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andy3175:
New thread for general California observations.
I'll begin with a column from the Sacramento Bee lamenting the slow down of highway construction in California over the past several decades, calling out the gap in SR 65, the gap in I-710 (SR 710), and the US 101 Eureka bypass.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/dan-walters/article76114332.html
Quillz:
I have finally accepted that CA-39 will never again connect to CA-2, and therefore I will never be able to say I have clinched it.
Max Rockatansky:
--- Quote from: Quillz on July 20, 2016, 12:55:19 AM ---I have finally accepted that CA-39 will never again connect to CA-2, and therefore I will never be able to say I have clinched it.
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You probably could do it on a bike or maybe running? I've done both on the disconnected segment of the Ridge Route. Would be a pretty conventional way of route clinching.
I'm actually surprised an article like this came out in the current climate here in California...highway talk has become passe to say the least.
sparker:
Dan Walters has been writing political analyses & columns for the Sacramento Bee for as long as I can remember; he was certainly doing so as a young reporter during the heyday of freeway construction during the later years of the Pat Brown gubernatorial administration ('59-'67). He's pretty much an "old-fashioned liberal", preferring projects that benefit the larger population rather than directed toward one contingent or another, regardless of any perception of being aggrieved. Excoriated on the right as a "tax-and-spend" proponent; and likewise on the left as insensitive & out of touch, he's been carrying on for about 50 years with no sign of slowing -- and there's hardly anyone who knows better how California government -- including the individual agencies -- really functions. I read his column every time it's published on the Bee website; and I'm certainly not surprised to see him tackle the issue of underfunded highway development.
Quillz:
--- Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 20, 2016, 10:06:13 AM ---
--- Quote from: Quillz on July 20, 2016, 12:55:19 AM ---I have finally accepted that CA-39 will never again connect to CA-2, and therefore I will never be able to say I have clinched it.
--- End quote ---
You probably could do it on a bike or maybe running? I've done both on the disconnected segment of the Ridge Route. Would be a pretty conventional way of route clinching.
I'm actually surprised an article like this came out in the current climate here in California...highway talk has become passe to say the least.
--- End quote ---
I suppose I could, but I still would love to say I've driven it. But granted, I guess no one has been able to since 1978, so it's not like I'm alone here.
I guess in general, I'm not a particular big fan of what would seem to be Caltrans' apathetical attitude towards their highways. Seems more often than not, they just want to abandon them, rather than fix them. That's certainly the correct choice economically, but as a roadgeek, really bothers me. And again, while I can't say I've been to every state, I will say that nearly every other state I have been to seems to have routes that are very clearly signed, no matter who maintains them. In California, once a route gets relinquished, it may as well not exist anymore from a navigation standpoint.
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