Gribblenation

Within the counties north of San Francisco Bay there are numerous California State Routes that are little more than lines on paper.   Some of these "Paper Highways" are unbuilt portions of active State Routes whereas other never were more than a line on a map or a piece of a State Legislation.  These Paper Highways include; CA 12, CA 17, CA 37, CA 181, CA 251, and CA 281.  Note; despite these highways existing in limbo on paper for over half a century none of them have been Legislatively cancelled. Part 1; the logical original terminus of CA 12 and it's unbuilt reroute alignment  CA 12 was one of the original run of Sign State Routes announced in a August 1934 Department of Public Works Guide .  CA 12 originally had a western terminus at CA 1 in Jenner of Sonoma County via Legislative Route 104 west of Santa Rosa. CA 12 can be seen ending at Jenner and CA 1 via LRN 104 on the 1963 Division of Highways State Map. During the 1964 State H...

While on a recent Bay Area trip I drove a portion of California State Route 185 from Interstate 238 in Ashland to CA 112 in downtown San Leandro. Prior to recent relinquishment in the City of Hayward the route of CA 185 was a 10 mile State Highway.  CA 185 once began at CA 92/CA 238 in downtown Hayward and headed northwest to CA 77 in Oakland on 14th Street. The route of CA 185 was part of LRN 105 which was defined by the state legislature in 1933.  The route of LRN 105 incorporated much of what is now CA 92 and the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge.  North out of Hayward liked used the following route: -  From Mission Boulevard from Foothill Boulevard north out of the City of Hayward. -  14th Street through Ashland and San Leandro into Oakland. -  14th Street to 44th Avenue. -  44th Avenue to 12th Street. -  12th Street to Lake Merit Boulevard which was part of LRN 5.  LRN 5 out of Oakland was part of US 101E by 1929 and later US 50 when...