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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.
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
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.
U.S. Route 395 (US 395) is an 85-mile-long (137 km) United States Numbered Highway near Lake Tahoe in the state of Nevada. It traverses the state after entering from California in Topaz Lake and crosses back into California near Hallelujah Junction. US 395 serves the cities of Gardnerville, Minden, Carson City and Reno.
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.
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Roads in the Angeles National Forest rise more than 5700 feet above sea level in a few short miles. There are few homes, businesses, or intersections in the forest, and most of the tarmac is ...
State Route 267 (SR 267), known as North Shore Boulevard, is a state highway in the U.S. state of California.It connects Interstate 80 in Truckee with State Route 28 in Kings Beach on Lake Tahoe's shoreline.