Over the Fourth of July holiday weekend I drove the entirety of California State Route 104 from CA 99 in Galt east to CA 88 in Martell. CA 104 is a 28 mile east/west highway which traverses sections of Sacramento County and Amador County. Presently CA 104 has an 8 mile segment of un-constructed roadway beyond the east terminus in Martel. CA 104 was one of the original 1934 Signed State Highways which was announced in an August 1934 Department of Public Works Publication as being aligned from Walnut Grove east to Jackson. 1934 Department of Public Works Guide anncouning the Signed State Highways CA 104 first appears on the 1935 Goshua Highway Map of California being routed between US 99 near Walnut Grove east to CA 49 in Jackson. It appears that CA 104 was likely signed west of Galt on locally the locally maintained roads of; New Hope Road, Thorton Road and Walnut Grove Road to CA 12. This possible alignment of CA 104 isn't fully clear but was common befo...
Because every road has a story.