately never built. Most of what was LRN 289 was deleted i...
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