Highway Geeking

[patgund]

On the back from Wheeler Ridge yesterday, I pulled off of I-5 south just before Ft. Tejon, to walk an old part of the Ridge Route / US 99, namely Deadman's Curve. This part dates to 1919 and is in very good condition.

(also see this link here

This is actually part of the original ridge route from 1915. The four lane portions that you can still see portions of at Gorman and elsewhere that were part of US 99 are the Ridge Route alternate dating back to the 1930's.

Still haven't driven the 20 miles of the original Ridge Route yet. Anyone in the LA area on my friends list want to make the attempt sometime soon (rain permitting)

Comments

[xydexx.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing Deadman's Curve was here.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

That's what it looks like alright

[patgund.livejournal.com]

There's also a sat photo right here (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=11&X=1629&Y=19310&W=1)

Long -118.90516, Lat 34.88727

[xydexx.livejournal.com]

That is just all kinds of neat. I love checking out little orphaned sections of highway like that and wondering when the last time they were used and all.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

(chuckle) Have to post some of my pictures of abandoned sections of US 80 then. There's a couple of beautiful curves in the canyons that were completely bypassed. And, since they're in the desert, the concrete is in very good condition, with date stamps into the 1930's and such.