CA 155

[Max Rockatansky]

Did the entirety of CA 155 this morning east from CA 99 in Delano to CA 178 in Lake Isabella.  Flipping through the photos you can see the smoke from the Fergusson Fire lifting approaching Greenhorn Summit or pretty much anything over 5,500 feet above sea level.  I managed to capture the end points of Old Highway east of Greenhorn Summit.  Modern CA 155 has 13% grades descending from Greenhorn Summit to Wofford Heights, kind of makes me wonder how bad the older route is.  Not much in terms of traffic, I only encountered two vehicles east heading the opposite direction of Delano to Wofford Heights:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmnVY2kP

[nexus73]

The "All Vehicles Use Low Gear" sign could also be titled "Test Your Brakes, Test Your Luck!"...LOL!

Rick

[Max Rockatansky]

The "All Vehicles Use Low Gear" sign could also be titled "Test Your Brakes, Test Your Luck!"...LOL!

Rick

Had I been working with vented discs I think it would have been fine.  I used 3rd gear the entire way downhill, I was still getting a solid 35-45 MPH going.  Has me wondering how bad Old Highway was that a 13% grade is considered an improvement. 

[Max Rockatansky]

Just finished my road blog on CA 155.  Surprisingly there is a lot to the back story of CA 155 with all the shifts in LRN 142, LRN 136, CA 65, and CA 211.  I found it kind of surprising that CA 155 largely follows a Kern Gold Rush Era wagon route still over Greenhorn Summit.  I managed to wedge in a couple of my photos of Old Kernville given LRN 142 was largely meant to service said community before Lake Isabella was created.

http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2018/08/california-state-route-155.html