On 04-11-09, BOB ACKLEY said to TIM RICHARDSON:


BA>Replying to a message of TIM RICHARDSON to CHINACAT:


TR> You want hot? Try Gila Bend, Arizona in July. Or Dateland. Or Hyder.


BA>Have you ever travelled the old US50 east out of Reno (to wherever it
BA>goes, I suppose eventually it ends up in Denver but am not sure)?  I've
BA>read that particular stretch of several hundred miles is the loneliest
BA>highway in the country.



Yes I have. But from the Reno area only over to Ely, Nevada when I worked on
the railroad. Its a long up-and-down-hill drive, seems to last for far longer
than it really does.


At some point old US 50 becomes highway 70, and that highway goes all the way
to the Pittsburg area.


Old highway 50 leaves Rte 70 at some point and meanders off by itself all the
way to Pueblo at least.


Haven't thought of that old road in years!


A semi with a 45 footer would have a hell of a time on that route. A trucker
probably wouldn't go on it unless they had a delivery for a spot that was only
accessable by 50.


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