CARxR 2.01: Route 1 – Orange County

Welcome back to season 2 of California Highways: Route by Route. With Season 2 we return to the original premise of the podcast: Going route by route through every state highway. We start with Route 1 and its segment in Orange County. In this episode, we’ll go over what was the first national highway, the first state highway, the first legislative route, and then explore the history of today’s route 1, looking specifically at the segment from Dana Point to Seal Beach. We hope to pick up the pace a little (after all, we have 34 planned seasons to get through), and the next episode will cover Route 1 in Los Angeles County.

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Here are some relevant links (I may edit this to add more links in later):

• California Highways:
  • Route 1
  • Sign Route 3
  • US 101A
  • LRN 56
  • LRN 60
• Gribblenation:
  • California State Route 1 (master Route 1 page)
  • Los Alamitos Traffic Circle; current California State Route 1/former US Route 101 Alternate and US Route 91
  • Former California State Route 240
• Other Road Scholars:
  • California @ AARoads: California 1
  • Southern California Regional Rocks and Roads (Michael Ballard): SR-1: PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY / LINCOLN BLVD / SEPULVEDA BLVD
• Other Resources:
  • US DOT/FHWA: The National Road
  • US DOT/FHWA: U.S. 1: Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida
  • PBS Socal/KCET: From Roosevelt Highway to the 1: A Brief History of Pacific Coast Highway
  • Dana Point Times: Coastlines: PCH: A Tale of Two Highways
  • SoCal Landmarks: PCH Monument
  • Stu News Laguna: Coast Highway or PCH: Local lingo or official name?
  • California Highways and Public Works, November 1926: Pickford and Fairbanks Help Dedicate Highway
  • Crystal Cove State Park: History
  • OC History Roundup: Pacific Coast Highway and Huntington Beach
  • This Date in Seal Beach History: December 8th in Seal Beach History
  • Dana Point Times: It’s History: Pacific Coast Freeway? (sic)
  • Stu News Newport: Newport Beach in the Rearview Mirror – “The Freeway That Almost Destroyed Newport” 
  • Newport Beach in the Rearview Mirror (podcast):
    • Ep 14: The Coastal Freeway: A Concrete Monster Almost Unleashed on Newport
    • Ep 15: The Coastal Freeway: A Postscript
  • OCTA: Pacific Coast Highway Corridor Study Executive Summary
  • LA Times: Pacific Coast Highway improvements coming to Huntington Beach

We encourage you to explore our back catalog through this site or our Spotify for Podcasters home.