This past month I drove the entirety of the California State Route 120 freeway from west CA 99 to I-5. The route of the CA 120 freeway has historic connections to US Route 99W when it ran between Manteca and Stockton. US 99W was routed on what was Legislative Route Number 5 south of Stockton and LRN 66 east from Lantrop to Manteca. LRN 66 later would be incorporated into the routing of CA 120 on Yosemite Avenue. LRN 66 between modern day I-5 and CA 99 was part of a 1921 Legislative route adoption according to CAhighways.org. CAhighways.org on CA 120 Originally US 99 had an elongated alignment south of Stockton. US 99 southbound entered Stockton on Wilson Way where turned west on Charter Way and south on McKinley Avenue. US 99 continued south to French Camp via El Dorado Road and onto French Camp Road where it met US 48 at Harlan Road. US 99 continued southeast on French Camp Road to Main Street in Manteca. This alignment appears t...
Because every road has a story.