How well is it signed? Are the sign thieves after these as well?
It's very well signed, especially for a county highway in California. There is usually one trailblazer shield posted at each I-15 or I-40 interchange, and fairly good numbers of reassurance route markers along its path.
We have posted a few pictures on the AARoads Facebook page, go to "Southern California, Mojave, and Southern Nevada" photo album:
https://www.facebook.com/aaroads
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151539710912948.1073741825.181045197947&type=1
Regards,
Andy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jfs1988/8474503920/
Route 66 Trailhead Park & Pacific Electric Trail bridge along Foothill Blvd in Rancho Cucamonga.
The one stretch of Route 66 played roles in my family history: my maternal grandfather in his early teens and his family left Oklahoma in the 1930s drove on US 66/466 (CA SR-58) into Kern county, my maternal grandmother and greatgrandmother lived in San Bernardino where US 66 crossed through and finally, my hospital I was born on was in Fontana Cal. except US 99 went near the Kaiser Hospital (the company owned a now-closed down steel mill).
San Bernardino and nearby Riverside were (and still are) hubs of the Inland Empire region in the heydays of pre-freeway life: US 66 met five other US routes 60, 70, 91, 99 and 395. The most famous route was 66 to connected L.A. with Chicago, two of the 3 nation's largest cities. San Bernardino was then thriving compared to what happened to the city's reputation after the recent 3 decades of urban decline. Long-time residents in San Bernardino have a great sense of nostalagia about US 66 or Foothill Boulevard when the road actually had the US route shield.
Other honorable mentions of US 66 in San Bernardino is the minor league baseball team the Inland Empire 66'ers and their local rival the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (the Epicenter stadium a short walk from Foothill Blvd.) in the Class-A level California League. Rancho Cucamonga in the heydays of US 66 was a small rural community before the city's incorporation in 1977 and later high growth of suburban sprawl changed the city's character to have a 6-figure population.
We're lucky it didn't get named county route N66.
How's the overlap with I-40 to avoid the military base signed?
Quote from: NE2 on August 18, 2013, 09:06:41 PM
How's the overlap with I-40 to avoid the military base signed?
IIRC, the signage shows 66 being led south down the access road, onto I-40, then off I-40 at the next exit. no reassurance marker for 66 on 40, but the way the directional gantries go definitely implies a 40/66 multiplex.
My recollection matches Jake's. The trailblazer signs are posted clearly, but there is no I-40/CR 66 reassurance route marker assembly.
Regards,
Andy