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California State Route 161 is a nineteen mile State Highway aligned along State Line Road between US Route 97 and California State Route 139.  California State Route 161 bisects what remains of Lower Klamath Lake and is one of the easier ways to access Lava Beds National Monument.  The entirety of California State Route 161 is part of the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway Part 1; the history of California State Route 161 The development of modern California State Route 161 ("CA 161") is tied heavily to that of the Klamath Reclamation Project within the Klamath Basin.  Historically Lower Klamath Lake and Tule Lake were an interconnected fresh water marsh fed by waters seeping from the Cascade Range.  Lower Klamath Lake, Tule Lake and Clear Lake can be see seen obstructing direct overland access along the California/Oregon State Line on the 1873 Bancroft's Map of California and Nevada .   In 1905 the Federal Government announced it would fund the Klamath Reclamat...

Oregon Route 39 and California State Route 139 form a 166.9 mile corridor which connects US Route 97 in Klamath Falls, Oregon south to California State Route 36 in Susanville, California.  The combined corridor of Oregon Route 39 and California State Route 139 traverse remote regions such the lower Klamath Basin and Californian Cascade Range.  Depicted above is Susanville-Adin Highway as featured in the September/October 1956 California Highways & Public Works after it was rebuilt as part of Federal Aid Secondary Joint Highway District #14.  Susanville-Adin Highway would become the southern segment of California State Route 139 during the 1960s.  Depicted below is the combined corridor of Oregon Route 39 and California State Route 139 as seen on the 2005 Caltrans State Highway Map.   Part 1; the history of Oregon Route 39 and California State Route 139 What is now Oregon Route 39 ("OR 39") was added to the State Highway System as one of the original Ore...