Bakersfield Sign, City landmark over Sillect Avenue in Bakersfield, United States.

The Bakersfield Sign is a yellow arch with blue porcelain lettering that spans Sillect Avenue at its intersection with Buck Owens Boulevard. The structure rises high enough to be visible from State Route 99 and serves as a distinctive gateway marker for the city.

The original structure from 1949 functioned as a footbridge for the Bakersfield Inn and welcomed travelers along the Golden State Highway. A 1999 reconstruction by Sampson Steel used the original blue porcelain letters, maintaining its historical connection to that earlier era.

The sign's name comes from the city it marks, and its image appears in local TV and newspaper ads, on company and government websites, and on book covers. Local artists paint it, and it features in the 2016 video game American Truck Simulator and in the logo of the 2011 ECHL All-Star Game, where a condor grips the arch.

The sign spans Sillect Avenue just past the State Route 99 off-ramp, next to the Buck Owens Crystal Palace, northwest of downtown. Drivers see it from the freeway; to stop and look, leave the highway and use the streets around the intersection of Sillect Avenue and Buck Owens Boulevard.

The blue porcelain letters come from the original 1949 structure and were carefully reused during the 1999 reconstruction. These salvaged elements create a physical connection between the city's founding era and its modern landscape.