In Episode 2.05 of California Highways: Route by Route, we continue our exploration of Route 1 by exploring everything about the segment of Route 1 from Carmel in Monterey County to just N of the Tom Lantos Tunnels near Montara (in San Mateo Couny). This includes communities such as Carmel, Monterey, Seaside, Watsonville, Castroville, Aptos, Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Coastline, Half Moon Bay, and Montara. As always, we go over the history of this segment of the route, the history of the route through various communities , the freeway plans, discuss relinquishments, names, and some current plans. We also talk in detail about the Devil’s Slide and the Tom Lantos Tunnels, as well as projects in Santa Cruz. Looking forward, episode 2.06 will continue our exploration of Route 1 with the portions between Pacifica to (and including) the city of San Francisco.
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Here are some relevant links (I may edit this to add more links in later):
- California Highways:
- Gribblenation:
- California State Route 1 (master Route 1 page)
- Historic Highway Alignments in Castroville (CA 1, CA 156 and CA 183)
- November Bay Area Trip Part 7; California_State_Route 1 from_I-280_south to CA 17
- Former alignments of California State Route 1 from Santa Cruz north to Half Moon Bay
- Former California State Route 1 in Aptos
- Former California State Route 1 over Old Pedro Mountain Road
- California State Route 1 Tom Lantos Tunnels/Old California State Route 1 Devil’s Slide
- Other Road Scholars:
- California @ AARoads: California 1
- Other Links:
- Aptos History Museum: Highway One, A Blessing And A Curse By John Hibble
- Pacifica Historical Society: Tom Lantos Tunnels
- HNTB: Tom Lantos Tunnels
- KQED: The Turns and Twists of the Devil’s Slide Tunnel
- Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC): Highway 1 Corridor Investment Program
- County of San Mateo: Moss Beach State Route 1 Congestion & Safety Improvements Project
- GBH Boston: The Big Dig Podcast
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