After completing the Tioga Pass Road and checking out California State Route 167 from a vista on US 395 I headed northward to CA 270. My next destination was beyond the terminus of CA 270 in the ghost town Bodie. The tale of CA 270 being adopted into the state highway system along Bodie Road is a fairly modern one. According to CAhighways a 13 mile segment of Bodie Road from US 395 eastward was adopted to the ghost town of Bodie located in Bodie State Historic Park in 1970. All of Bodie Road shows as county maintained to the Nevada State Line at NV 3C on the 1970 Map with the planned state highway alignment shown on the 1975 State Highway Map: 1970 State Highway Map 1975 State Highway Map Between 1979 and 1981 the first 10 miles of a planned 13 mile CA 270 appears to have been completed. My understanding is the final three miles was kept as dirt by the request of Bodie State Historic Park to keep the ambiance of the ghost town. CAhighways st...
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