Highway 99....Hyperbolic Description

[Subdeacon Joe]

But funny. 

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPPebYWDl2s/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

 

[Eyesa Horg]

Sounds like a lovely area.😃

[Blackwater 53393]

Runs the length of the state??  City, suburbs, rural, and whatever else you can imagine!

[Subdeacon Joe]

51 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

Runs the length of the state??  City, suburbs, rural, and whatever else you can imagine!

 

Well. That clip talks about State Route 99, which runs through the Central Valley for about 425 miles. 

 

There is also US Route 99, which is a somewhat different critter.

 

"U.S. Route 99 (US 99) was the main north–south United States Numbered Highway on the West Coast of the United States until 1964, running from Calexico, California, on the Mexican border to Blaine, Washington, on the Canadian border. Known also as the "Golden State Highway" and "The Main Street of California", US 99 was an important route in California throughout much of the 1930s as a route for Dust Bowl immigrant farm workers to traverse the state. It was assigned in 1926 and existed until it was replaced for the most part by Interstate 5 (I-5). A large section in the Central Valley is now State Route 99 (SR 99)."

 

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

Yup ~ an apt description.

 

I drive part of 99 in the Central Valley several times a week - it's dicey at best!

 

Here's "my" section... the intersection where I usually exit or get on "The Ninety-Nine," as the locals call it; I don't give it the "the."  Anyway, we call this part "Hallelujah Corners."  Why?  'Cuz when you make it across, you're inclined to shout "Hallelujah!  I made it!"  

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

hyperbolic   .... exagerated?