US 66/US 99 in 1926

[agentsteel53]

someone who wrote a book about the Ridge Route in an e-mail

was it JN Winkler? 

[707]

someone who wrote a book about the Ridge Route in an e-mail

was it JN Winkler? 

No, it was Harrison Scott. He also has an entire website devoted to the Ridge Route located here: http://www.ridgeroute.com/

[NE2]

whoosh

[The High Plains Traveler]

I've been reviewing these posts, some of which reference historic maps, and I've also been looking at my own collection of maps. Now, mine are very inconclusive; they include street maps (1930 or so) without route numbers, which at least show the major streets in central L.A. as well as northeast of there toward Pasadena. I also have California maps (1932-36) that have route numbers but on the L.A. insets don't have nearly the detail needed to judge the routing of 66 and 99, and the time frame in which they moved to their later alignments. Additionally, I've tried to look at the Daniel Fagin web page that has Legislative Route Number (LRN) detail. None of these gives a dispositive answer as to when 66 and 99 were separated (definitely by 1934), nor to the question of where the original western terminus of U.S. 66 was. My maps suggest it may have been San Fernando Road and Colorado Avenue, but is there evidence otherwise?

If it adds to the discussion I can scan these maps. I'm not sure they'll answer the questions unless others have a different interpretation.

[707]

I've been reviewing these posts, some of which reference historic maps, and I've also been looking at my own collection of maps. Now, mine are very inconclusive; they include street maps (1930 or so) without route numbers, which at least show the major streets in central L.A. as well as northeast of there toward Pasadena. I also have California maps (1932-36) that have route numbers but on the L.A. insets don't have nearly the detail needed to judge the routing of 66 and 99, and the time frame in which they moved to their later alignments. Additionally, I've tried to look at the Daniel Fagin web page that has Legislative Route Number (LRN) detail. None of these gives a dispositive answer as to when 66 and 99 were separated (definitely by 1934), nor to the question of where the original western terminus of U.S. 66 was. My maps suggest it may have been San Fernando Road and Colorado Avenue, but is there evidence otherwise?

If it adds to the discussion I can scan these maps. I'm not sure they'll answer the questions unless others have a different interpretation.

I've been wondering as well where US 66 ended in 1926. Maybe these links can help solve that problem:
http://www.americanroads.us/citymaps/California.html#losangeles1934
http://www.cosmos-monitor.com/ca/map1936/index.html

[kendancy66]

I thought the original western terminus of US-66 was supposed to be 7th and Broadway in Los Angeles