1926 CITY ROUTE US 50 HIGHWAY PORCELAIN SIGN. "THE LONELIEST ROAD"

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1926 CITY ROUTE US 50 HIGHWAY PORCELAIN SIGN. "THE LONELIEST ROAD":
$2495.00

Old and original yellow City Route US 50 sign. It is 16" x 16". 1926 per AAROADS database.

This ones condition is really good compared to the few others I know of that still exist. I sold one in 2019 in much worse condition for 1800.

U.S. Route 50 (US 50) is a major east–west highway, connecting Ocean City, Maryland and West Sacramento, California. Stretching 3,000 miles (4,800 km), the route runs through mostly rural areas in the Western part of US. It includes the section through Nevada known as “The Loneliest Road in America”.All the way across the country, US-50 passes through hundreds of small old towns. Blue Highways author William Least Heat-Moon writes about US-50, “for the unhurried, this little-known highway is the best national road across the middle of the United States.” The route offers such a compelling cross-section of the nation that Time magazine devoted nearly an entire issue (July 7, 1997) to telling the story of the road it called the “Backbone of America.”The Nevada portion of the route, named “The Loneliest Road in America” by travelers, evokes the feeling of loneliness. You find miles and miles of little more than mountains, sand, and blue sky.

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