Come take a look at one of the scenic stetches of the 101 Coast Highway as it heads south from Del Mar into La Jollca California. About the Historic Highway 101 - Take a nostalgic trip along scenic Highway 101. The history of the road really began shortly after the turn of the twentieth century in Oceanside and North San Diego County, when wagons and primitive autos competed for space on its narrow, bumpy, unpredictable dirt surface. San Diego County, the State, and the City of Oceanside all financed the concrete and macadam road through north San Diego commencing in 1909 and terminating in 1918 with the pavement of the thoroughfare through Oceanside. Fifteen feet wide and four inches thick without shoulders and subgrades, this "improved" road did not last too long. However the road was good enough to lure settlers from the nations hinterlands to the Golden State via Route 66 and other roads. And, locals took to the highway in droves, thanks to the more affordable and vastly improved automobile after 1918. The coast road provided great entertainment. The famous, notable, and unique traversed its ribbon of concrete, including Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt and the Hollywood crowd. Even before the highway had been paved, speed freaks and their "mechanicians" raced up and down the thoroughfare attempting to break records. The Los Angeles to Phoenix automobile race ran south through San Diego County via the coast road, then east to Arizona, in 1911. The San Diego Motorcycle ...
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