Route between Sacramento and Bridgeport CA
I plan to drive from the Sacramento area over the Sierra Nevada mountains to Bridgeport CA on Highway 395 (and return). I will be towing a 9,000 lb. (loaded) toy-hauler travel trailer. Can anyone r...
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msmith1199 wrote:
89/88 is just as good of a road as the two-lane section of 50. In fact I don't even recall any steep grades on the 89/88 section from Tahoe over to 395. You can save even more miles by taking 89 when it separates from 88 and go through Markleeville, but that is a mountain pass road with steep grades and switch backs. If you don't turn there 88 continues on down into the Carson Valley and you can pick up one of the cross roads and hop over to 395.
Thanks msmith1199. I like your suggestion to stay on 88 and cut over to 395 just south of Gardnerville. This avoids the steep and twisty route through Markleeville.
Ed
