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Old Salinas Highway is an approximately one-mile bypassed surface portion of former California State Route 68.  The corridor became part of the State Highway System as Legislative Route Number 117 in 1933 and began to be signed as California State Route 68 in 1961.  What is now Old Salinas Highway would be relinquished following the completion of the California State Route 1 and 68 interchange during the 1967-68 Fiscal Year.   Part 1; the history of Old Salinas Highway The Monterey-Salinas Highway was added to the State Highway System as Legislative Route Number 117 (LRN 117) via 1933 Legislative Chapter 767.  The initial definition of LRN 117 was as follows: "Monterey to LRN 2 (US Route 101) near Salinas."  LRN 117 originally entered the city of Monterey using Monterey-Salinas Highway and following Fremont Street west to California State Route 1/LRN 56 at Munras Avenue.  This early alignment can be seen on the 1935 Division of Highways map of Montere...

Federal Highway 54D is an approximately 148-kilometer long Autopista in the Mexican states of Jalisco and Colima.  The purpose of the corridor is to provide a direct connection between the Guadalajara metropolitan area and the city of Colima.  The Autopista has been operational since January 1989 and presently costs $409 Pesos (approximately $21 U.S. dollars) for automobiles to fully traverse.   Federal Highway 54D originates at Federal Highways 15, 54 and 80 near Acatlán de Juárez south of the Guadalajara metropolitan area.  The Autopista terminates to the south in the city of Colima at Federal Highways 54 and 110.  Functionally Federal Highway 54D through much of southern Jalisco has replaced Jalisco State Highway 401 as the primary through-route in the area.   Part 1; the history of Federal Highway 54D Prior to the establishment of Federal Highway 54D in southern Jalisco there was no direct connection between Guadalajara and Colima on the ...