Section 319 Of Article 3. The State Highway Routes From California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 1. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
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. (a) Route 19 is from the northern city limit of the City of
Lakewood to Gardendale Street/Foster Road in the Cities of Bellflower
and Downey.
(b) If the commission determines it is in the state's best
interests to do so, it may do the following, pursuant to a
cooperative agreement between the respective city and the department:
(1) Relinquish to the City of Bellflower the portion of Route 19
between the city's southerly city limit near Rose Avenue and
Gardendale Street/Foster Road.
(2) Relinquish to the City of Downey the portion of Route 19
between the city's southerly city limit at Century Boulevard and
Gardendale Street.
(c) A relinquishment under this section shall become effective
when the county recorder records the relinquishment resolution
containing the commissioner's approval of the relinquishment's terms
and conditions.
(d) Any portion of Route 19 relinquished pursuant to this section
shall cease to be a state highway on the effective date of the
relinquishment.
(e) The relinquished former portions of Route 19 within the Cities
of Downey, Lakewood, Long Beach, and Pico Rivera are not state
highways and are not eligible for adoption under Section 81. For the
relinquished former portions of Route 19, the Cities of Downey,
Lakewood, Long Beach, and Pico Rivera shall maintain within their
respective jurisdictions signs directing motorists to the
continuation of Route 19. The City of Lakewood shall ensure the
continuity of traffic flow on the relinquished former portion of
Route 19, including any traffic signal progression.