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2 unusual facts about Highway 101


1965 Highway 101 sniper attack

Early the next Sunday morning, he climbed to the top of a hill overlooking a stretch of US Highway 101, just south of Orcutt, California.

Headway

For comparison, the County of Marin states that peak flow on the three-lane Highway 101 is about 7,200 vehicles per hour.


Alexander Sachal

The San Francisco Chronicle called him "The Michelangelo of Highway 101", in reference to the advertisements which he hand-painted on large roadside billboards.

Bakersfield sound

Love of the Bakersfield Sound has never died, carried on by artists such as the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers in the 1960s-70s, Highway 101, Hillman and The Desert Rose Band, and Marty Stuart in the 1980s and '90s, and Big House, Dwight Yoakam, Red Simpson, Ferlin Husky.

Hugh Prestwood

Other artists who have recorded his material include Alison Krauss ("Ghost in this House"), Collin Raye ("On the Verge"), Shenandoah ("Ghost in This House"), Highway 101 ("Bing Bang Boom"), Barbara Mandrell ("Where are the Pieces of My Heart"), and Trisha Yearwood ("The Song Remembers When", for which he won an Emmy in 1994).

Larkspur Landing

A proposed rail system similar to Caltrain would terminate at this terminal or at a new replacement terminal in San Quentin, to ease traffic gridlock along Highway 101.

Louis DeMartin

The Highway 101 bridge crossing Wilson Creek is named in his honor.


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Bobby Jack Fowler

Jennifer Esson, 16 and Kara Leas, 16 are last seen walking on NW 56th Street in Newport, Oregon walking toward Highway 101 near Moolack Beach after leaving a friends house.

County roads in Hennepin County, Minnesota

County Road 101 is a segment of old State Highway 101 turned over to Hennepin County maintenance in segments from County Road 81 to Wayzata in 1988 and from Wayzata to the Carver County line in 1998, where a disjointed southern section of State Highway 101 still exists.

Louisiana Highway 101

Louisiana Highway 101 (LA 101) is a state highway located in Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis Parishes.