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El Capitan, Half Dome, and Bridalveil Fall, from Tunnel View. Tunnel View is a scenic viewpoint located on California State Route 41 in Yosemite National Park , United States. Since its opening in 1933, it has offered visitors iconic, expansive views of Yosemite Valley , making it one of the park's most renowned viewpoints.
The El Capitan was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ("Santa Fe") between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California. It operated from 1938 to 1971; Amtrak retained the name until 1973.
The Nose is a big wall climbing route up El Capitan. Once considered impossible to climb, [ 1 ] El Capitan is now the standard for big wall climbing. It is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America and considered a classic around the world.
It also includes the routes that were decommissioned during the 1964 state highway renumbering. Each U.S. Route in California is maintained by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and is assigned a Route (officially State Highway Route [2] [3]) number in the Streets and Highways Code (Sections 300-635).
This is a list of state highways in the U.S. state of California that have existed since the 1964 renumbering.It includes routes that were defined by the California State Legislature but never built, as well as routes that have been entirely relinquished to local governments.
In 1975, Kevin Worral and Mike Graham, starting from the Nose route, traversed left a bit to join this route and free climbed pitches 4 through 10 of Salathe Wall Route up to Mammoth Terraces, adding three pitches of 5.11. A little later, John Long, and John Bachar free climbed pitch three (5.11b) making all 10 pitches free. [3]
Former termini are not shown if they are along the current route, meaning that the route was simply extended. One Interstate Highway—Interstate 305—is defined only federally; the state calls it part of US 50. It was signed as part of Business Interstate 80, the only state-maintained Interstate business route in California.
The state highway system of the U.S. state of California is a network of highways that are owned and maintained by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).. Each highway is assigned a Route (officially State Highway Route [1] [2]) number in the Streets and Highways Code (Sections 300–635).