APM: 43
Location: SR 86 and SR 78, Imperial Cty
Reassurance shield after the SR 78 split and the CBP Checkpoint.
APM: 45
Location: SR 86 and County Rd, Imperial Cty
Reassurance shield a mile later.
APM: 46
Location: SR 86 and County Rd, Imperial Cty
SR 86 is kind of over-signed between here and Mecca.
APM: 48
Location: SR 86 and County Rd, Imperial Cty
I drove this highway when the Eldorado Fire was going in September 2020, so it was a little smoky but still a couple weeks before California went totally insane.
APM: 51
Location: SR 86 and Nothing, Imperial Cty
There is not even an intersection within a couple miles of this sign.
APM: 53
Location: SR 86 and County Rd, Imperial Cty
We’re a couple miles from Salton City.
APM: 53
Location: SR 86 and County Rd, Imperial Cty
There definitely need to be three reassurance shields within like a mile of each other as we come into Salton City.
APM: 54
Location: SR 86 and Air Park Dr, Imperial Cty
This one is at least after an actual intersection for the very important Salton City Airport.
APM: 54
Location: SR 86 and County Rd, Imperial Cty
This one a few hundred feet later is not.
APM: 55
Location: SR 86 and Harvard Ave, Salton City, Imperial Cty
Reassurance shield as we enter the fascinating city of Salton City, which had grand plans and great hopes but turned out to be nothing. Everything on both sides of the road is platted subdivision.
APM: 55
Location: SR 86 and Marina Dr, Salton City, Imperial Cty
Okay I guess we’re now actually in Salton City.
APM: 56
Location: SR 86 and Marina Dr, Salton City, Imperial Cty
Turn left for CR S22 as we enter downtown Salton City.
APM: 56
Location: SR 86 and Marina Dr, Salton City, Imperial Cty
Reassurance shield after the Salton City Stoplight.
APM: 58
Location: SR 86 and Marina Dr, Salton City, Imperial Cty
Reassurance shield as we pass another Marina Drive and head out of Salton City.
APM: 59
Location: SR 86 and Coombs Rd, Vista Del Mar, Imperial Cty
A couple miles later, we’ll pass by Vista Del Mar, which was somehow an even greater failure than Salton City.
APM: 59
Location: SR 86 and Coombs Rd, Vista Del Mar, Imperial Cty
Reassurance shield after the Vista Del Mar turnoff.
APM: 62
Location: SR 86 and Black Diamond Rd, Imperial Cty
Reassurance shield after a random turn. This is about as close as SR 86 gets to the Salton Sea, and you can even see it off to the right.
APM: 65
Location: SR 86 and Monterey Ave, Desert Shores, Imperial Cty
A couple miles later, we’ll pass the community of Desert Shores, which seems a little nicer than Salton City.
APM: 66
Location: SR 86 and Monterey Ave, Desert Shores, Imperial Cty
Reassurance shield after the first Desert Shores turnoff.
APM: 66
Location: SR 86 and Desert Shores Dr, Desert Shores, Imperial Cty
Reassurance shield after the second Desert Shores turnoff.
APM: RIV/0
Location: SR 86 and 86th Ave, Riverside Cty
Reassurance shield as we cross into Riverside County.
APM: 2
Location: SR 86 and 82nd Ave, Riverside Cty
Reassurance shield a couple miles later.
APM: R3
Location: SR 86 and 81st Ave, Imperial Cty
Reassurance shield as we jump onto a newer alignment of SR 86.
APM: R5
Location: SR 86 and 78th Ave, Riverside Cty
Reassurance shield another couple miles later.
APM: R6
Location: SR 86 and 76th Ave, Riverside Cty
Six miles to SR 111.
APM: R6
Location: SR 86 and 76th Ave, Riverside Cty
Reassurance shield after 76th Ave.
APM: R8
Location: SR 86 and 72nd Ave, Riverside Cty
Reassurance shield as we keep heading north. We’re roughly parallel to the northernmost point of the Salton Sea right now.
APM: R9
Location: SR 86 and 70th Ave, Riverside Cty
Another intersection, another reassurance shield.
APM: 10
Location: SR 86 and 66th Ave, Riverside Cty
In a mile, we’ll approach either SR 111 or a re-aligned connector to SR 111, depending on how you interpret state law.
APM: 10
Location: SR 86 and 66th Ave, Riverside Cty
In a half mile, turn right to connect to SR 111 south.
APM: 11
Location: SR 86 and 66th Ave, Riverside Cty
Turn right for SR 111 south.
