California State Highway 371
SR 79, SR 371, and SR 74 form a heavily-used, scenic shortcut from Temecula in southwestern Riverside County to the Coachella Valley in central Riverside County. This provides a shorter corridor from San Diego to the Coachella Valley, avoiding the heavily congested freeway route via Interstate 15 to Murrieta, Interstate 215 to Riverside, SR 60 to Beaumont, and then Interstate 10.
SR 371 was part of SR 71 until 1973, when SR 79 and SR 71 were co-signed from Temecula to Aguanga to Temecula. In 1974, the portion of SR 71 from Temecula to Corona along I-15's current alignment was deleted, and the orphaned route from Aguanga to Anza was re-signed as SR 371.
Route description
SR 371 begins as Cahuilla Road at an intersection with SR 79. It travels northeast away from the community of Aguanga, loosely paralleling Tule Creek for the first few miles. SR 371 continues through the Lake Riverside community, crossing over the outflow of the lake. The highway enters the Cahuilla Indian Reservation and passes by the Cahuilla Creek Casino in Cahuilla before passing through the community of Anza. SR 371 briefly becomes Kenworthy Bautista Road and parallels Hamilton Creek as it enters the San Bernardino National Forest before terminating at SR 74.
SR 371 is not part of the National Highway System, a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.
History
Route 277 from Temecula to Anza was added to the state highway system in 1959. In the 1964 state highway renumbering, the part from US 395 to SR 74 was included as part of SR 71. In 1974, the part from near Aguanga to SR 74 became SR 371.
Before 2003, the intersection with SR 79 was very dangerous, as northbound SR 79 traffic had to stop at a stop sign and there was no such sign for southbound SR 79 traffic or for SR 371 traffic headed towards its western terminus. Now, there are stop signs in every direction at that intersection.
Major intersections
Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment of State Route 71 as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (). Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The entire route is in Riverside County.
| Location | Postmile | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguanga | 56.40 |    SR 79 to I-15 – Warner Springs, Temecula, San Diego | West end of SR 371 | ||
| 60.23 | Wilson Valley Road – Sage, Hemet | ||||
| Mountain Center | 77.15 |  SR 74 – Idyllwild, Hemet, Indio | East end of SR 371 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ^ California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ California Highways: State Route 371
- ^ Riverside County Road Atlas (Map). Thomas Brothers. 2008.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: California (South) (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration.
- ^ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
- ^ California State Assembly. "An act to amend Sections 306, 320, 332, 351, 362, 365, 369, 374, 382, 388, 397, 407, 408, 409, 410, 415, 422, 435, 440, 446, 453, 456, 460, 467, 470, 476, 487, 492, 493, 494, 506, 521, 528, and 529..." 1959 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 1062 p. 3121.
- ^ California State Assembly. "An act to add Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) to Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, and to repeal Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, the..." 1963 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 385 p. 1182.
- ^ California State Assembly. "An act to amend Sections 315, 371, and 379 of, to add Sections 315.1, 379.1, 494, 494.1, 494.2, 607.1 and 607.2 of, and to repeal Section 331 of, the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways, and declaring the..." 1973–1974 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 537.
- ^ California Department of Transportation (July 2007). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
- ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
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