state route state highway state california split parts western portion begins junction state route heads east ending eastern portion begins heads east ends state route death valley junction mile portion remains plans build wilderness areas route east state route near california freeway expressway system lane road west state route eligible known added system route description state route begins state route south downtown heads straight east flat avenue short expressway segment including cloverleaf interchange state route partial interchange main street highway begins curve alongside passing south lake success terrain rugged following river meets south end county route access road river near community continues east near near begins rising foothills going curves order rise source end western segment county maintained western divide highway continues south point west traffic turn east reach county route sierra nevada adopted proposed alignment unlikely build protected wilderness areas golden trout wilderness south sierra wilderness route routing heads northeast small summit following easterly past freeman creek grove crossing near path area crossing ridges northeast way near heading southeast vicinity pass elevation feet sea level highway sierra crest dropping miles north northeasterly direction elevation feet eastern section begins intersection route heads northeast southeast lake junction southeast turns southeast east south passing darwin enters death valley national park heads highway crosses valley turns northeast pass northern valley intersection leads turns southeast remains inside lowest point north_america near settlement creek leaves valley southeast alongside highway usually closed year flash floods turns east away wash view soon leaves park follows straight alignment end state route death valley junction history path east death valley national park followed late early group left old spanish trail enterprise utah look walker pass pioneers crossed state line nevada near following general route present left west turned south present state route ore discovered route primitive road travel valley team route south second boom tourism started 1920s failures getting toll road approved nevada scaled plans include route southeast darwin resort new toll road certified complete toll rates set motor vehicle person state legislature added roads state highway system including new unsigned connecting baker lone pine death valley junction created february december paid mile road giving miles east park boundary pass national_park_service state national_park_service soon paved route baker work completed october including mile darwin bypassed darwin old toll road west national_park_service labor maintained road park august mile stretch east valley washed storm time maintenance given state rebuilt destroyed segment state sign route system created assigned portion route west remainder baker sign route highway continuous roadway built ending east camp nelson ending southwest lone pine businessmen begun push new highway connecting set lack state aid road state highway piece turn built opened early july state highway grading mile county road supposed continue south state route completed south near july new road maintained counties completed allowing traffic western segment reach longer route proposed march approved change location proposed highway pass south soon considered possible alternate location legislature moved main line route south location crossing later year old route southeast lone pine remained branch signed original routing lone pine baker added proposed california freeway expressway system parts upgraded east west piece death valley junction received state route designation renumbering north south state route signed branch lone pine new state route mid-1970s environmental movement essentially killed planned connection designation golden trout wilderness south sierra wilderness final blow officially adopted alignment designated major intersections letter measured road based alignment existed time necessarily reflect current mileage reflects realignment route indicates second realignment refers overlap correction change indicates classified temporary list list definitions segments remain relinquished local control omitted numbers reset county lines start end county given county column
California State Route 190