Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion US 395 closed north of Bridgeport

A properly cited reference would be about as long as the two sentences Bob posted. Who cares, its a simple fact that a section of CA 395 was destroyed in the flood of 1997 and today's detour is similar.

There was a really cool video taken from a CHP dashcam as he was the last driver through that section before it failed. I told the kids that same story every time I drove around that corner. I can't find the video, but it's pretty dramatic.

A tributary river near Walker also jumped its banks in that flood. My colleagues spent months getting it back into the original channel. I still have a lingering case of PTSD from emergency response in 1997. Working days and nights without sleep and watching levees crumble that I just drove over, ah the memories.