Dedicated to the preservation of California's Main Street – former US Highway 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:
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Saugus Cafe Needs Your Help!
The Saugus Cafe, which has been in business for 132 years, is in danger of closing. With the ongoing crisis, business has slowed and restrictions are in place making it tougher than ever. This restaurant is a part of the history of Santa Clarita and US 99. It is located at 25861 Railroad Avenue (formerly San Fernando Road) in Santa Clarita, California. As a kid, I always enjoyed going there and getting a seat near the window so I could watch the trains go by. I was last able to stop there in January 2020. It isn’t truly a Ridge Route trip without it, as it is the LAST place that is still around that dates to that era AND is along the route.
If you’d like to help save this historic restaurant and learn more, KHTS radio has a detailed article here. The Saugus Cafe has also started a “GoFundMe” account. If you are in the area, please stop by the restaurant and show your support! We need places like this to keep going, as without we lose a part of our heritage and a connection to the past.
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.
Thanks to a generous and unexpected donation last night, we were able to purchase a PO Box this morning. Now we have an address, which is quite helpful.
As of the morning of 12/8/2020, the Historic Highway 99 Association of California is now officially incorporated as a California Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation. We can now really begin our work. Positions are still available as well. This is great news, certainly for Historic US 99.