Join me as I drive the full length of former U.S. Route 99 from the Mexican border at Calexico CA (top right) to the Canadian border at Blaine WA.

 

Though no longer signed as a U.S. highway, “Old 99” remains a very important part of surface transportation in the western U.S.

 

The concrete surface of the historic “Ridge Route” north of Los Angeles (bottom right) was poured in 1915-1917.

This historic roadway was signed as U.S. Route 99 from 1926 to 1933 when the alignment was moved to a more “modern” three-lane highway – an unsafe arrangement that didn’t last long.

 

Final details of “U.S. Route 99” are being written now.  I expect the book will be available for sale in the first half of 2010. 

 

Stay tuned to my web site for production updates.

 

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Page header photo: Northern end of the Ridge Route at California Route 138 near Gorman.

"Old 99" between Calexico CA (above) and Indio CA has been officially recognized as a historic route, and signed accordingly.

This is part of the original "Ridge Route" north of Los Angeles, and the stuff of highway legend.