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Pacific Highway
Submitted by kevhum on Mon, 06/25/2007 - 1:30am.
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This is a postcard dated 1928 showing the Pacific Highway on the Calif.-Oregon border. Most likely Interstate 5 now. Looks like it's slow going on that gravel. No 65 mph on this road.
Pacific Highway
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 12/21/2007 - 4:27pm.
The old stage coach road is still visible as it crosses old Hwy 99 and I-5. This picture is probably that same road. I'll bet that sign next to the car tells you a list of things you aren't allowed to do or possess in California.
US 99
Submitted by US-Highways.com (RV Droz) on Fri, 12/21/2007 - 1:40pm.
Looks to me like Jefferson Road, Old UD 99, that runs to the east of I-5 / SR 99.
Oops.
Submitted by notycoon22 on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 6:58pm.
Pardon my conclusion jumping. Pacific Highway, it is, and that would make it Highway 99.
Don Hall
Yreka, CA
Re: Pacific Highway
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 6:52pm.
Nobody said this was the Pacific Coast Highway. It's the Pacific Highway, a completely different route.
Please post a higher resolution image.
Submitted by notycoon22 on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 6:49pm.
It's definitely not the Pacific Coast highway if it says Siskiyou County. Looks like it might be the border of old Highway 99, although the vegetation doesn't look quite right. Would love to see a higher resolution picture so I can check out the details.
Don Hall
Yreka, CA
Pacific Highway
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 7:55pm.
Wikipedia article on the Pacific Highway.
Speaking of resolution, Kev, when you save your scans as jpegs you should choose "large file size" or "high image quality." Often this is shown as numerical scale from 1 (low quality) to 12 (high quality). All of your jpegs have a quality level of 3, which is why they are kind of fuzzy and pixelated.
pacific highway
Submitted by kevhum on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 7:50pm.
It's not the pacific coast highway, anyway I don't think all the signs are readadle at the resolution that the photo is posted at but one of them says Siskiyou county.
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Submitted by Richard Smith on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 3:59pm.
If the photo was taken on the Pacific Highway would that not now be Highway 101 on the coast? I-5 is some distance inland. That would place the location about 4 0r 5 miles south of Brookings, Oregon
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