SR 244 starts just east of the westernmost ramps to the Watt Avenue exit off I-80. East of this, there are several connector ramps to both I-80 and Business I-80 as SR 244 passes under the terminus of Business I-80. SR 244 terminates at Auburn Boulevard, having just entered the Sacramento city limits near Renfree Park.[3] The highway is only signed at the exit gore from eastbound Interstate 80 Business.[4]
In 1965, an extension was defined from SR 65 east to U.S. Route 50. In 1972 a series of "volatile" public hearings took place where local residents protested the construction of this route among others being proposed in the Sacramento area.[8] The project was expected to cost $40million to construct and the resulting freeway would be eight lanes wide.[9] This extension to U.S. Route 50 was removed in 1975, and the route's definition was truncated to end at Fair Oaks Boulevard near San Juan Avenue. The public forums ended in mid-1976 after the Board of Supervisors abandoned plans for all three routes.[8] It was truncated further to Auburn Boulevard, its present terminus, in 1994.[10]
The bridges along the route date from 1971, a year after the bridges on I-80 to the west;[1] that part of I-80 was Interstate 880 until 1981.[2][11]
Exit list
Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage.R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile §Official postmile definitions).[12] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted.The entire route is in Sacramento County.
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-80 BL west is former US 40 west / US 99E south / I-80 west; I-80 east is former US 40 east / US 99E north; access from I-80 westbound via exit 95; I‑80 BL east exit 14C, west exit 14A
123California Department of Transportation (July 2007). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
↑Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: Sacramento, CA(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
↑Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
12California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original(XLS file) on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
