State Route 49 (California)

State Route 49
Golden Chain Highway
SR 49 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by
Maintained by Caltrans
Length:	295.065 mi (474.861 km) SR 49 has three route breaks, and the length given above does not include the SR 120, SR 20, and SR 89 overlap mileages.
Existed:	1934 – present
Major junctions
South end:	SR 41 at Oakhurst
	SR 140 at Mariposa SR 120 in Moccasin SR 120 in Chinese Camp SR 108 in Sonora SR 4 in Angels Camp SR 104 in Sutter Creek US 50 in Placerville I-80 in Auburn SR 20 in Nevada City SR 89 through Sierra County
North end:	SR 70 at Vinton
Location
Counties:	Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Yuba, Sierra, Plumas
Highway system
State highways in California Interstate U.S. State Pre-1964 History Unconstructed Deleted Freeway Scenic ← US 48 US 50 →

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.