Begin US Route 99

    This sign marks the beginning of US Route 99. This is at the southern end of the highway, in Calexico, California, across the U.S./Mexico border from Mexicali, Baja California.

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    Update: This image was used in an article by Brian Herzog on the Swiss Army Librarian website: 2009 Begins with 99 Things, January 1, 2009.
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    Corner of East First Street and Heffernan Avenue, Calexico, California.

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      Jay Tilston added this photo to his favorites. (53 months ago)

    2. Jeanne Kliemesch / off ...busy (53 months ago | reply)

      :) I only know a bit about route 66
      oh well just turn the picture : ))

    3. “Caveman Chuck” Coker (53 months ago | reply)

      Jeanne Kliemesch — When you go north, it's Route 99. When you go south, it's Route 66. Just kidding. ;-)

    4. john4kc (53 months ago | reply)

      "When you go north, it's Route 99. When you go south, it's Route 66". I live a block from Route 69 and that's no kidding!

      Great sign photo here. This should be the first one in your new pool.

    5. “Caveman Chuck” Coker (53 months ago | reply)

      john4kc — If you stand on your head, what does Route 69 turn into?

      Do you have any good online sources for old maps? Route 66 gets more coverage than all other U.S. Routes combined and I'm having trouble tracking down exact routes for non-66 highways. Even Route 66 is hard to figure out in some places.

    6. john4kc (53 months ago | reply)

      I've never really looked for old maps online except for the few paper maps I've purchased online. One thing I like to do now is look at Google Earth and around small towns you can get lots of clues about how a highway used to run. I drove old 36 all the way across MO and the aerial views helped me find things I never would have found. I also have a DeLORME Atlas & Gazetteer for MO that is the next best thing. It's a current map but it shows every detail. I bet if you went to Wal-Mart or Barnes and Noble and looked at one for CA you would buy it. I also bet it would have a lot of old 99 marked as such.

      I did just Google "historic map highway 99" and came up with some neat stuff including the following:
      www.usends.com/mapguy/MapPgs/mapx99.htm
      www.geocities.com/usend9099/End099/end099.htm

    7. “Caveman Chuck” Coker (53 months ago | reply)

      john4kc — Thanks, I'll have to check out the DeLorme maps next time I see one. I was just looking at the maps in those links. At first I thought, "Cool! I wonder how he made those links purple. I can never get fonts to change color on Flickr." Duh!

    8. john4kc (53 months ago | reply)

      The DeLorme Maps are Atlas size books of just each state so have your mind set fixed for that size. Try the sporting goods counter at Wal-mart.

    9. “Caveman Chuck” Coker (53 months ago | reply)

      john4kc — Great! I looked them up online to see what the covers look like. I'll check them out next time I'm in Wal-Mart or someplace else that sells them.

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      Happyshooter, Thomas Hawk, and bigmikelakers added this photo to their favorites.

    11. loungelistener (45 months ago | reply)

      They're $20 each, so it can get really expensive to get multiple states. (Except the CA and TX editions, those are $25 ea) You can get a better deal by buying them from DeLorme themselves as their Boxed Value Sets. (And then you don't have to support Walmart either.) I wish I'd known about these box sets before I'd already bought my MI, OH, IN and IL editions. (sigh) I'd love to get the entire set for the US, but $650 would be hard to sneak past the wife. ;-) (And besides... I'll probably never need the AK or HI editions.) They are, without a doubt, the best thing you can have when road-tripping and exploring a state.

      I've yet to find any store (including WalMart) that sells them cheaper than their list price. If you do go buy them, check the dates. I've been in some stores that had three year old editions, with current ones in the back. I'll take the latest, thanks. (They're not updated every year, so just look for latest.)

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      lg optimus logic cell phone ernesto added this photo to his favorites. (7 months ago)

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