California State Route 119
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| State Route 119 |
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| (CS&HC Section 419) | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 31 mi[1] (50 km) | ||||||||||||
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SR-33  |
KER 0.00 | ||||||||||||
SR-43  |
KER 18.17 | ||||||||||||
I-5  |
KER 19.77 | ||||||||||||
SR-99  |
KER 31.28 | ||||||||||||
| Major cities: | Taft Bakersfield |
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State Route 119 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs in an east-west direction from State Route 33 in Taft, California to State Route 99 just south of Bakersfield. CA-119 is part of the former U.S. Route 399, which ran along CA-33 and State Route 166 before ending at SR 99 (known as US-99 before 1964). Today, it serves as the main connector between the extreme southewestern corner of the San Joaquin Valley and Bakersfield.
The legal definition states that Route 119 ends in "Greenfield", which should not be confused with the Greenfield in Monterey County. Before Caltrans started posting exit numbers, the Union Avenue exit off CA-99 was signed as Greenfield. The Kern County unincorporated area of Greenfield is near the intersection of Union Ave (former US-99 and State Route 204) and CA-119.
Highway 119 is commonly known as Taft Highway.
[edit] State law
Legal Definition of Route 119: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 419
