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...

This past November I drove the entirety of California State Route 37 between Interstate 80 in Vallejo to US Route 101 near Novato.  CA 37 west of the Napa River to CA 121 at Sears Point is known as the "Blood Alley of San Pablo Bay." CA 37 is an 21 mile east/west State Highway which connects I-80 in Vallejo of Solano County west to US 101 near Novato of Marin County.  CA 37 has an 11 mile segment west of US 101 that is unbuilt towards planned CA 251 (formerly planned CA 17) near Nicasio.   Part 1; the history of CA 37, the Sears Point Toll Road, CA 48, CA 121, and the "Blood Alley" What is now CA 37 between US 101 and CA 121 entered the State Highway System as part Legislative Route 8 .  LRN 8 was defined as part of the 1909 First State Highway Bond Act as a highway routed between LRN 1 in Ignacio east to Cordelia by way of Napa at Legislative Route 7.  LRN 8 can be seen on the 1918 Division of Highways State Map .  In a Augu...