Auburn Boulevard
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Auburn Boulevard is the long-used street name for the highway, formerly part of U.S. Route 40 connecting downtown Sacramento
to Roseville
. It is a major thoroughfare carrying surface street traffic through the local communities of North Sacramento
, Arden-Arcade, Foothill Farms, and Citrus Heights.
Auburn Boulevard road was also known as part of both the Lincoln Highway
and the Victory Highway
during the period from 1915 until the late 1920s when the custom of named interstate highways gave way to the convention of numbered highways in the U.S. Highway System. It served as U.S. 40 in North Sacramento until the completion of the North Sacramento Freeway in the early 1950s, and that section was redesignated Business Route U.S. 40 until the mid-1960s. The section of Auburn Boulevard east of Howe Avenue continued to carry U.S. 40 until the completion of the Roseville Freeway in 1959.
For most of its length, Auburn Boulevard is a four-lane street carrying highway traffic. It is still known for the long chain of motels, trailer parks, restaurants, and gasoline stations that exist along its length that were built in the 20th century to accommodate the travelers of the automobile age.
Sacramento
Sacramento is the capital of the state of California, in the United States of America.Sacramento may also refer to:- United States :*Sacramento County, California*Sacramento, Kentucky*Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta...
to Roseville
Roseville, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Roseville had a population of 118,788. The population density was 3,279.4 people per square mile...
. It is a major thoroughfare carrying surface street traffic through the local communities of North Sacramento
North Sacramento
North Sacramento is a well-established community that is currently part of the city of Sacramento, California. It was a city from its incorporation in 1924 until it was merged in 1964 into the City of Sacramento....
, Arden-Arcade, Foothill Farms, and Citrus Heights.
Auburn Boulevard road was also known as part of both the Lincoln Highway
Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway was the first road across the United States of America.Conceived and promoted by entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, the Lincoln Highway spanned coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, originally through 13 states: New York, New Jersey,...
and the Victory Highway
Victory Highway
The Victory Highway was an auto trail across the United States between New York City and San Francisco, roughly equivalent to the present U.S. Route 40.-History:...
during the period from 1915 until the late 1920s when the custom of named interstate highways gave way to the convention of numbered highways in the U.S. Highway System. It served as U.S. 40 in North Sacramento until the completion of the North Sacramento Freeway in the early 1950s, and that section was redesignated Business Route U.S. 40 until the mid-1960s. The section of Auburn Boulevard east of Howe Avenue continued to carry U.S. 40 until the completion of the Roseville Freeway in 1959.
For most of its length, Auburn Boulevard is a four-lane street carrying highway traffic. It is still known for the long chain of motels, trailer parks, restaurants, and gasoline stations that exist along its length that were built in the 20th century to accommodate the travelers of the automobile age.