State Scenic Highway System (California)

State Scenic Highway System
State Scenic Highway System signage
Highway names
Interstates:	Interstate XX (I-XX)
US Highways:	U.S. Route XX (US XX)
State:	State Route XX (SR XX)
System links
State highways in California Interstate U.S. State Pre-1964 History Unconstructed Deleted Freeway Scenic

The State Scenic Highway System is a list of highways, mainly state highways, that have been designated by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) as scenic highways. The California State Legislature, primarily through , makes highways eligible for designation as a scenic highway. For a highway to be declared scenic, the government with jurisdiction over abutting land must adopt a "scenic corridor protection program" that limits development, outdoor advertising, and earthmoving, and Caltrans must agree that it meets the criteria. The desire to create such a designation has at times been in conflict with the property rights of abutters, for example on State Route 174. Scenic highways are marked by the state flower, a California poppy, inside a rectangle (for state-maintained highways) or pentagon (for county highways).