California Street begins at the intersection of
Market Street, Main Street, and Drumm Street in front of the
Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Center, one block from the
Ferry Building, then travels through
Chinatown, over
Nob Hill, through
Lower Pacific Heights, Laurel Heights, and the Lake District. The street makes a slight bend at 8th Avenue, then parallels the edge of the
Presidio of San Francisco through the
Richmond District until its dead end terminus just west of 32nd Avenue, at Lincoln Park. Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from
Van Ness Avenue westward to the dead end past 32nd Avenue, comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the
Lincoln Highway, the first road across
America, leading out to the highway's western terminus in
Lincoln Park. The route has four to six lanes for its entire length. A
cable car line runs on the eastern portion from Market to Van Ness Avenue and a
trolleybus line runs on the western portion between Steiner and 32nd Avenue. == Landmarks and points of interest==