California State Route 225
state highway in Santa Barbara County, California, United States
State Route 225 (SR 225) is a decommissioned state highway in the U.S. state of California that was a loop route of U.S. Route 101 that served the beach areas of the Santa Barbara area. The route was originally defined in 1963. In 2014, control of the highway was transferred from the state to the city of Santa Barbara, effectively decommissioning it. While the California State Legislature has not yet removed its definition from section 525 of the California Streets and Highways Code, the highway is no longer valid in the Caltrans-maintained postmile database and logs.
Route description
Route 225 remains defined in section 525, subdivision (a), of the California Streets and Highways Code, last amended by the California State Legislature in 2011, and that the highway is "from Route 101 near Santa Barbara to Route 101 near the Santa Barbara Central Business District". Subdivision (b) permitted the state to relinquish control of the entire segment in Santa Barbara to the city, and "Route 225 shall cease to be a state highway" after it is transferred.
SR 225 was a route that closely followed the beaches of the city of Santa Barbara. It started off near the Earl Warren Showgrounds at the junction of U.S. Route 101 and Las Positas Road and headed south towards the coast before turning east on Cliff Drive. It then climbed up a small viaduct before descending near Santa Barbara City College and ended at Castillo Street and US 101.
History
Until 1998, SR 225 followed Cabrillo Boulevard along the beach, ending near Montecito.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “California State Route 225” is state highway in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through California, State and Route, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “state highway in Santa Barbara County, California, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q805437. Authority coordinates are 34.402, -119.723. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1963, 2014, 2011 and 1998.
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This entry incorporates text from “California State Route 225” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.