California State Route 120

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California State Route 120 is a scenic east–west highway in California that crosses the Sierra Nevada and provides one of the main road entrances to Yosemite National Park via Tioga Pass.


Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf road transportation infrastructure
state highway
abbreviation CA 120
SR 120
closureReason Snow in winter at Tioga Pass
connects Central Valley
surface form: Central Valley of California

Eastern Sierra
surface form: Eastern Sierra region

Tioga Pass
surface form: Tioga Pass entrance station

Yosemite Valley
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Sierra Nevada
Tioga Pass
direction east–west
easternTerminus U.S. Route 6 (California portion)
surface form: U.S. Route 6 near Benton, California
hasJunctionWith California State Route 108 NERFINISHED
California State Route 49 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 395 NERFINISHED
highestElevationApproxFt 9945
highestElevationPoint Tioga Pass
highwaySystem California state highway system
surface form: California State Route system
isEntranceTo Tioga Pass corridor (eastern approach to Yosemite)
surface form: Yosemite National Park via Tioga Pass
isScenic true
maintainedBy Caltrans
surface form: California Department of Transportation
notableFeature One of the main road entrances to Yosemite National Park
Primary east–west trans-Sierra route through Yosemite
partlyWithin Mariposa County, California NERFINISHED
Mono County, California
Stanislaus County, California NERFINISHED
Tuolumne County, California NERFINISHED
partOf Tioga Road corridor
surface form: Tioga Pass Road corridor
passesNear Mono Lake
passesThrough Groveland, California
Lee Vining
surface form: Lee Vining, California

Manteca, California
Oakdale
surface form: Oakdale, California

Tioga Pass
Yosemite National Park
providesAccessTo Yosemite National Park
routeNumber 120
seasonalClosure Yes
segmentName Big Oak Flat Road
Northside Drive in Yosemite Valley
surface form: Northside Drive (Yosemite Valley one-way pair)

Tioga Road corridor
surface form: Tioga Road
state California, United States
surface form: California
westernTerminus Near Manteca, California
westernTerminusConnection California State Route 99 NERFINISHED
Interstate 5

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tuolumne Meadows accessibleVia California State Route 120
California state highway system hasComponent California State Route 120
Sierra Nevada transportation corridor hasPart California State Route 120
this entity surface form: California State Route 120 over Tioga Pass
Tioga Pass highestPointOf California State Route 120
Tioga Lake locatedAlong California State Route 120
Groveland locatedOn California State Route 120
subject surface form: Groveland, California
District 9 maintainsRoute California State Route 120
this entity surface form: California State Route 120 (within its boundaries)
Mount Dana near California State Route 120
Sierra Nevada passes traversedBy California State Route 120
Tioga Pass traversedBy California State Route 120