Evidently,the state of California has a real gem of a road along the winding two State Route 24 on Niles Canyon Road between Mission Blvd. and I-680. This 7.1 mile stretch of asphalt has been named an official state scenic highway and will have a ceremony at Sunol's historic rail depot on April 15th.
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR POPPIES?
California's scenic highway signs feature the poppy, the state flower. Those signs will be going up soon and the state also will be planting poppies alongside the roadway.
The process to become a scenic highway began over twelve years ago and it passes through the town of Fremont and Alameda County in the San Francisco Bay Area.
It joins three other scenic highways in the Bay Area: State Highway 24 east of Caldecott Tunnel to I-680, and two stretches of I-680. Sounds like I-680 must be another of those really scenic interstates (like the West Virginia Turnpike and I-70 from Utah to Denver).
FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
This is also along the path of the first transcontinental railroad, California's first railroad transportation. A very well-preserved section is used by the Pacific Locomotive Association to run the Niles Canyon Railway between Sunol and Niles.
April 2nd Fremont, Ca. Argus "Route named scenic highway" by Meera Pal.
Sounds Like a Place a Dog Might Want to Go. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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