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Kauai County Route 543 is the shortest County Route on the island of Kauai at 0.8 miles.  This highway corridor was designated in 1962 as Hawaii Route 543.  Hawaii Route 543 followed Lele Road from Hawaii Route 50 to Port Allen Airport.  The Hawaii Department of Transportation did not retain this highway after 1968 when the County Route System was split from State Highway System.  This page is part of the Gribblenation Hawaii Roads series.  A compellation of all Hawaii-related media from both Gribblenation and RoadwayWiz can be found by clicking  here .  Part 1; the history of Kauai County Route 543 Kauai County Route 543 is fully aligned over Lele Road which serves to connect Hawaii Route 50 (Kaumaualii Highway) to Port Allen Airport.  Port Allen Airport became the first passenger air terminal on Kauai which began service on November 12, 1929.  The facility would serve as the only airstrip for commercial flights until the opening of Lihue Ai...

Petroleum Club Road is an approximately 5.3-mile rural highway located in the Sunset Oil Field of western Kern County.  This corridor was constructed as a frontage road of the Sunset Railroad and would be the site of the Lakeview Gusher in 1910.  Petroleum Club Road was the original alignment of California State Route 33 and US Route 399 between 1934-1938.  In 1938 the West Side Highway was constructed west of Lakeview Gusher and still serves as the current alignment of California State Route 33.   Part 1; the history of Petroleum Club Road Petroleum Club Road is the original highway which linked the oil communities of Maricopa and Taft.  Both cities were developed around the early boom of the Sunset Oil Field.  The early Sunset Oil Field can be seen centered along Cienega Canyon Road southwest of Buena Vista Lake in Township 11 North, Range 23 West on the 1898 Kern County Surveyors map .  In 1901 Post Office Service would be established at the Su...