Southern California Regional Rocks and Roads - Palm Springs

US 99 – Edom to Calimesa – Part 1

Michael F Ballard — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:52:53 +0000

Part 1 – Edom to Banning Varner Road and Garnet RoadThousand Palms to Garnet From Thousand Palms to Garnet, old US 99 ran along Varner Road and Garnet Road. This was the original alignment and lasted until the 1940’s when this section was upgraded to an expressway on a new alignment. In January 1922, construction ...

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Michael F Ballard — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 03:06:15 +0000

Mystery bridge over the San Jacinto River

Michael F Ballard — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 03:12:00 +0000

On Sunday, June 16, I went on a motorcycle ride out toward Palm Springs. On Hwy 74 just east of Hemet, I stopped to inspect an abandoned concrete arch bridge to the side of the current bridge. The “new” span, where Hwy 74 crosses today, was built in 1929. This makes the abandoned span most ...