Category: Region 3

99 Alert – Mammoth Orange

The Fossil Discovery Museum near Chowchilla, California needs your help. They are in the process of restoring the former Mammoth Orange that was cited along Highway 99 at Fairmead until freeway construction closed off its access in 2007. The last operating Giant or Mammoth Orange stand along old 99 was rescued and will be reopened nearby. The museum is raising funds for this effort. They can use your support! Lets help bring back a piece of Highway 99 history. Make sure to tell them the Highway 99 Association sent you!

Their website:

https://www.maderamammoths.org/projects.html

Link to their fundraiser:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/mammothorange

Where on 99? #4

This section of 15′ concrete was bypassed pretty early in the history of 99. It is located within Region 3. Where was this photo taken? Use the form below the photo to submit your entry.

Answer for #3:

The photo showed the former North Burbank Underpass in Burbank, California.

Where on 99? #2

Today’s photo was taken in 2012 and is one half of a section of former expressway. It was bypassed in the 1970’s and is located in Region 3. Where is it?

Answer for #1:

The photo shows a section of former US 99 known as Floyd Lane between Bowman Road and Sunset Hills Drive in Tehama County just south of Cottonwood. The concrete dates to the late 1910’s and was bypassed about 1940.