Fallon, via Carson City, to Sacremento, US50 (190 mi - about 3 hours 56 mins)
In 1921 the Nevada State Legislature created a branch of the Lincoln Highway from Fallon (Leeteville Fork) to Carson via Dayton and Lahontan Dam. The approved funding to build a road along that section of the route. An association was formed in Carson City promoting this route claiming it afforded the most picturesque mountain scenery in the world. This did two things. The early Lincoln Highway Guide said that if travelers wanted to see Lake Tahoe, they needed to go from Fallon To Reno to Carson City and then around the south end of the lake. The northern route does not go by Lake Tahoe.
This new route also shortened the distance from New York to San Francisco, something that the Lincoln Highway Association was always aiming to do. This unit was not mentioned by name in the 1924 guide by name but this route was listed as a way to travel. The northern route was also included in the 1924 guide. The 1928 placement of the Cement markers listed both routes of placement, however the markers for the section between Fallon and Carson City were in storage waiting for the completion of the building of the road. Similar to the final section were the markers also placed in storage in Ely waiting completion of the road. These routes are the only two different routes ever listed by the Lincoln Highway Association.
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