California State Route 1 north from the City of Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz County north to the City of Half Moon Bay of San Mateo County largely lines the Pacific Coast at the western flank of the Santa Cruz Mountains. California State Route 1in the Santa Cruz-Half Moon Bay corridor has numerous older inland alignments which were inherited from 19th Century wagon roads. Pictured in the blog cover photo is Pescadero Beach from the July 1940 California Highways & Public Works displaying right-of-way recently acquired to realign California State Route 1
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