California State Route 123/San Pablo Avenue; a trip down Old US Route 40 and the US Route terminus points in the Oakland Area.
While on two recent Bay Area I wanted to get a sample of all the local State Highways, freeways and Historic Highway alignments that I haven't covered in previous blogs. One such former alignment caught my eye on my second trip; former US Route 40 along San Pablo Avenue/California State Route 123 to the original western US 40 terminus at Oakland City Hall. When US 40 was created along with the rest of the US Route System in 1926 the original western terminus was in downtown Oakland. Specifically US 40 ended on San Pablo Avenue at a shared corner with 14th Street and Broadway. Early US 40 was routed from the Benicia-Martinez Ferry over Carquinez Straight into Contra Costa County. In Contra Costa County the route of US 40 followed Legislative Route 14 through San Pablo where it picked up San Pablo Avenue. US 40/LRN 14 followed San Pablo Avenue to the Alameda County Line where State Maintenance terminated. US 40 followed San Pablo Avenue south thr...