Best of Road Pictures

[formulanone]

But...tonight's the full moon.

1) do not question art with obfuscation of facts and science

2) it's always a full moon in the Free State of Florida

[Max Rockatansky]

Northbound Virginia Street in Reno (my US Route 395 shield) at the current Reno Arch:

IMG_9078 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

The original Reno Arch on Lake Street:

IMG_9100 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Abandoned Boca Bridge over the Truckee River:

IMG_9121 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

I-80 in the Truckee River Canyon:

IMG_9133 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Dog Valley Grade westbound approaching the California State Line:

IMG_9205 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Bridge Street in Verdi, NV:

IMG_9224 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Veterans Parkway (Reno):

IMG_9272 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

NV 341 (Geiger Point Lookout):

IMG_9322 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

NV 431 (Mount Rose Highway):

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Pioneer Trail (South Lincoln Highway at South Lake Tahoe):

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

US Route 50 westbound approaching Lake Tahoe:

IMG_9514 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

US Route 50 at Cave Rock:

IMG_9518 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Johnson Pass Road (South Lincoln Highway and former US Route 50) approaching Echo Summit Lodge:

IMG_9620 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Johnson Pass Road and modern US Route 50 from Echo Summit Lodge:

IMG_9627 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

US Route 50 westbound approaching Twin Bridges:

IMG_9652 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

El Dorado County Route E15 at the Cosumnes River:

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Pool Station Road (Calaveras County)

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[Rothman]

Peekamoose Road and Peekamoose Lake in the Catskills (Town of Denning, I believe):

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Patton Ave (Alt US 74) looking west from downtown Asheville.
This dates back to April and my Blue Ridge Parkway travels.
Not sure if anything in this photo got damaged by flooding due to Helene.

[74/171FAN]

Patton Ave (Alt US 74) looking west from downtown Asheville.

Nothing against the photo, but I do not think Patton Ave is US 74A here due to it being on I-240. 

[Max Rockatansky]

Blackie Road (Monterey County, CA)

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Aquajito Road (Monterey County, CA)

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Ocean Avenue (Carmel, CA)

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Scenic Road (Carmel Bay, Monterey County, CA)

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Lighthouse Avenue (Pacific Grove, CA)

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Pearl Street (Monterey, CA)

IMG_0465 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[Max Rockatansky]

Ended up on the San Juan Grade (Old US 101) dodging traffic caused by a couple accidents on US 101 north of Prunedale. 

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[Max Rockatansky]

Near the start of the very brief CA 190 freeway in Porterville facing eastbound:

IMG_0593 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


Tulare County J42:

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IMG_0660 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


Success Valley Road:

IMG_0751 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


Blue Ridge Road (Tulare County Mountain Road 276) from about the radio tower at about 5,733 feet above sea leaving facing east into the Sierra Nevada:

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

I feel as though this really highlights how steep Blue Ridge Road is.  This view is facing east towards Dennison Peak (7,290 feet above sea leve) during my descent at Postmile 7.00.  This corridor begins at about 3,000 feet at Balch Park Road and climbs to the namesake Blue Ridge in 8.5 miles. 

IMG_0907 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


Yokohl Valley Drive (Tulare County Mountain Route 296)

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[pderocco]

I don't take many road pictures--in my explorations I usually find the scenery more interesting that the roads--but there are exceptions. I thought I'd put up a couple of pictures I shot at different times along Washington route 14 in the eastern part of the Columbia River Gorge. I've seen both these scenes in several car commercials, and recognized them immediately since I used to live in the PacNW.

The first one is called the Coyote Wall, one of the most dramatic geological structures you'll see in the Gorge:

The second is a shot taken from Old Highway 8 looking down on route 14:

This route has a complicated history. It was signed as US-830 (the highest numbered US route ever, apparently) from 1926, although it was originally aligned along what was also called state route 8 (a few bits of which still exist as "Old Highway 8"), and then was realigned along the water, often on causeways similar to the ones built by the railroad, forming artificial lakes along the river. In the 1950s, US-197 signs were added to the easternmost part, but finally in the 1960s, US-830 was decommissioned and US-197 was cut back to Dallesport, and the modern road was assigned to route 14.