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Three Miles Of Old Hwy 50 You Can Drive On.


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I have been driving by and camping near this stretch of abandoned highway 50 for a few years now. Finally took a ride on it with

my motorcycle yesterday, also the pickup later in the afternoon with my wife after a cheeseburger at the International Cafe in Austin.

 

The road starts at Hickison Summit (6546') there is a little loop road (below) on the north side of the road. One end is across the road from

wide paved area with a historic marker. The other end is JUST west of the Hickison Summit. There a gate in the fence at

39 26.662 N 116 44.727 W

 

This picture was taken from the old hwy looking east.

 

OldHwy50017.jpg

 

This is the only hard spot on the road, it is kind of a side hill to keep the sport cars off of it. Take the left fork just inside the fence.

Up to the old hwy 50 may be a piece of Lincoln Hwy?? Looking close, I think this old hwy 50 crossed the new highway here. You can see a cut on the other side.

 

OldHwy50032.jpg

 

 

This picture shows the old highway on the right and the new one on the left.

 

 

OldHwy50020.jpg

 

This shows a cut for the old road

 

 

OldHwy50021.jpg

 

Beware of piles of wild horse exhaust

 

 

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This horn was shed from a deer and is still laying by the road.

 

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The last part of the road

 

OldHwy50027.jpg

 

The west gate is at 39 24.66 N 116 46.325 W

 

Thanks for taking another ride with me.

 

I started from the east end because is the easiest for Denny to find.

 

Dale

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Dale,

 

I really appreciate your postings on this subject and particularly the included lat/lon numbers. Generally they import into Google Earth with little or no fiddling.

 

I'm hoping to duplicate your journey this October in the Model T, at least as far east as SLC. A gps and copious notes will certainly be along for the ride.

 

Cheers,

 

Grover

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