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Sierra Highway or El Camino Sierra is a road in Southern California, United States.El Camino Sierra refers to the full length of a trail formed in the 19th century, rebuilt as highways in the early 20th century, that ran from Los Angeles to Lake Tahoe following parts of modern State Route 14, U.S. Route 395 and State Route 89.
It starts from U.S. Route 395 near Topaz Lake, winding its way up to the 8,314-foot (2,534 m) Monitor Pass, down to the Carson River, and up again over the 7,740-foot (2,359 m) Luther Pass. From that point on, the route generally loses elevation on its way past Lake Tahoe, through Tahoe and Plumas National Forests until Lake Almanor.
The Camino Sierra was a trail from Los Angeles to Lake Tahoe loosely paralleling modern State Route 14, US 395, and State Route 89. The trail was first believed to be used by Jedediah Smith in 1826. The trail was in common use by prospectors passing through the area because of the California gold rush and Comstock Lode. Though this area was not ...
South Lake Tahoe: 75.45: SR 89 north (Emerald Bay Road) / Lake Tahoe Boulevard west – Emerald Bay, Tahoe City: Eastern end of SR 89 overlap: 80.44: US 50 east – Stateline: Continuation into Nevada: 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Linked with US 395, this road also connects Los Angeles with such places as Mammoth Mountain, Mono Lake, Yosemite National Park and Reno, Nevada. SR 14 was part of US 6 prior to truncation in 1964, when US 6 was a coast-to-coast route from Long Beach to Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Blizzard conditions shut down most major highways and roads in the Greater Lake Tahoe area, including Interstate 80 and Highway 50. ... The National Weather Service’s Los Angeles office reported ...
In 1923, while still known as State Route 3, the road to Lake Tahoe was changed to follow Clear Creek Canyon, [54] along a path that had been used for a series of tunnels and flumes, to transport timber from Lake Tahoe to the Virginia and Truckee Railroad depot in Carson City. [57] The iteration is now known as Old Clear Creek Road.