US 6 / US 395 – Keough Hot Springs

Basin and Range – Owens Valley

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Keough Hot Springs

1922 culvert on original alignment.
1922 culvert on original alignment.
View of the 1920's alignment. Note the narrower roadway as compared with the 1950's alignment.
View of the 1920’s alignment. Note the narrower roadway as compared with the 1950’s alignment.
View of the 1950's road, with double white striping.
View of the 1950’s road, with double white striping.
Looking south toward Keough Hot Springs from just south of Collins Road.
Looking south toward Keough Hot Springs from just south of Collins Road.

Here, US 6/395 has three different alignments. The earliest was oiled and upgraded in 1922. This is the longest and highest of the alignments. In 1936, a newer alignment further down the alluvial fan was built, improved again in 1951. That alignment still retains its white striping, but most of the culverts were either removed or washed out. In 1962, the present expressway alignment of US 6/395 was built even lower down the fan. North of Keough Hot Springs, the original alignment was bypassed in 1933, from Keough to Sunland Reservation Road. Traces of that alignment still exist today with the exception of the bridges crossing a canal near the northern end.

Map from 1962 showing alignments around Keough Hot Springs. The original alignment is marked in yellow. The 1950’s roadway is labeled as “Present Traveled Way” with the current alignment in dark black.

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