Gribblenation

While on two recent Bay Area I wanted to get a sample of all the local State Highways, freeways and Historic Highway alignments that I haven't covered in previous blogs.  One such former alignment caught my eye on my second trip; former US Route 40 along San Pablo Avenue/California State Route 123 to the original western US 40 terminus at Oakland City Hall. When US 40 was created along with the rest of the US Route System in 1926 the original western terminus was in downtown Oakland.  Specifically US 40 ended on San Pablo Avenue at a shared corner with 14th Street and Broadway.  Early US 40 was routed from the Benicia-Martinez Ferry over Carquinez Straight into Contra Costa County.  In Contra Costa County the route of US 40 followed Legislative Route 14 through San Pablo where it picked up San Pablo Avenue.  US 40/LRN 14 followed San Pablo Avenue to the Alameda County Line where State Maintenance terminated.  US 40 followed San Pablo Avenue south thr...

In Fremont this is short 1 mile State Highway connecting I-880 east to I-680 known as California State Route 262. CA 262 is something of an oddity given it is sparsely signed and now exists essentially as a connector route between I-880 and I-680 on Mission Boulevard.  CA 262 partially is a freeway east of it's junction with I-880 near to Warm Springs Boulevard.  This small segment of freeway on CA 262 was once the temporary northern end of the Nimitz Freeway when CA 17 (pre-1964 Legislative Route Number) was routed over it circa 1954-1955 to Warm Springs Boulevard. 1954 State Highway Map  1955 State Highway Map East of Warm Springs Boulevard CA 262 to I-680 exists on a former segment of LRN 5 on Mission Boulevard.  This particular segment of CA 262/Mission Boulevard was once part of US Route 48 between 1926 through 1929.  CA 262/Mission Boulevard east of Warm Springs Boulevard became part of US 101E from 1929 likely to 1935.  At least by 1940 CA...