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Zzyzx Road is real

posted 17 years ago by mikefulton
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Interesting bit of trivia: Zzyzx Road is real. The actual road itself, that is, not the movie.

The photograph currently shown on the IMDB entry is the exit sign from Interstate 15. It about 160-ish miles NE from Los Angeles as you go towards Las Vegas, and about 10-15 miles or so SE of the small town of Baker that lies alongside I-15.

It's been there forever too... When I was a little kid some 35-40 years ago and my family would go to Lake Mead to vacation on weekends and summertime, we would drive on I-15 and I always looked forward to seeing that road sign because it was so unusual.

[–] 1bad180sx 17 years ago

I've passed it many times and always laugh about the name. I'm not surprised somebody chose it as a movie name.

[–] Decemberized 17 years ago

I've driven down the road a few times.

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[–] rudechuck 17 years ago

Have you ever noticed that the drainage ditches also have names. The one just before you get to Baker (heading North on I-15) is Mobi Ditch. I always get a chuckle out of that one.

[–] Dviitale-1 17 years ago

lol

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[–] Dviitale-1 17 years ago

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[–] Dviitale-1 17 years ago

Check out more cool Zzyzx reviews at:

rottentomatoes.com/m/zzyzx/

[–] akincaid7997 17 years ago

Check out this link. Someone drove out to the very end of the Zzyzx road and took pictures of there little adventure. I have always curious where that road took you.

http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/zzyzx_road.htm

[–] hannyasan 17 years ago

Thanks for the link!! I, too, have always wondered.....

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[–] only1soe 16 years ago

I have driven by this road so many times on the way to Vegas. Interesting history to it on Wikipedia. Never knew someone would make a movie about it so now I gotta check it out.