List of highways numbered 49

The following highways are numbered 49:

Canada

Highway 49 (Ontario)

India

National Highway 49 (India)

Iran

Road 49

Japan

Route 49 (Japan)

New Zealand

New Zealand State Highway 49

United Kingdom

British A49 (Ross on Wye-Bamber Bridge)

British M49 (Severn Beach-Avonmouth)

United States

Interstate 49

U.S. Route 49

Alabama State Route 49

California State Route 49

Connecticut Route 49

Florida State Road 49

Georgia State Route 49

Illinois Route 49

Indiana State Road 49

K-49 (Kansas highway)

Kentucky Route 49

Louisiana Highway 49

Maryland Route 49

Massachusetts Route 49

M-49 (Michigan highway)

Minnesota State Highway 49 (former)

Missouri Route 49 (former)

Montana Highway 49

Nevada State Route 49 (former)

New Hampshire Route 49

New Jersey Route 49

New York State Route 49

North Carolina Highway 49

North Dakota Highway 49

Ohio State Route 49

Oklahoma State Highway 49

California State Route 49

State Route 49 (SR 49) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California that passes through many historic mining communities of the 1849 California gold rush. Highway 49 is numbered after the "49ers", the waves of immigrants who swept into the area looking for gold, and a portion of it is known as the Gold Country Highway. This roadway begins at Oakhurst, Madera County, in the Sierra Nevada, where it diverges from State Route 41. It continues in a generally northwest direction, weaving through the communities of Goldside and Ahwahnee, before crossing into Mariposa County. State Route 49 then continues northward through the counties of Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Yuba, Sierra, and Plumas, where it reaches its northern terminus at State Route 70, in Vinton.

Route description

SR 49 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System. It is known as the Golden Chain Highway for the entire route. SR 49 is known as the Golden Center Freeway from Grass Valley to Nevada City, the John C. Begovich Memorial Highway from Jackson to SR 88, and the Mother Lode Highway from Sonora to Auburn.

Alabama State Route 49

State Route 49 is a 82.7-mile-long (133.1 km) state route in the central and eastern part of the state. The southern terminus of the route is at an interchange with Interstate 85 at Franklin in Macon County. The northern terminus of the route is at its junction with State Route 281 east of Cheaha State Park in southern Cleburne County.

Route description

State Route 49 serves a connecting route giving access to several major routes for residents of small towns and rural areas along its route. For motorists in Macon County, it serves as an access route to Interstate 85 leading towards Montgomery. Motorists in southern Tallapoosa County use State Route 49 to access U.S. Highway 280 leading towards Alexander City and Birmingham; the two routes intersect at Dadeville. North of Dadeville, State Route 49 passes through rural areas and small towns in eastern Alabama, passing through New Site, Mellow Valley and Lineville.

History

When State Route 49 was created in 1940, the route ran only from Tallassee to Dadeville. As a result of several northward extensions, by 1969 the route extended to a junction with U.S. Highway 78 near Heflin. In 1973, the route was extended southward to its current terminus at Interstate 85 in Macon County. When State Route 281 was created in 1995, the northernmost section of the route was truncated.