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Mexican Federal Highway 5
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Mexican Federal Highway 5 follows the northeast length of the state of Baja California from the US-Mexico border in Mexicali at the northern end to San Felipe in the south. The highway is entirely inside the municipality of Mexicali, however, a state highway from San Felipe to Puertecitos is usually considered part of the federal highway. From San Felipe to the south, the road follows the seacoast of the Gulf of California, the road begins in the border city of Mexicali at the western border crossing. It has four lanes from there to about km 80, at this point it becomes a two-lane highway until km 160, about 18 km south of the junction with Mexican Federal Highway 3, and about 40 km north of San Felipe. From there, the highway is a broad, divided, four-lane highway with a median and ample shoulders, the new highway segments being constructed from San Felipe to the north and Mexicali to the south are raised, with drainage culverts passing underneath the highway. These have replaced the dips, or fords that formerly provided drainage across the highway, the resulting highway is a much higher quality road. The interchange with Highway 3 has been completed, so that no turns across traffic are required, the epicentre of the magnitude 7.2 earthquake on April 4th,2010 is about 3 km east of the highway. Repairs on the highway began nearly immediately, from km 20 to km 38, SCT contractors re-levelled the road and filled cracks. The state route starts in San Felipe and continues to Puertecitos is a natural extension of the federal highway. It is an undivided, two-lane highway that has some rough spots and has many significant dips or fords where the highway meets normally-dry steams, one of the largest is labelled on the road in both directions as the OH SHIT DIP. Mexicali intersection with Mexican Federal Highway 2 El Chinero intersection with Mexican Federal Highway 3 north of San Felipe Puertecitos The continuation of Baja 5 to Gonzaga Bay is now paved. The survey crews are currently working on the section of Baja 5 to the Highway 1/highway 5 junction at Chapala. This project is intended to be complete by 2015
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Calexico, California
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Calexico is a city in Imperial County, California. The population was 38,572 at the 2010 census, up from 27,109 at the 2000 census, Calexico is about 122 miles east of San Diego and 62 miles west of Yuma, Arizona. The name of the city is a portmanteau of California and Mexico, major events every year are the Mariachi festival on March 25 followed by the SDSU Perspective of the Latino Race art exhibition on April 3. According to the United States Census Bureau, at the 2010 census, Calexico is located 230 miles southeast of Los Angeles,125 miles east of San Diego,260 miles west of Phoenix, and adjacent to Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. Calexicos location provides easy overnight trucking access to all those transportation hubs plus the ports of Long Beach, California, Calexico is served by State Routes 98,7 and 111, with direct connection to Interstate 8 and State Route 86. There are eighteen regular and irregular common carriers for intrastate and interstate service to Calexico. Rail service is provided by Union Pacific Railroad, and connects with the line to Portland, Oregon, Rock Island, Illinois, Tucumcari, New Mexico, St. Louis, Missouri. Within city limits is Calexico International Airport, the U. S. Customs and Border Protection check-point for private passenger, private charter services are also available there. Calexico has a subtropical climate, according to the Köppen climate classification system. In December 1932, the city experienced a rare snowfall, rainfall usually occurs in the winter months of December, January and February. Although Summer is extremely dry in Calexico, there are occasional thunderstorms, in 2008, during the months of July and August there were several heavy thunderstorms that let down large amounts of rain and hail. Summer rainfall in the city is infrequent, during winter time, Calexico is sometimes affected by winter rain showers. The summer temperatures in Calexico are very hot, with most of those days being in the triple digits, however, the hot desert climate seen in Calexico is actually not unusual for similar parallels, seen in Baghdad, Iraq for example. The area has an amount of sunshine year round due to its stable descending air. Calexico began as a tent city of the Imperial Land Company, was founded in 1899, the Imperial Land Company converted desert land into a fertile setting for year-round agriculture. The originally proposed names were Santo Tomas or Thomasville, the first post office in Calexico opened in 1902. Hundreds of acres are now being devoted to parks, and commercial. The name Calexico was coined from a combination of the words California, Mexicali is a similarly named city directly across the international border from Calexico
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U.S. Route 80 in California
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U. S. Route 80 was a U. S. highway in California that continued east across the country to Georgia. The western terminus was in San Diego, California, and US80 continued east through the city on different alignments through the years. The highway went through the Cuyamaca Mountains, encountering many switchbacks, after passing through the sand dunes, the highway crossed the Colorado River into Yuma, Arizona. The highway replaced a 1912 plank road across much of Imperial County, the winding two-lane road through the Cuyamaca Mountains was one of the factors that led to a four-hour journey from San Diego to El Centro. During the 1930s, the road was realigned through the mountains, in the 1950s, work began on constructing what would become Interstate 8 to replace the old highway in San Diego to bypass the cities of San Diego, La Mesa, and El Cajon. The construction continued across the rest of the route through the two decades. US80 was gradually decommissioned after 1964 as I-8, through San Diego, in 2006, the highway was designated by the California State Legislature as Historic U. S. Route 80. There were multiple alignments through the downtown San Diego area, the route as of 1928 began at Broadway and ran along 4th Avenue north to University Avenue in the Hillcrest district, then went east on University Avenue. The next year, the Point Loma highway was referred to as the terminus of US80 by E. E. Wallace. Nevertheless, the state-produced highway maps from the few years did not reflect the change. US395 ran concurrently along the route from downtown San Diego to the intersection with Fairmount Avenue, by 1942, the US395 concurrency had been removed. East of San Diego, US80 followed the path of El Cajon Boulevard through La Mesa, at Laguna Junction, a cafe for travelers existed from 1916 until when the building was taken down to provide land for the interchange with I-8. A section of old US80 — with the first few miles signed as SR79 — continues to serve as access to the communities of Descanso, Guatay and Pine Valley, SR79 intersected US80 east of Descanso. At the time, the Ellis Wayside Rest provided a rest area for travelers, later, exiting the national forest, US80 continued in a southeasterly direction towards Live Oak Springs and Boulevard, intersecting with the eastern terminus of SR94. US80 then came close to the Mexican border as it curved around the Jacumba Mountains, east of there, US80 passed by the Desert View Tower. US80 then descended rapidly into Imperial County along the In-Ko-Pah Gorge just west of Coyote Wells, east of El Centro, US80 again continued into Holtville. US80 cut a southeasterly trajectory, running parallel and very close to the Mexican border, and traversing the Algodones Dunes and it finally reached Winterhaven before crossing the Colorado River into Yuma, Arizona. Almost the entire length of the former US80 within Imperial County has since been designated County Route S80, Route 12 was added to the state highway system in 1909 from San Diego to El Centro, and Route 27 was added from El Centro to Yuma in 1915
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El Centro, California
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El Centro is also the largest American city to lie entirely below sea level. The city, located in the far corner of California, is near the major Southern California city of San Diego. Founded in 1906, W. F. Holt and C. A. Barker purchased the land on which El Centro was eventually built for about $40 per acre and invested $100,000 in improvements. As one historian of valley life put it, in five months El Centro went from a barley field to a city. It is home to retail, transportation, wholesale, and agricultural industries, there are also two international border crossings nearby for commercial and noncommercial vehicles. The citys population was 42,598 at the 2010 census, spanish explorer Melchor Díaz was one of the first Europeans to visit the area around El Centro and Imperial Valley in 1540. The explorer Juan Bautista de Anza also explored the area in 1776, years later, after the Mexican-American War, the northern half of the valley was annexed by the U. S. while the southern half remained under Mexican rule. Small scale settlement in natural aquifer areas occurred in the early 19th century, originally part of San Diego County, the Imperial Valley was settled by farmers once water from the Colorado River was diverted via canals to irrigate the desert valley floor. In 1906, the land on which El Centro was later built was purchased by W. F. Holt, by 1907 Imperial County was incorporated into California and by then much of the valley was successfully irrigated. Before the town began, the railroad had established a station, Barker, a friend of the landowner. The first post office in El Centro opened in 1905, the City of El Centro was incorporated on April 16,1908. By 1910, the population of the city had reached 1,610, one reason for this rapid growth was El Centros becoming the county seat of Imperial County. Population growth was slow, but accelerated in the 1930s, and again in the 1940s, by the mid-1940s, El Centro had become the second largest city in the Imperial Valley, with a population of about 11,000 people. El Centro had also become the location of the Imperial Irrigation District administrative offices, Imperial Valley Mall opened on the southeast side of the city in 2005. The nearby Algodones Dunes, the largest dune field in the US, draws thousands of visitors each year, the Salton Sea lies 30 miles north of El Centro, but water sport enthusiasts head to the Colorado River,50 miles to the east near Yuma, Arizona. The El Centro Naval Air Facility 10 miles to the west is home to the annual Blue Angels flight maneuvering event, stark Field is home of a minor league baseball team El Centro Imperials of the Arizona Summer League. Mexico is 10 miles away, which offers big city amenities like museums, a zoo, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.1 square miles, of which over 99% is land. El Centro is located in the Imperial Valley, the city is 50 feet below sea level and the largest city in the United States below sea level
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U.S. Route 60
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U. S. Route 60 is an east–west United States highway, traveling 2,670 mi from southwestern Arizona to the Atlantic coast in Virginia. Despite the final 0 in its number, indicating a transcontinental designation, in fact, US66 was almost given the US60 number. The highways eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where it is known as Pacific Avenue, in the citys Oceanfront resort district at the intersection of 5th Street, some US60 signs can be seen at this interchange about 5 mi southwest of Brenda. I-10 replaced US60 from Beaumont, California to Arizona, U. S. Route 60 has been fully decommissioned in California since 1972, when Interstate 10 was completed in California. It had a clear east-west orientation and was so signed, between downtown Los Angeles it had an existence separate from U. S. Routes 70 and 99, lying to its south, US60 passed through Pomona and Riverside, meeting US70 and US99 near Beaumont, east of which it coincided with US70 and US99 as far to the east as Indio. East of Indio, US99 separated from US60 and US70, after the Great Renumbering of 1964, US60 remained intact east of Beaumont, but for only eight years. Meanwhile, US70 and US99 had disappeared completely in California, West of Beaumont, the route that had been US60 was re-signed as State Route 60. East of Beaumont, US60 remained in existence while Interstate 10 supplanted it, with the course of US60 being moved to Interstate 10, in 1972, California decommissioned whatever remained of US60 within the state as the last segments of Interstate 10 were opened. Parts of old US60 remain as loops of Interstate 10 in Indio. The westernmost stretch of US60 to the California border has been replaced by Interstate 10, the western terminus of US60 is near Brenda, Arizona, where it travels northeast to Wickenburg, Arizona. Here, US60 is a significant part of the local freeway system, serving cities such as Mesa, Gilbert. East of the Phoenix area, US60 bears roughly east-northeast through mountainous areas, passing through Globe, Show Low, US60 enters New Mexico in Catron County east of Springerville, Arizona. The road makes an arc through Catron County, with the apex at Quemado, avoiding Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, east of Pie Town, the road crosses the Continental Divide. Between the Divide and Datil, US60 cuts through Cibola National Forest, in Datil, US60 serves as the eastern terminus of NM-12. East of Datil, US60 traverses the end of the Plains of San Augustin. The road bisects the Very Large Array complex, and a used in rearranging the antennas that make up the Array crosses the highway. 36 mi into the county, the passes through Magdalena
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U.S. Route 70
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U. S. Route 70 is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. As can be derived from its number, it is a major east–west highway of the Southern and Southwestern United States. It formerly ran from coast to coast, with the current Eastern terminus near the Atlantic Ocean in North Carolina, and the former Western terminus near the Pacific Ocean in California. Before the completion of the Interstate system, U. S. Highway 70 was sometimes referred to as the Broadway of America and it was also promoted as the Treasure Trail by the U. S. Highway 70 Association as of 1951. U. S.70 begins in Globe at a junction with U. S. Route 60, SR77 splits off east of town. U. S.70 then enters the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation and runs southeast for 17 miles to Peridot and it has no other highway junctions until Safford, where it begins a ten-mile overlap with U. S.191. U. S.70 then runs an additional 37 mi. before crossing into New Mexico east of Franklin, after entering the state of New Mexico, U. S.70 heads southeast. Five miles after crossing the line, it serves as the southern terminus for New Mexico State Road 92. U. S.70 does not have another highway junction for 21 mi, at Lordsburg, U. S.70 joins with Interstate 10 eastbound, splitting off in Las Cruces, and becoming Picacho Avenue in Las Cruces. When Picacho Avenue meets Main Street, US70 follows Main Street northbound, U. S.70 then crosses Interstate 25, and has been upgraded at this point to a controlled access highway until entering the foothills of the Organ Mountains. As a divided highway, U. S.70 then crosses the Organ Mountains via San Augustin Pass, descends to the floor of the Tularosa Basin. Overhead missile tests can close the highway for a few hours, this generally happens once or twice a week, the road then passes the entrance to the White Sands National Monument, and shortly after that passes the southern end of Holloman Air Force Base. It then turns northbound, and picks up a concurrency with U. S.54 upon entering Alamogordo, on the north end of Alamogordo, US54/US70 intersects the beginning of U. S. Route 82 near La Luz. The concurrency with US54 lasts until Tularosa, and the highway remains divided until US70, after splitting off to the northeast, U. S.70 begins an ascent into the Sacramento Mountains and enters the Lincoln National Forest. The road then runs across the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation and near the town of Ruidoso. In Hondo, it begins another concurrency, this time with U. S.380, U. S.70 then bypasses Roswell to the northwest, together with U. S.285. U. S.70 then heads off to the northeast, running through Portales, from mile 170.6 to mile 197.25 on US70 the speed limit is posted at 75 mph across White Sands Missile Range. Just slightly longer than a standard marathon, US70 is the only non-interstate in New Mexico to receive a speed limit of 75 miles per hour
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital
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U.S. Route 101 in California
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U. S. Route 101 in the state of California is one of the last remaining and longest U. S. Routes still active in the state, and the longest highway of any kind in California, US101 was also one of the original national routes established in 1926. Significant portions of US101 between the Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area follow El Camino Real, the road connecting the former Alta Californias 21 missions. US101 also has designated as the Santa Ana Freeway, Hollywood Freeway, Ventura Freeway, South Valley Freeway. This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, the south terminus of US101 is in Los Angeles, about one mile east of downtown Los Angeles at the East Los Angeles Interchange, also known as the Commuters Complex. This southernmost portion is named the Santa Ana Freeway, inheriting that title as the extension of the roadway now known as I-5. From here, US101 becomes the Hollywood Freeway and it then heads to Hollywood and up through the Cahuenga Pass before reaching the San Fernando Valley. US101 then intersects with SR134 and SR170 at the known as the Hollywood Split. Here, the alignment of US101 shifts to the alignment of SR134, though confusing, the Hollywood Freeway name continues northward from this interchange on SR170, and the Ventura Freeway name continues eastward to SR134. From the Hollywood Split, US101 is an east–west highway and it meets with I-405 in Sherman Oaks, an interchange which holds claim to the most traveled intersection in the nation. Upon reaching Ventura, there is an interchange with SR126, North of Ventura, US101 switches intermittently between freeway and expressway status, but there are no traffic signals until San Francisco. From Ventura and through Santa Barbara, US101 closely follows the Pacific coastline until Gaviota State Park, at Gaviota State Park, the highway shifts back from an east–west highway to a north–south alignment. About one mile north of this point, US101 passes through the Gaviota Tunnel, a few miles north of the Gaviota Tunnel, SR1 splits from US101 and heads northwest, running along the Pacific coastline parallel and to the west of US101. US101 passes through Buellton, Los Alamos, Orcutt, Santa Maria, South of Santa Maria, US101 widens from a four-lane highway to a six-lane freeway. SR166 joins US101 for about 3 miles before splitting just north of the city limits, farther north, SR1 rejoins US101 between Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo. Then US101 takes a route through the Salinas Valley, while Highway 1 heads northwest, running along the Pacific coastline in California, parallel. A steep segment between San Luis Obispo and Atascadero is known as the Cuesta Grade, North of Atascadero, the highway joins SR46 for about three miles through Paso Robles. From Paso Robles to Salinas, US101 is a known as the Salinas River Valley Highway
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U.S. Route 66 in California
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It was truncated during the 1964 renumbering and its signage removed in 1974. The highway is now replaced with several streets in Los Angeles, State Route 66, Interstate 15. US66 continued to be signed east of Pasadena until 1974, when it was removed, according to Eagles guitarist Don Felder, Everybody had driven into Los Angeles on what used to be Route 66. And as you drive in through the desert at night, you can see the glow of Los Angeles from a hundred miles away. The closer and closer you get, you start seeing all of these images, and these things pounded into our heads, nationally, Route 66 has been a decommissioned highway since 1985, with the last section through Williams, Arizona, bypassed by I-40 in 1984. The first efforts to return the route to maps as Historic Route 66 date to 1987 and this initiative was soon followed in all eight US66 states, including California. From San Bernardino to the Arizona state line US66 followed the old National Old Trails Highway, the old highway veers away from I-15 between Victorville and Barstow, following the railroad through Oro Grande, Helendale, and Lenwood. Through Barstow, it is Main Street, east of Barstow, the National Old Trails Highway passes through a Marine Corps base, limiting public access and forcing traffic onto I-40. From Daggett, Historic 66 leaves I-40, crossing it three times before winding away through Bagdad, Amboy, and Essex, US66 was all paved in California by 1935. From Essex the highway was Goffs Road through Goffs until about 1931, the later alignment is now I-40 east of Essex. The original highway winds around I-40 in the Needles area, before crossing the Colorado River into Arizona. In todays terms, it followed the Santa Monica Boulevard until the east end, running northwards on SR110 to the northern terminus in Pasadena, the highway continued east onto Colorado Boulevard. When crossing North Baldwin Avenue, Colorado Boulevard becomes Colorado Street, in Arcadia the highway continues eastwards as Huntington Drive, which it follows until it became Foothill Boulevard after 5.7 miles. Following Foothill Boulevard, the highway became Alosta Avenue in Azusa, when entering Glendora the highway changed names to Route 66 and when leaving, it becomes Foothill Boulevard again. Foothill Boulevard is numbered SR66 from the interchange with SR210 in La Verne onwards and it follows SR66 until it reaches I-215 in San Bernardino. US66 originally exited San Bernardino on Mount Vernon Avenue and Cajon Boulevard, US66 originally followed 7th Street and D Street through Victorville then the National Old Trails Highway through Barstow, California and across the Mojave Desert to Needles. US66 followed Broadway Street through Needles, then crossed into Arizona on the Trails Arch Bridge or the Red Rock Bridge. By 1964, most or all of part of the route had been replaced by three Interstate highways, the first being I-215, known as I-15 in 1964
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U.S. Route 50 in California
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In the U. S. state of California, U. S. Route 50 runs east from I-80 in West Sacramento to the Nevada state line in South Lake Tahoe. Portions within Sacramento are known as the Capital City Freeway, the western half of the highway in California is a four-or-more-lane divided highway, mostly built to freeway standards. It is known as the Lincoln Highway from I-80 through Sacramento to Placerville, US50 continues as an undivided highway with one eastbound lane and two westbound lanes until it reaches the canyon of the South Fork American River at Riverton. The remainder of the highway, which climbs along and out of the canyon, then over the Sierra Nevada at Echo Summit, the US50 corridor is a historic one, used by many 49ers who came to California during the Gold Rush as well as the Pony Express. In 1895, part of the route was designated as Californias first state highway. Much of US50 was constructed during the construction of the California state highway system. During the second half of the century, US50 was gradually designated and converted into a modern highway. US50 has been added to the California Freeway and Expressway System by the state legislature, the highway east of SR49 is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System, and has been recognized as such except within the South Lake Tahoe city limits. US50 begins in West Sacramento, where I-80 leaves the West Sacramento Freeway onto a bypass of Sacramento, US50 is part Interstate Highway as well, carrying the unsigned designation of Interstate 305 through its interchange with SR99. There Business 80 splits to the north, SR99 heads south and this freeway parallels Folsom Boulevard and the American River east-northeasterly through the suburb of Rancho Cordova to Folsom. Entering El Dorado, US50 continues eastward through the foothills of the Sierra Nevada via El Dorado Hills, Cameron Park, the freeway ends, and US50 has several at-grade intersections in Placerville, including SR49. Leaving Placerville, the expressway through town starts, only to end several miles later, the final section of freeway, known as the El Dorado Freeway, begins near Camino, where the Lincoln Highway splits from US50, and ends at the east end of Pollock Pines. Several hairpin turns take the highway up a grade east of Strawberry, Echo Summit is the highest elevation U. S. Route 50 reaches in California at 7,382 feet. In 1968, it was the site of the U. S. Olympic trials for mens track, the earliest roads used by Europeans to cross the Sierra Nevada into California were branches of the California Trail. The first route near the present US50 was the Carson Route, laid out in 1848 by an eastward Mormon party that wanted to avoid the Truckee Route, along the Humboldt River in Nevada, the Mormons met Joseph B. Chiles, who was leading a wagon train to California. The route became the westward route into California at the start of the Gold Rush. Through California, the alignment of the Carson Route, in terms of todays highways, was State Route 88 over Carson Pass and Mormon Emigrant Trail
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Sacramento, California
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Sacramento is the capital city of the U. S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. It is at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the portion of Californias expansive Central Valley. Its estimated 2014 population of 485,199 made it the sixth-largest city in California, Sacramento is the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which includes seven counties with a 2010 population of 2,414,783. In 2002, the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University conducted for Time magazine named Sacramento Americas Most Diverse City, Sacramento became a city through the efforts of the Swiss immigrant John Sutter, Sr. his son John Augustus Sutter, Jr. and James W. Marshall. Sacramento grew quickly thanks to the protection of Sutters Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839, the city was named after the Sacramento River, which forms its western border. The river was named by Spanish cavalry officer Gabriel Moraga for the Santísimo Sacramento, California State University, Sacramento, is the largest university in the city and one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. University of the Pacific is a university with one of its three campuses in Sacramento. In addition, the University of California, Davis, located in nearby Davis, operates its UC Davis Medical Center, nisenan and Plains Miwok Native Americans had lived in the area for perhaps thousands of years. Unlike the settlers who would eventually make Sacramento their home, these Native Americans left little evidence of their existence. Traditionally, their diet was dominated by acorns taken from the oak trees in the region, and by fruits, bulbs, seeds. In 1808, the Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga discovered and named the Sacramento Valley, a Spanish writer with the Moraga expedition wrote, Canopies of oaks and cottonwoods, many festooned with grapevines, overhung both sides of the blue current. Birds chattered in the trees and big fish darted through the pellucid depths, the air was like champagne, and drank deep of it, drank in the beauty around them. The valley and the river were then christened after the Most Holy Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, John Sutter first arrived on August 13,1839 at the divergence of the American and Sacramento Rivers with a Mexican land grant of 50,000 acres. The next year, he and his party established Sutters Fort, representing Mexico, Sutter called his colony New Helvetia, a Swiss inspired name, and was the political authority and dispenser of justice in the new settlement. Soon, the colony began to grow as more and more pioneers headed west, within just a few short years, John Sutter had become a grand success, owning a ten-acre orchard and a herd of thirteen thousand cattle. Fort Sutter became a stop for the increasing number of immigrants coming through the valley. In 1847, Sutter hired James Marshall to build a sawmill so that he could continue to expand his empire, Sutter received 2,000 fruit trees in 1847, which started the agriculture industry in the Sacramento Valley. In 1848, when gold was discovered by James W. Marshall at Sutters Mill in Coloma and he hired topographical engineer William H
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French Camp, California
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French Camp is a census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 3,376 at the 2010 census, down from 4,109 at the 2000 census, San Joaquin General Hospital is located in French Camp. In recent years, Stockton has attempted to incorporate French Camp, French Camp is the location of the U. S. Army Sharpe Depot and the GSA Western Distribution Center, and is the oldest settlement in San Joaquin County. French Camp is located at 37°52′58″N 121°16′47″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.1 square miles,99. 97% of it land and 0. 03% of it water. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, French Camp has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, French Camp was the southernmost regular camp site of the Hudsons Bay Company southern fur brigades sent from Fort Vancouver, established by Michel Laframboise in 1832. Its Spanish name was preserved in a grant dated January 13,1844 as Camp de Los Franceses. Michel Laframboise, among others, met fur hunters here annually, in 1844 Charles Maria Weber and William Gulnac promoted the first white settlers colony on Rancho del Campo de Los Franceses which included French Camp and the site of Stockton. French Camp was also known as Castoria, the Latin word for beaver being castor, gilbert Luján Jose M. Hernandez, astronaut Scott Brooks, Head coach of the NBAs Washington Wizards. The 2010 United States Census reported that French Camp had a population of 3,376, the population density was 1,074.2 people per square mile. The racial makeup of French Camp was 1,678 White,410 African American,31 Native American,163 Asian,11 Pacific Islander,920 from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,748 persons. The Census reported that 1,622 people lived in households,336 lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, there were 46 unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 3 same-sex married couples or partnerships. 104 households were made up of individuals and 43 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 3.19. There were 372 families, the family size was 3.71. The median age was 30.1 years, for every 100 females there were 193.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 208.6 males, there were 575 housing units at an average density of 183.0 per square mile, of which 276 were owner-occupied, and 233 were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3. 5%, the vacancy rate was 13. 4%. 872 people lived in owner-occupied housing units and 750 people lived in housing units. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,109 people,576 households, the population density was 1,324.5 people per square mile
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U.S. Route 40
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U. S. Route 40 is an east–west United States Highway. As with most routes whose numbers end in a zero, US40 once traversed the entire United States and it is one of the original 1926 U. S. Highways, and its first termini were San Francisco, California, and Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the western United States, US40 was functionally replaced by Interstate 80, US40 currently ends at a junction with I-80 in Silver Summit, Utah, just outside Park City. Three former and four current state capitals lie along the route, the route was built on top of several older highways, most notably the National Road and the Victory Highway. The National Road was created in 1806 by an act of Congress to serve as the first federally funded construction project. When completed it connected Cumberland, Maryland, with Vandalia, Illinois, the Victory Highway was designated as a memorial to World War I veterans and ran from Kansas City, Missouri to San Francisco, California. The western terminus of US40 is in Silver Summit, Utah at an interchange with Interstate 80, several miles north of Park City, the road is concurrent with US189 until it has reached Heber City. US40 is an access highway from the I-80 junction to its intersection with Utah State Route 32. From there, the road takes a southerly course to Heber City. In Heber City, there is an intersection with SR-113, one mile later, US189 splits off. There would be no major intersections until US40 has reached Fruitland. About 18 miles later, the road enters Duchesne, in Duchesne, it meets US191 and SR-87. US40 passes Duchesne and starts a concurrency, the concurrency goes into Roosevelt, Fort Duchesne and Vernal. In Roosevelt, it meets SR-87 again in a 5-point intersection, there are two intersections with SR-121, in Roosevelt and Vernal. In Fort Duchesne, there is an intersection with SR-88, after US40 passes Vernal, US191 splits off and the concurrency ends. After that, there are no major intersections until US40 reaches Naples. About 9 miles later, US40 enters Jensen, in Jensen, there is an intersection with SR-149. About 18 miles later, the road enters Colorado, US40 enters Colorado,2 miles west of Dinosaur
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Davis, California
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Davis is a city in the U. S. state of California and the most populous city in Yolo County. It had a population of 65,622 in 2010, not including the population of the University of California, Davis. The city is a suburb of Californias capital, Sacramento, Davis grew into a Southern Pacific Railroad depot built in 1868. It was then known as Davisville, named after Jerome C, however, the post office at Davisville shortened the town name simply to Davis in 1907. The name stuck, and the city of Davis was incorporated on March 28,1917, from its inception as a farming community, Davis has been known for its contributions to agricultural policy along with veterinary care and animal husbandry. The farm, later renamed the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture in 1922, was upgraded into the seventh UC general campus, the University of California, Davis, in 1959. Davis is located in Yolo County, California,11 mi west of Sacramento,70 mi northeast of San Francisco,385 mi north of Los Angeles, at the intersection of Interstate 80, neighboring towns include Dixon, Winters, and Woodland. Davis lies in the Sacramento Valley, the portion of the Central San Joaquin Valley, in Northern California. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 10.5 square miles. 10.4 square miles of it is land and 0.04 square miles of it is water, the topography is flat, which has helped Davis to become known as a haven for bicyclists. The Davis climate resembles that of nearby Sacramento and is typical of Californias Central Valley Mediterranean climate regime, dry, hot summers and cool, rainy and it is classified as a Köppen Csa climate. Average temperatures range from 46 °F in December and January to 75 °F in July, thick ground fog called tule fog settles into Davis during late fall and winter. This fog can be dense with visibility to nearly zero, as in other areas of northern California, the tule fog is a leading cause of road accidents in the winter season. Record temperatures range from a high of 116 °F on July 17,1925, Davis is internally divided by two freeways, a north–south railroad, an east-west mainline and several major streets. The city is divided into six main districts made up of smaller neighborhoods, Central Davis, north of Fifth Street and Russell Boulevard. East of SR113, and west of the tracks running along G Street. Within these boundaries is the officially denoted neighborhood of Old North Davis, Downtown Davis, roughly the numbered-and-lettered grid north of I-80, south of Fifth Street, east of A Street, and west of the railroad tracks, including the Aggie Village and Olive Drive areas. East Davis, north of I-80, south of Covell Blvd. North Davis, north of Covell Blvd
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Roseville, California
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Roseville is the largest city in Placer County, California, United States, in the Sacramento metropolitan area. As of January 1,2015, the state Department of Finance estimated the population to be 128,382. Interstate 80 runs through Roseville and State Route 65 runs through part of the edge of the city. The settlement was originally a coach station called Griders. Junction eventually became known as Roseville, in 1909, three years after the Southern Pacific Railroad moved its facilities from Rocklin to Roseville, the town became an incorporated city. What followed was a period of expansion, with the community building more than 100 structures, the city was a railroad town for decades, with the railroad employing up to 1,225 people by 1929, out of a population of only 6,425 people. With the onset of World War II, the yards became busier than ever. However, the nature of the city changed dramatically in the 1950s, during the 1950s the railroad continued to expand and upgrade, converting its steam engine fleet to all diesel engines by the end of the decade. However, the railroads began falling in the shadow of air travel, thus, although the railroad remained a major employer, the expansion of the city began branching out into other employment sectors. Another important change during this period was the Washington Boulevard railroad underpass construction in 1950, the completion of Interstate 80 in 1956 shifted the population from downtown to what would become known as East Roseville. The old downtown area slid into a gradual decline, the city saw steady population growth throughout the ensuing decades, as shopping centers, major retailers, and homes were constructed throughout the city. The growth rate was modest until 1985, between 1929 when the population was 6,425 people and 1985, the population grew by only 22,563 people. In 1985 the population stood at 28,988 people, five years later it was 44,685 people, and by the year 2000 it was 74,234 people. Some of this growth was fueled by the location of major employers, such as Hewlett Packard, the population as of 2014 was 126,956 people. Roseville is no longer a town, but the Union Pacific Railroad is still the sixth largest employer. Current visitors can now visit the revitalized historic Vernon Street and old Downtown areas which had been in decline for decades, Roseville is located at 38°45′09″N 121°17′22″W. According to the Roseville Civic Center, the city has an area of 42.26 square miles. Several streams flow through Roseville, including Dry Creek, Linda Creek, Secret Ravine, Roseville has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate that is characterized by cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers
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U.S. Route 20 in Oregon
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U. S. Route 20 is a major west–east cross-state highway in the northern part of the U. S. state of Oregon, especially east of the Cascade Mountains. It connects U. S. Route 101 in Newport on the central Oregon Coast to the Idaho state line east of Nyssa, US20 starts at an intersection with US101 in Newport, and travels eastward over the Central Oregon Coast Range to Corvallis. In Corvallis, it intersects Oregon Route 99W and briefly travels concurrent with OR34 before proceeding northeast to Albany, from Albany, US20 briefly travels concurrent with OR 99E before turning east through Lebanon and Sweet Home and entering the Cascade Mountains. It intersects OR126 west of Santiam Pass and the two routes travel concurrent through Sisters, US20 then continues eastward and southward to Bend, where it travels concurrent with US97 for about 5 miles before turning east through Brothers and Riley. At Riley, US20 travels concurrent with US395 through Hines, from Burns, US20 continues east through Juntura and Vale. In Vale, US20 travels concurrent with US26, eastward from Nyssa, US 20/US26 continue to the Idaho state line. US20 has 2 business routes in Oregon, one in Toledo, nearly all of the new highway was opened in October 2016, with just a small portion of new road at the west end, and further environmental remediation, to be completed in 2017. The project made it easier for vehicles to travel, provided greater passing opportunities. Construction began in 2005, but was halted in 2007 because of excessive unexpected landslides, the project recommenced in May 2008 with a better plan for stabilizing these landslide locations. The final construction was expected to be completed in 2011, the Oregon Department of Transportation and the contractor were in a dispute over liability and money, a settlement was agreed upon, and the original design-build contract was rescinded. ODOT assumed control of the project and began completing the project in five phases, because of the previous delays, completion of the project was postponed until fall of 2016 for traffic on the road section, and late summer of 2017 for habitat improvement. The project is now estimated to cost $365.7 million, the Oregon section of US20 consists of the following highways numbered using ODOTs internal numbering system, from west to east, The Corvallis-Newport Highway No. 33, Part of the Corvallis-Lebanon Highway No,16, Part of the McKenzie Highway No. 17, Part of The Dalles-California Highway No,4, and The Central Oregon Highway No.7. Milepoints are as reported by ODOT and do not necessarily reflect current mileage, Z indicates overlapping mileage due to construction longer than established route, and – indicates negative mileage behind established beginning point. For routes traversing multiple named state highways, each milepoint is preceded by the state highway number. Roads portal Media related to U. S. Route 20 in Oregon at Wikimedia Commons U. S.20, Route crosses the Cascades and heads east - The Oregonian
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Corvallis, Oregon
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Corvallis /kɔːrˈvælᵻs/ is a city in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462 and its population was estimated by the Portland Research Center to be 55,298 in 2013. Corvallis is the location of Oregon State University, a large Hewlett-Packard research campus, at a longitude of 123°17 west, the city is the westernmost city in the contiguous 48 states with a population larger than 50,000. Avery arrived in Oregon from the east, averys primitive 1846 dwelling was the first home within the boundaries of todays Corvallis and his land claim included the southern section of the contemporary city. Avery was quickly joined by other settlers along the banks of the Willamette River, the discovery of gold in California in 1848 temporarily stalled development of a township, with Avery leaving his Oregon claim to try his hand at mining in the fall of that year. His stay would prove to be brief and in January 1849 Avery returned to Oregon with a stock of provisions with a view to opening a store. During the year 1849, Avery opened his store at the site, platted the land, and surveyed a town site on his land claim, naming the community Marysville. It is possible that the city was named after early settler Mary Lloyd, in the summer of 1851 Joseph Avery and William Dixon each granted back-to-back 40 acre land parcels from their land holdings for the establishment of a county seat. Averys holding lay to the south and Dixons to the north, with the Benton Country Courthouse marking the line of demarcation between these two land parcels. In December 1853 the 5th Oregon Territorial Legislature met in Salem, a heated debate followed, with the name ultimately awarded to Marysville in an act passed on December 20,1853. Corvallis was incorporated as a city on January 29,1857, nineteenth-century Corvallis saw a three-year boom beginning in 1889, which began with the establishment of a privately owned electrical plant by L. L. Hurd. In addition a carriage factory was launched in the city and the streets were improved. Bonds were issued for a water works, a sewer system. A publicity campaign was launched to attempt to expand the tax base through new construction for new arrivals and this effort proved mostly unsuccessful, however, and in 1892 normalcy returned, with the city saddled with about $150,000 in bonded debt. Corvallis is at an elevation of 235 feet above sea level, Oregon Route 99W, a secondary north–south route, also runs through Corvallis. U. S. Route 20 and Oregon Route 34 both secondary East-West routes run through Corvallis from the Oregon Coast, Corvallis is at river mile 131–32 of the Willamette River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 14.30 square miles
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Albany, Oregon
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Albany is the county seat of Linn County, and the 11th largest city in the State of Oregon. Albany is located in the Willamette Valley at the confluence of the Calapooia River and it is predominantly a farming and manufacturing city that settlers founded around 1848. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population of Albany was 50,158 and its population was estimated by the Portland Research Center to be 51,583 in 2013. Albany has a home rule charter, a government. The city provides the population access to over 30 parks and trails, a senior center. In addition to farming and manufacturing, the economy depends on retail trade, health care. In recent years the city has worked to revive the downtown shopping area, in the historic era, the area of the Willamette Valley that makes up modern-day Albany was inhabited by one of the tribes of the Kalapuya a Penutian-speaking, Native American people. The Kalapuya had named the area Takenah, a Kalapuyan word used to describe the deep pool at the confluence of the Calapooia, a variation of the place name can also be written as Tekenah. The Kalapuya population in the valley was between 4,000 and 20,000 before contact with Europeans, but they suffered high mortality from new diseases introduced shortly afterward. The tribes were decimated by an epidemic that raged through the Pacific Northwest in 1782–83. A malaria outbreak swept through the region between 1830 and 1833 and it is estimated that as many as 90 percent of the Kalapuya population died during this period. That, coupled with the treaties signed during the 1850s by the Kalapuya to cede land to the United States, the first European American settler arrived in 1845, Abner Hackleman was a farmer from Iowa. Taking up a claim for himself, Hackleman asked Hiram N. Smead to hold another for him until his son arrived from Iowa. In 1846, a year after arriving in Oregon, Hackleman died while returning to Iowa to fetch his family. In 1847 a pair of brothers, Walter and Thomas Monteith, settled in the area, after traveling by ox team along the Oregon Trail from their native state of New York. They were a family of prominence in the area, in 1848, they bought a claim of 320 acres from Hiram Smead for $400. They named the city Albany after their hometown of Albany in New York, during the same period, Hacklemans son Abram reached his fathers original land claim and built a log house in an oak grove still known as Hacklemans Grove. He later built a house, which stands at the corner of Fifth
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U.S. Route 30 in Oregon
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In the U. S. state of Oregon, U. S. Route 30, a major east–west U. S. Highway, runs from its western terminus in Astoria to the Idaho border east of Ontario. US30 begins in Astoria, at an intersection with U. S. Route 101, US101 southbound from the intersection goes down the length of the Oregon Coast, northbound US101 crosses the Astoria-Megler Bridge into Washington state. US30 proceeds east through the intersection, through downtown Astoria, east of Astoria, US30 is known as the Lower Columbia River Highway No. 2W, a designation which it carries until Portland, between Astoria and Portland, the highway passes through numerous Columbia River towns, such as Svensen, Knappa, Wauna, and Westport. In Westport, one can use the Wahkiakum County Ferry to cross the Columbia to Puget Island and Cathlamet, continuing east, the highway passes through the communities of Woodson and Clatskanie. East of Clatskanie, the highway runs inland from the river a bit, approaching the town of Rainier, just before Rainier is an interchange providing access to the Lewis and Clark Bridge, which crosses the Columbia to Longview, Washington. After Rainier, the highway turns south, following a bend in the river, towns along the way include Goble, Deer Island, Columbia City, and St. Helens. South of Deer Island, US30 becomes an expressway, known locally as St. Helens Road, the highway proceeds through the towns of Warren, Scappoose, and Burlington before entering Portland. East of Scappoose is the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, in northwest Portland, US30 is sandwiched between Forest Park to the west and the Willamette River to the east. South of the Linnton area, U. S. Route 30 Bypass heads east across the St. Johns Bridge, US30 continues south along St. Helens Road, then later on Yeon Avenue through an industrial area as it approaches downtown. US30 crosses the Fremont Bridge, on the Stadium Freeway No, for the remainder of its route in the Portland area, US30 shares an alignment with I-84. I-84 passes through the eastern Portland suburbs of Fairview, Wood Village, Gresham, US30 Bypass is the Northeast Portland Highway No.123. It runs along the streets before rejoining US30 in Fairview. Bridge Street, N. Philadelphia Avenue, N. Ivanhoe Street, N. Richmond Avenue, N. Lombard Street, Portland Highway, N. E. Killingsworth Street, N. E. U. S. Route 30 Business is a spur from US30 Bypass northeast of downtown southwest across I-84/US30 to Oregon Route 99E east of downtown and it has not rejoined US30 on its west end since US30 was moved onto I-405 and I-5 around downtown. 66,22 miles from North Powder to Baker City Huntington Highway No.4498 miles through Huntington Ontario Spur of the Olds Ferry-Ontario Highway No, there is also a U. S. Route 30 Business signed in the Ontario area. This is part of the Olds Ferry-Ontario Highway No.455, in 1988, U. S.30 was realigned along NW Yeon Avenue in Portland to alleviate residential congestion. The new route utilized an interchange with I-405 that was intended for a proposed Interstate 505
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Portland, Oregon
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Portland is a port and the largest city in the U. S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County. It is in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest, at the confluence of the Willamette, the city covers 145 square miles and had an estimated population of 632,309 in 2015, making it the 26th most populous city in the United States. Approximately 2,389,228 people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area and its Combined Statistical Area ranks 17th with a population of 3,022,178. Roughly 60% of Oregons population resides within the Portland metropolitan area, named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1830s near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the industry was a major force in the citys early economy. At the turn of the 20th century, the city had a reputation as one of the most dangerous cities in the world. After the citys economy experienced a boom during World War II. Beginning in the 1960s, Portland became noted for its liberal political values, and the city has earned a reputation as a bastion of counterculture. According to a 2009 Pew Research Center study, Portland ranks as the eighth most popular American city, the city operates with a commission-based government guided by a mayor and four commissioners as well as Metro, the only directly elected metropolitan planning organization in the United States. The city government is notable for its planning and investment in public transportation. Its climate is marked by warm, dry summers and cool and this climate is ideal for growing roses, and Portland has been called the City of Roses for over a century. Keep Portland Weird is a slogan for the city. During the prehistoric period, the land that would become Portland was flooded after the collapse of glacial dams from Lake Missoula and these massive floods occurred during the last ice age and filled the Willamette Valley with 300 to 400 feet of water. The Chinook people occupying the land which would become Portland were first documented by Meriwether Lewis, before its European settlement, the Portland Basin of the lower Columbia River and Willamette River valleys had been one of the most densely populated regions on the Pacific Coast. Large numbers of settlers began arriving in the Willamette Valley in the 1830s via the Oregon Trail. In the early 1840s a new settlement began emerging ten miles from the mouth of the Willamette River and this community was initially referred to as Stumptown and The Clearing because of the many trees cut down to allow for its growth. In 1843 William Overton saw potential in the new settlement but lacked the funds to file a land claim. For 25 cents Overton agreed to half of the 640-acre site with Asa Lovejoy of Boston
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U.S. Route 101 in Washington
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In the U. S. state of Washington, U. S. Route 101 is the westernmost state highway, serving the Olympic Peninsula. US101 in Washington begins at the Astoria-Megler Bridge on the Columbia River, carrying traffic to and from Astoria, the first highway US101 intersects is SR401. After going north for a few miles, US101 turns west after intersecting with US101 Alternate, the route goes west to Ilwaco and north to Long Beach, where it intersects SR100 and SR103 before finally turning east back to US101 Alt. Soon, US101 turns north towards Raymond and intersects the west end of SR4, in Downtown, US101 intersects the western end of SR6 and southern end of SR105, which it will intersect again in Cosmopolis. After intersecting with SR105 and SR107, US101 crosses the Chehalis River, the roadway turns southwest and splits into two streets for each direction until it reaches Hoquiam, where it intersects the southern end of SR109 and the eastern end of SR109 Spur. US101 then turns north to the Quinault Indian Reservation and then into the area bordered by Olympic National Park. After turning east at Lake Quinault and entering the Quinault Indian Reservation again, the road then curves north Forks and north to Beaver, where it turns east after intersecting with SR113 and touching the shore of Lake Pleasant. After a mile of going east, US101 enters its second segment in the Olympic National Park, about one-mile east of the west shore of Lake Crescent, after exiting park boundaries, US101 intersects SR112. Shortly later, it intersects SR117 in an odd interchange/intersection hybrid and it then enters Port Angeles and turns onto Lincoln Street. It then turns onto a one-way couplet of First and Front streets, there, the roads merge into one four-lane road, divided only by a two-way left turn lane, and leaves Port Angeles. Following the dangerous Morse Creek S-Curves is a Rest Area and viewpoint at the Deer Park Loop interchange, the road then becomes a divided expressway until it reaches Carlsborg and crosses the Dungeness River. It enters the town of Sequim and turns into a super-two expressway, east of Sequim, the road turns back into a standard two-lane road and goes to Sequim Bay and then Discovery Bay, where it intersects SR20 and turns south. After a short distance, US101 intersects the end of SR104. The road then turns south to the town of Quilcene, at the Hood Canal, US101 follows the western shore to SR106, where it turns directly south to the east end of SR106 and Shelton, to meet the west end of SR3. After some time going south, US101 meets SR108, after going southeast, US101 finally joins SR8 and turns into a freeway to its easternmost point of US101 in Washington, the so-called north end at I-5 near Tumwater. Before U. S. Route 101 was created, two existed in the place of US101. They were State Road 9 and State Road 12 and these were two roads that were part of the early Washington State Road system that was created in 1923. US101 was created in 1926 and was co-signed with these two routes, US101 took part of State Road 9s route and part of State Road 12s route
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U.S. Route 410
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U. S. Route 410 was a U. S. Highway that ran from an intersection with US101 in Aberdeen, Washington to US95 in Lewiston, Idaho. The route had concurrencies with SR8, US99, even though the number indicates that US410 was a spur of US10, US410 never connected with US10, which is the same case with US830. When US12 was extended into Washington in 1967, US410 was decommissioned, US410 started at an intersection with US101 in Aberdeen, Washington, the current western end of US12. Then, US410 went east to Olympia, where it formed a concurrency with US101 into Downtown Olympia. Then, US410 followed US99 out of Olympia and into Tacoma, in Tacoma, US410 turned southeast and went to Sumner, through Enumclaw, and then across Chinook Pass. After going across Chinook Pass, US410 turned east towards Pasco, in Pasco, US410 became concurrent with US395 and then continued east to Walla Walla. After passing Walla Walla, US410 went into Clarkston where it crossed over the Snake River into Idaho, after US410 crossed the Lewiston-Clarkston Bridge over the Snake River into Idaho, the road went east and northeast to US95, where it ended. US410 was an original U. S. routes and it was established in 1926 and decommissioned in 1967 when US12 was extended into Washington. US410 is now separated into 6 different highways including the concurrences with US101, from US101 to Elma, Washington, US410 became part of US12. From Elma, Washington to US101 near Olympia, Washington, the concurrency with US101 stayed as part of US101 for the full length from SR8 to US99. From US 101s end to Tacoma, Washington, US410 became part of US99, from Tacoma, Washington to Sumner, Washington, US410 became part of SR167. From Sumner, Washington to Naches, Washington, US410 retained its original number, from Naches, Washington to Lewiston, Idaho, US410 became US12. Roads portal Endpoints of U. S. Highway 410
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Olympia, Washington
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Olympia is the capital of the U. S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28,1859, the population was documented as 46,478 in the 2010 census. The city borders Lacey to the east and Tumwater to the south, Olympia is a major cultural center of the Puget Sound region. Olympia is located 60 miles southwest of Seattle, the largest city in the state of Washington, the site of Olympia has been home to Lushootseed-speaking peoples for thousands of years, including Squaxin, Nisqually, Puyallup, Chehalis, Suquamish, and Duwamish. The first recorded visit by Europeans was in 1792 when Peter Puget, in 1846, Edmund Sylvester and Levi Smith jointly claimed the land that now comprises downtown Olympia. In 1851, the U. S. Congress established the Customs District of Puget Sound for Washington Territory and its population steadily expanded from Oregon Trail immigrants. In 1850, the settled on the name Olympia, at the suggestion of local resident Colonel Isaac N. Ebey. The area began to be served by a fleet of steamboats known as the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. In 1896, Olympia became the home of the Olympia Brewing Company, the 1949 Olympia earthquake damaged many historic buildings beyond repair, and they were demolished. Parts of the city suffered damage from earthquakes in 1965 and 2001. In 1967, the legislature approved the creation of The Evergreen State College in Olympia. Since 1984, Olympia has also been home to the South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia has become a hub for artists and musicians, and has been named one of the best college towns in the nation for its vibrant downtown and access to outdoor activities. Olympia is located at 47°2′33″N 122°53′35″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.68 square miles, of which 17.82 sq mi is land and 1.86 sq mi is water. The city of Olympia is located at the end of Puget Sound on Budd Inlet. The Deschutes River estuary was dammed in 1951 to create Capitol Lake, much of the lower area of downtown Olympia sits on reclaimed land. The cities of Lacey and Tumwater border Olympia, the region surrounding Olympia has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, whereas the local microclimate due to its dry summers and cool July and August overnight lows. It is part of USDA Hardiness zone 8a, with isolated pockets around Puget Sound falling under zone 8b, most of western Washingtons weather is brought in by weather systems that form near the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. It contains cold moist air, which brings western Washington cold rain, cloudiness, November through January are Olympias rainiest months
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U.S. Route 10
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U. S. Route 10 or U. S. Highway 10 is an east–west United States highway formed in 1926. In 2010, its length was 565 miles, US10 used to be broken into two segments by Lake Michigan. However, in 2015, the ferry SS Badger between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, was designated as part of the highway. The ferry operates only between May and October, the eastern terminus of US10 is in Bay City, Michigan, at its interchange with Interstate 75. The western terminus of US10 is in the town of West Fargo, North Dakota, in the state of North Dakota, US10 runs for about eight miles, from I-94 at Exit 343 to the Red River of the North. It is one of the primary east–west streets in West Fargo and Fargo, at the Red River, US10 crosses over a bridge to Moorhead, Minnesota. US10 is a divided highway for almost all of its length in Minnesota. The road enters Minnesota in Moorhead and travels through Detroit Lakes, Wadena, Staples, Little Falls, St. Cloud, Elk River. It becomes a Freeway in Anoka and passes through the suburbs of Minneapolis and St. Paul, It enters St. Paul paired with I-35E. It leaves US61 just north of Hastings, shortly before entering into Wisconsin, ferry service between the western and eastern portions of US10 is provided between May and October by the ferry S. S. Badger. US10 is now a 4 lane divided highway from State Trunk Highway 802 miles south of Marshfield to I-39 and this allows travelers to bypass Auburndale, Blenker, Milladore, Junction City, and downtown Stevens Point. This completes the plan to upgrade US10 to a freeway or expressway status from Marshfield to Menasha, US10 is an expressway between Stevens Point and Waupaca. It has been upgraded to a freeway in the Waupaca area and is also a freeway between Fremont and Appleton, the western terminus of US10 in Michigan is Ludington. US10 runs concurrently with US31 from the east side of Ludington to Scottville before US31 turns northward, the road then heads easterly through Baldwin and Reed City before it becomes a freeway west of US127 near the junction with highway M-115. US127 and US10 overlap for a short distance near Clare, US10 bypasses Midland and terminates at I-75 in Bay City. US10 has had alternate routes designated in the past, between 1926 and 1934, there was a pair of alternate routes between St. Cloud, Minnesota and Moorhead, Minnesota. US 10N, the route, connected St. Cloud, Little Falls, Motley. US 10S ran from St. Cloud through Alexandria and Fergus Falls before rejoining US 10N at Moorhead, in the mid-1930s, US52 was extended into Minnesota, and US 10S was renamed to US52
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Seattle
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Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States and the seat of King County, Washington. With an estimated 684,451 residents as of 2015, Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. In July 2013, it was the major city in the United States. The city is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 100 miles south of the Canada–United States border, a major gateway for trade with Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling as of 2015. The Seattle area was inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent European settlers. Arthur A. Denny and his group of travelers, subsequently known as the Denny Party, arrived from Illinois via Portland, the settlement was moved to the eastern shore of Elliott Bay and named Seattle in 1852, after Chief Siahl of the local Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. Logging was Seattles first major industry, but by the late-19th century, growth after World War II was partially due to the local Boeing company, which established Seattle as a center for aircraft manufacturing. The Seattle area developed as a technology center beginning in the 1980s, in 1994, Internet retailer Amazon was founded in Seattle. The stream of new software, biotechnology, and Internet companies led to an economic revival, Seattle has a noteworthy musical history. From 1918 to 1951, nearly two dozen jazz nightclubs existed along Jackson Street, from the current Chinatown/International District, to the Central District, the jazz scene developed the early careers of Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Ernestine Anderson, and others. Seattle is also the birthplace of rock musician Jimi Hendrix and the alternative rock subgenre grunge, archaeological excavations suggest that Native Americans have inhabited the Seattle area for at least 4,000 years. By the time the first European settlers arrived, the people occupied at least seventeen villages in the areas around Elliott Bay, the first European to visit the Seattle area was George Vancouver, in May 1792 during his 1791–95 expedition to chart the Pacific Northwest. In 1851, a party led by Luther Collins made a location on land at the mouth of the Duwamish River. Thirteen days later, members of the Collins Party on the way to their claim passed three scouts of the Denny Party, members of the Denny Party claimed land on Alki Point on September 28,1851. The rest of the Denny Party set sail from Portland, Oregon, after a difficult winter, most of the Denny Party relocated across Elliott Bay and claimed land a second time at the site of present-day Pioneer Square, naming this new settlement Duwamps. For the next few years, New York Alki and Duwamps competed for dominance, david Swinson Doc Maynard, one of the founders of Duwamps, was the primary advocate to name the settlement after Chief Sealth of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. The name Seattle appears on official Washington Territory papers dated May 23,1853, in 1855, nominal land settlements were established. On January 14,1865, the Legislature of Territorial Washington incorporated the Town of Seattle with a board of managing the city
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British Columbia Highway 99
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The number of this highway is derived from the old U. S. Route 99, with which the highway originally connected. The highway currently connects with Interstate 5 at the international border, the current freeway alignment of Highway 99 between 8th Avenue in South Surrey and the North Arm of the Fraser River opened in 1962 as Hwy.99 and was called the Deas Throughway. Between 1964 and 1973, the alignment of Highway 99 was designated Highway 499. The Oak Street Bridge was built in 1957 to cross the North Arm Fraser River, tolls were collected at the crossings until April 11963. In 1957, the end of Highway 99 was moved from downtown Vancouver, across the Lions Gate Bridge and west to the village of Horseshoe Bay. Finally, in 1992, the just-paved Duffey Lake Road between Pemberton and Lillooet was made part of Highway 99, and the section of Highway 12 between Lillooet and Highway 97 was re-numbered 99. The portion of the highway between Lillooet and Pavilion was part of the route of the Old Cariboo Road, the total length of Highway 99 from the U. S. border to the Highway 97 junction is 409 kilometres. In 2006 the UKs The Guardian newspaper listed the Sea to Sky as the fifth best road trip worldwide. In the south, Highway 99 begins at the British Columbia – Washington State border crossing at Douglas, on the Canadian side of Peace Arch Park, the highway begins with a four-lane freeway configuration. Four km west, Highway 99 reaches its junction with Ladner Trunk Road, eight km north, Highway 99 reaches a junction with Highway 17A. Another 2 kilometres northwest, Highway 99 crosses into Richmond through the George Massey Tunnel, from Surrey to Vancouver, the speed limit is 100 kilometres per hour. Another 4 kilometres northwest, the freeway section of Highway 99 ends as the highway crosses the North Arm of the Fraser River, over the Oak Street Bridge. The 30-kilometre long route through Vancouvers city streets starts off going north on Oak Street to the intersection with West 70th Avenue. Highway 99 then goes west on West 70th Avenue, and then north along Granville Street for 7 kilometres and it crosses over False Creek into the downtown core. Highway 99 north goes through the area by way of Seymour Street and Georgia Street, through Stanley Park. In West Vancouver, Highway 99 goes west on Marine Drive and north on Taylor Way, Highway 99 shares the Upper Levels Highway with Highway 1 for 12 kilometres west, diverging from Highway 1 near the BC Ferries terminal at Horseshoe Bay. The Sea to Sky Highway is the given to the section of Highway 99 from Horseshoe Bay to Pemberton. From Squamish, it continues north for another 58 kilometres to Whistler, and then to Pemberton 32 kilometres later, where the Sea-to-Sky Highway ends and Duffey Lake Road begins
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Blaine, Washington
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Blaine is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The citys northern boundary is the Canada–US border, Blaine is the shared home of the Peace Arch international monument. The population was 4,684 at the 2010 census, since Blaine is located right on the border with Canada, it is the northernmost city on Interstate 5, while the southernmost city is San Ysidro. The city has a theme, marked by remodeled buildings and signs resembling designs that existed during the late 19th century. The worlds largest salmon cannery was operated by the Alaska Packers Association for decades in Blaine, several saw mills once operated on Blaines waterfront, and much of the lumber was transported from its wharves and docks to help rebuild San Francisco following the 1906 fire there. The forests were logged, but Blaines fishing industry remained strong. Into the 1970s Blaine was home to hundreds of commercial purse seiners and gillnetters plying the waters offshore of British Columbia, nature lovers have always appreciated Blaines coastal location, its accessible bike and walking trails, and view of mountains and water. The Cains are the most notable family in Blaines short history, credited with its founding, nathan Cornish and family moved to Blaine in 1889. He became mayor in 1901, his platform was twelve miles of wooden sidewalk, during the formative years of her career in the 1950s, country singer Loretta Lynn was often a featured star at Bills Tavern on Peace Portal Drive in Blaine. William Hafstrom owned the tavern, it no longer exists, Lynn was then living on Loomis Trail Road near Custer, Washington. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 8.43 square miles. Blaines motto is Where America Begins, the community is known as The Gateway to the Pacific Northwest. All these phrases are commentaries on Blaines unique locale and it lies at the northernmost point of the north-south U. S. Interstate 5 and next to Drayton Harbor and Boundary Bay, Blaine had a small airport, which was popular with light aircraft owners for its low fuel prices and because it had less fog than other nearby airports. The runway measured 2539 ×40 feet, the Blaine city government operated automated fuel pumps. In the spring of 2006 the city government removed several tall trees south of the runway as a safety precaution, then in 2007, the City Council voted to close the airport before the end of 2008. The airport was closed on December 31,2008. The land upon which the airport rests is adjacent to a shopping center, the area is now zoned for mixed use development, including light industrial manufacturing and commercial
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California
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
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Oregon
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Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Oregon is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the north by Washington, on the south by California, on the east by Idaho, the Columbia River delineates much of Oregons northern boundary, and the Snake River delineates much of the eastern boundary. The parallel 42° north delineates the boundary with California and Nevada. Oregon was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Western traders, explorers. An autonomous government was formed in the Oregon Country in 1843 before the Oregon Territory was created in 1848, Oregon became the 33rd state on February 14,1859. Today, at 98,000 square miles, Oregon is the ninth largest and, with a population of 4 million, the capital of Oregon is Salem, the second most populous of its cities, with 164,549 residents. Portland is Oregons most populous city, with 632,309 residents, Portlands metro population of 2,389,228 ranks the 23rd largest metro in the nation. The Willamette Valley in western Oregon is the states most densely populated area, the tall conifers, mainly Douglas fir, along Oregons rainy west coast contrast with the lighter-timbered and fire-prone pine and juniper forests covering portions to the east. Abundant alders in the west fix nitrogen for the conifers, stretching east from central Oregon are semi-arid shrublands, prairies, deserts, steppes, and meadows. At 11,249 feet, Mount Hood is the states highest point, Oregons only national park, Crater Lake National Park, comprises the caldera surrounding Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States. The state is home to the single largest organism in the world, Armillaria ostoyae. Because of its landscapes and waterways, Oregons economy is largely powered by various forms of agriculture, fishing. It is also the top timber-producer of the lower 48 states, Technology is another one of the states major economic forces, which began in the 1970s with the establishment of the Silicon Forest and the expansion of Tektronix and Intel. Sportswear company Nike, Inc. headquartered in Beaverton, is the states largest public corporation with a revenue of $30.6 billion. The earliest evidence of the name Oregon has Spanish origins and this chronicle is the first topographical and linguistic source with respect to the place name Oregon. There are also two other sources with Spanish origins such as the name Oregano which grows in the part of the region. Another early use of the name, spelled Ouragon, was in a 1765 petition by Major Robert Rogers to the Kingdom of Great Britain, the term referred to the then-mythical River of the West. By 1778 the spelling had shifted to Oregon, in his 1765 petition, Rogers wrote, The rout. is from the Great Lakes towards the Head of the Mississippi, and from thence to the River called by the Indians Ouragon
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Washington (state)
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It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State or the State of Washington to distinguish it from Washington, Washington is the 18th largest state with an area of 71,362 square miles, and the 13th most populous state with over 7 million people. Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States, Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is the states highest elevation at almost 14,411 feet and is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States. Washington is a leading lumber producer and its rugged surface is rich in stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa pine, white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar. Manufacturing industries in Washington include aircraft and missiles, shipbuilding and other equipment, lumber, food processing, metals and metal products, chemicals. Washington has over 1,000 dams, including the Grand Coulee Dam, built for a variety of purposes including irrigation, power, flood control, the Washington Territory was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. The area was part of a region called the Columbia District after the Columbia River. The area was renamed Washington in order to avoid confusion with the District of Columbia, Washington is the only U. S. state named after a president. To distinguish it from the U. S. capital, which is named for George Washington, Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, or, in more formal contexts. Washingtonians and other residents of the Pacific Northwest refer to the state simply as Washington, calling the nations capital Washington, D. C. or, often, Washington is the northwestern-most state of the contiguous United States. Washington is bordered by Oregon to the south, with the Columbia River forming the western part, to the west of Washington lies the Pacific Ocean. The high mountains of the Cascade Range run north-south, bisecting the state, from the Cascade Mountains westward, Western Washington has a mostly marine west coast climate, with mild temperatures and wet winters, autumns and springs, and relatively dry summers. The Cascade Range contains several volcanoes, which reach altitudes significantly higher than the rest of the mountains, from the north to the south, these major volcanoes are Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams. Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in the state, is 50 miles south of the city of Seattle and it is also covered with more glacial ice than any other peak in the contiguous 48 states. Western Washington also is home of the Olympic Mountains, far west on the Olympic Peninsula and these deep forests, such as the Hoh Rainforest, are among the only temperate rainforests in the continental United States. Eastern Washington – the part of the state east of the Cascades – has a dry climate. It includes large areas of steppe and a few truly arid deserts lying in the rain shadow of the Cascades. Farther east, the climate becomes less arid, with annual rainfall increasing as one goes east to 21.2 inches in Pullman, the Okanogan Highlands and the rugged Kettle River Range and Selkirk Mountains cover much of the northeastern quadrant of the state
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United States Numbered Highway System
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The United States Numbered Highway System is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. The route numbers and locations are coordinated by the American Association of State Highway, the only federal involvement in AASHTO is a nonvoting seat for the United States Department of Transportation. Generally, north-to-south highways are odd-numbered, with lowest numbers in the east, the area of the thirteen states of the United States. Similarly, east-to-west highways are typically even-numbered, with the lowest numbers in the north, where roads were first improved most intensively, major north–south routes have numbers ending in 1 while major east–west routes have numbers ending in 0. Three-digit numbered highways are spur routes of parent highways but are not necessarily connected to their parents, some divided routes exist to provide two alignments for one route, even though many splits have been eliminated. Special routes, usually posted with a banner, can provide various routes, such as an alternate, bypass or business route, Routes were designated, auto trails designated by auto trail associations were the main means of marking roads through the United States. In 1925, the Joint Board on Interstate Highways, recommended by the American Association of State Highway Officials, after several meetings, a final report was approved by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in November 1925. They received complaints from across the country about the assignment of routes, so the Board made several modifications, as a result of compromises made to get the U. S. Highway System approved, many routes were divided, with alignments to serve different towns. In subsequent years, AASHTO called for such splits in U. S, expansion of the system continued until 1956, when the Interstate Highway System was formed. After construction was completed, many U. S, Routes were replaced by Interstate Highways for through traffic. Highways still form many important regional connections, and new routes are still being added, Routes do not have a minimum design standard, unlike the later Interstate Highways, and are not usually built to freeway standards. Many are designated using the streets of the cities and towns through which they run. New additions to the system, however, must substantially meet the current AASHTO design standards, as of 1989, the United States Numbered Highways system has a total length of 157,724 miles. Except for toll bridges and tunnels, very few U. S. AASHTO policy says that a road may only be included as a special route. U. S. Route 3 meets this obligation, in New Hampshire, but US Routes in the system do use parts of four toll roads, US51 uses part of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Illinois, the old road is Illinois Route 251. US278 uses the tolled Cross Island Parkway in South Carolina, US412 uses the Cimarron Turnpike in Oklahoma, the old road is US64. US412 also uses the Cherokee Turnpike in Oklahoma, the old road is Alternate US412, Routes follow a simple grid in the contiguous United States, in which odd-numbered routes run generally north to south and even-numbered routes run generally east to west
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U.S. Route 97 in Oregon
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In the U. S. state of Oregon, U. S. Route 97 is a major north–south United States highway which runs through the state of Oregon. In Oregon, it runs from the Oregon-California border, south of Klamath Falls, to the Oregon-Washington border on the Columbia River, other than the northernmost stretch, US97 is known as The Dalles-California Highway. In May 2009, Oregon Senate passed a bill to rename U. S. Route 97 as World War II Veterans Historic Highway, with the exception of Interstate 5, US97 is the most important north–south highway corridor in the state. It serves two major centers, and is the main corridor east of the Cascade Mountains. While much of the remains in two-lane undivided configuration, significant sections have been upgraded to expressway or freeway status. The run of US97 in Oregon starts at the border between Oregon and California, south of the city of Klamath Falls, the highway starts out as a two-lane road, running through the arid Klamath River basin. Approaching the city of Klamath Falls,97 becomes a freeway just south of the junction with OR140, the freeway then runs along the western edge of the downtown region, ending at an interchange with Oregon Route 39 near the Oregon Institute of Technology. Within Klamath Falls is a route, which runs through downtown via Main Street/Klamath Avenue and Esplanade Avenue. This section of Highway 97 has been identified as an important alternative to I-5 for traffic in the Medford area in the event of a earthquake in the region. Highway 97, once primarily a 2-lane road, continues north along the eastern shore of Upper Klamath Lake. Continuing north, near the town of Chemult is an interchange with Oregon Route 58, which heads northwest to Eugene, in La Pine is a junction with Oregon Route 31, this city marks the start of the Deschutes River recreation area. North of La Pine, the highway becomes an expressway as it passes by the community of Sunriver. In Bend, the highway travels on a RIRO expressway known as the Bend Parkway, similar upgrades are possible at the northern boundary of Bend, dependent upon taxpayer and state approval. In Bend one finds interchanges with the Century Drive Highway, as well as U. S. Route 20, the busiest part of US97 is in Bend, with an average of 42,000 cars a day. This is also the busiest section of road in Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains, north of Bend, the highway continues as an expressway until it reaches the city of Redmond. US97 follows a new alignment bypassing the downtown area, with the old route designated U. S. Route 97 Business and it maintains a standard 55-mile-per-hour speed limit on the northern section of this parkway. In Redmond is an intersection with Oregon Route 126, continuing north out of Redmond, one enters a high desert region marked by numerous deep river gorges, including the Crooked River gorge. Towns along the route include Terrebonne, which access to Smith Rock State Park, a climbing mecca
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State highways in Oregon
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The state highway system of the U. S. state of Oregon is a network of highways that are owned and maintained by the Highway Division of the Oregon Department of Transportation. The state highway consists of about 8,000 miles of state highways, with about 7,400 miles when minor connections. This is about 9% of the total mileage in the state, including Oregons portion of the Interstate Highway System. Transfers of highways between the state and county or local maintenance require the approval of the Oregon Transportation Commission and these transfers often result in discontinuous highways, where a local government maintains part or all of a main road within its boundaries. Two separate numbering systems are used, routes are used by the general public. These comprise the Interstate highways, U. S. Routes, Highways, on the other hand, are used internally by ODOT, they are named and numbered. The two systems, while largely overlapping, are not congruent, on the other hand, some state highways are not signed as routes at all, Beaverton-Tualatin Highway No.141 has an official route designation, but remains entirely unsigned. Signed routes may comprise several highways, for instance, OR47 is overlaid on Mist-Clatskanie Hwy No,102, and Tualatin Valley Highway No.29. Likewise, highways may consist of routes, Tualatin Valley Hwy No.29 comprises parts of OR8. Every highway is fully state-maintained, and every route is at least partially state-maintained, route signs are maintained by the same agency as the roads they are posted along. If a local government maintains a numbered route, it signs an agreement with the state to keep the signs posted, the first signed routes were the U. S. Routes, in 1926. The primary, two-digit route numbers were laid out in a grid system, odd-numbered routes were north-south and increased in number bearing west, ranging from OR3 in Wallowa County to OR53 in Clatsop and Tillamook counties. Even-numbered routes were east-west and increased in number bearing south, ranging from OR6 in Tillamook, east-west highways in eastern Oregon were given route numbers between OR74 and OR86, again increasing in number to the south. Despite this pattern, the internally used highway numbers for primary highways remained ad-hoc, a few route numbers were added after the 1930s, and broke these patterns for continuity reasons, OR99, OR126, OR138, and OR140. Secondary route numbers, three digits starting with 2, were out to generally increase bearing west. They ranged from OR201 in Malheur County to OR240 in Yamhill County, the internally used highway numbers for secondary highways were also three digit numbers, but were designated by county, from No. 12X in Multnomah County, etc. until No, in 2002 and 2003, ODOT decided to assign route numbers to most of the previously unsigned secondary highways. Typically, these new numbers were identical to the old highway numbers
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Oregon Route 99
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Oregon Route 99 is a state highway that runs between the southern border of Oregon, and the city of Junction City. Oregon Route 99 was formed parts of the former U. S. Route 99, it shares much of its route with Interstate 5. Between Portland and Junction City, the highway is forked into two routes, Oregon Route 99E and Oregon Route 99W, Oregon Route 99 technically starts at an interchange with Interstate 5 at exit 11, south of Ashland. There it departs from the freeway, running parallel to I-5 as it passes through the cities of Ashland, Talent, Phoenix, the highway rejoins I-5 at exit 35, just Northwest of Central Point. OR99 departs from I-5 several more times through the mountains of southern Oregon, junctions are found in Gold Hill, Grants Pass, between Myrtle Creek and Sutherlin, through Drain and Yoncalla, and Cottage Grove and Goshen. These departures serve as business routes for I-5, as Oregon does not have or sign Interstate business routes, when it reaches Eugene, OR99 departs from I-5 for a final time. It heads west into downtown, along Franklin Boulevard past the University of Oregon, downtown, OR99 is on the 6th and 7th Avenue couplet. West of downtown it heads north on an alignment, which continues to Junction City. In Junction City, OR99 ends, as it splits into eastern and western forks, OR99 comprises the following named highways and roads, from south to north, The Rogue Valley Highway No. 63, Part of the Pacific Highway No,1, The Gold Hill Spur, which is no longer a state highway, The Sams Valley Highway No. 271, The Rogue River Highway No,60, Part of the Redwood Highway No. 25, Part of the Pacific Highway, Part of Fifth Street in Canyonville, Part of the Tiller-Trail Highway No. 35, The Oakland-Shady Highway, which is no longer a state highway, Part of the Pacific Highway, The Drain-Yoncalla Highway,45, Part of the Pacific Highway, The Goshen-Divide Highway No. 226, Part of the Pacific Highway, and Part of the Pacific Highway West No, note, not all interchanges on I-5 are shown. For a complete list of interchanges, see the Interstate 5 exit list
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U.S. Route 97 in Washington
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In the U. S. state of Washington, U. S. The highway serves major cities such as Goldendale, Yakima, Ellensburg, an alternate route connects the highway with Chelan. The first segment of what is now US97 in Washington to be included in the highway system was a road extending from Wenatchee to Twisp. Since, four early highways formed the route of the roadway, State Road 8, State Road 3, State Road 2 and State Road 10. The United States Numbered Highways were established in 1926 and US97 was co-signed with all four state roads, including two concurrencies with US410 and US10. The Sam Hill Memorial Bridge, originally named the Biggs Rapids Bridge, was first opened on November 1,1962, but the river has been crossed by a ferry at the same location since the early 1920s. During the 1964 highway renumbering, all four highways were replaced by US97 and in 1956, US12 replaced US410 during its extension west in 1967. In 1987, US97 was moved across the Columbia River in Chelan County, establishing US97 Alternate, until 2006, US197 was co-signed with SR14 between Dallesport and Maryhill. The bridge deck was replaced between 2007 and 2009 and the bridge was closed in 2008, five other minor projects, such as repavings and sidewalk additions, have already been completed, but eight projects have yet to be completed. The entire route from the Oregon state line to the Canada–US border is part of the National Highway System, the busiest segment of US97 in 1970 was at Main Street in Selah, with a daily average of 17,100 motorists. US97 begins at the Oregon state line over the Columbia River on the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge, after exiting the bridge, the highway enters Maryhill, passes the Maryhill State Park and crosses railroad tracks on the Vancouver–Pasco route operated by BNSF Railway. From the crossing, the roadway becomes concurrent with State Route 14 west for 0.42 miles before turning north to intersect SR14 Spur. From Maryhill, the road curves northeast and later north to pass Centerville, approaching Ellensburg, the roadway interchanges with SR821 at exit 26, Military Road at exit 11 and the northern end of SR821 at exit 3 before entering Ellensburg. I-82 later ends its 37. 81-mile concurrency and route at I-90, were a brief concurrency begins, the I-90 concurrency begins at exit 110, which is a trumpet interchange. Then, I-90 / US97 interchanges Canyon Road at exit 109, from I-90, the highway turns northwest, passing SR10 southeast of Thorp, a railroad track owned by BNSF Railway, and SR970 in Virden to Blewett Pass, where US97 crosses the Cascades. At Peshastin, the roadway starts its 27. 98-mile concurrency with US2 at a diamond interchange, from Peshastin, US2 / US97 parallels another BNSF route and passes Dryden and Cashmere before entering Wenatchee and intersecting Washington State Route 285 and later US97 Alternate. After paralleling the Columbia River, US2 leaves the concurrency at Orondo, the road continues north and later east along the Columbia River from Orondo to Chelan Falls, where US97 once again crosses the Columbia River, on the Beebe Bridge and then intersects SR150. After leaving the city, the roadway travels northeast to Brewster, after leaving Brewster, US97 crosses the Okanogan River and passes Anderson Field to intersect SR17 north of Fort Okanogan State Park
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Washington State Route 99
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A 2-mile gap divides the highway into two segments, between the interchanges of SR518 and SR599 in Tukwila. The southern segment of SR99 travels north from Fife through the cities of Federal Way, Des Moines, Kent, the northern segment of SR99 continues north from Tukwila through Seattle, Shoreline, Edmonds, Lynnwood, to the Broadway Interchange in Everett. SR99 originates at Interstate 5 in Fife, near its own intersection with 54th Avenue E, from there, it heads eastward to Federal Way where it becomes Pacific Highway South and intersects SR18 just west of its interchange with I-5. It then begins to travel north, through Des Moines, overlapping SR509 for a few miles, the route becomes a little difficult to identify for several miles, as there are no reassurance signs until entering SeaTac. Once there, it becomes International Boulevard and forms the boundary of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport until crossing SR518. The northern division begins where the freeway carrying SR599 northward passes over International Boulevard South, SR599 terminates at that point, north of there, it becomes SR99. SR99 continues north to an interchange with SR509 and West Marginal Way at the end of the First Avenue South Bridge. SR99 crosses over the bridge and onto East Marginal Way, near Spokane Street and the eastern end of the West Seattle Bridge, SR99 again becomes a freeway. A portion travels on the surface before the route rises onto the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the viaduct terminates at the Battery Street Tunnel. The Battery Street Tunnel runs for 3,140 feet underneath Battery Street, the tunnel carries SR99 underneath the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle and onto Aurora Avenue North. The tunnel was built in 1952 using the cut-and-cover method and it carries two traffic lanes in each direction, and connects the Alaskan Way Viaduct to Aurora Avenue N. providing continuity for State Route 99. There are no sidewalks or other provisions for pedestrians or bicyclists in the Tunnel, when an incident blocking traffic takes place within the tunnel, warning lights advise motorists to exit SR-99 at Western Avenue and Denny Way. Emergency exits are placed behind sliding doors, with stairways leading up to Battery Street on the surface, the tunnel is scheduled to be replaced by the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel, which is under construction, in 2017. The tunnel will be closed and filled in after the replacement tunnel opens, Aurora Avenue at this point is lined with businesses, residences, side streets and sidewalks. There is a barrier, so cross traffic and left turns are not available. There are also several pedestrian overpasses and underpasses along this route, as Aurora Avenue nears and passes along the east flank of Queen Anne Hill, the median barrier ends, although access remains RIRO. Aurora Avenue then crosses the Lake Washington Ship Canal on the George Washington Memorial Bridge, at the interchange for Bridge Way, a very low median barrier begins, rising to a higher wall a bit north of North 38th Street. The barrier lowers again just beyond North 49th Street, Aurora Avenue then bisects Woodland Park, with the barrier replaced by paint stripes until the next side street, North 59th
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West Coast of the United States
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The West Coast or Pacific Coast is the coastline along which the contiguous Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean. As a region, this term most often refers to the states of California. More specifically, it refers to an area defined on the east by the Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert, the U. S. Census groups the five states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii together as the Pacific States division. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the Census Bureaus Pacific Region was approximately 47.8 million – about 15. 3% of US population. The largest city on the west coast of the United States is Los Angeles, small isolated groups of hunter-gatherers migrated alongside herds of large herbivores far into Alaska. Between 16,500 BCE and 13,500 BCE, ice-free corridors developed along the Pacific coast and valleys of North America, Alaska Natives, indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, and California indigenous peoples eventually descended from the Paleo-Indians. They developed various languages and established trade routes, later, Spanish, British, French, Russian, and American explorers and settlers began colonizing the area. The West Coast of the United States has a climate in its Northern edge towards the Canada–US border. The coastline sees significantly mild temperatures when compared to the areas during summer. In far Northern California there is a difference of 17 °C between Eurekas and Willow Creek in spite of only 25 miles separating the locations and Willow Creek being located at a 500 metres elevation, coastal fog is also prevalent in keeping shoreline temperatures cool. Since the West Coast has been populated by more recently than the East Coast. Additionally, its demographic composition underlies its cultural difference from the rest of the United States. Californias history first as a major Spanish colony, and later Mexican territory, has given the lower West Coast a distinctive Hispanic tone, which it also shares with the rest of the Southwest. Similarly, two of the three cities in which Asian Americans have concentrated, San Francisco and Los Angeles, are located on the West Coast, San Franciscos Chinatown, the oldest in North America, is a vibrant cultural center. The West Coast also has a large share of green cities within the United States. Other writers, like Jean Baudrillard, Mike Davis, and Umberto Eco, have made related statements on Californian culture, in the Northwest, Portland and Seattle are both considered among the coffee capitals of the world. While Starbucks originated in Seattle, both towns are known for coffee roasters and independent coffeeshops. In the Pacific Northwest at large, which includes the Canadian west coast, the culture has significantly shaped by the environment, especially by its forests, mountains
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Interstate 5
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It serves the largest cities on the U. S. West Coast, including Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego, and also links the cities of Washington, Oregon. Upon crossing the Mexican border at its terminus, Interstate 5 continues to Tijuana. Upon crossing the Canada–US border at its terminus, it continues to Vancouver as British Columbia Highway 99. It is the 12th longest highway in the U. S. following I-15, I-5 links to control cities in California, Oregon, and Washington. North of Seattle, the city is Vancouver, British Columbia, it is signed as Vancouver B. C. in order to avoid confusion with Vancouver. One notable control city that I-5 does not directly reach is San Francisco, to the south, in the Tracy area, I-580 splits from I-5 towards San Francisco, while to the north, near Vacaville, I-505 cuts south to I-80, which serves that city. That routing, via I-580, I-80, and I-505, was planned originally as I-5W, the southernmost point of I-5 is at the Mexican border at the San Ysidro border crossing, one of the busiest in the world. Here I-5 is also known as the San Diego Freeway, at Dana Point, I-5 turns inland and heads due north through Mission Viejo to the El Toro Y interchange in southeastern Irvine. I-5 becomes the Santa Ana Freeway as it runs southeast to northwest, passing through cities and suburbs in Orange. Southern Californians refer to it as the 5 Freeway or as the Santa Ana Freeway in the Los Angeles area, from this point, the San Diego Freeway continues northward as I-405. When the freeway reaches the East Los Angeles Interchange one mile east of downtown Los Angeles, the route continues through the San Fernando Valley and then crosses the Newhall Pass through the Santa Susana Mountains into the Santa Clarita Valley. The interchange with State Route 14 is unusual in that traffic is separated into its own lanes for both the mainline of the freeway and the transition ramps to and from SR14. At that point, the Golden State Freeway rises sharply to the north through the Grapevine to eventually reach the second-highest point of its entire length, path 26 power lines generally follow the freeway along this stretch. I-580 splits from I-5 at a point south of Tracy, providing a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. After passing Tracy, I-5 heads north through Stockton and Sacramento before turning west to Woodland, at Woodland, the Interstate heads northwest again towards Dunnigan, where it converges with I-505. From Dunnigan, I-5 skirts north along the edge of the Sacramento Valley to Red Bluff. I-5 then enters the Shasta Cascade region, passing through Redding, the interstate then travels to Weed and Yreka before reaching the Oregon border
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Dust Bowl
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The drought came in three waves,1934,1936, and 1939–1940, but some regions of the high plains experienced drought conditions for as many as eight years. During the drought of the 1930s, the unanchored soil turned to dust, which the prevailing winds blew away in huge clouds that sometimes blackened the sky. These choking billows of dust – named black blizzards or black rollers – traveled cross country, reaching as far as the East Coast and striking such cities as New York City and Washington, on the Plains, they often reduced visibility to 1 metre or less. While the term the Dust Bowl was originally a reference to the area affected by the dust, today it is usually used to refer to the event. The drought and erosion of the Dust Bowl affected 100,000,000 acres that centered on the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma and touched adjacent sections of New Mexico, Colorado, the Dust Bowl forced tens of thousands of families to abandon their farms. The Dust Bowl area lies principally west of the 100th meridian on the High Plains, elevation ranges from 2,500 feet in the east to 6,000 feet at the base of the Rocky Mountains. The area is semiarid, receiving less than 20 inches of rain annually, the region is also prone to extended drought, alternating with unusual wetness of equivalent duration. During wet years, the soil provides bountiful agricultural output. The region is subject to high winds. During early European and American exploration of the Great Plains, this region was thought unsuitable for European-style agriculture, the lack of surface water and timber made the region less attractive than other areas for pioneer settlement and agriculture. The federal government encouraged settlement and development of the Plains for agriculture via the Homestead Act of 1862, an unusually wet period in the Great Plains mistakenly led settlers and the federal government to believe that rain follows the plow and that the climate of the region had changed permanently. Waves of European settlers arrived in the plains at the beginning of the 20th century, a return of unusually wet weather seemingly confirmed a previously held opinion that the formerly semiarid area could support large-scale agriculture. At the same time, technological improvements such as mechanized plowing, for example, in the Llano Estacado of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas, the area of farmland was doubled between 1900 and 1920, then tripled again between 1925 and 1930. The agricultural methods favored by farmers during this period created the conditions for large-scale erosion under certain environmental conditions, when severe drought struck the Great Plains region in the 1930s, it resulted in erosion and loss of topsoil because of farming practices at the time. The drought dried the topsoil and over time it became friable, without the indigenous grasses in place, the high winds that occur on the plains picked up the topsoil and created the massive dust storms that marked the Dust Bowl period. The persistent dry weather caused crops to fail, leaving the plowed fields exposed to wind erosion, the fine soil of the Great Plains was easily eroded and carried east by strong continental winds. On November 11,1933, a very strong dust storm stripped topsoil from desiccated South Dakota farmlands in just one of a series of severe dust storms that year. Beginning on May 9,1934, a strong, two-day dust storm removed massive amounts of Great Plains topsoil in one of the worst such storms of the Dust Bowl, the dust clouds blew all the way to Chicago, where they deposited 12 million pounds of dust
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California State Route 99
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State Route 99, commonly known as Highway 99 or, simply, as 99, is a north–south state highway in the U. S. state of California, stretching almost the entire length of the Central Valley. From its southern end at Interstate 5 near Wheeler Ridge to its end at SR36 near Red Bluff. Cities served include Bakersfield, Delano, Tulare, Visalia, Kingsburg, Selma, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Modesto, Stockton, Sacramento, Turlock, Yuba City, and Chico. The highway is a remnant of the former Mexico to Canada U. S. Route 99, north of Sacramento, the road ranges from a rural two-lane road to a four-lane freeway. SR99 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, the entirety of this segment is now built to freeway standards with complete access control, although some older portions are not yet in compliance with Interstate Highway standards. The freeway sections connect and serve the agriculture and industry of the California Central Valley, most of the freeway also parallels the Union Pacifics Fresno Subdivision. In Sacramento, SR99 first joins with I-80 Business as part of the Capital City Freeway and these SR99 concurrences are not officially designated by the California Department of Transportation, but mapmakers often show it as such. SR99 signage had existed along that route for motorists convenience, but was removed in 2000, and replaced by TO SR99 signs instead. SR99 then splits from I-5 in northern Sacramento, and then heads along the segment of the Sacramento Valley through Yuba City. A majority of SR99 from Sacramento to Red Bluff is a highway, while segments in Yuba City. SR99 remains a freeway as the route leaves Sacramento County. As SR99 crosses SR20 as an intersection, the highway becomes a four-lane freeway for 3 miles before reverting to a two-lane road, passing the smaller towns of Live Oak, Fagan. SR99 briefly is a local road through Gridley before continuing as a two-lane highway. SR99 passes by the side of the Thermalito Afterbay. SR162 joins SR99 for 2 miles before splitting off east towards the end of the Thermalito Afterbay. SR99 then transitions from a road to a four-lane divided expressway just before the interchange at SR149 turning northwest. As SR99 leaves Chico, the highway reverts to a 2-lane road before crossing into Tehama County and passing rural areas. The route then curves to the west and terminates at the junction with SR36, approximately 1.5 miles from I-5 in Red Bluff
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Oregon Route 99W
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Oregon Route 99W is a state-numbered route in Oregon, United States that runs from OR99 and OR 99E in Junction City north to I-5 in southwestern Portland. Some signage continues it north to US26 near downtown, but most signage agrees with the Oregon Department of Transportations description, OR 99W is known by ODOT as the Pacific Highway West No. 1W, that continues north through downtown to the Pacific Highway No.1 in northern Portland. Until around 1972, OR 99W was U. S. Route 99W, US99 then continued north along present I-5 into Washington, the next segment still numbered 99 is WA99 south of Seattle. The Pacific Highway West begins at the interchange with I-5 and OR126 Business in eastern Eugene and it heads west through downtown Eugene along OR99 and OR126 Business, and then northwest and north to Junction City on OR99. At Junction City, OR99 ends and OR 99W begins along the Pacific Highway West, Oregon Route 18 provides a bypass for OR 99W around downtown McMinnville and Lafayette. At McMinnville, OR 99W turns northeast and it passes through the winemaking towns of Dundee and Newberg before entering the Portland suburb of Sherwood. It then skirts the city of Tualatin and passes through Tigard before entering Portland, the Pacific Highway West, however, continues northeast and north, paralleling I-5 on Barbur Boulevard. OR10 joins at Capitol Highway, which is not a state highway, south of the Ross Island Bridge approach, Oregon Highway 99W and OR10 split from Barbur Boulevard onto Naito Parkway, an arterial that once connected directly to Harbor Drive. OR10 ends at the west end of the Ross Island Bridge, which carries US26, the Mt. Hood Highway No.26. Until around 2005, US26 came off the bridge onto the Pacific Highway West north into downtown Portland, at the overpass over I-405 is the former split with Harbor Drive, which was replaced by Tom McCall Waterfront Park in 1974. The road now runs into Naito Parkway, and is state-maintained until Market Street, the Pacific Highway West continues north through downtown, locally maintained along Naito Parkway, to the state-maintained Steel Bridge. At the northeast end of the Steel Bridge, the Pacific Highway West again becomes locally maintained and this is again state-maintained north of Argyle Street. The first highway in the corridor was the Capitol Highway, from Portland to Salem via Dayton. In 1927 it was merged with the West Side Highway, which ran from Dayton to Junction City, to form the West Side Pacific Highway, still numbered 3, and a western loop of the Pacific Highway. In 1930, Highway 3 was assigned the U. S. Route 99W number, Highway 1 was similarly split in 1938, forming the Pacific Highway West - Highway 1W - and the Pacific Highway East, Highway 1E. Highway 1W was formed from Highway 3, and extended north on Interstate Avenue to just south of the Interstate Bridge, in 1957, with the assignment of I-5, the Pacific Highway was moved to its planned alignment, resulting in an extension of Highway 1W south to Eugene. US 99W however continued to terminate at Junction City, the new I-5 was designated US99 when it opened in 1961, US99 became OR99 in 1972, resulting in the renumbering of US 99W to OR 99W
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Oregon Route 99E
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Oregon Route 99E is an Oregon state highway that runs between Junction City, Oregon and an interchange with I-5 just south of the Oregon/Washington border, in Portland. It, along with OR 99W, makes up a split of OR99 in the part of the state. This split existed when the route was U. S. Route 99, OR 99E has its southern terminus in Junction City. Almost immediately after leaving the city limits the route crosses the Willamette River, north of Tangent, the route enters the city of Albany and serves as a main thoroughfare through town. At the northern end of Albany, OR 99E joins I-5, OR 99E remains co-signed with I-5 until Salem where it again splits off from the interstate, serving many towns in northern Marion County. North of Salem, OR 99E serves the northern Willamette Valley, passing cities such as Woodburn, Hubbard. The stretch between Canby and Oregon City is notorious for frequent and serious accidents, starting in Oregon City, and continuing through the suburban communities of Gladstone, Oak Grove and Milwaukie, OR 99E is known as McLoughlin Boulevard. The road crosses the John McLoughlin Bridge just south of Gladstone, north of Milwaukie, OR 99E is a high-capacity urban expressway. In Portland, OR 99E continues as the McLoughlin Boulevard expressway until passing beneath the Ross Island Bridge and it is the main north–south arterial through the central east side of the city. Note, mileposts do not reflect actual mileage due to realignments, not all interchanges are shown on the I-5 overlap, for a full list see the I-5 exit list. U. S. Route 99 Oregon Route 99 Oregon Route 99E Business Oregon Route 99W
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Red Bluff, California
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Red Bluff is a city in and the county seat of Tehama County, California, United States. The population was 14,076 at the 2010 census, up from 13,147 at the 2000 census, Red Bluff is on the northern edge of the Sacramento Valley, and is the third largest city in the Shasta Cascade region. It is about 30 mi south of Redding,40 mi northwest of Chico, the city is located at 40°10′36″N 122°14′17″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 7.7 square miles. 7.6 square miles of it is land and 0.1 square miles of it is water, the total area is 1. 48% water. The Nomlaki and Southern Yana people originally inhabited the area along the banks of the Sacramento River where Red Bluff was built, on April 10,1828, Jedediah Smith passed through on the way to Oregon. In 1843 Peter Lassen, John Bidwell, and John Burheim came in pursuit of horse thieves, the first house where Red Bluff now is an adobe structure put up late in 1849 by John Myers, who conducted it for a short time as a hotel. In the following spring Mr. Cooper erected a small adobe there, dibble built another at the Adobe Ferry, one mile north. This adobe has been associated with William B. Ide, whose home was south of Red Bluff, settlement began in 1850 when Sashel Woods and Charles L. Wilson began laying out a town called Leodocia. It was known by name and Covertsburg until 1854, when maps showed the community as Red Bluffs. In 1851 Captain Ellbridge G. Reed built and started a hotel near where the now known as Reeds Creek enters the Sacramento River. It languished later on with the subsidence of activity in the mines, in 1854 Red Bluff had a population of 1,000 people. In 1860 it had twice as many, on the organization of the county in 1856, there was a strong attempt to locate the county seat at Tehama, but in March,1857, Red Bluff was chosen. The city of Red Bluff was incorporated in 1876, Red Bluff has a Mediterranean climate with cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. There are an average of 100.1 days annually with highs of 90 °F or higher, the record highest temperature was 121 °F on August 7,1981, and the record lowest temperature was 17 °F on January 9,1937. Annual precipitation averages 23.21 inches with measurable precipitation falling of an average of 71 days, the wettest year was 1983 with 52.98 inches and the driest year was 1976 with 7.20 inches. The most rainfall in one month was 21.47 inches in January 1995, the most snowfall in one month was 15.0 inches in January 1937
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U.S. Route 99 in California
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It was assigned in 1926 and existed until it was replaced for the most part by Interstate 5. A large section in the Central Valley is now State Route 99, the highway started at the border with Baja California in Calexico, California. It then continued north along the shore of the Salton Sea. The stretch is now known as State Route 86, Highway 99 continued along present-day State Route 111 through Coachella to its intersection at Dillon Road with another major US route signed as both US60 and US70. Now multiplexed as US 60/70/99, the highway continued north through Indio, in Beaumont, Highway 60 split off on its own westward trek to Los Angeles. The highway through Banning and Beaumont was bypassed by the new version of US 60/70/99 that would later become part of Interstate 10. The edges of the old US60 shield at the replacement interchanges overhead sign are visible today underneath the State Route 60 shield that covers it up. Highway 99s original alignment over the hill was known in its earliest days as the Ridge Route, built in 1915, the alignment between Castaic and State Route 138 in Gorman is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This section was bypassed in 1933 by the three-lane Alternate Ridge Route, from the southern tip of the San Joaquin Valley at the foot of the Grapevine, US99 then continued to Sacramento where it split into two highways, 99E and 99W. The two highways rejoined in Red Bluff and continued again as US99 through Oregon, Washington and to the border with British Columbia. When it was first designated in late 1926, US99 ran with U. S. Route 66 from San Bernardino via Pasadena to Los Angeles, the route was signed in 1928. This alignment remained through 1933, but by 1942 it had moved to its own alignment from San Bernardino to Los Angeles and this alignment used Garvey Avenue from Pomona, turning onto Ramona Boulevard in Alhambra to reach Macy Street near downtown Los Angeles. It turned north at Figueroa Street, running through the Figueroa Street Tunnels, when the San Bernardino Freeway, Santa Ana Freeway and Pasadena Freeway were completed, it was routed onto them, continuing to exit at Avenue 26. In 1962, with the completion of the Golden State Freeway northeast of downtown, US99 was moved onto it, bypassing the Santa Ana Freeway, Four Level Interchange, from Los Angeles US99 followed San Fernando Road through Glendale and Burbank to Sylmar. From 1937 to 1964 it shared this routing with U. S. Route 6, the Old Road starts in near the Newhall Pass Interchange, just south of Santa Clarita, eventually crossing under present-day Interstate 5. As the road now winds north, passing by Pico Canyon Road, it reaches Mc Bean Parkway near the California Institute of the Arts, College of the Canyons, in Castaic The Old Road becomes a suburban street and ends at Oak Hill Court, just outside Castaic. A substantial portion of the road is submerged beneath Pyramid Lake,99 then headed over Tejon Pass to the San Joaquin Valley. Just north of the entry to the valley, Interstate 5 splits off from US99, and US99 continued on the current route of State Route 99, to Bakersfield, Fresno
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Grants Pass, Oregon
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Grants Pass is a city in, and the county seat of, Josephine County, Oregon, United States. The city is located on Interstate 5, northwest of Medford, attractions include the Rogue River, famous for its rafting, and the nearby Oregon Caves National Monument located 30 miles south of the city. Grants Pass is 256 miles south of Portland, the largest city in Oregon, the population was 34,533 at the 2010 census. Early Hudsons Bay Company hunters and trappers, following the Siskiyou Trail, in the late 1840s, settlers following the Applegate Trail began traveling through the area on their way to the Willamette Valley. The city states that the name was selected to honor General Ulysses S. Grants success at Vicksburg, Grants Pass post office was established on March 22,1865. The city of Grants Pass was incorporated in 1887, the Oregon-Utah Sugar Company was created, leading to a sugar beet factory being built in Grants Pass in 1916. Before the factory opened, Oregon-Utah Sugar was merged into the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, due to labor shortages and low acreage planted in sugar beets, the processing machinery was moved to Toppenish, Washington in 1918 or 1919. Grants Pass is located in the Rogue Valley, the Rogue River runs through the city, U. S. Route 199 passes through the city, and joins Interstate 5. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 11.03 square miles. True to its motto, “It’s the climate. ”, Grants Pass has a Zone 7 climate, according to the Köppen climate classification system, Grants Pass has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate. Summer days are sunny, dry and hot but it cools down dramatically at night, the average August high temperature is 88.8 °F or 31.6 °C but the low is only 53.7 °F or 12.1 °C. Winters are cool and fairly rainy with occasional snow, the average January high temperature is 46.6 °F or 8.1 °C. Grants Pass receives roughly 31 inches or 790 millimetres precipitation per year, the record high temperature of 114 °F or 45.6 °C was on July 23,1928. The record low temperature of −1 °F was on December 9,1972 until 1990 when it reached −3 °F, measurable precipitation falls on an average of 110 days annually. The wettest “rain year” was from July 1955 to June 1956 with 50.69 inches of precipitation, there is an average of only 4.6 inches or 0.12 metres of snow annually. The most snowfall in one month was 34.1 inches in February 1917, as of the census of 2010, there were 34,533 people,14,313 households, and 8,700 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,176.9 inhabitants per square mile, there were 15,561 housing units at an average density of 1,431.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 90. 9% White,0. 5% African American,1. 2% Native American,1. 1% Asian,0. 3% Pacific Islander,2. 3% from other races, and 3. 7% from two or more races
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Ashland, Oregon
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Ashland is a city in Jackson County, in the State of Oregon. It lies along Interstate 5 approximately 16 miles north of the California border, as of 2015, the citys population was approaching 21,000. The city is the home of Southern Oregon University and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and these are important to Ashlands economy, which also depends on restaurants, galleries, and retail stores that cater to tourists. Lithia Park along Ashland Creek, historic buildings, and a paved intercity bike trail provide additional visitor attractions, Ashland has a mayor-council government assisted by citizen committees. Historically, its politics have differed, often sharply, with much of the rest of southwest Oregon. Prior to the arrival of settlers in mid-19th century, the Shasta people lived in the valley along Ashland Creek approximately where todays city is located. Early Hudsons Bay Company hunters and trappers following the Siskiyou Trail passed through the site in the 1820s, in the late 1840s, mainly American settlers following the Applegate Trail began passing through the area. By the early 1850s, the Donation Land Act brought many to the Rogue Valley and these often violent clashes, known ultimately as the Rogue River Wars, continued until 1856. In 1851, gold was discovered at Rich Gulch, a tributary of Jackson Creek, settlers arrived in the Ashland area in January 1852, including Robert B. Hargadine, Sylvester Pease, Abel D Helman, Eber Emery, Helman and Hargadine filed the first donation land claims in Ashland. Helman and Emery built a sawmill along what was then called Mill Creek to turn timber into lumber for settlers, in 1854, they and another settler, M. B. Morris, built a mill, Ashland Flouring Mills, to grind local wheat into flour. The community around the mill known as Ashland Mills. A post office was established in Ashland Mills in 1855 with Helman as postmaster, during the 1860s and 1870s the community grew, establishing a school, churches, businesses, and a large employer, Ashland Woolen Mills, which produced clothing and blankets from local wool. In 1871, the Post Office dropped Mills from Ashlands name, in 1872 Reverend J. H. Skidmore opened a college, Ashland Academy, a predecessor of Southern Oregon University. In 1887, Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco, California, were joined by rail at Ashland, until 1926, when most rail service began taking a different route, Ashland thrived on rail trade of local products, including pears, peaches, and apples. In 1908 the Womens Civic Improvement Club petitioned for the creation of community space along Ashland Creek, the discovery of lithia water near Emigrant Lake around the same time led to a plan to establish a mineral spa at the park. Voters approved bonds to pay for the project, which included piping the water from its source to Ashland
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Fife, Washington
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Fife is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States and a suburb of Tacoma. The population was 9,173 at the 2010 census, the population was 9,970 at 2015 Estimate from Office of Financial Management. In 1940, it was described as Fife, Fife was officially incorporated on February 11,1957. Its proximity to the Port of Tacoma, Interstate 5, fifes tax base is made up of sales tax, utility tax, and property tax. Fife Heights, located on a hill beyond the bounds of the city, is a primarily residential area. Milton is immediately to the east and Edgewood is to the southeast, Fife is located at 47°14′4″N 122°21′35″W. It is entirely within the Puyallup Indian Reservation created prior to statehood by the Medicine Creek Treaty of 1854, but title is held almost entirely by non-Native Americans. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 5.83 square miles. Fife is also a community, residing in the low. This means the water table occurs only 10–15 feet below ground in some parts, consequently, during the day as the tide rises and falls in the Puget Sound, so do parts of land slightly rise and fall. The southern portions of the city are in the floodplain of the Puyallup River, much of the city would be damaged or destroyed in the event of a lahar due to an eruption of Mount Rainier. As of the census of 2010, there were 9,173 people,3,642 households, the population density was 1,612.1 inhabitants per square mile. There were 3,895 housing units at a density of 684.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 55. 2% White,8. 2% African American,3. 0% Native American,15. 5% Asian,2. 7% Pacific Islander,7. 6% other races, and 7. 8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17. 4% of the population,29. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 4. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the family size was 3.12. The median age in the city was 30.9 years. 25. 7% of residents were under the age of 18,10. 5% were between the ages of 18 and 24,36. 9% were from 25 to 44,20. 4% were from 45 to 64, and 6. 5% were 65 years of age or older
Fed. 5 at U.S.–Mexico border in Calexico, CA[3]
Hwy 99 at U.S./Canada border in Blaine, WA
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Fed. 5 at U.S.–Mexico border in Calexico[3]
US 80 in El Centro[3]
US 91 / US 395 near Colton[4]
US 60 / US 70 in Los Angeles
US 101 in Los Angeles[4]
US 66 in Los Angeles
US 6 from Los Angeles to Newhall Pass
US 466 from Famoso to Bakersfield[4]
US 399 in Greenfield, CA[4]
US 50 from Sacramento to French Camp
US 40 from Davis to Roseville
US 299 in Redding
US 97 in Weed
US 199 in Grants Pass
US 126 in Eugene
US 20 in Corvallis/Albany
US 26 in Portland
US 30 in Portland
US 830 from near Kelso to Vancouver
US 101 / US 410 in Olympia[5][6]
US 10 in Seattle[7]
US 2 in Everett
Hwy 99 at Canada–US border in Blaine
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