This mileage sign along U.S. 66/National Trails Highway west provides the distance to Essex (five miles), Barstow (117 miles), and San Bernardino (188 miles). Photo taken 03/14/09.
Looking west along U.S. 66/National Trails Highway five miles east of Essex, this area has seen little human development. Photo taken 03/14/09.
A trailblazer shield for Interstate 40 is posted on westbound U.S. 66 prior to the Goffs Road intersection. Photo taken 03/14/09.
The Roadrunner's Retreat is located along the south side of U.S. 66. The restaurant and gas station have been abandoned for years. Photo taken 03/14/09.
The sun sets along U.S. 66 west near the Roadrunner's Retreat. Photo taken 03/14/09.
After the intersection with Kelbaker Road, we see a terrific sunset along westbound U.S. 66/National Trails Highway. Photo taken 11/11/08.
Westbound U.S. 66 approaches the unincorporated community of Amboy as it crests over a hill in the Mojave Desert. Photo taken 04/01/07.
Flat-topped Amboy Crater comes into view on the south side of U.S. 66 after passing by Amboy Road. This extinct volcano is 6,000 years old, 944 feet above sea level, and is responsible for the 27-square-mile lava field that surrounds the cinder cone. Photos taken 04/01/07.
This mileage sign along U.S. 66 west provides the distance to Ludlow (25 miles), Barstow (76 miles), and San Bernardino (147 miles). The camera flash made the letters look black, when they are normally white. Photo taken 04/01/07.
Old style white guardrail lines both sides of U.S. 66 prior to this bridge over another wash. Photo taken 04/01/07.
This bridge, which has white wooden railing, is longer than many of the prior wash bridges and looks more like a typical California Division of Highways bridge from that era. Photo taken 04/01/07.
The sun finally set over the Bullion Mountains to the west of here. U.S. 66 swings northwest in order to reconnect with Interstate 40 near Ludlow. Photo taken 04/01/07.
Westbound U.S. 66 meets Crucero Road in Ludlow at this stop sign. Turn right to reconnect to Interstate 40, or continue straight to follow a dead-end stretch of U.S. 66 west. Gas, food, and lodging are available here. Photo taken 04/01/07.
U.S. 66/Colorado Street west
This view looks west along U.S. 66/Colorado Street Pioneer Bridge. Dedicated on December 13, 1913, the bridge carries the historic route over the Arroyo Seco. A small plaque commemorating the construction of the bridge is posted on the south side of the bridge. Photo taken 01/28/06.
Looking west toward the Arroyo Seco is this view showing both the Colorado Street Pioneer Bridge and the nearby California 134/Ventura Freeway bridge. Photo taken 01/28/06.
This view looks west toward the arches of the Colorado Street Pioneer Bridge. Photo taken 01/28/06.
Ornate touches such as decorative lighting and concrete bridge rails adorn the Colorado Street Pioneer Bridge as we proceed west across the Arroyo Seco. Photos taken 01/28/06.
U.S. 66/Figueroa Street west
U.S. 66/Sunset Boulevard west and Historic U.S. 101 north
Westbound U.S. 66/Sunset Boulevard and northbound Historic U.S. 101 approach California 2/Alvarado Street. Turn left on Alvarado Street to U.S. 101/Hollywood Freeway or right for California 2/Glendale Freeway and Interstate 5/Golden State Freeway. Photo taken 02/26/11.
At the intersection with California 2/Alvarado Street, a Historic U.S. 66 route marker is posted on the traffic signal pole. The historic route marker indicates that Sunset Boulevard served as U.S. 66 between 1935 and 1952. Prior to 1935, U.S. 66 ended in downtown Los Angeles. In 1935, it was extended west to Santa Monica via Sunset Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard. U.S. 66 ends at the intersection of Lincoln Boulevard and Olympic Boulevard. Photo taken 02/26/11.
U.S. 66 next approaches the intersection with Rosemont Avenue. U.S. 66 continues northwest. Photo taken 02/26/11.
Some distance northwest of there (after Silver Lake Boulevard), U.S. 66 meets Maltman Avenue and Griffith Park Boulevard in Silver Lake. Stay left for U.S. 66. Photo taken 02/26/11.
Westbound U.S. 66 and northbound Historic U.S. 101 approaches Hyperion Avenue. Photo taken 02/26/11.
U.S. 66 turns off Sunset Boulevard at Santa Monica Boulevard. Historic U.S. 101 continues north on Sunset Boulevard. Photo taken 02/26/11.
