California State Route 41
highway in California
State Route 41 (SR 41) is a state highway in the U.S. State of California, connecting the Central Coast with the San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Nevada. Its southern terminus is at the Cabrillo Highway (SR 1) in Morro Bay, and its northern terminus is in Yosemite National Park. It has been constructed as an expressway from near SR 198 in Lemoore north to the south part of Fresno, where the Yosemite Freeway begins, passing along the east side of downtown and extending north into Madera County. Though maps and signs may show the highway extending north inside Yosemite National Park from its entrance to Yosemite Valley, this segment is federally maintained and is not included in the state route logs.
Route description
Route 41 is defined in section 341 of the California Streets and Highways Code. The definition omits the concurrency with Route 46 instead of duplicating that segment in the other route's definition in the code:
Route 41 is from:
(a) Route 1 in Morro Bay to Route 46.
(b) Route 46 to Route 99 in Fresno.
(c) Route 99 in Fresno to Yosemite National Park.
The majority of Route 41 runs as either two-lane rural highway or four-lane divided highway. The only part of SR 41 that turns into a freeway itself is in Fresno County and parts of Madera.
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