As the major route between Bakersfield and Los Angeles, it was routed through Wheeler Ridge, which was mostly ranchland at the time.
Fujita dropped two bombs, one on Wheeler Ridge on Mount Emily in Oregon.
I-5 from north of downtown all the way to its modern-day split in Wheeler Ridge before 99's final decommissioning in 1968.
The current long-term goal is to upgrade Route 99 into a six-lane freeway (three in each direction) from Wheeler Ridge to Sacramento.
Wheeler Ridge is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
A post office operated at Wheeler Ridge from 1923 to 1972.
Street addresses in Wheeler Ridge are addressed as "Arvin, California."
Today, SR 166 remains on the segment between Wheeler Ridge and Maricopa.
The second phase, completed in 1972, extended the freeway south to Wheeler Ridge and connected it to SR 99.
Evans was killed in a motor accident at Wheeler Ridge, California in the United States on 27 July 1929.