Santa Clara County Route G2 more commonly known as Lawrence Expressway is a busy 9.7 miles long north-south link through the Silicon Valley in Northern California. The majority of G2 is part of the Santa Clara County expressway system. ==Route Summary== G2 runs from the Quito Road overcrossing of CA-85 in Saratoga, California, north along Quito Road. G2 is not signed along this section and is not commonly recognized as existing along this 2 lane road by both locals and mapmakers. The Quito Road portion is also maintained by the City of Saratoga rather then Santa Clara County. As the road leaves Saratoga and enters San Jose, California it widens to a 6 lane county maintained expressway with a concrete island divider and is renamed Lawrence Expressway. It is the Lawrence Expressway section from just south of Saratoga Avenue that is more readily recognized as G2. Indeed local residents almost exclusively refer to G2 as Lawrence Expressway. The road continues north with access usually restricted to major intersections which are controlled via traffic lights. Lawrence Expressway continues northeasterly and junctions with Interstate 280 (California) and Stevens Creek Boulevard over a complex shared separated grade crossing. Lawrence proceeds under I-280 before immediately rising over Stevens Creek. Lawrence Expressway and Stevens Creek also share ramps for access to I-280 with the exception of the onramp to Southbound I-280 which is accessed directly from G2. G2 continues north into Santa Clara, California and widens to 8 lanes with an HOV lane occupying the far right lane. G2 also has another separated grade interchange with El Camino Real (California) (CA-82) with Lawrence Expwy. passing over El Camino Real just prior to G2 entering Sunnyvale, California. G2 also passes under Santa Clara County Route G6 on a separated grade interchange and over U.S. Highway 101 on a separated grade interchange. The US-101 interchange was recently upgraded to include traffic light control on G2. G2 reaches its northern terminus at the end of Lawrence Expwy. at the CA-237 Freeway. The physical road continues north as Carribean Ave. ==History & Legislative Status== G2 was first signed as a Santa Clara County Route in 1962. G2 was originally planned to link up with CA-85 when it was built. At the time of G2's inception CA-85 was in the early planning stages and an interchange had been envisioned at Quito Road. However opposition to the freeway was intense in Saratoga and the planned interchange between CA-85 and G2 along with an interchange further north at Prospect Road were abandoned in favor of the existing Saratoga Avenue interchange. G2 is unsigned from CA-85 to Saratoga Avenue. North of Saratoga Avenue G2 is currently signed. In the 1990s G2 was widened north of I-280 to 8 lanes to accomodate an HOV carpool lane. ==Landmarks & Points of Interest== * The original Fry's Electronics store (located just north of Arques Avenue in Sunnyvale) ==Major Cities== *Saratoga, California *San Jose, California *Santa Clara, California *Sunnyvale, California ==See Also== *List of California County Routes * Wikipedia:WikiProject California County Routes (This article is part of this WikiProject) California County Routes
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Santa Clara County Route G2 more commonly known as Lawrence Expressway is a busy 9.7 miles long north-south link through the Silicon Valley in Northern California. The majority of G2 is part of the Santa Clara County expressway system. ==Route Summary== G2 runs from the Quito Road overcrossing of CA-85 in Saratoga, California, north along Quito Road. G2 is not signed along this section and is not commonly recognized as existing along this 2 lane road by both locals and mapmakers. The Quito Road portion is also maintained by the City of Saratoga rather then Santa Clara County. As the road leaves Saratoga and enters San Jose, California it widens to a 6 lane county maintained expressway with a concrete island divider and is renamed Lawrence Expressway. It is the Lawrence Expressway section from just south of Saratoga Avenue that is more readily recognized as G2. Indeed local residents almost exclusively refer to G2 as Lawrence Expressway. The road continues north with access usually restricted to major intersections which are controlled via traffic lights. Lawrence Expressway continues northeasterly and junctions with Interstate 280 (California) and Stevens Creek Boulevard over a complex shared separated grade crossing. Lawrence proceeds under I-280 before immediately rising over Stevens Creek. Lawrence Expressway and Stevens Creek also share ramps for access to I-280 with the exception of the onramp to Southbound I-280 which is accessed directly from G2. G2 continues north into Santa Clara, California and widens to 8 lanes with an HOV lane occupying the far right lane. G2 also has another separated grade interchange with El Camino Real (California) (CA-82) with Lawrence Expwy. passing over El Camino Real just prior to G2 entering Sunnyvale, California. G2 also passes under Santa Clara County Route G6 on a separated grade interchange and over U.S. Highway 101 on a separated grade interchange. The US-101 interchange was recently upgraded to include traffic light control on G2. G2 reaches its northern terminus at the end of Lawrence Expwy. at the CA-237 Freeway. The physical road continues north as Carribean Ave. ==History & Legislative Status== G2 was first signed as a Santa Clara County Route in 1962. G2 was originally planned to link up with CA-85 when it was built. At the time of G2's inception CA-85 was in the early planning stages and an interchange had been envisioned at Quito Road. However opposition to the freeway was intense in Saratoga and the planned interchange between CA-85 and G2 along with an interchange further north at Prospect Road were abandoned in favor of the existing Saratoga Avenue interchange. G2 is unsigned from CA-85 to Saratoga Avenue. North of Saratoga Avenue G2 is currently signed. In the 1990s G2 was widened north of I-280 to 8 lanes to accomodate an HOV carpool lane. ==Landmarks & Points of Interest== * The original Fry's Electronics store (located just north of Arques Avenue in Sunnyvale) ==Major Cities== *Saratoga, California *San Jose, California *Santa Clara, California *Sunnyvale, California ==See Also== *List of California County Routes * Wikipedia:WikiProject California County Routes (This article is part of this WikiProject) California County Routes
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