Gribblenation

Madera County Road 208 west of modern California State Route 41 to modern California State Route 145 once carried the original alignment of Legislative Route Number 126.  Said corridor was adopted into the State Highway System during 1933 along what was then known as Bellview Road.  The highway was realigned in 1940 to the Friant Dam Access Road (now Madara County Road 145 and 206) as a cooperative project between the Division of Highways, Works Projects Administration and State Relief Administration.   The segment of Madera County Road 208 carrying early Legislative Route Number 126 can be seen on the 1935 Division of Highways Map of Madera County in Township 10S, Range 20E.   Part 1; the history of early Legislative Route Number 126 along Madera County Road 208 The portion of what is now Madera County Road 208 to approximately one mile east of modern California State Route 41 was part of the Stockton-Los Angeles Road.   The Stockton-Los Angeles...

The nearly 100-year-old truss bridge that carries US 17 over the St. Marys River connecting Georgia and Florida is most commonly known for its vibrant blue paint.  However, this through-truss bridge is also a swing bridge with a unique twist. The St. Marys River Bridge. (Joe Babyak - August 2011) The swing portion of the bridge - a standard design for many low-level bridges of the time - allows passing boats to continue their journey on the St. Marys River unobstructed.  However, unlike most swing bridges - opening the bridge is done manually and not electronically. From the Georgia Side - the St Marys River Bridge on the left and a railroad bridge on the right. (Adam Prince - August 2011) The opening of the central span typically takes six to eight workers.  They manually turn a 15-foot-long turnkey.  Turning the span to allow vessels through can take up to 30 minutes.  The Florida Department of Transportation operates the bridge - and shuts down the bridge twi...

The US Route 99 Business Loop in downtown Fresno was a short-lived bannered route of mainline US Route 99 which existed from June 1957 to June 1965.  The corridor originally incorporated much of the original surface routing of US Route 99 in Fresno via the Monterey Street Overhead, Broadway, Divisadero Street, H Street, Belmont Avenue and North Golden State Boulevard.   The US Route 99 Business Loop was converted to one-way couplets by the city via Broadway and Van Ness Avenue as a measure to increase available downtown street parking.  Southbound traffic was carried by Broadway through downtown whereas Van Ness Avenue carried northbound traffic.  The Business Loop corridor would be extended south through Magala during June 1963 via South Golden State Boulevard and Chestnut Avenue to the then recently extended US Route 99 freeway.  The US Route 99 Business Loop would ultimately be deleted in June 1965 when the parent highway was truncated out of California ...

Hawaii Route 270 is a 27-mile highway located on northwest corner of the Big Island.  The corridor largely follows Akoni Pule Highway from Hawaii Route 19 near Kawaihae to Pololu Valley Lookout via the town of Hawi.  Originally numbered Hawaii Route 27 in 1955 the corridor was extended between Mahukona and Kawaihae in 1973.  Upon being extended Hawaii Route 27 was renumbered as Hawaii Route 270.   Part 1; the history of Hawaii Route 270 Much of Hawaii Route 270 lies on the windward side of Kohala Mount along the northern coast of the Big Island.  Kohala Mountain is an extinct shield volcano which makes up the northwest portion of the Big Island.  The mountain is thought to have breached the Pacific Ocean approximately 500,000 years ago and was last active approximately 120,000 years ago.  Much of the northeast portion of the mountain collapsed via a massive landslide approximately 250,000-300,000 years ago.  Currently Kohala Mountain rises to...