Draft:U.S. Route 395 Business (Ridgecrest, California)

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Submission declined on 17 April 2024 by S5A-0043 (talk).

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Comment: Source 1, 3 and 4 don't mention US 395 Bus (or even the number 395) in the entire page through a Ctrl+F search. Source 2 does mention US 395, but only once in passing to describe the location of the museum, which does not meet WP:SIGCOV. S5A-0043^Talk 13:19, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

U.S. Route 395 Bus. highlighted in red

U.S. Route 395 Business (US 395 Bus.) is a business route of U.S. Route 395 in Ridgecrest, California. It is the only business spur of U.S. Route 395 in California, connecting the route to Ridgecrest and the census-designated places of Ridgecrest Heights, China Lake, and China Lake Acres.^[1]

Route description

U.S. 395 Business was approved by AASHTO on June 7th, 1989.^[2] The route begins at a four-way intersection between US 395, Brown Road, and China Lake Boulevard.^[3] From there, it traverses north on China Lake Boulevard before meeting up with SR 178 at Ridgecrest Boulevard. The rest of the business route north of Ridgecrest Boulevard is cosigned with SR 178.

The most notable part of this business route is an erroneous reassurance shield located at Ridgecrest's city limit.^[4] Instead of the usual U.S. Highway sign used for a reassurance shield, there is a green state route shield, claiming the route is a business spur of California 395.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Kern County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
	0.0	0.0	US 395 (China Lake Boulevard, Brown Road) – San Bernardino, Bishop	Southern terminus of US 395 Bus. in Ridgecrest
	6.04	9.72	SR 178 (Ridgecrest Boulevard) – Trona	SR 178 concurrency along US 395 Bus.
	8.05	12.96	China Lake Boulevard/Inyokern Road/Sandquist Road – Inyokern	US 395 Bus. heads west concurrent to SR 178 on Inyokern Road
	11.05	17.78	Jacks Ranch Road
	15.52	24.98	US 395 / SR 178 (Inyokern Road) – Pearsonville, Lone Pine, Bishop, Inyokern, Lake Isabella	Northern terminus of US 395 Bus. in Inyokern; roadway continues as SR 178
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

^ "U.S. 395 - AARoads - California Highways". AARoads. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
^ "U.S. 395 - AARoads - California Highways". AARoads. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

Category:U.S. Highways in California

[1] "U.S. 395 - AARoads - California Highways". AARoads. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

[2] "U.S. 395 - AARoads - California Highways". AARoads. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

[3] "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

[4] "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

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