Gribblenation

Panamint Valley Road is 13.9 mile long rural Inyo County highway spanning from California State Route 190 south to the intersection of Trona-Wildrose Road and Wildrose Road.  The corridor was originally part of a trail which connected the community of Darwin east to Wildrose Station.  Modern Panamint Valley Road was constructed during the late 1920s to facilitate travel between the Eichbalm Toll Road and Trona-Wildrose Road.   Part 1; the history of Panamint Valley Road The history of Panamint Valley Road is tied to that of the Eichbalm Toll Road.  Prior to the Eichbalm Toll Road traffic wishing to access Death Valley from the Darwin area had to use Emigrant Canyon.  A trail existed east of Darwin which crossed the Argus Mountains near the Modoc Mine through northern Panamint Valley.  Travelers would continue through Emigrant Canyon passing the Harrisburg Mine to reach Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley.  The trail from Darwin through the Argus Mount...

Hawaii Routes 26 and 269 were both original 1955 era Hawaii Route designations located on the Big Island.  Hawaii Route 26 served as a 9.4-mile highway connecting Kawaihae east to Waimea via Kawaihae Road.  Hawaii Route 269 was a short 0.2-mile highway which continued west of Kawaihae to a Coast Guard Sector located on Kawaihae Harbor.  Hawaii Route 269 was deleted during the late 1960s due to being removed from the Big Island Federal Aid System.  Hawaii Route 26 would be consumed by extensions of Hawaii Route 270 and Hawaii Route 19 in the 1970s.  Part 1; the history of Hawaii Routes 26 and 269 In 1955 the Hawaii Route System was expanded to the Big Island.  The corridor Kawaihae Road from Hawaii Route 25 near Waimea west to Kawaihae was assigned as the 9.4-mile-long Hawaii Route 26.  Within Kawaihae itself the Kawaihae Lighthouse Road (later Akoni Pule Highway) was assigned as Hawaii Route 269.   Hawaii Route 26 can be seen terminating in K...