Russell Boulevard stretches along most of Davis. When Russell Blvd. passes B St. heading East, it becomes 5th St. Russell and 5th St. combine to make the most important east-west thoroughfare in Davis. Russell skates along the northern border of Campus, and is also home to Frat Row.
A long stretch of Russell in West Davis is the picturesque Avenue of Trees. If you keep driving/walking/biking west down Russell you will pass by Cactus Corners and eventually end up in Winters, where Russell becomes County Road 128. There, the road crosses into Napa County and becomes Capay Valley Road, passing along Lake Berryessa. At some point, you can do something or other and end up in Napa at which point you have gone way the hell past the bounds of this wiki and you're on your own, baby. Slightly less than half way to Winters, Russell provides a link between County Road 95 and 95a.
Russell is part of the historic U.S. Highway 40, also known as the Lincoln Highway, which is the nation's first transcontinental highway. There is a Lincoln Highway marker on the southern side of Russell near Arthur Street. U.S. 40 continues westward at Road 128 and eastward at B Street.
Russell Blvd. is named after William Ogburn Russell, Sr., a prominent citizen and Yolo County supervisor in the early 1900s. He was a member of the Russell family who owned and operated the Russell Ranch, west of Davis. Russell Ranch is named for the pioneer farming family of Francis E. Russell, whose daughter Cornelia Ellen married William S. Enos, one of the series of owners of the Dresbach-Hunt-Boyer House on 2nd St. in downtown Davis.
View of Frat Row from atop parking structure 
A penny-farthing bicycle statue on Russell 
The light in the median as you enter the intersection of Russell and Anderson westbound is at eye height and sometimes has a collection of stickers on it
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2008-06-17 01:25:41 Does anybody know if fifth and russell used to be separate? I ask because I always assumed this to be true based on the way they look shoehorned together on satellite photos, but I realized lately I don't really know for sure. —JoePomidor
2008-08-09 11:11:22 I think that yes, 5th and Russell used to be separate, according to some historic maps I saw of central Davis. Russell would 'T' into B Street just south of where 5th would do the same. I don't know when they were finally linked, though. —AliPezeshkpour
