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Back in 2014 I drove a small portion of California State Route 147 along the eastern shore of Lake Almanor. CA 147 is a 12 mile north/south State Highway which begins near Canyon Dam at CA 89 in Plumas County and ends at CA 36 in Westwood of Lassen County.  CA 147 was originally adopted into the State Highway System in 1961 as Legislative Route Number 183. CAhighways.org on LRN 183 LRN 183 was adopted onto pre-existing roadways which can be seen by comparing the 1961 State Highway Map to the 1962 Edition. 1961 State Highway Map 1962 State Highway Map  The roadways now comprising CA 147 are presently part of the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway.  The roadways comprising CA 147 are shown on California Division of Highways Maps of Plumas County and Lassen County as major County Highways. 1935 Plumas County Highway Map 1935 Lassen County Highway Map During the 1964 State Highway Renumbering LRN 183 was reassigned CA 147.  This change can be seen by compa...

After completing CA 32 east of CA 99 I took CA 89 up to Lassen Volcanic National Park and used it to backtrack to the south to US 50. CA 89 is a 245 mile north/south highway which terminates at I-5 at it's north terminus and US 395 at it's southern terminus.  The route of CA 89 lies completely within the Cascade and Sierra Nevada Ranges making it one of the most scenic highways in California.  CA 89 is bisected by Lassen Volcanic National Park for which the park road acts as a seasonally open implied connection.  My route on CA 89 started at CA 32 in Tehama County but I thought it would be more sensible to photograph it completely southbound from Lassen Volcanic National Park.  Caltrans maintenance ceases at the National Park boundary which has a sign for Lassen Volcanic National Park. Lassen Volcanic National Park is named after Lassen Peak a volcano 10,457 feet above sea level.  Lassen Peak is a lava dome volcano and is the only site of an eruption a...