Southern California Regional Rocks and Roads - US 6

September 2021 Presentation

Michael F Ballard — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:08:04 +0000

Join the Historic Highway 99 Association of California for a presentation on the history of US 99 and the Newhall Pass on September 14, 2021 at 6pm via Zoom. The history of the roadway will be covered from the Newhall Tunnel in 1910 to the HOV ramp at the I-5 / State 14 interchange in ...

Featured Image – 7/22/2021

Michael F Ballard — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 02:04:39 +0000

In 1955, the first section of the Golden State Freeway opened. It was a short section, running from near Weldon Summit to Foothill Blvd. The freeway was the first major attempt to improve traffic in the Newhall Pass area and it did help for a time. The freeway remained until the early 1970’s when the ...

Featured Image – 2/8/2021

Michael F Ballard — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 01:06:46 +0000

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the February 9, 1971 M6.6 Sylmar / San Fernando Earthquake, our featured image shows the construction work in progress on the I-5 and State 14 interchange in 1970. This work would be halted abruptly in the early hours of February 9, 1971. After this, it would be reconstructed two ...

Updates to Highway Logs

Michael F Ballard — Sun, 18 Aug 2019 17:56:07 +0000

As a way to keep track of the immense amount of data regarding old highways, I created highway logs to store the data. They were originally designed after 1940’s state highway logs from the Division of Highways. I have made them available on this website on my Site Documents page. The logs for US 6 ...

US 6 on US 6

Michael F Ballard — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 01:16:31 +0000

In mid-October, I went on a road trip, part of which covered a section of US 6. It was the first time I had taken US 6 on a motorcycle, let alone my US 6 plated one. I felt it was a good opportunity to take a photo.

US 6 – Santa Clara River Bridge – A Closer Look

Michael F Ballard — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 03:08:59 +0000

US Highway 6, now known as Sierra Highway, crossed the Santa Clara River near Solemint, California. The bridge it originally used, constructed in 1938, is planned to be replaced in the near future. This bridge is one of the oldest remaining in the Santa Clarita area and is the longest span on former US 6 ...

US 6 Tour goes east!

Michael F Ballard — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 18:00:06 +0000

It has been a while since I’ve added to my US 6 tour. For quite some time, it “only” went to Tonopah, Nevada. While that town makes for a good end point, it left quite a bit of very interesting and scenic highway out of the tour. US 6 across Nevada is one of the ...