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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.
Yuba Pass [1] [2] is a mountain pass on State Route 49 in Sierra County in the U.S. state of California.The pass lies at an elevation of 6,710 ft (2,050 m) [1] about 3.4 air miles west of Sattley, on the divide between the North Yuba River and the Middle Fork Feather River (Sierra Valley).
California State Route 49 is the primary north–south highway through the region, passing through many historic mining communities. Major east–west highways include Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 50. Two Amtrak routes run through the area. The eastern terminus of the Capitol Corridor is in Auburn. The California Zephyr stops in Colfax. [12]
Under the code, the state assigns a unique Route X to each highway and does not differentiate between state, US, or Interstate highways. California still uses a version of the 1961 U.S. Route shield, featuring a simplified cutout shield containing only the outer border, "U S," and the route marker. All other U.S. states adopted the 1971 version ...
Standard California state route shields, variously identified by the state as the shape of a miner's spade, ... 26.49: 42.63 SR 1 in Santa Cruz: I-280 / I-880 in San Jose
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The survey ranks Kentucky’s Mountain Parkway as the sixth most feared in the country, just behind Nevada’s U.S. Route 50, a desert highway known as the loneliest road in America.
State Route 49. SR 41 at Oakhurst to SR 89 at Sattley. Part of the Yuba-Donner Scenic Byway (also a National Forest Scenic Byway), scenic drive through the Yuba River canyon past several historic mining communities of the California Gold Rush. Designated July 14, 1971, in Sierra County: Yuba County to Yuba Pass; U.S. Route 50. SR 49 in ...