{{short description|Highway in California}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=CA |type=SR |route=211 |alternate_name= |map_notes=Map of Humboldt County in northwestern California with SR&nbsp;211 highlighted in red |section=511 |length_mi=5.395 |length_round=3 |length_ref=<ref name=trucklist/> |direction_a=South |terminus_a=Ocean Avenue in Ferndale |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=CA|US|101}} at Fernbridge |counties=Humboldt |previous_type=SR |previous_route=210 |next_type=SR |next_route=213 }} '''State Route 211''' ('''SR 211''') is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that connects Ferndale with U.S. 101 in Humboldt County. The highway was originally designed to be the northernmost segment of State Route 1, but after construction of the Coast Highway through the Lost Coast region was abandoned, the route to Ferndale was renumbered to SR 211.

==Route description== [[File:Fernbridge.JPG|left|thumb|State Route 211 crossing the Eel River]] left|thumb|State Route 211 looking north from the city limits of Ferndale, California

Currently, Route 211 runs about 5&nbsp;miles (8&nbsp;km) from roughly the intersection of Main Street and Ocean Avenue in Ferndale north to US 101 in Fernbridge, crossing over the bridge of the same name over the Eel River. However, the highway was meant to extend south through the Lost Coast region to California State Route 1 near Rockport. This remaining 103&nbsp;mi (166&nbsp;km) of Highway 211 is unlikely ever to be constructed because of the steep and unstable highlands of the Lost Coast. The traversable route through Humboldt and Mendocino Counties is Chemise Mountain Road, Wilder Ridge Road, and Mattole Road, but these remain small mountain roads.

SR 211 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,<ref name="cafes">{{CAFESystem}}</ref> but is not part of the National Highway System,<ref name=fhwa-nhs>{{FHWA NHS map|region=californianorth|accessdate=September 14, 2017}}</ref> a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.<ref name=NHS-FHWA>{{FHWA NHS}}</ref>

==History== {{See also|California State Route 211 (1964-1965)}}

This route was originally signed as the northernmost segment of California State Route 1, but was renumbered as SR 211 in 1984 after construction through the Lost Coast was abandoned; the portion of Highway 1 north of Rockport was then re-routed along the former State Route 208 to terminate with US 101 in Leggett.<ref>{{cite CAstat|year=1984|ch=409|quote=Route&nbsp;1 is from ... to US&nbsp;101 near Leggett ... Section&nbsp;508 of the Street and Highway Code [defining Route&nbsp;208] is repealed ... Route&nbsp;211 is from Route&nbsp;1 near Rockport to Route&nbsp;101 near Fernbridge.}}</ref>

The former SR 211 designation was used from 1964 to 1965 for a segment of present-day California State Route 155.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cahighways.org/129-136.html|title=Route 129-136|website= CAHighways.org|access-date=2009-11-23}}</ref> {{Clear}}

==Major intersections== {{CAinttop|post-1964=yes|county=Humboldt|post_ref=<br><ref name=trucklist /><ref name=bridgelog>{{Caltrans bridgelog|date=July 2007}}</ref><ref>California Department of Transportation, [http://traffic-counts.dot.ca.gov/ All Traffic Volumes on CSHS], 2005 and 2006</ref> }} {{CAint |location=Ferndale |lspan=2 |postmile=73.20 |road=Ocean Avenue – Petrolia |notes=South end of SR 211; road continues as Francis Street }} {{CAint |postmile=R74.19 |road=Van Ness Avenue |notes= }} {{CAint |location=none |postmile=R75.78 |road=Coffee Creek Road, Sage Road |notes= }} {{CAint |location=none |postmile=R76.69 |road=Goble Lane |notes= }} {{Jctplace |state=CA |location=none |postmile=78.10 |place=Fernbridge over the Eel River }} {{CAint |location=Fernbridge |lspan=2 |postmile=78.59 |road=Fernbridge Drive – Fortuna |notes=Connects to US 101 south }} {{CAint |postmile=79.16 |road={{jct|state=CA|US|101|city1=Eureka|city2=Fortuna}} |notes=Interchange; north end of SR 211; US 101 exit 692 }} {{Jctbtm}}

==See also== * {{portal-inline|California Roads}}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} {{commons category}} {{CASR external links|SR|211}} *[http://www.cahighways.org/209-216.html#211 California Highways: SR 211] *[http://www.aaroads.com/california/ca-211.html California @ AARoads.com - State Route 211]

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