Gribblenation

This past month I drove a segment of California State Route 126 from CA 23 in Fillmore east to Santa Clarita. CA 126 in present form is a 47 mile east/west State Highway which has a western terminus in Ventura at US 101 and an eastern terminus on Newhall Ranch Road in Santa Clarita.  CA 126 was created on Legislative Route Number 79 in 1934.  LRN 79 was created in 1931 which followed the Santa Clara River between LRN 2/US 101 in Ventura east to LRN 4/US 99 in Castaic. CAhighways.org on LRN 79 1934 Department of Public Works Guide announcing the State Highways The original route of CA 126 as defined in 1934 used the following alignment from Ventura eastward: -  From US 101/LRN 2 in Ventura east on modern day Telegraph Road to Steckle Drive in Santa Paula. -  Steckle Drive to Main Street in Santa Paula. -  Main Street to Telegraph Road. -  Telegraph Road to Ventura Street in Fillmore. -  Ventura Street to Telegraph Road. -  Telegra...

Over the past two decades I've crossed the Interstate 5 corridor from Los Angeles north over the Sierra Pelona Mountains and Tehachapi Range to San Joaquin Valley what seems to be an immeasurable number of times.  While Interstate 5 from Castaic Junction to Grapevine via Tejon Pass today is known to most as "The Grapevine" it occupies a corridor which has been traversed by numerous historic highways.  The most notable of these highways is known as the "Ridge Route."  This article is dedicated to the Ridge Route and the various highways that preceded it.  This blog is part of the larger Gribblenation US Route 99 Page.  For more information pertaining to the other various segments of US Route 99 and it's three-digit child routes check out the link the below. Gribblenation US Route 99 Page Ridge Route corridor introdution The Ridge Route as originally envisioned was a segment of highway which was completed in 1915 between the northern Los Angeles city limit ...