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The segment of State Route 178 from State Route 127 to the California-Nevada state line, as well as all of Nevada State Route 372, are both known as the Charles Brown Highway. Charles Brown, a former California State Legislator, was a major proponent for the incorporation of the segment of State Route 178 between State Route 14 and the ...
The Emigrant Gap was so named because it was a low gap on a ridge where the emigrants' wagons crossed from the American River drainage to the Bear River drainage. It was part of the Truckee Route, a portion of the California Trail by which pioneers, heading west, emigrated from the United States to California , which was part of Mexico until it ...
Emigrant Gap (formerly, Wilsons Ranch) [4] is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. [2] The Emigrant Gap community is located 0.25 miles (0.4 km) southwest of the Emigrant Gap landmark. [4] It lies at an elevation of 5190 feet (1582 m). [2] The Wilsons Ranch post office opened in 1865, changed its name to Emigrant Gap in ...
California still uses a version of the 1961 U.S. Route shield, featuring a simplified cutout shield containing only the outer border, "U S," and the route marker. All other U.S. states adopted the 1971 version of the marker, consisting of a white shield outline on a black square background.
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Blue Canyon–Nyack Airport (IATA: BLU, ICAO: KBLU, FAA LID: BLU) is an airport in Emigrant Gap, Placer County, California. The airport is served by a single asphalt runway, 15/33. The runway is closed and unlighted from sunset to sunrise.
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The route is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System, [6] but it is not officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation. [7] In 2013, SR 247 had an annual average daily traffic (AADT) of 1,700 between Stoddard Wells Road and the Barstow city limits, and 18,000 at the northern terminus with I-15, the ...