California highways; a descriptive record of road development by the state and by such counties as have paved highways . its hills as it is, the wide expanse of thePacific ends in a horizon where sea and sky blend imper-ceptibly beyond the Golden Gate, where the bluff-like shoresof San Francisco County and Marin wall in a narrow waythat leads from the Pacific into one of the finest land-lockedharbors in the world. On the smooth expanse of bay lieGoat Island, beloved of the Navy; Angel Island, wherequarantine and immigrant detention stations exist; andAlcatraz, suggesting in contour some gigant
California highways; a descriptive record of road development by the state and by such counties as have paved highways . its hills as it is, the wide expanse of thePacific ends in a horizon where sea and sky blend imper-ceptibly beyond the Golden Gate, where the bluff-like shoresof San Francisco County and Marin wall in a narrow waythat leads from the Pacific into one of the finest land-lockedharbors in the world. On the smooth expanse of bay lieGoat Island, beloved of the Navy; Angel Island, wherequarantine and immigrant detention stations exist; andAlcatraz, suggesting in contour some gigantic battleshiplying flat athwart the entrance to the Golden Gate as ifawaiting to challenge the ships that come sailing in. To the northward the lift of MountTamalpais rises abovethe peaked hills of Marin County, while in the sweep of shorewhich is disclosed may be seen glimpses of San Pablo the eastward from this road, when it swings around tips [^3] [134] TO ^ LEGEND State HighwayCoi/hty Hi* inty Highway WALNUTCHECK1UADTINEZ /-^..„X. O^SAmk V/A TUNNEL BQACt C 0 U fl t y ttOdCIS C O ST*k. Alameda County by reason of its wealth has been enabled to put down a satisfactory highwaymileage without resorting to bonding. HIGHWAY MAP OF THE COUNTY ALAMEDA CALIFORNIA SCALE TO BYDON
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