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U.S. Route 6 (US 6) is a transcontinental United States Numbered Highway, stretching from Bishop, California, in the west to Provincetown, Massachusetts, in the east. The California portion of US 6 lies in the eastern portion of the state, running between Bishop in the Owens Valley to the Nevada state line in Mineral County.
Echo Summit is a mountain pass over the Sierra Nevada in the western United States, located in eastern El Dorado County, California.At 7,377 ft (2,249 m) above sea level, it is the highest point on U.S. Route 50 in California, which traverses it at postmile 66.48 between Twin Bridges and Meyers, south of Lake Tahoe.
One point of interest along California State Route 89 includes the Pony Express remount station in Woodfords, the Lake Tahoe Outlet Gates in Tahoe City (control of these gates was the source of the two-decade "Tahoe Water War" between lakeshore owners and downstream Truckee River water users), Plumas-Eureka State Park (containing Johnsville, a ...
U.S. Route 6 (US 6) is a United States Numbered Highway, stretching from Bishop, California in the west to Provincetown, Massachusetts on the East Coast. The Nevada portion crosses the center of the state, serving the cities of Tonopah and Ely , en route to Utah and points further east.
The California Department of Transportation attempts to keep Donner Summit (Interstate 80, I-80), Echo Summit (U.S. Route 50, US 50) and Carson Pass (State Route 88, SR 88) open year-round. Most other passes at higher elevation than these are usually closed during winter, with opening and closure dates varying based on snowfall and available ...
Longest State Highway in California SR 2: 87.295 [b] [c] 140.488 Centinela Avenue in Santa Monica: SR 138 near Wrightwood: 1934: current SR 3: 146.369 [b] 235.558 SR 36 near Peanut: Ball Mountain Little Shasta Road in Montague: 1964: current SR 4: 197 [b] 317 I-80 / San Pablo Avenue in Hercules: SR 89 near Markleeville: 1934: current SR 7: 6.718
State Route 28 (SR 28) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that travels along the northern shore of Lake Tahoe, starting at Route 89 in Tahoe City and ending at the Nevada state border, whereupon it becomes Nevada State Route 28.
Monitor Pass (el. 8,314 ft / 2,534 m) is a high mountain pass in California in the Sierra Nevada southeast of Lake Tahoe.It is traversed by State Route 89 near that highway's southern terminus at U.S. Route 395 near the community of Topaz.