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Bay Area to Daytona (late August-early September 2021)

Started by TheStranger, August 01, 2021, 07:13:41 PM

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TheStranger

Amusing how the AZ 51 and AZ 202 shields are much larger than the shield for the I-10 pullthrough!

DSC_4312 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Wild diagrammatic for US 60/US 93 split in Wickenburg
DSC_4398 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

One of the only Future I-11 shields on this route, this one just north of Wickenburg
DSC_4411 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Existing northbound US 93 carriageway
DSC_4419 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

HISTORIC LOOP 66 sign in Kingman
DSC_4453 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Lake Mead
DSC_4534 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

former Texaco, 4231 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas
DSC_4594C by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Odd sculpture on Fremont Street
DSC_4642 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

The Fremont Street Experience
DSC_4653 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Former Union 76 at I-515 and Las Vegas Boulevard (former US 91, US 93, and US 95)
DSC_4663 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
Chris Sampang


TheStranger

END sign for NV 579 (Bonanza Road/former US 95)
DSC_4670c by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

NORTH NV 599 sign on Rancho Drive (former US 95)
DSC_4680 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Biker near Snow Mountain
DSC_4707 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Clark County US 95 mile marker

DSC_4727 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Union 76, Amargosa Valley, NV
DSC_4737 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Tonopah
DSC_4795 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

US 6 at Coaldale Junction
DSC_4946 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

North edge of Hawthorne
DSC_5036 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Walker Lake
DSC_5065 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
Chris Sampang

TheStranger

First portion of the trip home: Schurz, Nevada to Topaz Lake (where the California state line is).

The start of Alternate US 95...
DSC_5083 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

...which is then immediately signed as US 95A.
DSC_5087 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Cow crossing warning on 95A
DSC_5098 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Southbound view on NV 339
DSC_5135 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Rocky look west on NV 208
DSC_5142 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Junction with NV 338
DSC_5166 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

End of NV 208 at US 395
DSC_5192 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Topaz Lake
DSC_5194 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Last chance to go gamble before reaching the state line!

DSC_5201 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
Chris Sampang

TheStranger

And finally back in California en route to the Bay.

Route 89's southern terminus is not far from the Nevada/California border.
DSC_5209 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Uphill along 89
DSC_5223 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Route 4's eastern terminus.
DSC_5250 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Distance to Stockton signed all the way here!
DSC_5254 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

One-lane state highway: entirely for real.  (And a little more wild than Route 229 over in San Luis Obispo County)

DSC_5285e by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

DSC_5291 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Mosquito Lakes
DSC_5301 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Passing is a bit of a challenge...
DSC_5305 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

Vintage car at Tamarack Lodge
DSC_5327c by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

The Grizzly Bear, a rustic gas station in Arnold
DSC_5339 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
Chris Sampang

mrsman

Quote from: TheStranger on September 17, 2021, 07:00:20 PM
Some selected highlights from the hundreds of photos from this epic trip:



Old 466 between Boron and Kramer Junction
DSC_5923 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

I have to ask.  Why was Buttonwillow blacked out on this sign?

TheStranger

Quote from: mrsman on September 19, 2021, 10:18:51 PM
Quote from: TheStranger on September 17, 2021, 07:00:20 PM
Some selected highlights from the hundreds of photos from this epic trip:



Old 466 between Boron and Kramer Junction
DSC_5923 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

I have to ask.  Why was Buttonwillow blacked out on this sign?
I think the left turn slot there got blocked off some time ago

SM-G973U1

Chris Sampang

mrsman

Quote from: TheStranger on September 20, 2021, 10:52:59 AM
Quote from: mrsman on September 19, 2021, 10:18:51 PM
Quote from: TheStranger on September 17, 2021, 07:00:20 PM
Some selected highlights from the hundreds of photos from this epic trip:



Old 466 between Boron and Kramer Junction
DSC_5923 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

I have to ask.  Why was Buttonwillow blacked out on this sign?
I think the left turn slot there got blocked off some time ago

SM-G973U1

Thanks.  This makes a lot of sense.

I looked into this a little.  First, the blacked out language is for Bakersfield, not Buttonwillow.  Second, here is the location on google maps:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Boron,+CA+93516/@34.9988021,-117.6091225,16z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x80ebaba3b8746667:0xd301cfcda10abb70!2sButtonwillow,+CA!3b1!8m2!3d35.400517!4d-119.4695619!3m4!1s0x80c3c6d5c3e03063:0xd490e8b868fa87c2!8m2!3d34.9994199!4d-117.6497823!5m1!1e2

The intersection of Twenty Mule Team (TMT) and Old 58.

TMT was the original US 466/ CA 58 through this area.  THen, a bypass of Boron was built.  The state highway followed TMT to the east and Old 58 to the west and TMT to the west was the business route.  Some point later, the 4-lane bypass of Boron was built, and that became the newer 58 and Old 58 was left off as an orphan.  Now, you could no longer make the turn from TMT to Old 58 with the intent of reaching Bakersfield, since Old 58 became blocked by the new 58 freeway, so the sign was blacked out.

Quite interesting.

JMoses24

The next time you go to Florence, Alabama, make sure you're there early enough to swing by the lobby of 201 South Court Street. There's literally dozens of gold records on the wall, not to mention several other historical artifacts.



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