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By Diane Douglas, December 4, 2012
The Ridge Route Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Newhall Ranch Road (State Highway 126) at Golden State Freeway (Interstate 5), on the right when traveling east on Newhall Ranch Road. |
| | The super highway of its day when opened in 1915, The Ridge Route, California’s first mountain highway, has been credited by some (for better or worse) as saving the state from being divided into two separate states. Constructed, graded, and paved . . . — — Map (db m121867) HM |
| Near Vista Del Lago Road at Interstate 5. |
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In front of you in the hills, high above freeway Interstate 5, is a portion of the historic 1915 two-lane “Ridge Route”. The power lines follow it.
The original Ridge Route was constructed in 1914-1915 by pick, shovel and mule drawn Fresno . . . — — Map (db m152085) HM |
Jun. 16, 2024