The title of the thread is a play on the snarky remarks some Bay Area locals made to a newspaper in regards to Skyline Blvd/CA 35 caving in during the recent rain storms. Apparently some....local folk believe that the "disaster tourists" are putting too much strain on the roadways. :rolleyes:
That being the case I had actual business up in San Francisco today, so why not a couple scenic roads and stuff I haven't taken before? This will be a couple days before I wrap this up and start doing my standard map links, alignment breakdowns, and LRN number stuff. That being the case I started out by jumping off of US 101 west on CA 129:
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Surprisingly even 129 got shut down a couple times this past month. Really there was only one single lane work zone that didn't appear to have anything to do with slides but rather a repaving operation:
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Apparently the slides were along this rock face, some actually were still slightly onto the roadway. Optimus Prime up front had traffic going 35 MPH for a couple miles before he turned on a side road:
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Managed to snag a G2 shield in downtown Watsonville:
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Followed by a nice 129...with directional banner which seems to be common in the coastal areas:
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Turned north on the 1 freeway towards Santa Cruz:
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Granted I was in rush hour but traffic seems to always bog down whenever I pass through on 1 for whatever reason. I chalk it up to ramps with little to no merge lanes:
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Wasn't too long before I hit 17. I had to use something to get up to 9 since it is closed between Santa Cruz and Felton because of slides:
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Peeled off on Mount Hermon Road where I missed the 17 BL shield:
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Took Mount Hermon from Camp Evans to Graham Hill Road in Felton:
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Part 2 for the Santa Cruz Mountains. Hooked up with CA 9 north of the slide in Felton:
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There was lots of warnings about flagmen but I ran into one that was manned:
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Lots of older style bridge designs between Felton and Boulder Creek:
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This was the big slide work area. I must have hit it at the perfect time because the southbound lane was backed up for a mile or two:
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For some reason there isn't any reassurance shields for CA 236 off of CA 9 in Boulder Creek. All you get is the Route 236 sign in downtown:
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236 was in pretty good shape south of Big Basin State Park but there was nary a shield to be had:
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There was some minor slide issues on 236 this past week but it appeared to be mostly trees and not rockfall. Looks like there was some luck with this rock face not sliding:
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Part 3... The first reassurance shield for 236 is actually within Big Basin State Park:
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North of the park headquarters the mostly single lane portion of 236 begins tracking back to 9. The first segment zips through the Redwoods before briefly regaining the center stripe:
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The tree debris was heavy the 6 miles north back up to 9 where the center stripe resumes before the north terminus of CA 236. My CA 236 END photo is all blurred up but the signage is surprisingly good. I half expected a large branch to come down, things were much easier passing through here last year:
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Part 4. There is a pretty decent overlook northeast on 9 towards CA 35:
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There was a ton of closure signage for both 9 and 35 south at the 9/35 junction. Something was really apparent by this point...there was almost NOBODY on the road. I have never once encountered 9, 236, or 35 so quiet in regards to traffic. I guess having so much access cut off doesn't help very much:
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Hit some of the overlooks on CA 35/Skyline Blvd, nice day out to see pretty far out after all the rain:
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Ran into a flagging operation south of 84...really nothing else surprisingly on 35. Apparently 84 was shut down except for local traffic east of 35:
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North of 84 you can get a glimpse of downtown San Francisco before hitting the convergence for CA 92:
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Took 35/92 east towards I-280....note the blue "end" placard that insinuates that it is just the "scenic" portion of 35 that is ending and not 35. Guess that didn't work out so well for 152:
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I stayed on 35 until the multiplex with I-280. I'm not sure what was up with the detour route for 35, it wasn't in effect when I drove through:
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I couldn't clinch 35 on this trip but I figured that it would be a lot more worthwhile to follow rather than a boring Interstate:
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35 is surprisingly a really good way to take to get to the city limits of San Francisco. There is barely any traffic...or at I've never encountered much. I cut off of 35 past the the brief freeway onto Great Highway:
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One advantage opening a Flickr account has given me is that it is WAY easier to upload these photos. Side perk is that I can actually share the entire album here as well and link it over. Basically everything from today in the Santa Cruz Mountains is here on this album:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/albums/72157679114487670
Basically took Great Highway into the city itself and did pretty much all the stuff you'd expect someone to do in San Francisco:
Great Highway
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Cliff House
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Overlooks of the Golden Gate Bridge from the Legion of Honor and Baker Beach:
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The old coastal batteries south of the Golden Gate Bridge:
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Fort Point:
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Pano from the center span of the Golden Gate Bridge:
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Lombard Street...more to come on this with shields:
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Alcatraz Island:
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Downtown from Municipal Pier:
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And the 101 shields first on Lombard Street:
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And on Van Ness:
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The full album can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/albums/72157677268263343/with/32254370994/
Anyways tomorrow I'm set to hit; Panoramic Highway, CA 1, CA 121, CA 12, CA 29, CA 27, and CA 128 among many more...things. Once I get home I'll try to hunt down some interesting alignment histories and maps. I know 17 has had some pretty extensive changes with the expressway that will be fun to look at.
You sure can tell a flood happened. All the water in the SF bay looks muddy brown.
Quote from: compdude787 on February 25, 2017, 02:02:53 AM
You sure can tell a flood happened. All the water in the SF bay looks muddy brown.
Yeah I've never seen it like that, stands to reason with everything that has happened. The color looks slimy and grimed up.
Thank you for showing some of the places I visited in 2013 and seeing more that did not make it on that trip's itinerary Max! Sunny day, great views and beautiful pix indeed!
Rick
The variation in landscapes in California is always amazing. Thanks for the pics.
The 101 shield on Van Ness crossing Filbert illustrates CalTrans bad habit of signing a route without the direction of travel...
Thanks for posting.
Since I'm waiting on my pics to load from today I'll go ahead and respond to the replies...got a better net connection and a ton of stuff from today:
Quote from: nexus73 on February 25, 2017, 10:48:33 AM
Thank you for showing some of the places I visited in 2013 and seeing more that did not make it on that trip's itinerary Max! Sunny day, great views and beautiful pix indeed!
Rick
Thanks, I actually got in much sooner than I expected and had a lot more free time. For whatever reason there wasn't much in the way of tourist traffic this week...maybe it was due to the storms and people canceling plans? Either way it was definitely different to have a chilled out vibe like that in the Santa Cruz Mountains and San Francisco.
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on February 25, 2017, 10:52:14 AM
The variation in landscapes in California is always amazing. Thanks for the pics.
Indeed it is, today was a prime example of that. Coastal water filled roads, forest, valleys, lakes, and canyons were all on the menu today in less than a 200 mile radius. Definitely don't get that variation really anywhere else in the country.
Quote from: kkt on February 25, 2017, 12:19:22 PM
The 101 shield on Van Ness crossing Filbert illustrates CalTrans bad habit of signing a route without the direction of travel...
Thanks for posting.
District 4 definitely has some weird standards that seem to be somewhat unique. I encountered a lot of urban signage even today including some of those overhead shields you see in San Francisco. The directional placards seem to be missing on urban surface routes for whatever reason.
Day 2....quiet morning getting out of San Francisco on the Golden Gate bridge northbound on US 101:
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Surprisingly the sun rising didn't mess up the photo, I guess it was low enough not to make things washy looking. I've been going back through all my old panoramics and fixing the sun bleached look as I've been uploading them to Flickr:
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Not that I have an issue with Robin Williams but really I don't think a comedian is a fitting name sake on the Waldo Tunnel...just my opinion:
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Despite not officially existing together both CA 1 and US 101 are co-signed north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the Golden Gate Bridge basically a void where technically neither highway exits? Regardless made my way onto 1 since I was heading northwest to Point Reyes:
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Getting there though was going to require a side trip since 1 was shut down from both ends of the Panoramic Highway. Basically this was planned for since I wanted to check out the Muir Woods and the Panoramic Highway instead:
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Turned off Panoramic on to Muir Woods Road. I haven't been up here since the early 1990s...funny thing is that I do remember Muir Woods Road from how sheer it was climbing back up, the drop offs are huge:
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The view from the bottom, I didn't stick around long since traffic was starting to pick up. I figure it was best to get back on the road headed for Point Reyes:
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A pano from the top of Muir Woods Road with some of the drainage grade in view:
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Took a western turn on Panoramic Highway towards the closure on CA 1:
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Really there isn't much in the way of panoramic views on Panoramic Highway until the big one on the coast line...which makes the road pretty much worth just to get pictures from this shoulder:
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A look at the closure on CA 1 at the western junction of Panoramic Highway:
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Anyways the full album for Panoramic Highway and Muir Woods Road is here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/albums/72157680769549945/with/33074595146/
A view of CA 1 northbound through Stinson Beach:
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CA 1 through the Bolinas Lagoon was heavily flooded. There was several sections with 2-3 inches on the roadway crossing into the lagoon. The guy in front of me hit one of the flood areas at a good 40-45 MPH and steamed up things pretty good from the water hitting his muffler. Nothing too bad...definitely not something you'd want to barrel through like an idiot though:
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North of the Bolinas Lagoon CA 1 swings pretty far inland which basically bypasses Point Reyes. The eastern segment of Sir Francis Drake Blvd comes in from the right:
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Took a left turn to on Bear Valley Road to get to the western segment of Sir Francis Drake Blvd. There was some guy in front of me in a black Mini-Cooper S with no plate. He didn't realize that Sir Francis Drake Blvd doesn't have a stop sign and barely missed a sedan. The guy was going 10 MPH under the limit...I'm convinced he was liquored up so I pulled a pass just to get rid of his presence:
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Passed through Inverness Park and Inverness west towards the National Park land boundary for Point Reyes National Seashore:
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There was a huge 3-4 inch flood on Sir Francis Drake Blvd shortly with in the National Park boundary. I got a picture of it going back out but the water had receded a little by then. The flood was close to where the road meets Drakes Estero:
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Sir Francis Drake Blvd has some fantastic views...they turned out pretty good in the Black and White conversions:
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On weekends sometimes starting a 9 AM Sir Francis Drake Blvd gets shut down from the turnoff for Drakes Beach Road. Luckily I got in at about 8:50 AM so I didn't have to bother with a park shuttle which would have chewed up about an extra hour of time. There was a pretty nasty little sand drift making the final climb to the Point Reyes lighthouse:
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Can't beat the views from high up on the cliffs:
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More pictures of Sir Francis Drake Blvd heading back northeast through the ranch lands:
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Speaking of that flood near Drakes Estero.... The crappy thing is that I could creep back through going back east because I needed enough speed to clear the mud. Didn't help that I had a park cop behind me, I think that someone called in the flood because he stayed behind:
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The full album for Point Reyes can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/albums/72157680671837196/with/32990075991/
Eventually I made my way back to CA 1 at the end of the western segment of Sir Francis Drake Blvd:
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Took CA 1 through Point Reyes Station:
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Full album for CA 1 from Stinson Beach to Point Reyes Station can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/albums/72157680670781536/with/32300906633/
Took an eastern turn on Point Reyes-Petaluma Road to get going back east. Ran into this guy in the Euro Wagon who was going 10 under and hogging up the bridge view over Nicasio Creek:
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The Euro Wagon was getting on my nerves so I stopped at the Nicasio Reservoir....full but nothing over the spillway:
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Took a turn on Novato Road:
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Turned west on San Marin Drive in Novato and followed it US 101. Managed to snag a picture of the US 101 Business "END" sign crossing the freeway onto Atherton Avenue:
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Took Atherton Avenue south to Harbor Drive and got onto the CA 37 expressway:
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Given my destination was Lake Berryessa and the Monticello Dam I took a northern turn on CA 121 towards Napa:
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I would imagine the whole "wine country" thing has a lot to do with all the Safety Zone stuff on 121. Lots of urbanites out and about today in their mid-life crisis V6 muscle cars. I've never really gotten the appeal of the area honestly:
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The good thing about 121 is there is a crap load of multiplexes and junctions. The junction signage is pretty good starting with CA 116:
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Followed by a multiplex of CA 12....for some reason the fade in the shields makes them look blue:
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Then a multiplex of 29 into Napa:
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Despite all the multiplexes I stuck to 121:
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There is even a junction with CA 221 in Napa:
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As I was saying earlier for some reason District 4 loves high mounted shields in urban areas as demonstrated by the 121 in this photo...maybe they deter sign theft?
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East of Napa CA 121 starts to rise quickly into the Vaca Mountains. The summit isn't very high at about only 1,200 feet. There isn't much in the way of scenery by the road is a lot of fun before terminating at CA 128:
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The full album for all the highway stuff between Point Reyes Station and the end of CA 121 is here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/albums/72157679146158200/with/32272191664/
Took a western turn on CA 128 towards Berryessa-Knoxville Road. Both had a lot of evidence of recent land slides all over the rock faces and road cuts:
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Lake Berryessa was basically flooding and a lot of the shore line parks were underwater:
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That being the case that means that the Monticello Dam is worth a trip to go see, so back east on 128 it was:
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The reason being is that the Monticello Dam uses an old fashion glory hole type spillway that is draining the water out of Lake Berryessa. Basically it looks like a giant black hole in the middle of the lake. The parking lot at the dam overlook was absolutely packed with people...guess they are into "disaster tourism" also?
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Kind of interesting how an older style spillway design has held up whereas something like Oroville basically has become almost a total wreck. Continued east on 128 before swinging south on Pleasant Valley Road:
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Came across this little nugget of a one-lane bridge on Pleasant Valley Road...should be interesting looking up the story on this one:
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Used Cherry Glen Road to reach I-80 which I took to visit some friends for dinner in Vacaville:
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Interestingly I did encounter US 40 Historic signage all over the place on Texas Street in Fairfield:
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The full album for Berryessa-Snow Mountain and all the associated stuff can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/albums/72157677307092253/with/32735231640/
Tomorrow should be more mundane...I say SHOULD. I have a couple things planned heading east to I-5 with CA 220 but I filled up at a Sinclair station against my better judgement. I can't tell if it was the lane bumps on I-80....but I could be having engine knock again, no "check engine" light yet. We'll see how it goes tomorrow on the way back home.
You're right, the Golden Gate Bridge is not part of US 101 or CA 1 as far as legislative route definition or ownership or maintenance. It's owned and operated by the Golden Gate Bridge District.
Must be a California quirk. Doesn't matter who maintains the route in a lot of states as long as it is signed, it is typically considered part of the route (with a few notable exceptions, of course).
See the thing about the signage as a maintenance indicator is that it largely depends on where you are. Caltrans usually writes something into the relinquishment legislative jargon that sections of road that are turned over need to signed for continuity purposes. Some are pretty good like here in Bakersfield with CA 178 while others suck like San Jose with CA 130. I could be wrong about this but to play on what kkt said, I don't believe there has been any signage on the Golden Gate Bridge...none that I know of anyways. I would imagine that is just a style thing, they don't seem to be big on signage on the bridge itself. Incidentally CA 1 is signed very well on US 101 north of the Golden Gate Bridge...even though that isn't in the legislative definition of the route.
Of course the GGB was never a state highway, so there was no relinquisment agreement for signage of the former state routes. Personally, I'd rather see it signed as a guide to navigation, regardless of ownership, but there are former state routes that would be a higher priority.
I'm sitting at home watching the Daytona 500 and just got my pictures uploaded. Today turned out to be a surprise in a good way, lots of new routes for me that had way more value than I thought they would. Also apparently the Sonic wasn't knocking yesterday and it was really just the lane bumps on I-80...go figure, I guess they really don't want people drifting out of their lane.
Started the day out on CA 12 eastbound and got a decent picture by accident of Mount Diablo to the south over Grizzley Island/Bay:
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Out of Fairfield east 12 is an expressway for a couple miles before dropping to two lanes. It would seem 12 has become a "Safety Corridor" given that there are Jersey Barriers and posts in the center lane on the entire route. The emphasis seems to be pretty damn big on the whole Safety Corridor bit...there was even a CHP Officer out and about on a Sunday morning! Snagged some decent CA 113 signs at the junction with 12, including the END sign:
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84 was shut down at the Real McCoy Ferry just a few miles north of Rio Vista:
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Managed a couple decent photos of the Rio Vista Bridge which is a draw span and carries 12 over the Sacramento River to Andrus Island:
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Turned north on CA 160 which largely followed the Sacramento River north to I-5. This was actually a pretty challenging road given the height of the roadway on an earthen birm. Really the road is very narrow with virtually no shoulder, the only real indicator it is a state highway is the quality of the pavement. It actually reminded of some of the roads near Lake Okeechobee in Florida; namely US 98/441:
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160 passes through Isleton on River Road:
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I doubled back on H and Main Street to check out the historic district. I would speculate that 160 originally ran on this alignment but I'll look it up later:
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Quote from: kkt on February 26, 2017, 03:47:20 PM
Of course the GGB was never a state highway, so there was no relinquisment agreement for signage of the former state routes. Personally, I'd rather see it signed as a guide to navigation, regardless of ownership, but there are former state routes that would be a higher priority.
If anything I would just like a reassurance marker right where 1 meets US 101 to indicate that "1" does indeed have an implied route over the bridge. Personally I think it is pretty well advertised that the Golden Gate Bridge is the implied route of US 101. I'll give the signage on the actual bridge a pass, I do dig the clean look the structure has.
Out of Isleton CA 160 crosses from Andrus Island to Grand Island via the Isleton Drawbridge. CA 160 has a ton of reassurance markers due to the heavy amount of roadways hugging the Sacramento River:
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CA 220 uses the J-Mack ferry to cross Steamboat Slough onto Grand Island. The ferry was shut down due to the recent storms and the roadway on Grand Island had a work zone that looked muddy as all hell from 160. So that was a slight bust, I had enough of mud and flooded roadway, so shield pictures was enough to satisfy me...for now:
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J11 meets 160 on the Walnut Grove Bridge that crosses the Sacramento River:
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On the Grand Island side the J11 shield is incredibly poorly placed, not so much on Walnut Grove side:
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Across the bridge on the eastern side of the Sacramento River E13 continues north from the Walnut Grove Bridge while J11 heads south...weird to see the "scenic" placard on a County Route:
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Stopped by Locke to check out some old buildings and infrastructure, this would be a pretty good example of a "China Town" or "Chinese Alley."
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Used J11 and a bridge over the Mokelumne River (I can't find the name of the drawbridge) to reach I-5:
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Used the CA 4 freeway in Stockton to jump over to CA 99:
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Really I can't stand 99 so padding my sign photo collection at 80 MPH is about the only thing I could think to do to keep my mind alive on the southward drive home. Managed to get a 219 I was missing and 59 is still shut down south of Merced due to flooding:
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The full album on today's stuff can be found here...lots of really good B&W photos from the isolated island roadways to be had:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/albums/72157678934630221/with/32977924902/
Now the real part of all this comes into play...tracking down all the historic stuff on the roadways on this trip.... I'll probably gradually start posting on some of that today, I don't know if it is a one day thing. The Daytona 500 is under a red flag, funny how Kyle Busch always gets away with bagging on Goodyear for racing tires causing his wrecks. :rolleyes:
Well the race is about to end (Chase Elliott just ran out of fuel) and I've been compiling my notes and research references. Usually I try to make this more forum friendly but for now I'm going to just go off the stuff I save in the photo albums given the huge volume of stuff I did this weekend:
Notes on CA 129/LRN 67
CA 129 is a 14 mile state highway running east/west through the lower Santa Cruz Mountain Range between CA 1 to US 101. From 1964 onward the highway has been designated as CA 129 as part of the California Highway renumbering. From 1934 until the renumbering the route was known as LRN 67. There does not appear to be any major alignment shifts on the entire service history of CA 129 or LRN 67 aside from when CA 1 was moved onto the bypass route that was built between 1967 to 1969.
Previous to the alignment shift bypassing Watsonville the CA 129/LRN 67 alignment had a western terminus at CA 1 on Main Street in Watsonville. CA 152 would have terminated at Main Street as well at the time as it is only a couple blocks north on Beach Avenue and Lake Avenue. There is a minor alignment changes I noticed on CA 129/LRN 67 east of Watsonville. It would seem that the highway at one point took a 90 degree angle through Johnston Corner via Carlton Road and Thompson Road instead of the modern bypass on Riverside Drive.
1935 Santa Cruz County Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~247357~5515389:Santa-Cruz-County-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bhighway%2Bmap;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=83&trs=202
1935 San Benito County Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~247336~5515379:San-Benito-County-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bhighway%2Bmap;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=74&trs=202
1938 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239588~5511892:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bhighway%2Bmap;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=166&trs=202
1963 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239528~5511852:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1963?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bhighway%2Bmap;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=126&trs=202
1964 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239525~5511850:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1964?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bhighway%2Bmap;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=124&trs=202
1967 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239516~5511844:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1967?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bhighway%2Bmap;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=118&trs=202
1969 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239513~5511842:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1969?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bhighway%2Bmap;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=116&trs=202
CAhighways.org on CA 129 and LRN 67
http://www.cahighways.org/129-136.html
CAhighways.org on CA 1:
http://www.cahighways.org/001-008.html
Notes on CA 17
Modern CA 17 is 26.5 is a mile highway running from CA 1 in Santa Cruz north through the Santa Cruz Mountains to San Jose. CA 17 was much larger in scope originally with a northern terminus in Oakland. Originally the route was part of SSR 13 in 1934 but was changed to SSR 17 by 1936. The roadway over the Santa Cruz Mountains did not apparently get completed until 1940 in Santa Clara County.
There was some huge alignment changes on CA 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains as the expressway was built that are obvious looking at the 1935 maps for Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara County. It appears that at one point CA 17 ran on Mount Hermon Road, Scotts Valley Drive, and Glenwood Drive some of which is now signed as CA 17BL. CA 17 appears to have used Old Santa Cruz Highway which means that SSR 5 and CA 35 once extended past the modern expressway. Apparently SSR 17 went through what is now the Lexington Reservoir until 1950 (the change can be seen on the 1951 highway map) when the towns of Lexington and Alma were flooded over. Really anything from Los Gatos north or with the truncation from Oakland is probably better referenced on Cahighways.org.
Cahighways.org on SSR 13:
http://www.cahighways.org/009-016.html#013
Cahighways.org on CA 17:
http://www.cahighways.org/017-024.html
1935 Santa Cruz County Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~247357~5515389:Santa-Cruz-County-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bhighway%2Bmap;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=83&trs=202
1935 Santa Clara County Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~247355~5515388:Santa-Clara-County-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bhighway%2Bmap;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=82&trs=202
1938 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239588~5511892:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bhighway%2Bmap;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=166&trs=202
1940 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239585~5511890:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bhighway%2Bmap;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=164&trs=202
1948 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239573~5511882:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=59&trs=86
1950 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239567~5511878:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=55&trs=86
1951 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239564~5511876:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=53&trs=86
CA 9 Notes
CA 9 is a 36.5 mile state highway over the Santa Cruz Mountains from CA 1 to CA 17. Originally CA 9 was much longer in length extending to Milpatis. CA 9 was one of the original Signed State Routes in 1934 and doesn't appear to have changed much in Santa Cruz County or in most of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The big change for 9 occurred in 1964 during the renumbering when the highway was pushed east out of Saratoga on Saratoga-Los Gatos Road to CA 17 whereas it previously went north towards the Bay on Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road.
1963 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239528~5511852:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1963?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=29&trs=86
1964 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239525~5511850:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1964?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=27&trs=86
CAhighways.org notes on CA 9
http://www.cahighways.org/009-016.html
CA 236/LRN 42/LRN 44 Big Basin Highway Notes
CA 236 is a 17.7 mile state highway looping from CA 9 through Big Basin State Park back to CA 9 at Waterman Gap. CA 236 was a creation of the 1964 state highway renumbering. Prior to 1964 the segments that now make up CA 236 were LRN 42 from Waterman Gap at CA 9 southwest to Big Basin and LRN 44 northwest from CA 9 at Boulder Creek to Big Basin. There does not appear to be very much variance in the alignment of CA 236/LRN 42/LRN 44 throughout the service history of the route from inception to modern times. A 6 mile portion of CA 236 north out of Big Basin State Park is one of the infamous single lane California State Highways.
1963 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239528~5511852:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1963?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=29&trs=86
1964 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239525~5511850:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1964?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=27&trs=86
1935 Santa Cruz County Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~247357~5515389:Santa-Cruz-County-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bhighway%2Bmap;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=83&trs=202
CAhighways.org notes on CA 236
http://www.cahighways.org/233-240.html
Big Basin State Park Notes
Big Basin State Park is the oldest state park in California being founded in 1902. The main attraction for Big Basin is the grove of Coastal Redwoods that grow in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The Big Basin Grove was discovered back in 1769 by the Portola Expedition. State highways were adopted to Big Basin with LRN 42 in 1913 and LRN 44 in 1917, although I'm not exactly certain the construction dates.
Boulder Creek Notes
Boulder Creek is a census designated place Santa Cruz County, California at the junction of CA 9 and CA 236. I'm fairly certain Boulder Creek was founded in the mid-1870s as it was the location on the San Lorenzo Logging Flume which was built between 1874-1875. Apparently Boulder Creek was originally known as Lorenzo before adopting the modern name in the 1880s.
CA 35/Skyline Blvd Notes
CA 35 is a 54 mile state highway running from CA 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains north to CA 1 in San Francisco. For almost all of the route CA 35 is known as Skyline Blvd and is known for scenic views of the Bay Area and Pacific Ocean. CA 35 is one of the few California State Highway that still has a single lane segment (located between CA 17 and CA 9).
Originally CA 35 was signed as CA 5 prior to 1964. CA 5 was changed to CA 35 to avoid confusion/duplication with Interstate 5 (despite I-5 being far to the east and the fact that nobody who evolution willed to live would mistake for the same route) with the alignment largely staying unchanged. Originally CA 35 extended past the CA 17 expressway via Summit Road when the latter route ran on Old Santa Cruz Highway. CA 35 appears to have been rerouted off of Skyline north of CA 92 when I-280 was completed sometime between 1970 and 1977.
CAhighways.org notes on CA 35
http://www.cahighways.org/033-040.html
1963 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239528~5511852:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1963?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=29&trs=86
1964 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239525~5511850:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1964?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=27&trs=86
1970 State Highway City Insert Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239512~5511841:-Verso--State-Highway-Map,-Californ?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=18&trs=86
1977 State Highway City Insert Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239505~5511837:-Verso--State-Highway-Map,-1977-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=14&trs=86
Great Kurt Busch ending up winning...the most unlikable driver in the entire field.... That's two times I've referenced the Busch drivers today.... :rolleyes:
Loved the pix and loved the notes! Amazing to think you did all this when there was so much storm damage present and more appearing to be on the way. Seeing the old bridges around Sacramento revealed a countryside I have yet to visit.
Now all you need to do is go get an I-238 sign pix to complete the NorCal Winter Tour...LOL!
Rick
Quote from: nexus73 on February 26, 2017, 06:56:02 PM
Loved the pix and loved the notes! Amazing to think you did all this when there was so much storm damage present and more appearing to be on the way. Seeing the old bridges around Sacramento revealed a countryside I have yet to visit.
Now all you need to do is go get an I-238 sign pix to complete the NorCal Winter Tour...LOL!
Rick
Yeah I was pretty surprised by the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The GSV really doesn't do the area much justice, it is one hell of a contrast between the Bay Area...or most of the state. Definitely was a little odd to see some of the water control methods I used to see back in Florida, not to mention all those draw bridges. I actually do those notes for all my trips, I thought it was important to at least have a general understanding of what I was looking at and history in a given area....granted I really don't redo them if I revisit something most of the time.
As for I-238, we'll see what the next couple months might bring. I would like to try Mount Diablo out at some point, my understanding is that the time for the best views is right after a storm. I can probably arrange for a day trip, but I would definitely have to find something else that captures my interest on the Oakland side of the Bay. Really I got my sights set back on the Lost Coast Area...March or April maybe?
San Francisco Stuff:
Great Highway notes
Great Highway is a 3.5 mile coastal road in the City of San Francisco running from CA 35 at Skyline Blvd north to Balboa Street. The Great Highway appears as a park reservation on the 1869 city map of San Francisco, but I can't pin down when it was constructed. The reservation appears to be globbed in with what is now Golden Gate Park.
1869 City of San Francisco Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~252220~5522491:City-and-County-of-San-Francisco-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:san%2Bfrancisco;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=14&trs=3397
1857 City of San Francisco Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239938~5512085:U-S--Coast-Survey--City-Of-San-Fran?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:san%2Bfrancisco;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=18&trs=3397
San Francisco Coastal Batteries
Really the Park Service has this one covered:
https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/seacoast-defenses.htm
https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/harbor-defenses.htm
Fort Point
Again, Park Service:
https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/fort-point.htm
https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/fort-point.htm
Lombard Street on Russian Hill
Russian Hill is one of the 44 named hills within the City of San Francisco and one of the seven that was apparently part of the original plot of the city. Russian Hill peaks out at 294 feat above sea level and is mostly known for the section of Lombard Street between Hyde Street and Leavenworth Street which contains 8 sharp curves. Apparently the hairpins were constructed in 1922 due to the section of Lombard between Hyde and Leavenworth having a 27% grade. Apparently the hairpins increase the length of the one block segment of Lombard from 412.5 feet to 600 feet. Apparently Filbert Street a couple blocks south is steeper at 31.5% and definitely has no hairpins.
http://www.aviewoncities.com/sf/lombardstreet.htm
Golden Gate Bridge and the alignment of US 101
It would seem that Van Ness was always part of US 101 from the beginning of the route in 1926. The original alignment of US 101 before the Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937 appears to have used the Hyde Street Pier, Hyde Street south, and Bay Street west to reach Van Ness south. After the Golden Gate Bridge was completed, the alignment of US 101 was shfited west onto Lombard Street where it is still currently aligned. I'm to understand that US 101W was signed on this alignment and US 101E used the Oakland Ferry until it was changed to just US 101 in 1936.
1930 State Highway City Insert
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239601~5511906:-Verso--Road-Map-of-the-State-of-Ca?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=77&trs=86
1934 State Highway City Insert
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239596~5511897:-Verso--Road-Map-of-the-State-of-Ca?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=74&trs=86
1935 San Francisco Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~247345~5515383:City-and-County-of-San-Francisco-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bdivision%2Bof%2Bhighways;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=2&trs=160
1938 State Highway City Insert
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239590~5511893:-Verso--Road-Map-of-the-State-of-Ca?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=70&trs=86
Cahighways.org on US 101:
http://www.cahighways.org/097-104.html
Muir Woods Road, Muir Woods National Monument, and Panoramic Highway
- The Panoramic Highway appears on a 1935 Highway Map of Marin County as a county maintained tollroad, the road is 11 miles in length. The San Francisco Gate had an article in 1995 stating that the Panoramic Highway was opened in 1933 to vehicular traffic on an old rail alignment, then procedes to talk about the history of fatal crashes on it.
- Edit: The Panoramic Highway follows a generalized path of the Mount Tamalpais-Muir Woods Railway to the vicinity of West Point Inn, although the railroad is mostly north of the current roadway. It seems some of the spur route to the Muir Woods may be partly located on the Panoramic Highway near Muir Woods Road. The railroad opened in 1896 and shut down in 1930 due to a fire and low traffic due to increase usage in automobiles.
- Muir Woods Road appears on the same map from 1933, although I would imagine it is considerably older given that Muir Woods National Monument dates back to 1908. Apparently the land the monument is on was granted to the Federal government in 1907 because the owner was threatened with eminent domain by a local water company out of Saualito.
1935 Marin County Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~247308~5515365:Marin-County?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bdivision%2Bof%2Bhighways;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=42&trs=160
1995 Panoramic Highway Article
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Panoramic-Highway-s-Dark-Side-Beautiful-road-3045556.php
AAroads stub on Marin County Roads
https://www.aaroads.com/california/marin.html
Mount Tamalpais-Muir Woods Railway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tamalpais_and_Muir_Woods_Railway
Notes on CA 1/Shoreline Highway from Stinson Beach to Point Reyes Station
- On the north end of the Bolinas Lagoon there appears to be a minor alignment change with CA 1 using Fairfax-Bolinas Road and Olema-Bolinas Road instead of the modern highway route that bypasses them. The rest of the alignment to Point Reyes Station appears unchanged from the 1935 Marin County Highway Map.
- The land Stinson Beach is on was purchased in 1866 and had a road built from Sausalito by 1870 (maybe what is now the alignment of CA 1?). Apparently Stinson Beach came to be known as Willow Camp around the time the first roadway opened. Stinson Beach became the official name of the locale in 1916 which was the same year it received a post office.
- Five Brooks still appears on modern maps but doesn't appear to be anything other than a community-in name only nowadays.
- Olema appears to have had a post office back in 1859 and again in 1864. Supposedly it was thought to be the epicenter of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, but likely isn't.
- Point Reyes Station appears to have been a railroad siding established in 1875 as Olema Station. Supposedly Point Reyes Station was called Marin for a time before settling on the modern name in the 1890s.
1935 Marin County Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~247308~5515365:Marin-County?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bdivision%2Bof%2Bhighways;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=42&trs=160
Great Highway was dedicated in 1929: http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/ghiway.html
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 26, 2017, 07:13:07 PM
Quote from: nexus73 on February 26, 2017, 06:56:02 PM
Loved the pix and loved the notes! Amazing to think you did all this when there was so much storm damage present and more appearing to be on the way. Seeing the old bridges around Sacramento revealed a countryside I have yet to visit.
Now all you need to do is go get an I-238 sign pix to complete the NorCal Winter Tour...LOL!
Rick
Yeah I was pretty surprised by the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The GSV really doesn't do the area much justice, it is one hell of a contrast between the Bay Area...or most of the state. Definitely was a little odd to see some of the water control methods I used to see back in Florida, not to mention all those draw bridges. I actually do those notes for all my trips, I thought it was important to at least have a general understanding of what I was looking at and history in a given area....granted I really don't redo them if I revisit something most of the time.
As for I-238, we'll see what the next couple months might bring. I would like to try Mount Diablo out at some point, my understanding is that the time for the best views is right after a storm. I can probably arrange for a day trip, but I would definitely have to find something else that captures my interest on the Oakland side of the Bay. Really I got my sights set back on the Lost Coast Area...March or April maybe?
Ah, the Lost Coast. You will love the last 15 or so miles of 1 as it heads toward Leggett and 101. Redwoods galore! Curvy road too...LOL! My paternal side of the family first settled in at Loleta after which they migrated north to Gold Beach OR. A close friend and I are thinking of an April trip to ride the Skunk Train in Willets, check out the new In-N-Out in Ukiah and do a lookie lou of rural Humboldt south of Fortuna. Just don't run into us and we won't run into you...LOL!
Rick
Quote from: NE2 on February 26, 2017, 08:26:35 PM
Great Highway was dedicated in 1929: http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/ghiway.html
Thank you, I always wanted to know when that road was finished but couldn't find the right source.
Quote from: nexus73 on February 26, 2017, 10:04:55 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 26, 2017, 07:13:07 PM
Quote from: nexus73 on February 26, 2017, 06:56:02 PM
Loved the pix and loved the notes! Amazing to think you did all this when there was so much storm damage present and more appearing to be on the way. Seeing the old bridges around Sacramento revealed a countryside I have yet to visit.
Now all you need to do is go get an I-238 sign pix to complete the NorCal Winter Tour...LOL!
Rick
Yeah I was pretty surprised by the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The GSV really doesn't do the area much justice, it is one hell of a contrast between the Bay Area...or most of the state. Definitely was a little odd to see some of the water control methods I used to see back in Florida, not to mention all those draw bridges. I actually do those notes for all my trips, I thought it was important to at least have a general understanding of what I was looking at and history in a given area....granted I really don't redo them if I revisit something most of the time.
As for I-238, we'll see what the next couple months might bring. I would like to try Mount Diablo out at some point, my understanding is that the time for the best views is right after a storm. I can probably arrange for a day trip, but I would definitely have to find something else that captures my interest on the Oakland side of the Bay. Really I got my sights set back on the Lost Coast Area...March or April maybe?
Ah, the Lost Coast. You will love the last 15 or so miles of 1 as it heads toward Leggett and 101. Redwoods galore! Curvy road too...LOL! My paternal side of the family first settled in at Loleta after which they migrated north to Gold Beach OR. A close friend and I are thinking of an April trip to ride the Skunk Train in Willets, check out the new In-N-Out in Ukiah and do a lookie lou of rural Humboldt south of Fortuna. Just don't run into us and we won't run into you...LOL!
Rick
If you look on my Flickr account the photos from last year on 101 and Redwood National Park are up from last year, there is another one from 2014 I'll be getting around to pretty soon. Last year I did 299 through the Trinity Range and had a blast, tons of curves that seemingly went on forever. I've done US 199 a couple times over the years and find it to be criminally underrated as road for fun driving. This time around I'd like to do all of CA 96 along with 211...throw in parts of 36, 169, and 3 maybe as well along with the entire Shoreline Highway on CA 1.
Point Reyes National Seashore and Sir Francis Drake Blvd Notes:
- On the 1935 Map of Marin County it shows county maintenance on Sir Franics Drake Blvd roughtly to Drakes Estero. The road still continues to the lighthouse and Chimney Rock but I would imagine it was just a local ranch road given most of them date from the 1840s and 1850s. Point Reyes National Seashore was founded in 1962 and doesn't really have a ton of Park Service presence. The name of the road comes from the 1579 Spanish Expedition which landed at point Reyes.
Local Roads between CA 1 at Point Reyes Station and Novato
- On the same 1935 Map Point Reyes-Petaluma Road appears to traverse through what is now the Nicasio Reservoir and is county maintained. The Seeger Dam which impounds Nicasio Creek was built in 1961.
- Novato Blvd appears to have an unaltered alignment from 1935 and wasn't a county maintained road. Atherton Avenue appears to be basically the same from CA 37 to US 101.
1935 Map of Marin County
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~247308~5515365:Marin-County?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bdivision%2Bof%2Bhighways;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=42&trs=160
Notes on CA 37, CA 48, CA 121, SSR 28, CA 128, and Lake Berryessa
Originally CA 37 was much longer in length in 1934 and included all of what is now CA 121 to what was CA 28 (now 128). In 1940 SSR appears on State Highway maps running from CA 37 from Sears Point to Vallejo, CA 37 would later inhabit this alignment....Cahighways.org says 48 was there by 1935. In 1964 CA 37 was shifted to Vallejo on the former CA 48 alignment and CA 121 was created out of the former alignment north to CA 128.
CA 128 was originally SSR 28 in 1934 but this was changed in to 128 so that that the number could be used to match NV 28 at Lake Tahoe. Cahighways has this happening in 1952 but it doesn't appear on state highway maps until 1954. Really SSR 28/CA 128 has inhabited the roughly same alignment since the inception of the route. There was a major realignment in Napa County 1956 due to the construction of the Monticello Dam which was completed in 1957. The construction of the Monticello Dam led to the razing of the town Monticello which was inhabited from 1866 to 1953. Monticello was flooded over along with Berryessa Valley when the Dam and Reservoir were completed. The old alignment of SSR 128/28 can be seen on the 1935 Napa County Map which would have been on Knoxville-Berryessa Road roughly to the Spanish Flat Resort. SSR 128/28 would have followed Berryessa Valley through the modern reservoir out to the foot of Monticello Dam. SSR 37 went further north than CA 121 does along Steele Canyon Road to meet SSR 128/28.
1935 Napa County Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~247322~5515372:Napa-County-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bdivision%2Bof%2Bhighways;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=49&trs=160
1938 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239588~5511892:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=69&trs=86
1953 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239558~5511872:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=49&trs=86
1954 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239555~5511870:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=47&trs=86
1955 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239552~5511868:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=45&trs=86
1956 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239549~5511866:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=43&trs=86
1957 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239546~5511864:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=41&trs=86
1963 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239528~5511852:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1963?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=29&trs=86
1964 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239525~5511850:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1964?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=27&trs=86
Cahighways.org on CA 37
http://www.cahighways.org/033-040.html
Cahighways.org on SSR 48
http://www.cahighways.org/041-048.html#048
Cahighways.org on CA 121
http://www.cahighways.org/121-128.html
Cahighways.org on CA 128
http://www.cahighways.org/121-128.html
Since the last post was kind of long I figured I would section this up. I didn't include CA 113 or CA 220 because they have pretty obvious back stories and really little in the way of alignment changes....aside from being unnumbered LRNs prior to 1964 of course.
Notes on CA 160
In the original 1934 highway numbering the route that CA 160 now occupies from CA 4 to I-5 was part of SSR 24. 24 was heavily truncated in the 1964 renumbering and the route from CA 4 to I-5 became CA 160. On the 1935 Map of Sacramento County the SSR 24 seems to be shown using Sherman Island Crossing and Sherman Island East Leeve Road to read the San Joaquin River was opposed to the bypass route CA 160 takes. There appears to be another alignment in the middle between the original highway and the modern CA 160 which I base my opinion off the fact it is called "Victory Highway." The alignment to what is now I-5 is virtually the same (I can't really tell from the map 1935 if SSR 24 used Main in Isleton) with the main difference being that SSR 24 went to downtown Sacramento on Freeport whereas CA 160 ends at I-5
1935 Sacramento County Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~247334~5515378:Sacramento-County-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:california%2Bdivision%2Bof%2Bhighways;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=55&trs=160
1938 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239588~5511892:Road-Map-of-the-State-of-California?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=69&trs=86
1963 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239528~5511852:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1963?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=29&trs=86
1964 State Highway Map
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~239525~5511850:State-Highway-Map,-California,-1964?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:caltrans;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=27&trs=86
CAhighways on CA 160:
http://www.cahighways.org/153-160.html
Isleton and Locke
Isleton was founded in 1874 and became a pretty significant stop for Chinese to settle by 1875 along with most of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Isleton had several major floods in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The population of the city seems to have fallen through the floor from a documented approximate 2,000 even by the 1930s to about 800 today...likely it was much higher in the 19th century. I have my suspicions about Main Street being part of SSR 24 but I can't prove it.
Locke was settled in 1912 by Chinese settlers north of Walnut Grove. The village didn't really start to grow until the the China Alley in Walnut Grove burned down in 1915. The population of the village grew to about 1,000 to 1,500 before declining in the mid-20th century. Really all that is left is some mildly inhabited buildings in various states of disrepair.
And really that's all I got for now. I'm going to save everything to my flash drive and call it a night on this trip.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 26, 2017, 06:37:53 PM
CA 17 was much larger in scope originally with a northern terminus in Oakland.
CA 17 did go to Oakland, but continued over the San Rafael Bridge to end at 101 at San Rafael.
Sorry to pick on one misstatement on a post generally full of good info.
Quote from: kkt on February 26, 2017, 11:31:52 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 26, 2017, 06:37:53 PM
CA 17 was much larger in scope originally with a northern terminus in Oakland.
CA 17 did go to Oakland, but continued over the San Rafael Bridge to end at 101 at San Rafael.
Sorry to pick on one misstatement on a post generally full of good info.
No worries, really I was concerned with was getting it right with the San Cruz Mountains on that post...I basically left 9 vague north of the mountains. Oakland really is by out of the big cities in California the one I'm the least familiar with, so I figure it was better to let some others opine especially we have a couple Bay Area people on this board. Really there are some crazy renumberings that took place in the Bay Area that really neutered down some big state routes. Really if you ask me they held more equity for navigation than some silly 3d Interstate designation that the state seemed to have fallen in love with.
Yes, it's not so much a navigation issue, but California did get interstate funding for massive upgrades of 880 and I think some of 580 from Oakland to San Rafael. I guess it's a thank-you to Uncle Sugar for the nice money.
When it was CA 17 northbound from Oakland to San Rafael we didn't have the annoying wrong-way duplex of I-80 eastbound with I-580 westbound.
Quote from: kkt on February 27, 2017, 01:54:38 AM
Yes, it's not so much a navigation issue, but California did get interstate funding for massive upgrades of 880 and I think some of 580 from Oakland to San Rafael. I guess it's a thank-you to Uncle Sugar for the nice money.
When it was CA 17 northbound from Oakland to San Rafael we didn't have the annoying wrong-way duplex of I-80 eastbound with I-580 westbound.
Well think about, back in the 1960s those Interstates were the roads of the future which I would imagine most people probably still involved space houses and jet cars. It would seem it was pretty much a nation wide thing that people and DOTs assumed that usage on US Routes or state highways was going to decline significantly or generally be a thing of the past. That being the case California punted a lot of the US Routes and neutered many state highways during the renumbering for those 3d Intestate designations. Really I've always looked at the 3d numberings as kind of a waste of space that could have been utilized more sparingly given the huge amount of duplication issues that has cropped up since the system had progressed. Had I-238 been a California Spade with red, white, and blue coloring instead of an Interstate crest I doubt so many people would be flipping out today....the same thing probably could have been said for say a 17 or any other state highway that was replaced.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 26, 2017, 11:22:40 PM
Notes on CA 160
In the original 1934 highway numbering the route that CA 160 now occupies from CA 4 to I-5 was part of SSR 24. 24 was heavily truncated in the 1964 renumbering and the route from CA 4 to I-5 became CA 160. On the 1935 Map of Sacramento County the SSR 24 seems to be shown using Sherman Island Crossing and Sherman Island East Leeve Road to read the San Joaquin River was opposed to the bypass route CA 160 takes. There appears to be another alignment in the middle between the original highway and the modern CA 160 which I base my opinion off the fact it is called "Victory Highway." The alignment to what is now I-5 is virtually the same (I can't really tell from the map 1935 if SSR 24 used Main in Isleton) with the main difference being that SSR 24 went to downtown Sacramento on Freeport whereas CA 160 ends at I-5
Route 160 did continue through Sacramento's Land Park and downtown neighborhoods until about 2005, along Freeport Boulevard, Broadway, and 15th/16th Street. The portion up to Broadway is former Route 24 (which prior to the creation of El Centro Road/today's Route 99 and Route 70 in the late 1950s, then followed Broadway and 3rd/5th Streets to continue west along Route 16 to reach Woodland), while the portion up 15th/16th is former US 99W or former US 99 (depending on era). North of Capitol Avenue and including the current isolated freeway segment in North Sacramento/Arden, this portion of Route 160 is former US 40 and US 99W.
Technically the state highway maintenance now doesn't even reach I-5 near Freeport; the main portion of Route 160 concludes at the southernmost city limit of Sacramento (about a half mile before Meadowview Road) but signage already is gone by the time one reaches the recently constructed Cosumnes River Boulevard extension.
Quote from: kkt on February 27, 2017, 01:54:38 AM
Yes, it's not so much a navigation issue, but California did get interstate funding for massive upgrades of 880 and I think some of 580 from Oakland to San Rafael. I guess it's a thank-you to Uncle Sugar for the nice money.
When it was CA 17 northbound from Oakland to San Rafael we didn't have the annoying wrong-way duplex of I-80 eastbound with I-580 westbound.
The San Rafael Bridge segment should have been numbered 880 instead of 580 so the wrong way duplex problem wouldn't be introduced. Wonder why Caltrans decided on 580 after rejecting the 180 proposal?
Quote from: SeriesE on February 27, 2017, 10:10:01 PM
The San Rafael Bridge segment should have been numbered 880 instead of 580 so the wrong way duplex problem wouldn't be introduced. Wonder why Caltrans decided on 580 after rejecting the 180 proposal?
880 as designated followed the even-numbering rules (north end is at 80 and 580 at the MacArthur Maze, south end is at 280 in San Jose). That portion of 1936-1984 Route 17 from Albany to San Rafael does not connect to an Interstate at all in Marin County, with the western terminus of US 101 in San Rafael. Thus...first 180 and then the 580 routing extension were assigned, as both are odd-first-digit 3di numbers.