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Cajon Pass Tour – Update
See you out there in the Cajon Pass on Saturday, August 12 at 8 am. While it will be warm, the tour should be a lot…
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Cajon Pass Tour Update
After reviewing the weather forecast for August 12 in the Cajon Pass area, it will be hot. Potentially, a bit over 100 degrees. As such, I…
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August 12, 2017 Cajon Pass Highway Tour – Updated
On August 12, 2017, I will be hosting this websites first highway tour in the Cajon Pass area. This tour will cover the roadway from Verdemont…
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Poll results and the first tour
After taking a small poll on this site regarding possible highway tours, the results are in. It would seem that the Cajon Pass area was the…
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A tunnel on US 80?
In the late 1940’s, plans were being drawn for improvements to US 80 in San Diego County. The highway, as it was then, had changed little…
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Highway Tours Coming
While it is still early in the process, I am considering developing some in-person highway tours of some of the historic routes in Southern California. The…
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The FasTrak experiment continues…
FasTrak is an interesting thing in California. Instead of one unified system, it is broken up into many different agencies with different rules and transponders. Recently,…
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US 6 – Santa Clara River Bridge – A Closer Look
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…
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FasTrak and Express Lane Information
After having done a fair amount of research into how roads in Southern California are tolled and how each agency handles the tolling itself, I decided…
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Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup – May 20, 2017
On May 20, 2017, I am planning a cleanup of my section on I-5 in Grapevine Canyon. Specifically, this is KER-005-6.0/8.0. For those interested in joining,…