Route Description
SR 86 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System.
SR 86 begins at an intersection with SR 111 just east of the town of Heber as Heber Road. After traveling west through Heber and intersecting CR S31, SR 86 turns north and enters the city of El Centro as 4th Street, having an interchange with I-8. Passing through downtown El Centro, SR 86 intersects Main Street (CR S80) before curving to the west as Adams Avenue. The highway continues north on Imperial Avenue before entering the city of Imperial and passing by Imperial County Airport. SR 86 continues north through Imperial before leaving the city limits.
North of Imperial, SR 86 intersects CR S27 before making a turn to the northeast and entering the city of Brawley. It passes to the west of downtown as Western Avenue before turning west onto Main Street and running concurrently with SR 78. SR 78 and 86 turn northwest before passing through the city of Westmoreland and intersecting CR S30. After briefly turning west, SR 78 and 86 turn northwest again and pass through Elmore and Kane Spring before SR 78 turns west towards San Diego County and SR 86 continues northwest along the western edge of the Salton Sea, intersecting CR S22. SR 86 passes through Torres-Martinez Indian Reservation and Coolidge Spring before entering Riverside County.
Just north of the county line in Oasis, SR 86S continues north on an expressway, bypassing Indio and Palm Desert and connecting directly to I-10. SR 86 leaves the expressway and continues west on 81st Street and then northwest on Harrison Street. SR 86 continues northwest to the southern terminus of SR 195 before passing through One Hundred Palms and Sandy Korner, near the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport. SR 86 then enters Coachella, passing through downtown before running concurrently with SR 111 as Grapefruit Boulevard. SR 86 and 111 have been decommissioned in the city of Indio, but the routing continues as Indio Boulevard all the way to I-10.
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