Gribblenation

This past October I drove the entirety of California State Route 371 from CA 79 northeast to CA 74. CA 371 is a 21 mile east/west State Highway which serves as a connector between CA 79 and CA 74.  CA 371 is entirely located within Riverside County. Part 1; the history of California State Route 371 The current alignment that is now CA 371 was added to the State Highway System in 1959 as Legislative Route 277 according to CAhighways.  The planned alignment of LRN 277 first appears on the 1960 Division of Highways State Map .  Cahuilla Road and Kenworthy-Bautista Road are shown to be more or less the existing through route. It appears that instead of building a new alignment for LRN 277 the Division of Highways opted to assume maintenance of Cahuilla Road and Kenworthy-Bautista Road.  LRN 277 can be seen aligned over Cahuilla Road and Kenworthy-Bautista Road on the 1962 Division of Highways State Map . During the 1964 State Highway Renumbering L...