Hawaii Routes 15 and 151 were once located in the Pahala area of the Big Island. Both corridors were established in 1955 when the Hawaii Route System was expanded from Oahu to the other islands. Hawaii Route 15 appears to have been established to preserve the early alignment of Mamalahoa Highway via Maile Street. Hawaii Route 151 seemingly was established to service the sugar plantation at the Wood Valley Temple. Despite both highways being deleted from the State Highway System and all Federal Aid Programs in the late 1960s they still somehow remain signed into modern times. Hawaii Routes 15 and 151 can be seen converging on the 1967 United States Geological Survey map of Pahala. Part 1; the history of Hawaii Routes 15 and 151 In 1955 the Hawaii Route System was expanded to the Big Island with Hawaii Routes 15 and 151 being established in the Pahala area. Hawaii Route 15 was a 1.3-mile corridor which looped to/from Hawaii Route via Maile S...
Camino Real is a 12.6-kilometer rural highway located in southern Jalisco. Said corridor was the original highway which connected the communities of Zacoalco de Torres and San Marcos and forms a semi-circle of Laguna San Marcos. Camino Real is comprised of a paved cobblestone segment near Zacoalco de Torres and a dirt portion east of Federal Highway 54D. Numerous ranching properties and agave farms can be found along the dirt portion. Functionally Camino Real has been replaced by modern Jalisco State Highway 402 in modern times. A drive on Camino Real between Zacoalco de Torres and San Marcos Evangelista Zacoalco de Torres and San Marcos are both located on opposite on sides of Laguna San Marcos in southern Jalisco. Camino Real is the original highway which connected the two towns. The entomology of "Zacoalco" comes from the word "Tzacoalco" which is thought to have meant "place of confinement," "in the pyramind," or "place where eagle...