US 101

U.S. Route 101
Game	American Truck Simulator: Base game Oregon Washington
State	California, Oregon, Washington
Length	1,480 mi (2,382 km)
Speed Limit	20–60 mph (32–97 km/h)
Route
	0 mi (0 km) IS5 I-5 in Los Angeles
	CA 0–845 mi (0–1,360 km) IS580 I-580 USCA199 US 199 CA1CA27CA37CA58CA126CA152CA198CA255CA299 SR 1, SR 27, SR 37, SR 58, SR 126, SR 152, SR 175, SR 198, SR 255, SR 299
	OR 845–1,190 mi (1,360–1,916 km) US20US30 US 20, US 30
	WA 1,190–1,480 mi (1,916–2,382 km) US12 US 12 WA8WA20 SR 4, SR 8, SR 20, SR 113, SR 401
	1,480 mi (2,382 km) IS5 I-5 in Olympia

U.S. Route 101 (US 101) is a north–south US Highway in western California, Oregon, and Washington in American Truck Simulator. It runs from Interstate 5 in Los Angeles to Interstate 5 in Olympia. Though the maximum truck speed limit on this route is 60 mph, the car speed limit is 65 mph in some areas of California along the route.

Course

US 101 begins at its intersection with Interstate 5 in Los Angeles, CA; in real life this interchange is southeast of Downtown Los Angeles, but in the game it's to the north, in the San Fernando Valley. The highway runs to the north of the Santa Monica Mountains, where CA 27 intersects with the 101. After descending Conejo Grade, the highway enters the Oxnard Plain and the city of Oxnard, and, after crossing the Santa Clara River, intersects with CA 126 in Ventura. Here the highway runs along the coast past Mussel Shoals to Gaviota Pass, a narrow gap in the Santa Ynez Mountains that the northbound lanes crosses with a tunnel. Here the highway begins running inland through the chaparral, where it encounters Santa Maria. After a short coastal run, where it passes Pismo Beach, the 101 meets CA 1, the Pacific Coast Highway, at San Luis Obispo. The highway then begins a long inland route down through the Salinas Valley, where it intersects with CA 58, CA 198, and CA 152, the last at Gilroy. The 101 passes to the east of Santa Cruz, and soon after reaches San Francisco. From Los Angeles to this point the highway has been a freeway, with the exception of an at-grade intersection at a Gallon Oil refinery west of Oxnard, where the speed limit also drops to 30 mph. The highway up until this point has also followed El Camino Real (The Royal Road), a trail first blazed in 1769 to link missions in what was then part of the Spanish Empire.

US 101 runs through San Francisco on surface roads, where it meets the western terminus of Interstate 80, before returning to its freeway routing. The 101 crosses the Golden Gate via the famous Golden Gate Bridge, a 1.7 mile (2.7 km) long suspension bridge built in 1937. This bridge, considered one of the Wonders of the Modern World, is one of the most iconic landmarks in all of California, and is no doubt the most iconic in San Francisco. After crossing the straits, the highway passes through the Robin Williams Tunnel and descends to San Rafael, where it intersects with Interstate 580 at its eastern terminus. The highway then enters the forests of the Northern California Coast Ranges, which it runs through to Ukiah.

Out of Ukiah the highway narrows to two lanes, soon passing through Laytonville, which is located between two rest areas. Past Laytonville the highway winds along the South Fork Eel River, a scenic route that includes landmarks such as the World Famous Tree House, a house carved into a coast redwood; Richardson Grove, an area of massive redwoods that grow close to the road; and Legend of Bigfoot, a tourist-based wood carving shop. Out of the redwoods, the highway returns to a four lane width, continuing along the South Fork Eel on a route with several high bridges. The highway crosses the Eel via two bridges near Rio Dell, and soon after enters Eureka. Out of Eureka the highway intersects with CA 299 and, returning to two lanes, begins its famous and scenic run along the rugged Pacific coast. After a southbound weigh station, the highway rounds Big Lagoon and passes Elk Country RV Resort. At Freshwater Lagoon the highway passes near Redwood State and National Parks, and after curving inland passes the Trees of Mystery tourist attraction, which offers a rest stop. Returning to the coast, the highway runs through Crescent City, and after intersecting with US 199 continues into Oregon, where southbound travelers must stop into an agricultural inspection station just south of the state line.

In Oregon, US 101 is known as the Oregon Coast Highway, and it is this stretch that features some of the highway's best scenery. After crossing the state line, the highway runs along the edge of the Siskiyou Mountains (a sub-range of the Klamath Mountains) past Sisters Rock, a massive sea stack (large offshore rock formation) that can be viewed from two overlooks, the southern one including a rest stop. The highway soon runs through Coos Bay, leaving town via the McCollough Memorial Bridge, a long through truss. The highway then runs through a tunnel before crossing the Cape Creek Bridge, from which the Heceta Head Lighthouse can be seen, and soon after passes by the falls of Cook Creek and Thor's Well, one of the Oregon Coast's many curious features. The highway soon reaches Newport, which it enters via the Yaquina Bay Bridge, and intersects with US 20 at its western terminus. Out of Newport the 101 passes by Yaquina Head, which features a rest area, and soon after runs through Pacific City, where Chief Kiawanda Rock, a large sea stack, can be seen offshore. The highway then proceeds through the dense forest to Warrenton, and crosses the New Youngs Bay Bridge (a rather long bridge with a lifting section) into Astoria, where it meets US 30 at its western terminus.

US 101 makes a spiral climb out of Astoria and crosses the high Astoria-Megler Bridge over the wide Columbia River into Washington. After passing below Point Chinook and Fort Columbia, the highway crosses the Naselle River, near where deer are known to cross the highway. Past a northbound weigh station, the highway enters Aberdeen, where, after crossing the Chehalis River, it meets US 12 at its western terminus. After crossing the Hoquiam River via lift bridges and passing through the town of Hoquiam, the 101 passes through a portion of Olympic National Forest, where it curves by Lake Quinault. After crossing the Queets River, the highway returns to the coast, which it runs along for a short distance through Kalaloch before turning back inland to the town of Forks. Past Forks the road turns east, and proceeds along Lake Crescent before moving through Port Angeles. Here the highway runs through farmland, with the Olympic Mountains as a backdrop, before meeting WA 20 at Discovery Bay. There the 101 heads south along the Hood Canal, past WA 8, to Olympia, where it ends in the same way it begins, at an interchange with Interstate 5.

Cities

California

• Los Angeles
• Oxnard
• Santa Maria
• Santa Cruz
• San Francisco
• San Rafael (replaced by a scenery town in the same location in update 1.44)
• Ukiah
• Eureka

Scenery towns

• Mussel Shoals
• Pismo Beach
• San Luis Obispo
• Gilroy
• South San Francisco
• San Rafael
• Novato
• Petaluma
• Hopland
• Laytonville
• Leggett (replaced by Laytonville in update 1.41)
• Garberville
• Rio Dell
• Arcata
• Orick
• Klamath
• Crescent City

Oregon

• Coos Bay
• Newport
• Astoria

Scenery towns

• Pacific City
• Garibaldi

Washington

• Aberdeen
• Port Angeles
• Olympia

Scenery towns

• Hoquiam
• Kalaloch
• Forks
• Discovery Bay
• Potlatch

Junction list

California

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Los Angeles	0	0	----	IS5 I-5 – Los Angeles, San Diego, Bakersfield, Sacramento		South terminus
	20	32		CA27 SR 27 – Los Angeles, Malibu
	35	56	----	Rest area
Oxnard	45	72		CA1 SR 1 south – Oxnard City Center, Los Angeles
	53	85		Oxnard City Center
	62	100	66 A	CA126 SR 126 east – Bakersfield
	65	104	66 B	East Main Street – Oxnard
	82	132	----	Rest area, Gallon Oil depot		At-grade junction
Mussel Shoals	104	167		Mussel Shoals		Southbound only
Santa Maria	144	232		Santa Maria
	152	245		Santa Maria
San Luis Obispo	179	288		CA1 SR 1 north – Santa Cruz
	187	301		CA58 SR 58 east – Bakersfield
	249	401		CA198 SR 198 east – Huron
Gilroy	313	504		SR 152 east – Fresno
Santa Cruz	349	562	----	CA1 To SR 1 – Santa Cruz
San Francisco	386	621	North end of freeway
			----	San Francisco Downtown (Embarcadero)		TOTSO
	388	624	----	CA1 SR 1 south – Santa Cruz		TOTSO
	397	639	----	San Francisco residential area		TOTSO
	412	663	----	San Francisco Downtown (Embarcadero)		TOTSO
			South end of freeway
	417	672		San Francisco residential area
Golden Gate	430	692	----	Golden Gate Bridge		Toll southbound only
San Rafael			451	IS580 I-580 east – Richmond Bridge, Oakland
Novato			460 A–B	CA37 SR 37 east / South Novato Boulevard – Napa, Vallejo		Southbound exit 460
			----	Rest area		Southbound only
			North end of freeway
Hopland			----	SR 175 east – Lakeport
			----	Road to Mon Coeur vineyard
			South end of freeway
Ukiah			548	Gobbi Street
	554	891	North end of freeway
	569	916	----	Rest area		Southbound only
Laytonville	573	923	----	Laytonville
	588	947	----	Rest area		Northbound only
	655	1,054	South end of freeway
Eureka	700	1,128	North end of freeway
			----	CA255 SR 255 north (R Street) – Samoa
			South end of freeway
Arcata	712	1,147	716	CA299 SR 299 east – Redding		North terminus in base game
	724	1,166	725	Crannell Road		Northbound only
	732	1,178	725	Crannell Road		Southbound only
	781	1,258	North end of freeway
Orick	763–765	1,228–1,231	----	Elk County
	795	1,279	----	Redwood Creek Picnic Area
Klamath	806	1,297	----	Motel Trees
Crescent City	818	1,317	----	Rest area
	821	1,322	----	Gas station
	825	1,328	South end of freeway
			794	USCA199IS5 US 199 north to I-5 – Grants Pass		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	830	1,336	North end of freeway
			----	USCA199 To US 199 north – Grants Pass
	844	1,359	----	Border Protection Station		Southbound only

Oregon

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
	873	1,406	Rest area
	906	1,459	Rest area
Coos Bay	947	1,525	Gas station		Southbound only
	950	1,529	Motel
	952	1,533	Gas station
	953	1,533	Service shop
	1,000	1,610	Washburne State Park
Newport	1,050–1,056	1,690–1,700	Or. Coast Aquarium
	1,065	1,714	Yaquina Bay, Historic Bayfront
	1,071	1,724	Service shop
	1,072	1,725	Historic Bayfront
	1,072	1,725	US20 US 20 east – Toledo, Albany
	1,074	1,729	Yaquina Head Historic Lighthouse
Pacific City	1,089	1,752	Pacific City
	1,112	1,789	Cape Lookout Viewpoint
Garibaldi	1,150	1,851	Garibaldi
Astoria	1,180	1,899	Warrenton
	1,184	1,905	US101 US 101 Bus. south – Marine Drive
	1,184	1,906	US30 US 30 east – Portland		North terminus in Oregon DLC TOTSO

Washington

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
	1,192	1,919	SR 401 north – Raymond		Inaccessible TOTSO
	1,196–1,206	1,925–1,932	Secret road		South terminus in Washington DLC
	1,236	1,990	SR 4 east – Kelso		Inaccessible TOTSO
	1,245	2,005	Weigh station		Northbound only
	1,250	2,013	Road to Deepgrove harvest site
Aberdeen	1,256	2,022	US12 US 12 east – Olympia		Southbound TOTSO
	1,256	2,022	Aberdeen		Northbound TOTSO
	1,256	2,023	Aberdeen		TOTSO
Hoquiam	1,256	2,023	Hoquiam
Kalaloch	1,312	2,112	Kalaloch
Forks	1,335	2,149	Rest area, weigh station
	1,339	2,156	Gas station
	1,352	2,176	SR 113 west – Clallam Bay		Inaccessible
Port Angeles	1,372	2,209	Service shop
	1,373	2,210	US101 US 101 east – truck route		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	1,374	2,213	US101 US 101 west – truck route		TOTSO
	1,375	2,214	Hotel
Discovery Bay	1,397	2,249	WA20 SR 20 east – Port Townsend
Potlatch	1,415	2,279	Potlatch
	1,463	2,356	WA8 SR 8 west – Aberdeen		Northbound only TOTSO
Olympia	1,466	2,360	Black Lake Boulevard – West Olympia
	1,480	2,382	IS5 I-5 – Portland, Seattle		North terminus I-5 exit 104

History

Map of US 101 in the initial version of the game.

• In the initial version of American Truck Simulator, US 101 was separated into four sections. The first section began in Los Angeles as a continuation of SR 110 and headed north along the coast on what is now signed as SR 1. It then merged onto a freeway and continued west until ending in Oxnard where SR 1 would continue north. The second section began where SR 198 currently begins in Huron and headed west until ending at SR 1 in Santa Cruz. The third section began at the north end of the Embarcadero in San Francisco and headed north to San Rafael on the then four-lane Golden Gate Bridge. Where US 101 currently intersects with Interstate 580 and continues north, it turned to the southeast to end at a junction in San Rafael, from which Interstate 580 would continue southeast. The fourth section began at the south end of Eureka and headed north through the town like it currently does and ended at a diamond interchange with SR 299 in Arcata.

• In update 1.3, the section from San Rafael to Eureka was added, along with Ukiah.

• In update 1.5, as part of the 1:35 to 1:20 map rescale, the entire section of US 101 from Oxnard to Santa Cruz was added. The south terminus was changed to a new trumpet interchange with Interstate 5 in Los Angeles. From there, US 101 heads west on the old freeway and reaches Oxnard via a short new section. The coastal section north of Los Angeles was redesignated as SR 1. Between San Rafael and Eureka, new sections were added to the existing highway to accommodate the new map scale. The Golden Gate Bridge was expanded to six lanes.

• In update 1.29, the section from Santa Cruz to San Francisco was added, making US 101 contiguous from Los Angeles to Eureka. Off the exit to SR 152, a gas station and rest area were added.

• In update 1.31, the diamond interchange with SR 299 in Arcata was changed to a trumpet interchange.

• In the initial version of the Oregon map expansion DLC, the section of US 101 from SR 299 in Arcata to US 30 in Astoria was added.

• In update 1.33, a rest area was added by the junction with US 30 in Astoria.

• In the initial version of the Washington map expansion DLC, the section of US 101 from US 30 in Astoria to Interstate 5 in Olympia was added.

• In update 1.41, as part of the first phase of the California rework, the section of US 101 from Ukiah to Eureka was completely reworked. The scenery towns of Laytonville, including rest areas north and south of it, and Rio Dell were added as Leggett and the junction there with SR 1 were removed. A Border Protection Station south of the California–Oregon state line was also added.

• In update 1.44, as part of the second phase of the California rework, the sections of US 101 from San Rafael to Ukiah and through Eureka to Arcata were completely reworked, including a complete rework of Eureka and Ukiah. San Rafael was completely reworked and replaced by a scenery town in the same location. All junctions were rebuilt, and the scenery towns of Hopland, Novato, and Petaluma, including the rest area north of it, were added.

Gallery

Los Angeles

Oxnard

Mussel Shoals

Santa Maria

Pismo Beach

San Luis Obispo

Gilroy

Santa Cruz

South San Francisco

San Francisco

San Rafael (after update 1.44)

San Rafael (before update 1.44)

Novato

Petaluma

Hopland

Ukiah (after update 1.44)

Ukiah (before update 1.44)

Laytonville

Leggett (removed in update 1.41)

Rio Dell

Eureka (after update 1.44)

Eureka (before update 1.44)

Arcata (after update 1.44)

Arcata (before update 1.44)

Crescent City

Coos Bay

Newport

Pacific City

Garibaldi

Astoria

Aberdeen

Hoquiam

Kalaloch

Forks

Port Angeles

Discovery Bay

Potlatch

Olympia

See also

• Information about U.S. Route 101 in real life

Washington
Cities	Aberdeen - Bellingham - Colville - Everett - Grand Coulee - Kennewick (Pasco) - Longview - Olympia - Omak (Okanogan) - Port Angeles - Seattle (Renton) - Spokane - Tacoma - Vancouver - Wenatchee (Sunnyslope) - Yakima (Union Gap) List of scenery towns in Washington
Highways	Interstate 5 - Interstate 82 - Interstate 90 - Interstate 182 - Interstate 205 - Interstate 405 US 2 - US 12 - US 97 - US 101 - US 395 - US 730 SR 8 - SR 14 - SR 20 - SR 155 - SR 261 - SR 285 - SR 397 - SR 432 - SR 433 - SR 526 - SR 529 - SR 900
See also	List of landmarks in Washington - List of Truck Stops in Washington