U.S. Route 395
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Template:Routeboxus Image:US 395 (CA).svg U.S. Route 395 is a scenic highway that starts in the Mojave Desert at Interstate 15 near Hesperia, runs along the east side of the Sierra Nevada in the Owens Valley, winds through Carson City, Reno, back into California, crosses through the Modoc Plateau, and into eastern Oregon, into eastern Washington, through Spokane, ending at the Canadian border. Much of the Washington segment is cosigned with Interstate 82, Interstate 182, Interstate 90, or U.S. Highway 2.
Points of interest along the highway include:
- The Sierra Nevada to the west of the highway, including
- Owens Valley
- Mount Whitney
- Manzanar National Historical Site
- Mammoth Mountain, which has a ski resort.
- Mount Dana
- The Long Valley Caldera, a volcanic caldera that the road runs through.
- The Mono and Inyo Craters, a chain of geologically recent volcanic craters.
- Mono Lake, one of the oldest lakes in North America, home to many migratory birds.
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Route description
California
US-395 begins in Hesperia, California at the junction with Interstate 15. It intersects California State Highway 18 near Adelanto, California. Then, it intersects California State Highway 58 at a small town known as Kramer Junction, California, a town containing a Pilot Truck Stop,a Burger King and some other establishments, as well as a traffic light. The highway continues along the Sierra Nevada towards Bishop, California, where it meets California State Route 168. Going through the town of Bishop, US 395 meets U.S. Highway 6.
State law
Legal Definition of Route 395: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 610 Template:CAFESAlt Template:CAScenicAlt
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Termini
As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Ferry County, Washington at the Canadian border, where it continues as British Columbia provincial highway 395. Its southern terminus is in Hesperia, California at an intersection with Interstate 15.
US Highway 395 once extended to downtown San Diego. This part of the highway is now the alignments of Interstate 15 from Hesperia to Devore and Interstate 215 from Devore to Temecula where it meets Interstate 15 again. From Temecula the old route follows Interstate 15 again to east of Fallbrook where the original US 395 still exists as a frontage road. "Old US 395" can be followed from north of California State Highway 76 through Escondido where it meets Interstate 15 again. Finally, California State Highway 163, the old routing of US 395, splits off Interstate 15 at the south end of Miramar and follows the Cabrillo Freeway into downtown San Diego.
States traversed
The highway passes through the following states, from north to south:
- Washington
- Oregon
- California
- Nevada
- Back into California
Image gallery
 U.S. 395 near Victorville, California |
 Southbound U.S. 395, somewhere between Bishop, CA and Lone Pine, CA |
 U.S. 395 as it squeezes between Mono Lake and the Sierra Nevada. |
 U.S. 395 south of US 50 junction near Carson City, Nevada |
 Dedicatory road sign along U.S. 395 just north of Mono Lake. |