Built originally to provide access to the long-defunct Mendocino State Hospital, it is an unsigned spur route off of U.S. Route 101 at Ukiah, ending east at the intersection with East Side Road in Talmage, outside the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas monastery & university (which is located on the grounds of the former Mendocino State Hospital).
This route was built to access the now-closed Mendocino State Hospital and connects to U.S. Route 101 at Ukiah. It ends at East Side Road in Talmage, near the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas monastery and university, which is situated on the grounds of the former hospital.