CA RxR 4.03: Route 9: Santa Cruz and Saratoga

Episode 4.03 starts a pair of episodes that explore Route 9, which in its post-1964 version runs from Santa Cruz to Saratoga and Los Gatos. Before 1964, Route 9 continued N up to the Mountain View area, and then across to Milpitas, and up to the Castro Valley. This episode (4.03) covers the current Route 9 from Santa Cruz to Los Gatos; the next episode (4.04) covers the remainder of pre-1964 Sign Route 9 through Mountain View, Milpitas, and up through Hayward and the Castro Valley. This episode also explores the 9^th State Route between Peanut and Kuntz (now Mad River), and LRN 9. LRN 9 ran all the way from Ventura to San Bernardino, and was Sign Route 118 from Ventura to Pasadena, and US 66 from Pasadena to San Bernardino. As always, we’ll talk about historical routings, projects along the route, and some significant names. As noted, the next episode explores the remainder of pre-1964 Sign Route 9 from Saratoga through Milpitas to the Castro Valley.

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

• California Highways:
  • Route 9 / Sign Route 9 Related:
    • Route 9
    • Route 17
    • Route 35
    • Route 85
    • Route 236
    • LRN 5
    • LRN 42
    • LRN 44
    • LRN 114
    • LRN 116
  • LRN 9 Related:
    • LRN 9
    • Route 118
    • US 66
    • I-210
    • LRN 154
    • LRN 161
  • 9^th State Highway:
    • Route 3
    • Route 36
    • LRN 35
    • LRN 29
• Gribblenation Blogs:
  • California State Route 9
  • California State Route 118
  • Interstate 210 and California State Route 210 on the Foothill Freeway
  • Former California State Route 248 (Old US Routes 66-99 from Pasadena to Monrovia)
  • California State Route 36
• Other Links:
  • California @ AARoads (Andy Field):
    • California 9
    • Route 118
    • Historic U.S. 66
    • Route 36

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