California State Route 160; the legacy of US Routes 40/50/99/99W/99E, Lincoln Highway, Victory Highway and CA 24
Over the Fourth of July Weekend I drove the entirety of both sections California State Route 160 on the North Sacramento Freeway and Sacrament/San Joaquin River Delta. In addition, I drove the somewhat recently relinquished segment of CA 160 in downtown Sacramento. CA 160 is made up of segments of historic highway corridors which once were parts of; the North Lincoln Highway, Victory Highway, US Route 40, US 50, US 99, US 99E and US 99W. The present configuration of CA 160 was created during the 1964 State Highway Renumbering as a north/south highway. CA 160 exists in two segments; the first on the North Sacramento Freeway from CA 51 (signed I-80 Business) south to downtown Sacramento and the second from I-5 in south Sacramento south through the Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta to CA 4 in Antioch. In 2002 the surface portion of CA 160 in Sacramento was relinquished but the highway is listed as having 59 miles as of 1995 according to CAhighways.org. CAhig...