California State Route 225

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has not yet removed its definition from section 525 of the California Streets and Highways Code, the highway is no longer valid in the Caltrans-maintained postmile database and logs.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. On January 30, 2014, Caltrans transferred control of SR 225 to the city of Santa Barbara. However, the route remains defined in section 525 of the California Streets and Highways Code, last amended by the California State Legislature in 2011.

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