Gribblenation

Back in 2016 I explored some of the derelict roadways of the Sonoran Desert of Riverside County which were part of US Route 60/70; Chuckwalla Valley Road and Ragsdale Road. US 60 and US 70 were not part of the original run of US Routes in California.  According to USends.com US 60 was extended into California by 1932.  US 60 doesn't appear on the California State Highway Map until the 1934 edition. USends.com on US 60 endpoints 1934 State Highway Map Conversely US 70 was extended into California by 1934, it first appears on the 1936 State Highway Map. USends.com on US 70 endpoints 1936 State Highway Map When US 60 and US 70 were extended into California they both utilized what was Legislative Route Number 64 from the Arizona State Line west to Coachella Valley.  LRN 64 was part of the 1919 Third State Highway Bond Act routes.  The original definition of LRN 64 routed between Mecca in Blythe and wasn't extended to the Arizona State Line until 1931 acc...

When I left the Chicago area on my recent Mid-Western trip my next destination was in downtown Detroit.  After leaving Chicago via Interstate 90 on the Chicago Skyway and Indiana Toll Road I turned east on I-94 towards Detroit.  I wouldn't deviate from I-94 for about 250 miles. Interstate 94 is a 1,585.20 mile east/west Interstate and is by far the largest non-X0 even digit Interstate.  I-94 was one of the original planned Federal Highway Act of 1956 Interstate routes.  I-94 begins concurrent with I-69 at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Michigan at the Canadian Border/western terminus of Kings Highway 402 and ends at I-90/US 212/US 87 in Billings, Montana.  I-94 is an incredibly vital link for commerce in the Mid-West and a popular port of entry from Canada. Within Indiana I-94 largely was a limited access grade replacement for US Route 12 (especially when US 12 was on the Indiana Toll Road and Chicago Skyway).  Within Michigan I-94 was a direct...