Sierra Highway

Sierra Highway
El Camino Sierra
Sierra Highway highlighted in red
Route information
Length	424 mi (682 km)
Existed	1910–present
Component highways	SR 14U in Santa Clarita SR 14 from Rosamond to Inyokern US 395 from Inyokern to Topaz Lake SR 89 from Topaz Lake to South Lake Tahoe
Major junctions
South end	San Fernando Road in Los Angeles
Major intersections	I-5 in Los Angeles SR 58 near Mojave US 395 near Inyokern US 6 in Bishop US 395 near Topaz Lake
North end	US 50 / SR 89 in South Lake Tahoe[1]
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Counties	Los Angeles, Kern, Inyo, Mono, Alpine, El Dorado
Highway system
State highways in California Interstate US State Scenic History Pre‑1964 Unconstructed Deleted Freeways

Sierra Highway or El Camino Sierra is a road in Southern California, United States. El Camino Sierra refers to the full length of a trail formed in the 19th century, rebuilt as highways in the early 20th century, that ran from Los Angeles to Lake Tahoe following parts of modern State Route 14, U.S. Route 395 and State Route 89. Two portions of this road are currently signed as Sierra Highway. The first is an old alignment of SR 14/U.S. Route 6 from Los Angeles to Mojave. This road is also signed with the unusual designation of State Route 14U through the city of Santa Clarita. The second part signed as Sierra Highway is a portion of US 395 in Bishop.

Traversing the extremes of California, from the Mojave Desert to the Sierra Nevada, El Camino Sierra has been advertised to the world as a highway to showcase the natural beauty of California as far back as 1910. Though most of Sierra Highway was bypassed in the early 1970s with freeways, the road is still well known. The portion through the San Gabriel Mountains is noted as the primary filming location for the film Duel.