State Route 49 (SR 49) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California that passes through many historic mining communities of the 1849 California gold rush and it is known as the Golden Chain Highway.[2] The highway's creation was lobbied by the Mother Lode Highway Association, a group of locals and historians seeking a single highway to connect many relevant locations along the Gold Rush to honor the 49ers.[3][4][5] One of the bridges along SR 49 is named for the leader of the association, Archie Stevenot.
The roadway begins at Oakhurst, Madera County, in the Sierra Nevada, where it diverges from State Route 41. It continues in a generally northwest direction, weaving through the communities of Goldside and Ahwahnee, before crossing into Mariposa County. State Route 49 then continues northward through the counties of Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Yuba, Sierra, and Plumas, where it reaches its northern terminus at State Route 70, in Vinton.
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^"Mother Lode Highway Is Boosted By Association". Riverside Daily Press. Vol. XXXVII, no. 98. December 16, 1922.
^Archie D. Stevenot "Mr. Mother Lode". Near Angels Camp, California: Golden Chain Council of the Mother Lode and Grand Council of E Clampus Vitus. July 23, 1976. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
^Barton, Robert M. "New Bridges - Modern Structures Built on Route Traveled by 49ers" (PDF). California Highways and Public Works. Vol. 32, no. 1–2. p. 15.
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Yuba-Donner Scenic Byway
SR 41 at Oakhurst
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