Route 66 - California

Route 66 California, USA – 2017. I was driving from Barstow, San Bernardino County, California to Palm Springs and took some back roads so I could visit part of the California Route 66. It parallels I40 east from Barstow to Ludlow where it turns south and later re-joins I40 about 20 miles from the Arizona border. Some stretches of the road were poorly maintained while others were not to bad. These pictures show some of what was abandoned after I40 took all the traffic away when it opened in 1973.
Route 66, California
Bagdad Cafe, Bagdad California. Still operating.
Old motel sign in Bagdad California. The motel is gone.
Abandoned Airstream Trailer. Bagdad, California
Abandoned trailer – Route 66 California
Route 66 Highway sign, San Bernardino County, California
Abandoned house and road sigh just east of Ludlow, California
Abandoned house and service station just east of Ludlow, California
Abandoned service station just east of Ludlow, California
Old Highway sigh, Route 66 California
Abandoned house near Ludlow, California
Roy’s Gasoline in Amboy California – very expensive but the only service station for miles in every direction.
Roy’s Motel in Amboy California is closed and the café didn’t look very enticing
An abandoned service station a few miles west of Chambless, California
Former Road Runner Restaurant a few miles west of Chambless, California
The former general store in Chambless, California
Route 66 looking east from Chambless, California
What is left of the Amboy School, California
An old truck from the National Chloride Co. Amboy, California
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