Sierra Highway
Road in Southern California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. Two portions of this road are currently signed as Sierra Highway. The first is an old alignment of SR 14/U.S. Route 6 from Los Angeles to Mojave. This road is also signed with the unusual designation of State Route 14U through the city of Santa Clarita. The second part signed as Sierra Highway is a portion of US 395 in Bishop.
Sierra Highway | |
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El Camino Sierra | |
Route information | |
Length | 424 mi (682 km) |
Existed | 1910–present |
Component highways |
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Major junctions | |
South end | San Fernando Road in Los Angeles |
Major intersections | |
North end | US 50 / SR 89 in South Lake Tahoe[1] |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Counties | Los Angeles, Kern, Inyo, Mono, Alpine, El Dorado |
Highway system | |
Traversing the extremes of California, from the Mojave Desert to the Sierra Nevada, El Camino Sierra has been advertised to the world as a highway to showcase the natural beauty of California as far back as 1910. Though most of Sierra Highway was bypassed in the early 1970s with freeways, the road is still well known. The portion through the San Gabriel Mountains is noted as the primary filming location for the film Duel.