It doesn’t have the cachet of Route 66, and it’s not as scenic as the Pacific ... maps where this aspiringly storied road appears was published in 1915 by the Washington State Highway Department.

This second route is visible on a 1920s Washington road map distributed ... River – as the Roosevelt Highway. There was also a Roosevelt Highway along the Pacific Coast, from southern California ...

The highway embodies the California promise of freedom. But it keeps breaking. A recent trip along the roadway revealed the ...