California State Route 85
State Route 85 is a state highway which connects the cities of southern San Jose and Mountain View in the U.S. State of California. The highway intersects with major highways such as I-280, SR 17, and SR 87. The route serves as a bypass of U.S. Route 101 in the Santa Clara Valley area, running through the foothill cities of Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cupertino, roughly paralleling the Santa Cruz Mountains up to its interchange with I-280.
SR 85 through much of Saratoga and Los Gatos is a sunken highway.
SR 85 in Los Gatos
The 1994 "Party on the Freeway" and parade in Cupertino, near the I-280 interchange, with nearby Tandem Computers marching behind a classic car
Mountain View, California
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Named for its views of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the population was 82,376 at the 2020 census.
City Hall & Performing Arts Center
Lupe Yñigo was granted Rancho Posolmi in 1844, covering the northern part of Sunnyvale and Mountain View.
The Historic Adobe Building was constructed as a Works Progress Administration project in 1934.
Google, whose headquarters are located in Mountain View, is also the largest employer of the city's residents.
