US 399 Bakersfield

[cahwyguy]

The 1924 state map shows LR 57 on a zigzag route into Bakersfield, partly marked "paved by local authorities - not taken over by state". But by 1926 it was planned straight east from Maricopa. Based on the railroad, the local-built part in 1924 appears to be Old River Road, Panama Lane, Stine Road, Wilson Road (?), and Wible Road.

This might fit with the fact that the state did not maintain highways within cities prior to 1935. Tom saw that when researching US 66. It could be that the routing of US 399 from Greenfield into and within Bakersfield was simply up to the city of Bakersfield, and the signage was up to the whims of the Auto Club of Southern California. By 1935, it all settled down.