Jalisco State Highway 406 is an approximately 5.1 kilometers long corridor which serves the Town of Atoyac. The highway originates at Jalisco State Highway 401, crosses over an interchange with Federal Highway 54D and terminates at 267 Arcadio Zúñiga y Tejeda in the Atoyac Town limits. This State Highway was built concurrent to Federal Highway 54D during the 1980s and replaced an earlier highway located east of Laguna de Sayula. Atoyac is famous for producing high-end leather belts and the so-called Belt Roundabout can be found on the State Highway immediately east of Federal Highway 54D. A drive on Jalisco State Highway 406 The area where the town of Atoyac now lies was once home to a population of Aztec. After Atoyac was conquered by the Spanish in 1521 it would come to overshadow nearby Cuyacapán for regional importance. Native Americans from Atoyac were known to have joined the ranks of General José Antonio Torres during the Mexic...
Foxen Canyon Road is a twenty-nine-mile rural highway located in Santa Barbara County. The corridor begins at the eastern outskirts of Santa Maria and terminates near Ballard Canyon Road in Los Olivos. Foxen Canyon Road is named after William Benajmin Foxen who took ownership of Rancho Tinaquaic in 1842. Foxen Ranch would serve as a major stage station beginning in 1861. Foxen Canyon Road during much of the California Gold Rush was part of the main highway between Santa Maria Valley and San Marcos Pass. The highway from Santa Maria to Sisquoc would serve as part of Legislative Route Number 148 beginning in 1933 and would be reassigned as California State Route 176 in 1964. California State Route 176 would be deleted in 1984 which rendered Foxen Canyon Road as being fully maintained by Santa Barbara County. Part 1; the history of Foxen Canyon Road Much of Foxen Canyon Road lies in the Sisquoc River Valley between the cities of S...