Between 2016 through 2018 I drove the majority of California State Route 88 from CA 99 in Stockton east over Carson Pass to CA 89. CA 88 is a 122 mile state highway from CA 99 in Stockton east over the Sierra Nevada Range to the continuation route Nevada State Route 88 at the Nevada State Line. CA 88 is known as the Carson Pass Highway. Carson Pass at 8,574 feet above sea level along CA 88 is an all-year Mountain Pass in the Sierras and on occasion designated as Temporary US Route 50 when conditions are bad over Echo Summit. CA 88 was not one of the original Signed State Highways. CA 8 was the original designation over Carson Pass which can be seen on the 1938 California State Highway Map. 1938 State Highway Map CA 8 was substantially different than CA 88 west of Jackson as it largely follows the current route of CA 26. From US 99E in 1934 and later US 50/99 in 1936 from Stockton CA 8 originally used the following route to reach Jackson: - Legisl...
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