{{short description|Highway in California}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state = CA |type=US-Bus |route=101 |alternate_name= Wildwood Avenue |section=583 |map={{maplink-road|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/California State Route 283}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SR 283/US 101 Bus./Wildwood Avenue highlighted in red |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=CA|US|101}} near Scotia |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=CA|US|101}} in Rio Dell |counties=Humboldt |previous_type=SR |previous_route=282 |browse_route=SR 283 |next_type=SR |next_route=284 }} {{Infobox road small |state=CA |type=SR |route=283 |length_mi=0.356 |length_ref=<ref name=trucklist/> |established=1970{{efn|From US 101<ref name=cahighways>[http://cahighways.org/281-288.html#283 California Highways: Unsigned State Route 283]</ref>}} |location=Near Scotia–Rio Dell }} '''U.S. Route 101 Business''' is a business loop of U.S. Route 101 that runs along '''Wildwood Avenue''' in Rio Dell in Humboldt County, California. Its southernmost section between US 101 near Scotia to the north end of the '''Eel River Bridge''' is legally defined as an unsigned state highway, '''State Route 283''' ('''SR 283'''). The route was defined in 1970 as a transfer from a realigned US 101 after a freeway bypass was built.
== Route description == thumb|left|250px|Eagle Prairie Bridge over the Eel River, looking south from Rio Dell towards Scotia
State Route 283 spurs out of US 101 near Scotia, south of Rio Dell, while carrying US 101 Business from that intersection to the '''Eel River Bridge'''. After crossing the bridge, SR 283 ends and US 101 Business continues north through the center of Rio Dell to US 101 in the northern part of the city.
SR 283 includes the length of the Eel River Bridge, keeping its maintenance to Caltrans. The bridge itself was built in 1941, when U.S. Route 101 ran through what was then known as Eagle Prairie. In 1977, the bridge was renamed the '''Albert Stanwood Murphy Memorial Bridge''', in honor of the Pacific Lumber Company president who assisted the Save the Redwoods League. In 1990, the bridge was given a second name, the '''Eagle Prairie Bridge''', in honor of the 50th anniversary of the bridge's construction and the 25th anniversary of Rio Dell's incorporation.<ref>[http://www.cahighways.org/281-288.html California Highways Routes 281 through 288]</ref>
SR 283 is not part of the National Highway System,<ref name=fhwa-nhs>{{FHWA NHS map|region=californianorth|accessdate=July 30, 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> {{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=none |type=concur |postmile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=CA|US|101|city1=Eureka}} |notes=Interchange; south end of US 101 Bus. overlap; south end of SR 283; US 101 exit 679 }} {{CAint |location=none |postmile=none |road=Scotia (Main Street) |notes=Former US 101 south }} {{Jctbridge |state=CA |location=Rio Dell |lspan=4 |postmile=0.12 |bridge=Eel River Bridge over Eel River }} {{Jctplace |state=CA |type=concur |postmile=0.36 |place=North end of US 101 Bus. overlap; north end of SR 283 }} {{CAint |postmile=none |road={{jct|state=CA|road|Davis Street|to2=1|US|101}} |notes= }} {{CAint |postmile=none |road={{jct|state=CA|US|101}} |notes=Interchange; north end of US 101 Bus.; US 101 exit 681 }} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==See also== *{{portal-inline|California Roads}}
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} {{commons category}} {{CASR external links|SR|283}} *[http://www.cahighways.org/281-288.html#283 California Highways: Route 283] *[http://www.aaroads.com/california/ca-283.html California @ AARoads.com - State Route 283]
283 State Route 283 Category:U.S. Route 101 Category:State highways in the United States shorter than one mile