The Legend of Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway

In 1964, when Interstate 40 was being built through California's Mojave Desert to replace Route 66, construction of the interstate was set to cut right through Bonnie Margaret Orcutt's driveway. This would have cut her house off from Route 66, and every other road, but Mrs. Orcutt wasn't going down with out a fight. After letters were written to the President of the United States, it was decided that the government will build Mrs. Orcutt a road to connect her to the nearest onramp to I-40, four miles away. The road, which became known as Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway, was well maintained, flat, and perfectly straight. Not to mention that since it only had one house on it, there was very little traffic. In the early 1970s someone from Car and Driver Magazine found it and realized it would be a great place to speed test cars. With a number of magazine articles and cars hitting over 200 miles-per-hour on the road, Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway became legendary. After Mrs. Orcutt died, the road fell into disrepair and its no longer possible to hit the incredible speeds that were achieved on the road in the past, but the road still remains, an empty four mile road-to-nowhere on the edge of Newberry Springs, California in the middle of the Mojave Desert (the road is now listed on Google Maps as Memorial Drive). In this video we explore Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway, talk about what a character Mrs. Orcutt was, and explore the ruins of her property. ○ Gear we use: https://www.amazon.com/shop/sidetrackadven... ►Please subscribe for weekly updates showcasing some of our adventures:    / @sidetrackadventures   ►Also please follow Sidetrack Adventures on Instagram: https://instagram.com/sidetrackadventures ►And please follow Sidetrack Adventures on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SidetrackAdvent