Continuing on with the Diablo Range road theme I needed a more interesting way back to San Joaquin Valley that wasn't CA 152. So basically this would be a different topic for a different road, but a continuation of the CA 130/Mount Hamilton thread:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=19345.msg2192677#newHad to get from San Jose to J1 basically I ended up taking US 101 to CA 25. Grabbed as many new route shields I haven't posted before starting with some button-copy I-280 and I-680:
Kind of made up for not picking up CA 82 and CA 85 when I was out at Big Basin earlier this year:
Maybe some day I'll actually get interested in seeing how the construction was going over Pacheco Pass....for now CA 152 can just go to hell:
Weird how the exit sign for CA 25 still says "Pinnacles National Monument" instead of "Park." This is actually a pretty easy fix that has been effect since 2013:
I'll have to remember "Market 25" for whenever someone updates the "Businesses with Highway Numbers" thread:
First reassurance marker for CA 25:
I'm fairly certain I've never posted a CA 156 on the forum before:
South of Hollister you get this little nugget of a sign warning about services. Given that CA 25 is only 74 miles where is the extra two miles coming from? There sure as hell isn't any services at the southern terminus on CA 198 either, make it more like 90-100 miles: