State Route 85 (SR 85) is a state highway which connects the cities of southern San Jose and Mountain View in the U.S. state of California. At a length of 24.2 miles (38.9 km), the route serves as a bypass of U.S. Route 101 (US 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 an interchange with Interstate 280 (I-280). The highway also intersects with SR 87, SR 17, and SR 237.