CA 166

[Max Rockatansky]

The final route of five yesterday was the entirety of CA 166.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsm9vUULj

This one should be really interesting to look at for old alignments before the Twitchell Reservoir was built.  There was some really obvious old road bed that could be seen eastward almost all the way to Cuyama Valley.  The modern alignment along the Cuyama River was a lot of fun and I can see why 166 is a recommended trucking route.  The only segment of 166 I had been on previously was the multiplex with 33 which was part of US 399.

[AsphaltPlanet]

I drove Hwy 166 last year on my trip to California.  It's a great road.  It's fun to drive, scenic, and it's fast, all things that make for a great drive.

[Max Rockatansky]

I drove Hwy 166 last year on my trip to California.  It's a great road.  It's fun to drive, scenic, and it's fast, all things that make for a great drive.

Its definitely really well engineered and a fun drive.  Its rural enough that I'm honestly surprised that Caltrans doesn't have it posted at 65 MPH at least in Cuyama Valley.

[Max Rockatansky]

Found a significant change in LRN 57 (modern CA 166) between Maricopa and Bakersfield.  It appears the route used to take a path near Lake Buena Vista northeast of Maricopa rather than the Maricopa highway until Mid-1920s.  The Signed Highway era routing isn't much different between US 101 and US/CA 99 than it was back in 1934.

http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2018/04/california-state-route-166.html

[williamktm94]

This January, my parents and I went on a road trip in California. When we were at Morro Bay and planing our itinerary to San Diego, the GPS and our phone was initially taking us through Santa Barbara where the big mud slide happened. Then right when we arrived at Santa Barbara, the GPS decided to tell us that all through roads were closed and the only alternative was to go back from where we arrived and take the SR 166. So unfortunately we did a 4 hours detour and by the time we arrived in LA metro, it was peak rush hour. But on the bright side, I was lucky enough to see the beauty of SR 166 and SR 154 which I didn't regret a bit.

Edit : This is what we did https://goo.gl/XKH2Lk

[Max Rockatansky]

This January, my parents and I went on a road trip in California. When we were at Morro Bay and planing our itinerary to San Diego, the GPS and our phone was initially taking us through Santa Barbara where the big mud slide happened. Then right when we arrived at Santa Barbara, the GPS decided to tell us that all through roads were closed and the only alternative was to go back from where we arrived and take the SR 166. So unfortunately we did a 4 hours detour and by the time we arrived in LA metro, it was peak rush hour. But on the bright side, I was lucky enough to see the beauty of SR 166 and SR 154 which I didn't regret a bit.

Edit : This is what we did https://goo.gl/XKH2Lk

Geeze that must've have sucked when US 101 was shut down.  CA 192 was still closed the other day when I was planning a day trip for some roadways.  I'd like to get some new albums from the Santa Barbara area in the next month but decided on 166 and the other Santa Maria stuff given it was relatively unaffected by storms or slides. 

[Max Rockatansky]

Updated the CA 166 blog to include the CA 33/CA 166 multiplex east out of Maricopa to US 99:

https://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2018/04/california-state-route-166.html