Circumstance brought me to the Monterey Peninsula on Monday. I generally find myself in the area very frequently so I decided to finish some route clinches of the more conventional highways, in this particular case California State Route 68. I made my way north on US 101 to Salinas CA 68 on John Street. John Street from Abbott Street west to South Main Street is a previous alignment of US 101. CA 68 is an east/west route but largely travels southwest/northeast between Salinas and Monterey. I was traveling westbound so I had to turn Main Street to continue towards Monterey. CA 68 is odd in that it is heavily traveled roadway but is largely still a two-lane highway. CA 68 has two small freeway segments along the 22 miles of roadway, the first is immediately outside the city limits of Salinas which traverses the Salinas River. Spreckels Boulevard and County Route G17/Reservation Road both have exits on this short freeway segment which ...
Because every road has a story.