Know Our ABCs
Sure, there are volumes of video games out there these days, but perhaps we all can agree there is nothing quite like CT News' "Do You Know Our ABCs?"
The game play is simple. Below are links to three narration-free videos, all under 40 seconds. They were shot recently alongside (or over) California roadways that are maintained by Caltrans. Click on each image, watch the videos, and guess (or even determine!) what roadway is shown and where it is (approximately). Email your answers to CT News and you might just be eligible for one of our jaw-dropping virtual prizes! (Your name mentioned at the bottom of this page!)
The deadline for submissions is Jan. 31. Thanks for playing, and good luck!
Video A
Video B
Video C
Answers to previous ABC editions
Do You Know Our ABCs? (CT News 2023, Issue 5)
Video A: Interstate 5 at Abrams Lake Road near Mount Shasta
Video B: Interstate 5 at Vista Del Lago Road near Pyramid Lake
Video C: State Route 99 at Eight Mile Road in Stockton
Winners: Connor Bente of Headquarters, Noelia Bradley of Headquarters, Jonathan Caravallo of District 3, Reed Crane of District 2, Dan Curran of District 2, Diane Dostalek of District 5, Curtis Gubler of District 5, Mark A. Heckman of District 9, Amol Singh Khera of District 3, Mark Long of District 8, Ashley Middleton of District 3, Felipe Palacios of District 6, David Patole of District 7, David Rodriguez of District 4, Joe Rouse of Headquarters, Calvin Tan of District 4, Russ Walker of Headquarters, and William Yeung of District 6 (correctly identified all three of the videos). Susan Locke of District 2, Michael Mullen of Headquarters, Dina Noel of Headquarters, Arturo Salazar of District 7, and Kirk Schneider of District 7 (correctly identified two of the videos); Shane Park of District 12 (correctly identified one of the videos)
Do You Know Our ABCs? (CT News 2023, Issue 4)
Video A: State Route 1 at the Nashua Road overcrossing a few miles north of Monterey
Video B: Atop the Gillian Cichowski Memorial Overcrossing above State Route 17 in Los Gatos
Video C: Along State Route 140 in Midpines, at the Yosemite Bug Mountain Resort entrance
Winners: Bobby Cooper of District 10, Seth Cutter of District 11, Diane Dostalek of District 5, Kim Epperson of Headquarters, Marc Friedheim of Headquarters, Curtis Gubler of District 5, Michelle Maggi of District 6, Michael Mullen of Headquarters, Ronald Hall of Headquarters, Camille Thoma-Fill of District 4, Russ Walker of Headquarters, and Gilbert Yerena of District 5 (correctly identified all three of the videos); Jeffrey Monroe of Headquarters (correctly identified two of the videos); and Joe Baltazar of Headquarters (correctly identified one of the videos)
Do You Know Our ABCs? (CT News 2023, Issue 3)
Video A: State Route 163 as seen from Cabrillo Bridge in San Diego
Video B: Interstate 5 as seen from the California Aqueduct Vista Point west of Newman
Video C: State Route 89 just north of the intersection with State Route 88
Winners: Curtis Gubler of District 5, Gregory Haylock of District 7, Ben Matye of Headquarters, Brent McDonald of District 1, and Russ Walker of Headquarters (correctly identified all three of the videos); David Boggs of District 3, Diane Dostalek of District 5, and Michael Mullen of Headquarters (correctly identified two of the videos); Meredith Aguiar of Headquarters, Steve Hardie of District 3, and Amol Singh Khera of District 3 (correctly identified one of the videos)
Do You Know Our ABCs? (CT News 2023, Issue 2)
Video A: U.S. Highway 50 several miles east of Placerville
Video B: State Route 118 in Chatsworth, near the Ventura County line
Video C: State Route 151 near the Shasta Dam overlook
Winners: Jonathan Caravallo of District 3 (correctly identified all three of the videos); Diane Dostalek of District 5, Mike O’Halloran of District 3, Michael Mullen of Headquarters, Michael Romo of Headquarters, and Austin Wilson of Headquarters (correctly identified two of the videos); Cindy Bryant of District 3, Anita Campbell of District 10, Brandon Miller of Headquarters, Joseph Ndubuisi of District 2, and Arturo Salazar of District 7 (correctly identified one of the videos)
Do You Know Our ABCs? (CT News 2023, Issue 1)
Video A: State Route 99 in central Live Oak
Video B: Interstate 10 a mile or so west of the California-Arizona border
Video C: State Route 223 at the ferry crossing in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Winners: Lance Bradhurst of District 6, David Patole of District 7, Shawn Reid of District 6, Joe Rouse of Headquarters and Russ Walker of Headquarters (correctly identified all three of the videos); Jim Brands of District 8 and Michael Mullen of Headquarters (correctly identified two of the videos); Nestor Cuellar of Headquarters, Caltrans alum Kris Kuhl and Arturo Salazar of District 7 (correctly identified one of the videos)
Do You Know Our ABCs? (CT News 2022, Issue 6)
Video A: State Route 43 near Wasco; the high-speed rail construction is a clue!
Video B: State Route 136 a few miles southeast of Keeler
Video C: The 59th Street overpass above U.S. Highway 50 in Sacramento
Winners: Lance Bradhurst of District 6, Curtis Gubler of District 5 and Russ Walker of Headquarters (correctly identified all three of the videos); Mary Mejia of Headquarters, Michael Mullen of Headquarters, Colyn Peterson of Headquarters, Brenda Rose of District 1 and Michael Weaver of Headquarters (correctly identified one of the videos)
Do You Know Our ABCs? (CT News 2022, Issue 5)
Video A: State Route 20 in Lucerne
Video B: State Route 23 in the Grimes Canyon area between Moorpark and Fillmore in Ventura County
Video C: Pedestrian bridge above Interstate 5, just north of the Seamas Avenue/Fruitridge Road exit
Winners: Kimberlee Hunter of Headquarters (correctly identified two of the videos); Michael Mullen of Headquarters and Joseph Rouse of Headquarters (correctly identified one of the videos).
Do You Know Our ABCs? (CT News 2022, Issue 4)
Video A: U.S. Highway 395 in downtown (!) Bridgeport
Video B: State Route 41 just west of Kettleman City and Interstate 5
Video C: Avenue of the Giants (State Route 254), Chandler Grove toward the north end
Winners: Jim Brands of District 8, Sean Campbell of Headquarters, Brett Gronemeyer of Headquarters, Michelle Maggi of District 6, and Lupe Navarro of Headquarters (correctly identified all three of the videos); Brian Blum of District 4, John Butler of District 5, Seth Cutter of District 11, Ben Matye of Headquarters, Arturo Salazar of District 7, and Mary K. Smith of District 8 (correctly identified two of the videos); Matt Friedman of Headquarters, Laura Horan of District 4, and Caltrans alum Kris Kuhl (correctly identified one of the videos).
Do You Know Our ABCs? (CT News 2022, Issue 3)
Video A: U.S. Highway 101 at the State Route 23 interchange in Thousand Oaks
Video B: State Route 84 (Jefferson Boulevard) over the Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel in West Sacramento
Video C: U.S. Highway 395 alongside Topaz Lake near the Nevada Border
Winners: John Butler of District 5 (correctly identified all three of the videos); Brian Blum of District 4 and Pamela Wells of District 8 (correctly identified two of the videos); Ed Epps of District 10, Caltrans alum Kris Kuhl and Arturo Salazar of District 7 (correctly identified one of the videos).
Do You Know Our ABCs? (CT News 2022, Issue 2)
Video A: U.S. Highway 101 south of Arcata at Gannon Slough
Video B: State Route 104 near Rancho Seco Park
Video C: State Route 1 with Hearst Castle directly to the east
Winners: .Ian KirkPatrick, Arvin Lal, John Mitchell and Mark Mueller of District 1, Brian Blum of District 4, John Butler and Malinda Gallaher of District 5, Michael Francis of District 7, and Sean Campbell of the Division of Research, Innovation and System Information (correctly identified all three videos); Thong Sithandon of District 3 (correctly identified two of the three videos); Izzy Konopa of District 1, Arturo Salazar of District 7, Joe Teixeira of the Office of Transportation Architecture, and Kris Kuhl (correctly identified one of the three videos). Special achievement award goes to Russ Walker of the Office of Data Analytics Services, who not only was three-for-three, but presented his answers in the form of precise geographical coordinates!
Do You Know Our ABCs? (CT News 2022, Issue 1)
Video A: Business Interstate 80, a.k.a. the Capital City Freeway, as seen from the McKinley Village overpass in Sacramento.
Video B: State Route 111 where it intersects with Avenue A in Bombay Beach off the Salton Sea.
Video C: Interstate 5 as viewed from the Fawndale Road overpass north of Redding.
Winners: Malinda Gallaher of District 5 and Curtis Gubler of District 5 (correctly identified all three videos); and Steve J. Lee of the Division of Maintenance, Brandon Trent of District 2 and Marty Wimer of District 2 (correctly identified one of the three videos).