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The 2010 Amgen Tour of California outside the Fairmont San Jose. Several state highways also serve San Jose: SR 17, SR 85, SR 87 and SR 237. Additionally, San Jose is served by a system of county-wide expressways, which includes the Almaden Expressway, Capitol Expressway, San Tomas Expressway, and Lawrence Expressway.
Designated. 1/6/1949. Reference no. 417 [8] San José State University ( San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) system. [9] [10] The university, alongside the University of ...
CEFCU ('sef-kyü) Stadium, formerly known as Spartan Stadium, is an outdoor athletic stadium on the west coast of the United States, located in the Spartan Keyes neighborhood of central San Jose, California. Owned by San José State University, the venue is the longtime home of Spartan football; it also hosts the university's commencement ...
Alum Rock Park, in the Alum Rock district of San Jose, California, is California's oldest municipal park, established in 1872 but serving as public land since the pueblo was established in 1777. Located in a valley in the Diablo Range foothills on the east side of San Jose, the 720 acre (2.9 km 2) park offers 13 miles (21 km) of trails, varying ...
Lick Observatory. / 37.3411°N 121.6431°W / 37.3411; -121.6431. The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. It is on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, United States. The observatory is managed by the University of California ...
On March 27, 1850, San Jose became the first incorporated city in the U.S. state of California; the first mayor was Josiah Belden. It also served as the state's first capital with the first and second sessions of the California Legislature, known as the Legislature of a Thousand Drinks, being held there in 1850 and 1851.
State Route 130 Map of SR 130, with the western portion under state maintenance highlighted in red, and the eastern segment maintained at the county level in purple Route information Maintained by Caltrans, Santa Clara County, Stanislaus County Length 69.200 mi (111.367 km) 22.503 mi (36.215 km)—State maintained section 46.697 mi (75.152 km)—County maintained section State maintained ...
State Route 87. State Route 87 ( SR 87 ), known as the Guadalupe Freeway or referred to by the locals as Highway 87, is a north–south state highway in San Jose, California, United States. Before being upgraded to a freeway, it was Guadalupe Parkway (and some signs still refer to it that way). For most of its length, especially in Downtown San ...