Updates to California Highways: June / July / August 2013

[cahwyguy]

Labor day weekend. Always a good time for a project such as updating the highway pages. As I write this, the Bay Bridge is getting ready to reopen, so let’s get to the updates. As always, you can keep up to date with me by following my blog at California Highways (just follow the “Roadgeeking” category). There you will find bi-monthly collections of articles related to California Highways, as well as other items of interest. There is also a California Highways Facebook group, where you can post updates.

Updates were made to the following highways, based on my reading of the papers (which are posted to the roadgeeking category at the “Observations Along The Road” and to the California Highways Facebook group) as well as any backed up email changes. I also reviewed the the AAroads forum; I’ve given up on misc.transport.road. This resulted in changes on the following routes, with credit as indicated [my research^(*), contributions of information or leads (via direct mail) from Michael Ballard⁽¹⁾, Rebecca Kellawan⁽²⁾, Clark Peters⁽³⁾, R.S.⁽⁴⁾, Jim White⁽⁵⁾]: Route 1^(*), I-5^(*), Route 11⁽¹⁾, Route I-80^(*), Route 91^(*), US 101^(*), Route 126^(*), Route 138 (High Desert Corridor)^(*), Route I-580^(*), I-710^(*), I-880^(*), Lassen CR A1⁽⁴⁾ .

Reviewed the August 1934 issue of “California Highways and Public Works“. This is the issue where there announced the signing of state routes. Made sure the information on the site corresponded to that issue. This was an extensive effort, updating many many routes. The most interesting find? Route 180, which seems to have included (to be) signed segments in 1934 that were not defined until 1959, and even odder, was planned to be extended across the Sierra mountains to end in Independence (again, that extension was not part of the legislatively defined state highway system).

Reviewed the Pending Legislation page. The new California Legislature site is very nice, but it occasionally switches to another bill when moving tabs. As usually, I recommend to every Californian that they visit the legislative website regularly and see what their legis-critters are doing. Noted the passage of the following bills:

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