California State Route 137

State Route 137 (SR 137) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California, running in the San Joaquin Valley from State Route 43 near Corcoran to State Route 65 in Cairns Corner.

State Route 137
Map of central California with SR 137 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Caltrans
Length	29 mi[1] (47 km)
Major junctions
West end	SR 43 near Corcoran
Major intersections	SR 99 in Tulare
East end	SR 65 in Cairns Corner
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Counties	Kings, Tulare
Highway system
State highways in California Interstate US State Scenic History Pre‑1964 Unconstructed Deleted Freeways
← SR 136 → SR 138

Route description

The western terminus of SR 137 is at an intersection with SR 43 in Corcoran. SR 137 travels east as Whitley Avenue before turning due north as 4th Avenue, which turns into Road 16, and entering Tulare County. The route turns northeast onto Waukena Avenue before passing through the community of Waukena. After this, SR 137 turns north onto Road 30 and then east on Avenue 199 before making another turn north on Road 36. A few miles later, SR 137 makes a final turn east on Avenue 228, which turns into Inyo Avenue. SR 137 continues into the city of Tulare, turning north on M Street and east onto Tulare Avenue as the highway passes through downtown.^[2][3]

SR 137 intersects State Route 99 and the south end of State Route 63 while still in the Tulare city limits. The highway then leaves the city limits and passes through rural Tulare County. The eastern terminus is just west of Lindsay at SR 65.^[2]

SR 137 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,^[4] but is not part of the National Highway System,^[5] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.^[6]

Major intersections

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).^[7] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.

County	Location	Postmile [7][1][8]	Destinations	Notes
Kings KIN 0.00-2.06	​	0.00	Whitley Avenue – Corcoran	Continuation beyond SR 43
	​	0.00	SR 43 (Central Valley Highway) – Hanford, Wasco	Roundabout; west end of SR 137
Tulare TUL 0.00-27.40	Tulare	16.63	SR 99 – Sacramento, Los Angeles	Interchange; SR 99 exit 87
		17.51	SR 63 north (Mooney Boulevard) – Visalia
	​	20.46	Road 140 (CR J15 north) – Visalia	West end of CR J15 overlap
	​	​	Road 152 (CR J15 south) – Woodville	East end of CR J15 overlap
	​	23.90	Road 168 (CR J23) – Farmersville
	​	27.40	SR 65 (Road 196 / CR J27) – Exeter, Lindsay, Plainview	East end of SR 137
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

• California Roads portal