Lincoln Highway Association: California Chapter P.O. Box 447
Carmichael, CA 95609

Cruise 3 • Sierra Nevada Northern Route


  [Photo of historic building in Truckee]
Historic building in Truckee
Photo by C.N. Plummer

  [Photo of Rainbow Bridge in Donner Pass]
Rainbow Bridge at Donner Pass
Photo by Leon Schegg

On this cruise, you will see:

  • many original highway alignments and pavement on Rippey and Sisley Roads from the towns of Rocklin and Loomis to Newcastle
  • old winding highway through Newcastle
  • historic downtown Auburn
  • mountain towns of Applegate, Weimar, Colfax, Gold Run, Alta and Baxter
  • vistas at Emigrant Gap
  • Hampshire Rocks Road
  • remnants of the original 1913 Lincoln Highway and a historic highway display at the U.S. Forest Service Visitor Center at Big Bend
  • original highway alignments on Donner Pass Road
  • vistas on top of Donner Pass at the famous Rainbow Bridge
  • Transcontinental Railroad tunnels and train sheds over Donner Pass and the original Lincoln Highway tracks up over the rocks
  • Donner Lake
  • Donner Memorial Park and Monument
  • historic downtown Truckee
  • exciting and desolate Dog Valley Route, which was last used as the Lincoln Highway from 1913 to 1926
  • Prosser Creek Reservoir and Stampede Reservoir
  • Verdi, Nevada

The return trip to Sacramento will be on Interstate 80 with views of alternate Lincoln Highway alignments at Hinton and Glenshire Roads.

[Map of Cruise 3]