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Subject: Re: Seeking a map of Old U.S. 40 in the Carquinez Straits area,
California,
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:52:15 -0800
From: Virginia R Hetrick PhD <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>
Hi, Ken and Robert -
I don't understand Robert's comment about the map from the UT system
where he said that "Foothill Boulevard" towards the bottom of the map
has a note about to being the route to Sacto, etc. and inland route to
Los Angeles was "apparently part of Rt. 66".
That Foothill Boulevard is NOT part of Route 66 and the term "inland
route to Los Angeles" refers to the numbered highway referred to as
US99 (which now stops north of the Tejon Pass, replaced by I5 as far
as I can tell by driving the route).
Route 66 (US 66) has always been in Southern California after running
through the Mojave to Barstow and southwest through the remainder of
San Bernardino county, eastern Los Angeles county, then west
(essentially at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains) to Los Angeles
city, through the city and the city of Santa Monica to the Santa
Monica Pier. And the route has also been called Foothill Boulevard
for a significant portion on its route, mostly in between Pasadena and
points east and is called Huntington Drive from eastern Los Angeles
city to Azusa.
In more recent times, Foothill Boulevard is variously named. One
present day popular name is "Route 66" which is particularly fancied
by the current local preservationists who seem to be fond of the name
because of series of city festivals presently held in the fall called
"Route 66" in towns like Duarte, Azusa, and Rancho Cucamunga (if you
were a fan of the Jack Benny Show on radio, it's the same one as the
train station named Cucamonga) that feature old cars and other
historical memorabilia as well as copies of the memorabilia such as
2012 Hawaiian shirts (rather than 1940s and 1950s), etc.
Hope this helps.
v
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