Highway 85 Index


[85 South by Camden]

This is 85 Southbound by Camden in early 1999.

This is my index page for my photo galleries of Highway 85, and of construction photos from the 1980s and early 1990s. A lot of my Highway 85 photos are from when it opened in the fall of 1994. Highway 85 runs only through Santa Clara County and it is complete. The old photos are surprisingly popular and people do write me about them, along with the old ones saved for Highway 87. I will not be taking down any photos of 85. Highway 85 is named for former congressman Norman Mineta apart from the section inside the Saratoga city limits for fallen CHP officer Scott M. Greenly. 85 will be widened at some point to eight lanes total. I had read since the 1980s that the county had room in the center divider for a light rail line running on 85 north of 87. They gave up on that idea around 2018. This highway was built because some of the people that lived out here back then really pushed for it.


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85 Construction Photos

85 Under Construction
85 Under Construction
85 South in 1992
85 South and US101 South Construction photos from 9/2004
The 85 Corridor near Pollard Road in 1989

Highway 85 during a dramatic sunset in October 2003

The Bailey Avenue Exit off US101
The Bailey Avenue Exit off US101
The Bailey Avenue Exit off US101


A computer generated gallery of Highway 85 and Santa Teresa Boulevard in April 2005
A computer generated gallery of US101, Highway 85, and Highway 17 from August 2006
A computer generated gallery of Highway 17, Highway 87, Highway 85, Great Oaks Boulevard, Santa Teresa Boulevard, and US101 in the fall of 2008
A computer generated gallery of Highway 85 and Monterey Highway in February 2019 (258 photos)
85 South in June 2021 (shows SCU fire damage)
Monterey Highway North, 87 North, US101 North, G3 (Oregon Page Mill Expressway South), I280 South, and 85 South from 10/6/2019.

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