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SR 89 is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System; [12] however, it is only a scenic highway as designated by Caltrans from the El Dorado-Placer county line to a point 3.2 miles west of the US 395 junction, [13] meaning that it is a substantial section of highway passing through a "memorable landscape" with no "visual intrusions", where the ...
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.
Evacuation orders and road closures remained in effect across parts of Northern California on Wednesday, August 4, as ongoing blazes including the Dixie fire burned across the region.The 428 ...
The Park Fire has become one of the largest wildfires in recorded California history.
The enactment of the Collier–Burns Highway Act of 1947 after "a lengthy and bitter legislative battle" was a watershed moment in Caltrans history. [12] The act "placed California highway's program on a sound financial basis" by doubling vehicle registration fees and raising gasoline and diesel fuel taxes from 3
A Caltrans tow truck is surrounded by snow along a closed Interstate 80 near Donner Pass on Saturday, March 2, 2024, after authorities shut down the major freeway due to whiteout conditions.
SR 49 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, [8] and from SR 140 to a point north of SR 88 as well as from I-80 to SR 20 is part of the National Highway System, [9] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration. [10]
A video shows Caltrans crews demolishing two boulders on Friday that came down overnight on Highway 88 just west of Crystal Springs Road in Alpine County.