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State Route 49 (SR 49) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California that passes through many historic mining communities of the 1849 California gold rush and it is known as the Golden Chain Highway. [2] The road was initially lobbied in 1919 by the Mother Lode Highway Association, a group of locals and historians.
The All-Year Highway, opened in 1926, rerouted Yosemite bound auto traffic via California State Route 140 through Merced, further reducing visitor numbers and economic activity in Oakhurst. A new highway route to Yosemite came to fruition in the 1930s with the Fresno-Yosemite road, known today as California State Route 41. [18] This route ...
Pages in category "Roads in Mariposa County, California" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... California State Route 49; California State ...
Bootjack is located south of the center of Mariposa County at 2] at an elevation of 2,238 feet (682 m) [2] in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada California State Route 49 passes through the community, leading west-northwest 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to Mariposa, the county seat, [4] and southeast 21 miles (34 km) to Oakhurst.
The Oak Fire has been burning since Friday afternoon in the mountainous terrain of Mariposa County, about 14 miles from Yosemite National Park’s Arch Rock entrance on Highway 140.
California State Routes 49 and 140 cross in Mariposa, merging for 0.8 miles (1.3 km) as the town's main street. Highway 49 leads southeast 27 miles (43 km) to end at Oakhurst and northwest the same distance to Coulterville.
The California Highway Patrol said the fatal crash happened just before 5 p.m. at Road 222 and 220, near Oakhurst, involving a propane truck that overturned. ...
1959 as Route 267 (c. 1062) State Route 49. SR 41 near Oakhurst to SR 140 at Mariposa 1959 as Route 65 (c. 1062) SR 140 at Mariposa to SR 120 near Moccasin 1933 as Route 65 (c. 767) SR 120 near Chinese Camp to SR 108 south of Jamestown 1965 as Route 49 (c. 1372) SR 108 south of Jamestown to SR 108 near Sonora 1910 as Route 13 (first bond issue)