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Title: Straightening of Highway 50 East of Lake Tahoe
Creator: Nevada State Highway Department
Date Created and/or Issued: 1969/07/25
Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
Collection: Center for Sacramento History Photo Collection
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Description: The photo caption printed in the Sacramento Bee on July 25, 1969 states "Easing the Curves - U. S. 50 from Spooner's Summit to Glenbrook near Lake Tahoe is being realigned to remove sharp curves which slowed traffic on the old route. The $1.5 million four-lane roadway project will connect to other four-lane portions and provide an uninterrupted four-lane highway between Carson City, Nev., and Lake Tahoe which can be seen in the background."
Type: image
Identifier: C076387B-F790-43A0-AD67-408075065446
1983/001/SBPM07690
Subject: Highway 50
Lake Tahoe

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