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Bodie Road Improvements – Bridgeport CA

In 1937-38, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved the road to Bodie CA (now CA 270) south of Bridgeport. Bodie is a relic of a 19th century gold mining boom that had become a ghost town by the mid 20th… read more

U.S. Highway 395 – Bridgeport CA

In 1934, 3.1 miles of old California Route 23 (now US 395) from Point Ranch to the Bodie Road, south of Bridgeport, were graded and surfaced at a cost of $45,000. Funds came from the federal government Bureau of Public Roads.