 State Route 163 | ||||
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| Cabrillo Freeway | ||||
 SR 163 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Caltrans | ||||
| Length | 11.088 mi[1] (17.844 km) | |||
| History | 1948 as US 395, 1969 as SR 163 | |||
| Tourist routes |  Cabrillo Parkway through Balboa Park | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  I-5 in San Diego | |||
| North end |  I-15 in San Diego | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | California | |||
| Counties | San Diego | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Route 163 (SR 163), or the Cabrillo Freeway, is a state highway in San Diego, California. The 11.088-mile (17.844 km) stretch of the former US 395 freeway runs from downtown San Diego just south of an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5), extending north through historic Balboa Park and various neighborhoods of San Diego to an interchange with I-15 in the neighborhood of Miramar. The freeway is named after Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, the first European to navigate the coast of present-day California.
The historic section of freeway through Balboa Park south of I-8 was the first freeway in San Diego County and one of the first in California.[2] Prior to 1964, this was the southernmost section of U.S. Route 395 (US 395), which was truncated to Hesperia when it was replaced by I-15. This section is also designated as a State Scenic Highway.
- ^ California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ Marshall, David (2007). San Diego's Balboa Park. Arcadia Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-7385-4754-1.