Gribblenation

While traveling through Sacramento Valley earlier this month I drove the entirety of California State Route 149. CA 149 is a short 5 mile expressway completely located within Butte County.  CA 149 starts at CA 99 near Chico and travels southeast towards CA 70 near Oroville.  CA 149 was part of Legislative Route Number 87 which was created by the State Legislature in 1933 according to CAhighways.org. CAhighways.org on CA 149 A state maintained LRN 87 appears on the 1934 State Highway Map between Chico and Oroville. 1934 State Highway Map During the 1964 State Highway Renumbering LRN 87 between Chico and Oroville (technically Wicks Corner) was assigned CA 149.  CA 149 does not appear to have been signed in 1964. 1963 State Highway Map 1964 State Highway Map CA 149 first appears on the 1969 State Highway Map as a signed route. 1969 State Highway Map CA 149 was part of what was known as the "East Valley Corridor."  The East Valley Corridor consiste...

Upon leaving the Bay Area I turned off Interstate 80 and headed eastward into the Sacramento River Delta on California State Route 12.  My next destination was California State Route 113 northbound which is partially made of segments of what was; US Route 40, US Route 40A, US Route 99W and California State Route 24. CA 113 is a 59 mile north/south State Highway which was created out various previous designations during the 1964 State Highway Renumbering.  Specifically the current route of CA 113 was created out of the following highway segments: -  From CA 12 in the Sacramento River Delta north to I-80 was part of Legislative Route Number 101.  LRN 101 was added to the State Highway system between LRN 53 (later CA 12) and LRN 7/US 40 in Dixon in 1933 according to CAhighways.org. CAhighways.org on LRN 101 The current route of CA 113 in Dixon along 1st Street from Adams Street north I-80 was part of the original path of US 40/LRN 7.  US 40 originally tr...