Gribblenation

This past month I drove the entirety of former California State Route 231 west of Mecca in Coachella Valley of Riverside County. Former CA 231 was an approximately 4 mile State Highway which connected former CA 195 west on 66th Avenue to former CA 86 in Valerie. Part 1; history of the California State Route 231 designation The first CA 231 was initially added to the State Highway System as Legislative Route 204 in 1935 according to CAhighways .  The future route of LRN 204 appears on the 1935 Division of Highways Map of Riverside County as a heavily traveled County Highway.   LRN 204 first appears on the 1936-37 Division of Highways Map aligned between US 99 and CA 111. During the 1964 Highway Renumbering LRN 204 was reassigned as CA 231.  CA 231 first appears routed from CA 86 and CA 195 on the 1964 Division of Highways Map . According to CAhighways the first CA 231 was deleted from the State Highway System in 1972.  The 1975 Caltra...