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Archive 1

1917 law

  • SECTION 1. A certain highway in San Bernardino county, running substantially as follows:
    • Beginning at a point in Waterman canyon at the termination of the pavement of the San Bernardino county highway system, thence following the meanderings of the road known as the "Crest drive" into Bear valley, ending at a point directly opposite the most easterly point of Bear lake.
  • The entire length thereof is hereby declared to be and the same is hereby placed under the supervision and control of the state board of engineering...

--NE2 20:43, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Rim of the World Drive notes

There's a whole book about the Rim of the World Drive: [1] --NE2 02:40, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

1915 routing (ACSC map)
  • Arrowhead Avenue, 30th Street?, Sierra Way, 40th Street, SR 18 (roughly), SR 189, Bear Springs Road, SR 18, north from Running Springs to Camp Awahanee, Green Valley Lake Road, Snow Slide Road, Coxey Road, SR 38, around the lake (which ended near the Stanfield Cutoff), Mill Creek Road, Clarks Grade, Seven Pines Road?, Santa Ana Road, through the Santa Ana Canyon, Santa Ana Canyon Road, 5th Street, Palm Avenue, Baseline Street
Early changes (1917 county map, 1920 Rim of the World Drive Auto Line brochure)
  • Santa Ana Canyon portion destroyed by flooding in January 1916
    • Bypassed by Clarks Grade, Middle Control Road/Mill Creek Road, Mountain Home Creek Road, SR 38 to Redlands

--NE2 23:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Toll and other early roads

Maps: 1901 San Bernardino, 1901 Redlands, 1902 Deep Creek, 1902 San Gorgonio, 1902 Hesperia

Rim Drive

The last toll road on the future Rim Drive became free in 1913.

Others

Roads into the area from the north, west to east

  • Cleghorn Road: trail on 1902 map
  • SR 138 west of Silverwood Lake: on 1902 map
  • Sawpit Canyon Trail: trail on 1902 map
  • SR 138 east of Silverwood Lake: not even a trail on 1902 map
  • SR 173: trail on 1902 map
  • Coxey Road: on 1902 map
  • Grapevine Canyon Road: trail on 1902 map
  • SR 18: on 1902 map
  • Viscera Spring Road (Rattlesnake Canyon): dashed road on 1902 map
  • Burns Canyon Road: on 1902 map
  • SR 38: trail on 1902 map

--NE2 10:22, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

ACSC maps: Redlands to Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino to Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear Lake

Redlands to Big Bear Lake, Victorville to Big Bear Lake

entire region

Blue Book: [2]

Later USGS topos:

1956 1947 1955
1954 1954 1954 1955

--NE2 16:00, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Realignments of SR 18

  • South of Sierra Way
  • Up Waterman Canyon to SR 189
    • high-gear road mostly completed by 1931 and dedicated October 21, 1933
    • four-laned in the late 1960s (bridges 1965-70)
  • SR 189 to Bear Springs Road
    • probably part of the high-gear road (done by 1948)
  • Just west of SR 173 (minor)
  • Through Running Springs (minor)
  • Between Big Bear Lake and Big Bear City (minor)

--NE2 14:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

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