Headlines About California Highways - April 2018

[cahwyguy]

Here's my monthly post with headlines about California Highways: https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=14086

Please let me know if I missed any articles of relevance.

As always: Ready, set, discuss.

[Plutonic Panda]

First thing of note, it nice to see Lincoln BLVD bridge over Balonna creek being widened. Making it six lanes to connect with each end and new bike lanes and sidewalks are much needed. I am considering moving to this area in the near future. It's a cool spot in LA.

[bing101]

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article210012849.html

Here is an update for US-50 in Sacramento.

[Max Rockatansky]

In regards to the CA 136 article, it included a bunch of maps showing proposed routings of 190 over the Sierras.  Pretty much all the early routings connected with what is now CA 136 which would seem to imply it was likely signed as CA 190 in the early highway era.  With CA 176 there was some clarification of where the route actually was in Santa Maria.  Most accounts had the route ending on Betteravia Road when it was actually on Stowell Road.

Something that I thought was worth mention was that gogoldcountry49.com had a soft website launch.  I just wrote up the second road blog for 49 but it hasn't been posted to the site yet.

https://gogoldcountry49.com/

[Plutonic Panda]

In regards to the CA 136 article, it included a bunch of maps showing proposed routings of 190 over the Sierras.  Pretty much all the early routings connected with what is now CA 136 which would seem to imply it was likely signed as CA 190 in the early highway era.  With CA 176 there was some clarification of where the route actually was in Santa Maria.  Most accounts had the route ending on Betteravia Road when it was actually on Stowell Road.

Something that I thought was worth mention was that gogoldcountry49.com had a soft website launch.  I just wrote up the second road blog for 49 but it hasn't been posted to the site yet.

https://gogoldcountry49.com/

Thank you for posting that link. I'll probably use that highway to get to Reno even though I'll need to trek a little south from its northern terminus which appears to be nearby the Nevada border somewhat reasonably close to Reno.

[Max Rockatansky]

In regards to the CA 136 article, it included a bunch of maps showing proposed routings of 190 over the Sierras.  Pretty much all the early routings connected with what is now CA 136 which would seem to imply it was likely signed as CA 190 in the early highway era.  With CA 176 there was some clarification of where the route actually was in Santa Maria.  Most accounts had the route ending on Betteravia Road when it was actually on Stowell Road.

Something that I thought was worth mention was that gogoldcountry49.com had a soft website launch.  I just wrote up the second road blog for 49 but it hasn't been posted to the site yet.

https://gogoldcountry49.com/

Thank you for posting that link. I'll probably use that highway to get to Reno even though I'll need to trek a little south from its northern terminus which appears to be nearby the Nevada border somewhat reasonably close to Reno.

Just make sure you check on the status of 49 through the Merced River Canyon.  Right now there is a big closure from J16 north to 120 which is due to reopen in June.  If you start from 108 northward you'll hit the majority of historic mining camps. 

[sparker]

In regards to the CA 136 article, it included a bunch of maps showing proposed routings of 190 over the Sierras.  Pretty much all the early routings connected with what is now CA 136 which would seem to imply it was likely signed as CA 190 in the early highway era.

The entirety of CA 136 and present CA 190 from CA 136 through Death Valley to CA 127 was signed as SSR 190 pre-'64; the 136 number wasn't applied to the portion of the route around the north end of Owens Lake until that year's renumbering, when the Olancha "cutoff" was brought into the state system as CA 190. 

[Max Rockatansky]

In regards to the CA 136 article, it included a bunch of maps showing proposed routings of 190 over the Sierras.  Pretty much all the early routings connected with what is now CA 136 which would seem to imply it was likely signed as CA 190 in the early highway era.

The entirety of CA 136 and present CA 190 from CA 136 through Death Valley to CA 127 was signed as SSR 190 pre-'64; the 136 number wasn't applied to the portion of the route around the north end of Owens Lake until that year's renumbering, when the Olancha "cutoff" was brought into the state system as CA 190.

What's really interesting is that almost no state sourced maps show that clearly until east of Keeler prior to 1964.  The routing over the Sierras from the western segment of CA 190 is what gives it away. 

[pderocco]

What's really interesting is that almost no state sourced maps show that clearly until east of Keeler prior to 1964.  The routing over the Sierras from the western segment of CA 190 is what gives it away.

The official state maps from 1938 to 1959 show route 190 going up Horseshoe Meadow Rd out of Lone Pine, so it's pretty clear that it also follows the north side of Owens Lake.