The South Bay Freeway and Mary Augustine Bridge
A few days ago I was exploring South County, along our only toll road, State Highway 125:
Known as the South Bay Freeway, there are not too many exits and entrances, it’s illegal to stop on the freeway shoulder, and the police do, well, police the freeway…. Makes it difficult to go exploring. However, I did find one spot where I parked the car and went exploring on foot, eventually finding the Mary Augustine Bridge:
Mary helped found the Bonita chapter of Equestian Trails, Inc., in 1969, and in 1975 helped found the Bonita Valley Horsemen. Mary worked tirelessly on various trails projects throughout San Diego County, but mostly in the Bonita Valley.
Bonita’s first large trails project was the current trail around the Chula Vista Golf Course and was a major project that Mary helped move along. Today it is used heavily by walkers, joggers, runners, bikers, and horse riders.
In the late 1970s, Mary headed the Sweetwater Trail project from the east side of Sweetwater Summit Park east towards Jamul. It was dedicated on July 17, 1980. Other major trails that Mary helped create include those through Bonita Downs, Bonita Woods Park, Bonita Ridge, and Ranchito Robinwood.
The Mary Augustine Bridge was dedicated in 2007. Here is a view of the South Bay Freeway from the bridge.
I found a few places to sit….
…and watch the wildlife:
Surprisingly, I saw no horses and only one person, a jogger:
I tried to find a map with the exact location of the Mary Augustine Bridge but was unsuccessful. You’ll just have to go explore the South Bay Freeway like I did!
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Posted on February 5, 2013, in Fauna, Halls of History, History, Manmade, Mother & Father Nature, Out & About, Photos and tagged bench pictures, black phoebe pictures, chair pictures, golf course pictures, ground squirrel pictures, jogger pictures, mary augustine bridge bonita, mary augustine bridge san diego, rabbit pictures, south bay freeway pictures. Bookmark the permalink. 19 Comments.
Your posts make me miss California.
The armchair in the photo caught me offguard
A major problem here in San Diego is that one can’t just throw big furniture in the dumpster, and the trash pickup companies won’t take big furniture. If you take it to the the landfill yourself, you pay a significant fee. Consequently many people who need to get rid of furniture will simply drop it off on the side of the freeways. It’s particularly bad when colleges end their semesters because graduates don’t yet have the money to pay the landfill, so off to the side of the road they go. Mondays are also bad from people dropping off furniture on the weekends when they are remodeling, refurnishing, etc.
Nice pics. Love them all.
Thank you so much for article
Thanks for taking us on the trip! it sounds a little scary LOL!!!
And what’s that armchair doing out there?!! lol….don’t tell me you took it with you because you miss your home comforts!! It’s a different world out there to me…we don’t have roads/hi-ways anything like that here…It’s one of the many things that make me desperately want to experience your part of the world….it looks so big…and free…and stretching into forever…we don’t have that sort of room here….not in a million years
There have been times when I’ve been exploring on foot and really wish I had an armchair with me…………lol
I love that couch in the middle of nowhere
Nice pictures Russell. Miss seeing your blogs in the “Rain”. Subscribed so that I can once more enjoy your views of the world.
Hey, Jim. AR has a good idea. It’s too bad that it is implemented so poorly by that staff. I don’t miss it.
Great pictures and article Russell! Have a great evening.
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Thank you!
I wish I could visit. I was beginning to think your San Diego was almost perfect until you explained about the problems with armchair disposal. Still, your place looks really good. I wish you could come and explain to our city how great it is to have a train service.
And we continue to build train service! That’s what’s amazing. The next segment of the San Diego Trolley will go up to the University of California San Diego and possibly a segment going out to the airport, too. When it comes to riding trains, I don’t think there’s any city as diverse as San Diego.
That’s brilliant.
Neat photos. I kinda like the fact that there is an armchair to rest.
Fascinating. I learn so much about our country through reading good blogs.