 The name is commonly misapplied to the old Golden State Highway, which runs north into Piru Gorge.Originally named Warm Springs Road, it was renamed in 1967 after county highway commissioner Newton H. Templin, who had promoted the road's construction.Until plans were canceled in 1980, the road was to continue east; a 1958 plan shows it extending to San Francisquito Canyon Road as an expressway, and by 1975 it was to connect with Spunky Canyon Road near the Bouquet Reservoir.