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Title: US 99 in Lake Shasta in 2008
Post by: sdmichael on March 15, 2013, 07:10:05 PM
I am going through some of my old photos and I recently posted a few from an October 2008 trip up to Lake Shasta to see the emerging sections of old US 99.

http://cxmichael.blogspot.com/2013/03/us-99-in-lake-shasta-october-2008.html
Title: Re: US 99 in Lake Shasta in 2008
Post by: kkt on March 15, 2013, 07:25:48 PM
Quote from: sdmichael on March 15, 2013, 07:10:05 PM
I am going through some of my old photos and I recently posted a few from an October 2008 trip up to Lake Shasta to see the emerging sections of old US 99.

http://cxmichael.blogspot.com/2013/03/us-99-in-lake-shasta-october-2008.html

Cool!  Thanks for posting.
Title: Re: US 99 in Lake Shasta in 2008
Post by: hm insulators on March 26, 2013, 04:40:56 PM
Neat! Thank you!
Title: Re: US 99 in Lake Shasta in 2008
Post by: 707 on March 27, 2013, 12:36:31 AM
Thanks for posting this! I find it very interesting how US 99 always seems to end up underwater in some way or another.
Title: Re: US 99 in Lake Shasta in 2008
Post by: triplemultiplex on March 27, 2013, 09:25:49 PM
It's so interesting that they didn't demolish any of those old bridges before filling the lake.  Very cool.  I figured they must make good structure for fishing and sure enough, there's a dude fishing by that half-submerged truss bridge. 8)
Title: Re: US 99 in Lake Shasta in 2008
Post by: sdmichael on March 28, 2013, 12:44:52 AM
I waited a bit for those people to move before I swam over to the bridge and tunnel. I ended up swimming over to the ridge beyond to see if anything else was visible. Nothing was.
Title: Re: US 99 in Lake Shasta in 2008
Post by: OCGuy81 on March 30, 2013, 01:04:11 AM
That is so cool, thanks for posting!

I read that there is a proposal to raise the dam at Shasta another 16 feet to yield a few million more cubic feet of water.  Wonder if the current bridge for the 5 will suffer the same fate, as that would have to be rebuilt.
Title: Re: US 99 in Lake Shasta in 2008
Post by: kkt on March 30, 2013, 01:06:13 AM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on March 30, 2013, 01:04:11 AM
That is so cool, thanks for posting!

I read that there is a proposal to raise the dam at Shasta another 16 feet to yield a few million more cubic feet of water.  Wonder if the current bridge for the 5 will suffer the same fate, as that would have to be rebuilt.

Maybe they could build it with interstate standard sightlines and shoulders this time.