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Streetcar tracks in Bankers Hill
While riding home today from downtown San Diego, I passed some construction on 5th Ave between Olive St and Palm St. It seems that the tracks…
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Los Angeles And Salt Lake Railroad – Santa Ana River Bridge
In the Jurupa area of Riverside, there is a really neat old railroad bridge. Built in 1904, it was a part of the former San Pedro,…
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Unusual Street in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills
In the Hollywood Hills off of Coldwater Canyon Road, there is an unusual street. First turning off of Coldwater Canyon as Cherokee Lane in Los Angeles,…
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Old Wabash Freeway Ramp
In the 1950’s, a section of what is now the 15 in San Diego was built. Known then as the Wabash Freeway, it ran from Harbor…
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Brea Canyon – Old Highway 57
Even in heavily built up Orange County, there can still be places where old highways can be seen. One of the best examples is located in…
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April 2010 Baja Quake – Part 2
In July 2010, I was able to go to Baja California with a friend. Part of our route traversed Federal Highway 2 (Mexico), which suffered some…
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Fixing problems in San Diego – And how you can help
In the City of San Diego, there are many roadways with problems. Some are badly cracked, crumbling, filled with potholes, and worse. The City has been…
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Poppies in bloom!
On a trip to Grapevine Canyon today, I saw quite a few poppies in bloom. Grapevine Canyon and the area around the California Poppy Reserve were…
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Brawley Bypass
A new bypass highway was completed a couple years ago by Caltrans around Brawley. Signed as State 78 and State 111, it forms a northeast loop…
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Road Building in San Gabriel Canyon
In the early 1930’s, Los Angeles County began construction of an additional roadway over the San Gabriel Mountains via the East Fork of the San Gabriel…
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Following old US 91 near Corona
I took a trip recently to the Corona area to check out some of the old alignments of US 91. I had been there before, but…
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91 Express Lanes
I found out recently that the 91 Express Lanes, the toll lanes in the median of the 91 Freeway from the 55 to the Riverside County…