22 October 2006: US 80 Special: Historic US 80 in San Diego, CA (Part I)I lied. I have two more things for y'all :) since we did so much of historic US 80 on the return trip (see 08/02/06 for a recap of US 80, and 07/31/06 for the beginning of the parts of US 80 we already covered [from Alabama east]), I think it's only fair to subject you to the grand opening of Historic Route US 80 in Southern California, a whole gala event featuring dual caravans from San Diego and Yuma meeting in the "middle" at the Viejas casino near Alpine. Yours truly and several others of us in the California roadgeek "community" were honoured to take part in the caravan and look at some of the major points US 80 passed through in San Diego. In particular, thanks to Andy Field for the invitation, and to Casey Cooper, Russ Connelly and Mike Ballard who also accompanied. It was great to meet them all!My apologies to people on dialup: this one is a big entry because it was just too good to not photograph the heck out of.
We start at Seaport Village, near what was US 80's terminus after World War II but before the construction of the modern US 80 freeway in the 1950s (most of which is now Interstate 8 -- see 08/03/06 for the beginning of our I-8 return trip). Originally, US 80 terminated at the corner of 12th St and Market (likely with US 395), and after the construction of the Camino Del Rio freeway it terminated at the US 101 freeway, or what is now Interstate 5. This terminus here, which was also shared with US 395, is roughly at where Pacific Highway meets Harbor Drive today (although it has been subsequently reconfigured), but was originally Market and US 101. I need to update the US 395 entry on this, btw, which I'll do with the next clot of changes. This year is especially important as US 80 is eighty years old, formed as America's first all-weather transcontinental highway, and an original 1926 US highway.
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