Category: Projects

99 Alert – Mountain Gate – UPDATED

Stolen sign

UPDATE: Shasta County will be replacing the sign. Some good news at least. Still no word as to who took it or where it is now.

Sometime in the last week, one of the Historic Route 99 signs was stolen from the Mountain Gate area near Redding, CA in Shasta County (Region 1). The sign was taken from the corner of Wonderland Blvd and Fawndale Rd. The entire post was also taken, cut at the base. If you have any information regarding this theft, have seen the sign for sale, or anything else, please contact us! We are working with the group that posted the sign to get the word out and help however we can. Photos courtesy – Dari Fairburn.

Fundraiser – Signs

Our first big fundraiser is for a batch of signs for our sign projects in the Imperial Valley covering El Centro, Imperial, Brawley, and Westmoreland. This project will work to get these signs posted through those towns and we will need your help. After reviewing cost estimates from various companies, we will be ordering 10 12×18 Historic Route 99 signs from Zumar. Our fundraising goal is $475 for these signs, which will eventually be posted as they get approved. If you wish to donate to this campaign, please use the link below or send a check to:

Historic Highway 99 Association of California
PO BOX 34062
San Diego, CA 92163

Thank you for your support!

Total As of 5/3/2021 – $430

Previously raised funds went to the 04IMP21001 – Calexico portion of the project

99 Alert – Calimesa Area

Roberts Road, highlighted in orange, between Cherry Valley Blvd and Singleton Road

A section of US 99 in Calimesa, Riverside County, with concrete dating to 1925, is in danger of being destroyed and forgotten due to developments on the adjacent land. Known as Roberts Road, running for nearly 3/4 mile between Cherry Valley Blvd and Singleton Road, has the last intact and exposed concrete between Yucaipa and Whitewater. This was US 99 from 1926-1937.

As the roadway is to be realigned to the south, we propose making this into a recreational path or at least preserving the contractors date stamps in the paving. This is a treasure that needs to live on.

Looking easterly along Roberts Road
One of the intact stamps from May 9, 1925.

Contact the City of Calimesa, tell them the Historic Highway 99 Association of California sent you and that you don’t want this section destroyed! Show your support for preserving what is left of US 99 in that area.

City of Calimesa Contacts:

Main Website – http://www.cityofcalimesa.net/

909-795-9801 – Main number
City Manager – Bonnie Johnson – bjohnson@cityofcalimesa.net
909-795-9801 x239

Planning Commission – Agency in charge of planning
Area is under the “Summerland Ranch Specific Plan”

Current Signage on 99

We need your help! We are working on a list of all cities that currently have Historic Route 99 signage, in any form. Our list so far is below. Let us know if it is incomplete. For a key to our regions, see this link – HH99AC Regions.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Region 1:

  • Weed
  • Mt. Shasta City
  • Dunsmuir
  • Mountain Gate
  • Shasta Lake
  • Red Bluff
  • Chico
  • Williams

Region 2

  • Pending

Region 3

  • Bakersfield

Region 4

  • Los Angeles
  • Burbank
  • Indio
  • Calexico

Upcoming Projects

With the holidays and lockdowns in place, starting our projects will unfortunately be a bit slow. Come 2021 however, things will shift into “high gear” and we will be pressing various projects forward. Right now, we are focusing on smaller projects, partly to get started and see how it goes, mostly to make solid progress sooner than later. With that in mind, here is a list of projects we are planning to start in the first half of 2021:

Signing
Fundraising efforts will be needed for each project

Calexico – 04IMP21001 – Replace existing faded signage at the END / BEGIN point of US 99

Banning / Beaumont – 04RIV21001 – Implement new signage along 6th St (Beaumont) and Ramsey St (Banning). Possibly work with Caltrans to get signage at end interchanges (I-10 Exit 93 and I-10 Exit 102).

Ontario – 04SBD21001 – Implement new signage along Holt Ave between Benson Ave and I-10 Exit 55A.

Administration

Outreach Coordinator – Recruit new Outreach Coordinator to help implement our Statewide outreach projects and manage Regional Coordinators

Regional Coordinators – Recruit new Regional Coordinators for Region 1 (Northern California), Region 3 (San Joaquin Valley), and Region 4 (Southern California)

Contact us for additional information about any of these projects. If you are interested in getting involved with any of these, let us know! We’d love to hear from you.

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