Ben Hulse Highway

Historical marker location:

Winterhaven, California

( Marker is on Ben Hulse Highway (State Highway 78) 38 miles north of Interstate 8, on the left when traveling north.)

Dedicated for Public Use. March 21, 1964.

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869, but the western terminus of the railroad was actually in Oakland, California. The railroad made it easier and faster to travel across the country, and helped to spur California's economic growth.