- City:
- Markleeville, CA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agency:
- Unknown
- Started:
- 1935
Description
State Route 88, 1/4 mile west of the California Nevada state line looking west towards the “California Alps” This oil base road was graded and a asphalt concrete surfaced was put down in 1935. State Route 88, connects Markleeville the county seat for Alpine County with the Carson Valley.
According to the Jan. 1935 issue of California Highway & Public Works, 2.6 miles of highway were graded and surfaced in Alpine County from the state line west as part of a large number of federally funded projects in that fiscal year. $33,000 was the cost.
Source notes
January 1935 issue of California Highway & Public Works magazine
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on August 10, 2014.
Additional contributions by David Kerr.
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