SR 184 starts at a roundabout at SR 223 (Bear Mountain Boulevard) and Wheeler Ridge Road. The latter is a county road that, although not a truck route, is the only north/south road south of Bakersfield that directly connects to
I-5. SR 223 provides a connection from I-5 to
Arvin. SR 184 then travels north, through relatively flat agricultural land. It crosses through the towns of
Weedpatch, and Lamont. The highway continues north, and crosses its major junction with SR 58, a major east/west freeway that connects the
San Joaquin Valley to all points southeast. At the junction, the road’s name changes to Morning Drive. It then enters the rural, but growing, eastern portion of Bakersfield. At the intersection of Morning Drive and Niles Street/Kern Canyon Road, the route turns right onto Kern Canyon Road. The route turns northeast, as it travels through open grassland. It terminates at SR 178 (Kern Canyon Road) near the old
Mesa Marin Raceway. SR 178 runs from Bakersfield to the Kern Valley region. SR 184 is part of the
California Freeway and Expressway System, and is part of the
National Highway System, a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the
Federal Highway Administration. ==History==