One of the State Highways I intended to complete in 2017 was California State Route 191. After a day spent mostly on CA 49 and CA 70 I decided to skip out on CA 191 which turned out to be a regrettable decision in retrospect. CA 191 is an 11 mile north/south State Highway entirely located in Butte County. CA 191 starts at CA 70 near Wicks Corner runs entirely on Clark Road northward to a terminus at Pearson Road in Town of Paradise. Unfortunately the Town of Paradise was largely destroyed by the Camp Fire in November of 2018. The history regarding CA 191 is brief. Prior to the 1964 State Highway Renumbering the route of CA 191 was approved by the State Legislature in 1961 as Legislative Route Number 295. CAhighways.org on CA 191 The implied path of LRN 295 appears on the 1962 State Highway Map connecting to the projected path of the new Feather River Highway which was LRN 21. 1962 State Highway Map Interestingly Clark Road does appear t...
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