Construction of Highway 99

Item

Title

Construction of Highway 99

Identifier

2022.006.032

Type

image

Description

Black and white photograph of the construction of Highway 99 along Central Ave in Redlands California. Written on back "17 W. Central Ave. Redlands Calif. In front of Richey's Garage on left looking west. Digging up st. to put a drainage ditch before putting hwy 99 through town on Central Ave. Looking west. Palmer Leland Richardson owner took foto." Highway 99 was once the road that is now Redlands Blvd. Highway 99 was established in 1926 as a route that ran from the Mexican border all the way to Washington state. The road was decomissioned in 1964 after the creation of the 1-10 and I-5 freeways and redesignated as Redlands Blvd.

Subject

Highway 99
Central Avenue
Construction

Spatial Coverage

Washington
Redlands (Calif.)

Temporal Coverage

1926-1964

Creator

Palmer Leland "Richey" Richardson

Date

1920s

Contributor

Inland Mexican Heritage, Courtesy of Rita Richardson Radeleff

Format

.tif

Language

English

Rights

Copyright Undetermined

Relation

Bibliographic Citation

Vasquez, Antonio Gonzalez, and Genevieve Carpio. Mexican Americans in Redlands. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Publishing, 2012, 41.

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