Historic Highway 99 Association of California
Dedicated to the preservation of California's Main Street – former US Highway 99
Our Highway 99 Adventures are hitting the road! Well, sort of. We have been working on getting some materials for distribution ready and we finally have a brochure for Region 3 – the San Joaquin Valley. Due to space limitations, we had to pick one location from each county. If you’d like some copies to … Read more
Come join us for another episode of History along US 99 where we talk about the Palm and Pine near Madera, California.
Old routes, destinations, and even locations that have long since disappeared from maps sometimes reappear or never really disappeared on road signs. These “ghosts” appear in many forms, if you know what to look for. Mind you, some are more obvious, as shown in the photo below where a piece of overlay, or “greenout” fell … Read more
Greetings All! I wanted to give some updates on the Pine and Palm. I recently had a meeting with Caltrans District 6 to discuss the project and what our intentions are for the landmark trees. Signage We explained that, while we appreciated and liked their idea of planting more trees along the southbound side of … Read more
The historic Pine and Palm in the Heart of California is planned to be removed in the next year and we need your help to save them! Caltrans is planning to widen Highway 99 through the area to six lanes, which will necessitate the removal of the historic site. As a mitigation, they plan to … Read more