Historic U.S. 60/70 West - Banning to Beaumont

This old, porcelain-enamel, button-copy stop sign dates to the era when the Automobile Club of Southern California (ACSC) used to maintain and install signs, including route markers and traffic control. Rarely found still in use today, this stop sign remained in use at the Banning Post Office parking lot, two blocks north of Ramsey Street (old U.S. 60-70-99) until 2017.

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Ramsey Street (old U.S. 60-70-99) west at Hargrave Street in Banning. Hargrave Street connects with nearby Interstate 10 at the first of four interchanges just south of this section of old U.S. 60-70-99. This I-10 trailblazer however, was removed after 2019.

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An Automobile Club of Southern California (ACSC) guide sign for Reppelier Park was posted at the intersection between westbound Ramsey Street and Second Street in Downtown Banning. It was removed by 2016.

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The historic routes of U.S. 60/70 separated from U.S. 99 where SR 60 (Moreno Valley Freeway) splits from Interstate 10 (Redlands Freeway) west in Beaumont. Historically, U.S. 70-99 joined I-10 to San Bernardino, while U.S. 60 branched west toward Moreno Valley and Riverside. The three routes reconverged in Pomona. Removed by 2012, the overhead sign here was old enough to have a green overlay where U.S. 70 and U.S. 99 shields were posted for I-10 and an SR 60 greeout covering U.S. 60.

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The back of the overhead guide sign at the 6th Street entrance ramps to SR 60 and I-10 included the date code of "California Division of Highways 60-8DL 59." This type of date stamp was commonly used in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Interstate 10 heads northwest from the entrance ramp at 6th Street and Veile Avenues to Yucaipa and Redlands.

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SR 60 commences west along the Moreno Valley Freeway from 6th Street (old U.S. 60-70-99) and Interstate 10 to Riverside.

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