Cameron Road is an approximately 5.5-mile rural highway located in the Tehachapi Mountains of Kern County. This corridor originates at California State Route 58 in Tehachapi Pass near Cameron siding and ascends Cameron Canyon westward to Tehachapi-Woodford Road. The segment of Cameron Road between California State Route 58 Exit 159 west to the Union Pacific Railroad is a repurposed portion of US Route 466 which was relocated in 1957. Modern Cameron Road often appears in driving tests in Motortrend magazine and is maintained as Kern County Mountain Road 523. Part 1; the history of Cameron Canyon Road Cameron Road is named after the Southern Pacific Railroad siding of Cameron. Cameron siding is located in Tehachapi Pass just south of modern California State Route 58. The Southern Pacific Railroad line through Tehachapi Pass was completed during July 1876. Tehachapi Pass was the last link in the Southern Pacific system completed between Los Angeles...
Presently the second shortest state highway in Nevada is Nevada State Route 822 in the community of Dayton. Nevada State Route 822 begins at US Route 50 and follows Dayton Valley Road eastward over the Carson River 0.146 miles to Ricci Road. The signature component of Nevada State Route 822 is the Carson River Bridge. Said bridge was constructed by Lyon County in 1956 and was annexed into the State Highway System as Nevada State 822 in 1976 (the same year State Highway Renumbering). The Carson River Bridge was rebuilt by the Nevada Department of Transportation in 1991 and presently carries 16,000 vehicles a day. Part 1; the history of Nevada State Route 822 Dayton is the second oldest settlement in Nevada after Genoa. In 1849 Abner Blackburn would locate a gold nugget near the California Trail along what is now Gold Creek. In 1850 the community of Gold Cañon (alternatively Gold Cañon Flat) was established by placer miners. By 1857 a large number of Chinese miners would relocate t...