Gribblenation.Org Updates

[Voyager]

October blogs and media

California

Atwater-Merced Expressway
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/10/atwater-merced-expressway.html?m=1

This one is kind of crazy, I am always happy to see new alignments but this one...doesn't seem very necessary? Especially when 99 still hasn't even been fully expanded yet through the area. Much rather see the 108 freeway "North County Corridor" get finished.

The problem is the UC Merced campus is way the hell out in the middle of nowhere by Yosemite Lake.  The existing Merced city street grid is overwhelmed by school traffic and recent population booms.  On the eastern side of the city Campus Parkway is probably a closer analog for how the larger Loop of Merced will eventually look. 

Right now the "best" way to get through downtown Merced is on G Street.  That corridor has a heavy amount of traffic pretty much of all times of the day. 

That's true, isn't that kind of the main reason Santa Barbara/Goleta has the 217 freeway? I know only part of it was ever built, but makes sense in that regard.

[Max Rockatansky]

October blogs and media

California

Atwater-Merced Expressway
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/10/atwater-merced-expressway.html?m=1

This one is kind of crazy, I am always happy to see new alignments but this one...doesn't seem very necessary? Especially when 99 still hasn't even been fully expanded yet through the area. Much rather see the 108 freeway "North County Corridor" get finished.

The problem is the UC Merced campus is way the hell out in the middle of nowhere by Yosemite Lake.  The existing Merced city street grid is overwhelmed by school traffic and recent population booms.  On the eastern side of the city Campus Parkway is probably a closer analog for how the larger Loop of Merced will eventually look. 

Right now the "best" way to get through downtown Merced is on G Street.  That corridor has a heavy amount of traffic pretty much of all times of the day. 

That's true, isn't that kind of the main reason Santa Barbara/Goleta has the 217 freeway? I know only part of it was ever built, but makes sense in that regard.

Yes, also similar to the concepts for CA 100 in Santa Cruz related to the University of California campus.  I think Merced County will get there eventually with the full Campus Loop but will be a slog given it is a local project.

[Max Rockatansky]

November blogs and other media.

California

Snelling Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/snelling-road.html?m=1

Cooperstown Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/cooperstown-road.html?m=1

Wilms Road (Stanislaus County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/willms-road.html?m=1

The Arcade Creek Bridge on Bridge Road in Del Paso Park
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/the-arcade-creek-bridge-on-bridge-road.html?m=1

Former California State Route 120 on Green Springs Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/former-california-state-route-120-along.html?m=1

Old Don Pedro Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/old-don-pedro-road.html?m=1

Bonds Flat Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/bonds-flat-road.html?m=1

Merced Falls Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/merced-falls-road.html?m=1

Thornberry Road (Madera County Road 420)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/madera-county-road-420-thornberry-road.html?m=1


Washington

Washington State Route 530
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/washington-state-route-530.html?m=1

Former US Route 99 in the Mount Vernon, Burlington and Bellingham areas
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/former-us-route-99-in-mount-vernon.html?m=1


British Columbia

Stevenson Highway
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/stevenston-highway-to-stevenston.html?m=1

British Columbia Highway 99 in Vancouver metropolitan area
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/11/british-columbia-highway-99-in.html?m=1


Podcasts

CA RxR 4.02: I-8 and US 80 Between El Cajon and the Arizona Border
https://caroutebyroute.org/2025/11/07/ca-rxr-4-02-i-8-and-us-80-between-el-cajon-and-the-arizona-border/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAN8UR1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeT86OUKE21UMdQ64yzfeD0DlSQ242cQQHEdY32aQlSUh3UO07M1jMqHLtIu8_aem_Pw3dzi0dK2S55OihLo3c5w

CA RxR 4.03: Route 9: Santa Cruz and Saratoga
https://caroutebyroute.org/2025/11/28/ca-rxr-4-03-route-9-santa-cruz-and-saratoga/

[Max Rockatansky]

December blogs and other media.

California

Marshes Flat Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/marshes-flat-road-and-kelley-grade.html?m=1

Hunt Road (Calaveras County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/hunt-road-calaveras-county.html?m=1

Former California State Route 4 in Murphys
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/former-california-state-route-4-in.html?m=1

Former California State Route 4 in Vallecito
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/former-california-state-route-4-in_01480544529.html?m=1

California State Route 4 Business in Angels Camp
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/california-state-route-4-business-in.html?m=1

The early alignments of California State Route 4 in Copperopolis and Telegraph City
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/the-early-alignments-of-california.html?m=1

Red Hills Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/red-hills-road-tuolumne-county.html?m=1

Camp 9 Roar (Calaveras County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/camp-9-road-calaveras-county.html?m=1

County Route J17
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/county-route-j17-stanislaus-county-and.html?m=1

Murphys Grade Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/murphys-grade-road-calaveras-county.html?m=1

Salt Spring Valley Road to the Felix ghost town
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/salt-spring-valley-road-to-felix-ghost.html?m=1

Panoche Road and former California State Route 180 over the Diablo Range
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/panoche-road-and-former-california.html?m=1

Christmas with the Skunk Train
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/christmas-with-skunk-train.html

Rock Creek Road (Calaveras County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/rock-creek-road-calaveras-county.html?m=1

Sonora Road (Calaveras County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/sonora-road-calaveras-county.html?m=1


West Virginia

Simpson Creek Covered Bridge
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/simpson-creek-covered-bridge.html?m=1


Georgia

Santa Claus
https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/12/santa-claus-georgia.html?m=1


Podcasts

CA RxR 4.04: Route 9: Pre-1964 – Milpitas to Castro Valley
https://caroutebyroute.org/2025/12/19/ca-rxr-4-04-route-9-pre-1964-milpitas-to-castro-valley/

[Max Rockatansky]

New Year, new month, new blogs/media.


California

The 1913-era Bridalveil Fall Bridges of Yosemite National Park
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/the-1913-era-bridalveil-fall-bridges-of.html?m=1

Preston Road and the copper mines or southern Mariposa County
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/preston-road-and-copper-mines-of.html?m=1

Walker Basin Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/walker-basin-road.html?m=1

Raynor Ranch Road and the Stockton-Los Angeles Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/raynor-ranch-road-and-stockton-los.html?m=1

Caliente Creek Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/caliente-creek-road.html?m=1

West Westfall Road (Mariposa County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/west-westfall-road-mariposa-county.html?m=1

Kearney Boulevard Arch (Fresno)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/the-kearney-boulevard-arch-fresno.html?m=1

Crystal Cave Road (the former Colony Mill Road) and Crystal Cave
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/crystal-cave-road-former-colony-mill.html?m=1


New England states

Travel New England: Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/travel-new-england-calvin-coolidge.html

Travel New England: Rochester, Vermont
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/travel-new-england-rochester-vermont.html?m=1


Oregon and Idaho

The history of the short-lived Interstate 82S (and N)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/the-history-of-short-lived-interstate.html?m=1


Hawaii

Hawaii Route 51
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/hawaii-route-51.html?m=1

Hawaii Route 56
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/hawaii-route-56.html?m=1

Hawaii Route 58
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/hawaii-route-58.html?m=1

Hawaii Route 570
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/hawaii-route-570.html?m=1

Hawaii Route 583
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/hawaii-route-583.html?m=1


North Carolina

I-73/I-74 in NC and NC New/Future Interstates Year in Review 2025
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/i-73i-74-in-nc-and-nc-newfuture.html?m=1


Interstates

America's Various Flirtations with the Metric System
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/americas-various-flirtations-with.html?m=1


Podcasts

CA RxR 4.05: I-10: Santa Monica Freeway
https://caroutebyroute.org/2026/01/07/ca-rxr-4-05-i-10-santa-monica-freeway/

CA RxR 4.06: I-10: San Bernardino Freeway
https://caroutebyroute.org/2026/01/29/ca-rxr-4-06-i-10-san-bernardino-freeway/


Site Updates

Gribblenation at 25
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/01/gribblenation-at-25.html

[Max Rockatansky]

Today is the 25th anniversary of the start of Gribblenation.  I believe Adam is working on post for the Facebook page this afternoon.  Once it is posted I'll share it here.

[Max Rockatansky]

February blogs and other highway media.

California

Pole Line Road (Fresno County and Merced County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/pole-line-road-fresno-county-and-merced.html?m=1

Redwood Drive (Tulare County Mountain Road 216) to the Stagg Tree
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/redwood-drive-tulare-county-mountain.html?m=1

Graham Hill Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/graham-hill-road.html?m=1

Western Divide Highway
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/western-divide-highway-tulare-county.html?m=1

Old Control Road (Tulare County Mountain Road 52)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/old-control-road-tulare-county-mountain.html?m=1

Zayante Road and Upper Zayante Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/zayante-road-and-upper-zayante-road.html?m=1

Parker Pass Road (Tulare County Mountain Road 50)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/parker-pass-road-tulare-county-mountain.html?m=1

Bear Creek Road (Santa Cruz Mountains)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/bear-creek-road-santa-cruz-mountains.html?m=1

Hot Springs Drive (Tulare County Mountain Road 56)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/hot-springs-drive-tulare-county.html?m=1


Hawaii

Hawaii Route 560
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/hawaii-route-560.html?m=1

Hawaii Route 580
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/hawaii-route-580.html

Kauai County Route 581
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/kauai-county-route-581.html?m=1

Kilauea Road to Kiauea Point Lighthouse
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/02/kilauea-road-to-kiauea-point-lighthouse.html?m=1


Podcasts

CA RxR 4.07: Route 11: From Pasadena to the Border
https://caroutebyroute.org/2026/02/21/ca-rxr-4-07-route-11-from-pasadena-to-the-border/

[Max Rockatansky]

March blogs and Highway media

California

Abandoned Fowler Avenue in Clovis
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/abandoned-fowler-avenue-in-clovis.html?m=1

Rock River Road (Tuolumne County and Stanislaus County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/rock-river-road-tuolumne-county-and.html?m=1

Campus Parkway (Merced)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/campus-parkway-merced-california.html?m=1

Penon Blanco Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/penon-blanco-road-mariposa-county.html?m=1

Los Cerritos Road (Stanislaus County and Merced County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/los-cerritos-road-stanislaus-county-and.html?m=1

Jacksonville Road (Tuolumne County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/jacksonville-road-tuolumne-county.html?m=1

Algerine Road (Tuolumne County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/algerine-road-tuolumne-county.html?m=1

Old Wards Ferry Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/old-wards-ferry-road.html?m=1

Former California State Route 4 on Main Street in Douglas Flat
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/former-california-state-route-4-on-main.html?m=1

Sheep Ranch Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/sheep-ranch-road-calaveras-county.html?m=1

Jesus Maria Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/jesus-maria-road-calaveras-county.html?m=1

Did Caltrans just kill the G26 cutout US Route shield?
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/did-caltrans-just-kill-g26-cutout-us.html


Hawaii

Kauai County Route 520
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/kauai-county-route-520.html?m=1

Kauai County Route 530
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/kauai-county-route-530.html?m=1

Hawaii Route 540
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/hawaii-route-540.html?m=1

Hawaii Route 541
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/hawaii-route-541.html?m=1

Ala Kinoiki Way to Poipu Beach (the Koloa Bypass)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/03/ala-kinoiki-way-to-poipu-beach-koloa.html?m=1


Podcasts

CA RxR 4.08: Route 12: Sonoma and Napa
https://caroutebyroute.org/2026/03/11/ca-rxr-4-08-route-12-sonoma-and-napa/

CA RxR 4:08 Route 12: Crossing the wetlands
https://caroutebyroute.org/2026/03/31/ca-rxr-4-09-route-12-crossing-the-wetlands/

[Max Rockatansky]

No fooling around it is time for April highways blogs and other media. 


California

Frazier Mountain Park Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/frazier-mountain-park-road.html?m=1

The roads of Avalon
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/the-roads-of-avalon-california.html?m=1

Little Tujunga Canyon Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/little-tujunga-canyon-road.html?m=1

Mount Pinos Highway
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/mount-pinos-highway.html?m=1

Rosecrans Avenue Overpass
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/rosecrans-avenue-overpass.html?m=1

Big Tujunga Canyon Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/big-tujunga-canyon-road.html?m=1

Mil Potrero Highway
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/mil-potrero-highway-kern-county.html?m=1

Sand Canyon Road (Los Angeles County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/sand-canyon-road-los-angeles-county.html?m=1

Vasquez Canyon Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/vasquez-canyon-road-los-angeles-county.html?m=1

Hudson Ranch Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/hudson-ranch-road.html?m=1

Bouquet Canyon Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/bouquet-canyon-road-los-angeles-county.html?m=1

Three Points Road (Los Angeles County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/three-points-road-los-angeles-county.html?m=1

Klipstein Canyon Road (Kern County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/klipstein-canyon-road-kern-county.html?m=1


Hawaii

The 1911 Hanapepe River Bridge (Old Kaumualii Highway)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/the-1911-hanapepe-river-bridge-old.html?m=1

Hawaii Route 50
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/hawaii-route-50.html?m=1

Hawaii Route 550
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/hawaii-route-550.html?m=1

Kauai County Route 552
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/kauai-county-route-552.html?m=1

Hanapepe Swinging Bridge
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/04/hanapepe-swinging-bridge.html?m=1


Podcasts

California Highways Route by Route Episode 4.10: California State Route 12 in the Sierra Nevada foothills
https://caroutebyroute.org/

[Max Rockatansky]

Our Nevada coverage is getting pretty deep and I thought it was time to build a directory.  I included upcoming blogs on the list so I can just insert the hyperlinks later. 

https://www.gribblenation.org/p/nevada-highways.html?m=1

[Max Rockatansky]

May blogs and other Highway media.

Hawaii

Kauai County Route 543
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/kauai-county-route-543.html?m=1

Hawaii Route 5600
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/hawaii-route-5600.html?m=1

Kapaia Swinging Bridge
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/kapaia-swinging-bridge.html?m=1

https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/ruins-of-ahukini-terminal-railway-on.html?m=1
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/ruins-of-ahukini-terminal-railway-on.html?m=1


California

Madera County Road 820 and Oak Grove Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/madera-county-roda-820-and-oak-grove.html?m=1

East Westfall Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/east-westfall-road-mariposa-county.html?m=1

Petroleum Club Road (old US Route 399 and California State Route 33)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/petroleum-club-road-former-california.html?m=1

Yaqui Gulch Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/yaqui-gulch-road-mariposa-county.html?m=1

Jerseydale Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/jerseydale-road-mariposa-county.html?m=1

Darrah Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/darrah-road-mariposa-county.html?m=1

Midoil Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/midoil-road-kern-county.html?m=1

Silver Bar Road (Mariposa County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/silver-bar-road-mariposa-county.html?m=1

Devils Den Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/devils-den-road-kings-county.html?m=1

Buckeye Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/buckeye-road-mariposa-county.html?m=1

Hites Cove Road and the Hites Cove ghost town site
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/hites-cove-road-and-hites-cove-ghost.html?m=1

Cuddy Valley Road
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/cuddy-valley-road.html?m=1

Elkhorn Road (Monterey County)
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/elkhorn-road-monterey-county.html?m=1


Pennsylvania

A Little Bit of Everything - Allegheny County's Blue Belt
https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/05/a-little-bit-of-everything-allegheny.html?m=1


Podcasts

CA RxR 4.11: Route 13: Oakland and Berkeley
https://caroutebyroute.org/2026/05/14/ca-rxr-4-11-route-13-oakland-and-berkeley/