US 6 / US 395 – Bartlett Point

Basin and Range – Owens Valley

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Bartlett Point

Old and new at Bartlett Point.
Old and new at Bartlett Point.
Looking south along the alignment with a nice section of white striping still intact.
Looking south along the alignment with a nice section of white striping still intact.

Bartlett Point is the location for a small lake mineral mining operation. It was owned by the Lake Minerals Corporation but was later bought by US Borax. It is also the site of a small abandoned segment of US 6/395, which was bypassed in 1955.

1955 map showing the new alignment between Bartlett Point and Diaz Lake

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