Johnson's Cut-off

U.S. Route 50
US 50 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by
Maintained by Caltrans
Length:	108.624 mi (174.813 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-80 in West Sacramento
	I-80 Bus. / I-5 / SR 16 / SR 99 in Sacramento SR 49 in Placerville SR 89 in South Lake Tahoe
East end:	US 50 at Nevada state line
Location
Counties:	Yolo, Sacramento, El Dorado
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Replaced State highways in California Interstate U.S. State Pre-1964 History Unconstructed Deleted Freeway Scenic ← SR 49 SR 51 →

In the U.S. state of California, U.S. Route 50 (US 50) runs east from I-80 in West Sacramento to the Nevada state line in South Lake Tahoe. Portions within Sacramento are known as the Capital City Freeway. The western half of the highway in California is a four-or-more-lane divided highway, mostly built to freeway standards. It is known as the Lincoln Highway from I-80 through Sacramento to Placerville, and the El Dorado Freeway east of Placerville to Pollock Pines. US 50 continues as an undivided highway with one eastbound lane and two westbound lanes until it reaches the canyon of the South Fork American River at Riverton. The remainder of the highway, which climbs along and out of the canyon, then over the Sierra Nevada at Echo Summit and into the Lake Tahoe Basin, is a mainly two-lane road.