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So....one of my many passions is OLD roads. Done a lot of US 395, a bit of western US 30, and a LOT of US 99.

This vacation, we flew to Medford, rented a car, visited relatives, then drove old 99 over the Siskiyous (done that several times, always fun), into Yreka from the north end, then on south....and I knew from research that there are water level issues.....and I'd seen pictures......and I swore I would do this if the opportunity ever arose.....
 
Old roads are always full of surprises. When you get some time, check out the old Yellowstone Trail. It was a series of state roads and highways that led from Washington to Massachusetts.

Here's some bits on the Washington state section:

https://www.yellowstonetrail.org/id84.htm

And on the history of the Trail in general:

https://www.yellowstonetrail.org/index.htm

Back in the day, it was advertised as "a good road from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound".

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The bridge I am standing on is usually under more than 100 feet of water. Been that way mostly since 1942 or 1943.
 
A few years ago, when I was active duty AF, I took my oldest son on a trip from St Louis, IL to DC on old US 50. West Virginia was the best!
 
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The bridge I am standing on is usually under more than 100 feet of water. Been that way mostly since 1942 or 1943.
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So where does the road lead? Looks like it might get really muddy.
Are you saying that the entire area is normally a lake?
 
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Bottom of Lake Shasta. This is the OLD US99, before they built Shasta Dam, had to build new highways and rail lines, and this road was abandoned. Several chunks are visible and accessible. Fun to be where no one has driven for all these years.
 
There's a section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike that has been bypassed. It is closed to vehicular traffic, but you can ride it on a bike, including a VERY long tunnel.

We have some great old roads pass through MD, including US 40, 50 and 29. US 40 follows the alignment of the original "National Pike" that was used to get from the original 13 colonies into the then backwater frontier of Ohio. US 29 goes all the way to Florida. It ends rather unceremoniously at MD 99 (another 99) just north of Ellicott City.
 
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Bottom of Lake Shasta. This is the OLD US99, before they built Shasta Dam, had to build new highways and rail lines, and this road was abandoned. Several chunks are visible and accessible. Fun to be where no one has driven for all these years.
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We drove from Grass Valley CA to Medford 2 months ago and went by Lake Shasta. I was unaware of Rte 99 etc. My wife will be making the same trek next week - I'll mention this to her.
 
I can look up the "how to" again. But....if you're interested in taking 99 over the top of the Siskiyous, or down through Yreka, maybe Gazelle and Weed...I can tell you how
The road less traveled, and all that. It is FAR more relaxing than the interstate.
 
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I can look up the "how to" again. But....if you're interested in taking 99 over the top of the Siskiyous, or down through Yreka, maybe Gazelle and Weed...I can tell you how
The road less traveled, and all that. It is FAR more relaxing than the interstate.
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Boy, I sure agree with that. My daughter lives in Klamath Falls... so maybe I can zip south through Weed to locate this.
 
That bridge is in pretty good shape for being under water for 70 years.
 
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I can look up the "how to" again. But....if you're interested in taking 99 over the top of the Siskiyous, or down through Yreka, maybe Gazelle and Weed...I can tell you how
The road less traveled, and all that. It is FAR more relaxing than the interstate.
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We'll both be out there again in late January or early February & I'll look into it for that trip. Not sure of the the itinerary yet but it'll start in the Sacramento area and probably end in the Seattle area.
 
Late Jan ..early Feb
Great time to be in Seattle.:rolleyes2::rolleyes2::rolleyes2::rolleyes2::scared::scared:
But I guess anything is better than Maine
 
My Daughter and family are moving from San Diego to San francisco. I am going with her and the kids and dog. We are going to take old Highway 101 the entire way with an overnight stop in San Luis Obispo. I bought a book about old Burma Shave Signs and we are going to pretend the signs are still along the road. We will read one every so often. The book has 600 of the original sayings.
 
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