Folsom Boulevard

Folsom Boulevard
Maintained byCity of Sacramento Department of Transportation, Caltrans, County of Sacramento Department of Transportation (SACDOT), City of Rancho Cordova Public Works and City of Folsom Public Works
LocationSacramento
Rancho Cordova
Folsom
West end38°34′30″N 121°29′16″W / 38.5751°N 121.4878°W / 38.5751; -121.4878
Major
junctions
SR 16 in Sacramento
Watt Avenue near Sacramento
CR E2 in Rancho Cordova
US 50 near Folsom
East end38°41′03″N 121°10′45″W / 38.6841°N 121.1792°W / 38.6841; -121.1792

Folsom Boulevard is a major east–west arterial in Sacramento County, California, United States. Its western terminus is at Alhambra Boulevard in the East Sacramento section of Sacramento and its eastern terminus is at Greenback Lane in Folsom.

The actual road, however, runs from the California State Capitol (at 15th Street) in Sacramento to the city of Auburn in Placer County and has various changes of name along the way, which includes Capitol Avenue (old M Street),[1] Folsom-Auburn Road and Auburn-Folsom Road.[2]

For much of the route, it runs nearly parallel with U.S. Route 50 and was that highway's alignment before the freeway was completed in the 1970s.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b "California Highways: U.S. Highway 50". Retrieved March 2, 2009.
  2. ^ The Thomas Guide: Sacramento County Street Guide (Map) (2008 ed.). Rand McNally. § pages 182, 201, 202, 221, 241, 261, 280, 281, 297, 298, 299 and 318.
  3. ^ "50 Corridor - US 50 History". Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2009.