U.S. Route 95 in California

US 95, running concurrently with I-10, crosses the Colorado River from the state of Arizona and enters the city of Blythe. The highway exits I-10 at Intake Boulevard and turns due north, leaving the city limits. A few miles north, US 95 turns northeast to parallel the Colorado River. The route passes through the Big Maria Mountains and the Riverside Mountains before entering San Bernardino County.[2]

Upon entering San Bernardino County, US 95 turns away from the Colorado River, heading northwest towards Vidal Junction, the junction with SR 62 in the Vidal Valley. The highway continues north through the Chemehuevi Valley and the Chemehuevi Mountains before entering the city of Needles after several miles. After passing the Needles Municipal Airport, US 95 merges onto I-40 westbound and continues through Needles on the freeway. US 95 exits from I-40 west of Needles and continues northwest to Searchlight Junction, where US 95 continues north at the junction with the old routing of US 66. The highway continues north, east of Homer Mountain, to the Nevada state line.[3]

US 95 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,[4] and a small portion near I-10 and the portion north of I-40 are part of the National Highway System,[5] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.[6] US 95 is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System,[7] but it is not officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation.[8]

Route 146 was designated by the California State Legislature in 1933 and contained the portion from Blythe to the Nevada state line.[9] US 95 was extended south from its routing in Idaho by AASHO through Searchlight and Needles to Blythe on June 28, 1939; the routing became effective at the start of 1940.[10] In the 1964 state highway renumbering, the law was changed to reflect the designation as US 95.[11]

Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see the list of postmile definitions).[1] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.

County	Location	Postmile [1][12][13]	Exit [14]	Destinations	Notes
Colorado River		R156.49[N 1]		I-10 east / US 95 south – Yuma, Phoenix	Continuation into Arizona; Mountain Time zone
			California–Arizona state line
Riverside RIV R156.49[N 1]-36.20	Blythe	R156.10[N 1]	243	Riviera Drive (I-10 Bus. west)	Former US 60 west; Pacific Time zone
			North end of freeway on I-10
		R154.16[N 1] L0.16		I-10 west / Intake Boulevard – Indio	Interchange; north end of I-10 overlap; I-10 exit 241
		L0.39 0.00		Hobsonway (I-10 Bus.) – Blythe	Former US 60
San Bernardino SBD 0.00-80.45	Vidal Junction	9.68		SR 62 (Rice Road) – Twentynine Palms, Parker
	​	37.30		Havasu Lake Road – Chemehuevi Valley, Lake Havasu
	​	​		Five Mile Road (CR 66 east) to I-40 east – Topock, Kingman	South end of CR 66 overlap; former US 66 east
	Needles	57.28 R143.76[N 2]		I-40 east / East Broadway (I-40 Bus. west / CR 66 west)	Interchange; south end of I-40 overlap; north end of CR 66 overlap; former US 66 west; I-40 exit 148
			South end of freeway on I-40
		R142.37[N 2]	142	J Street – Downtown
		R141.01[N 2]	141	West Broadway (I-40 Bus. east / CR 66) / River Road	Former US 66
		R139.11[N 2]	139	River Road Cutoff (CR 66 east)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of CR 66 overlap
	​		North end of freeway on I-40
	​	R132.73[N 2] R57.21		I-40 west – Barstow	Interchange; north end of I-40 overlap; I-40 exit 133
	Arrowhead Junction	63.94		Goffs Road (CR 66 west) – Goffs	North end of CR 66 overlap; former US 66 west
	​	80.45		US 95 north – Searchlight, Las Vegas	Continuation into Nevada
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

•  California Roads portal

• California @ AARoads.com - U.S. Route 95
• Caltrans: Route 95 highway conditions
• California Highways: US 95

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