Signed as a U.S. Highway.
Route 6 as a U.S. Highway was drastically shortened by the legislative decision on July 1, 1964. Before the change, it was duplexed with Route 395 as it continued south from Bishop. Then it went south on Route 14 (Sierra Highway, the precursor to the Antelope Valley Freeway), south on San Fernando Road (former U.S. Highway 99) through the San Fernando Valley, south on Figueroa Street (eventually rerouted onto the Harbor Freeway, current Route 110), and east on Route 1 (the Pacific Coast Highway) to Lakewood Boulevard traffic circle (former Route 19) in Long Beach.
Entire Route. [CS&HC Sec. 253.1]
Bishop is home to the Eastern Sierra Tri-County Fair. Numerous events are held here throughout the year.
East on Flynn Road just north of Bishop is the Laws Railroad Museum and Historic Site. Here you will find the original narrow-gauge railroad depot that served the community of Laws in earlier times. Buildings include an old time doctor's office, an agent's house and a carriage house. Open daily except New Years, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Continue east on Flynn Road and onto Silver Canyon Road through the Inyo National Forest is the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home to Earth's oldest living inhabitant: A 4,767-year-old bristlecone named "Methuselah".
U.S. 6 is known as the "Grand Army of the Republic Highway". The name applies to the entire route from Bishop to Provincetown, Massachussetts, as well as former portions of U.S. 6 in California (Routes 1, 110, 5, 14, and 395). U.S. 6 is historically known as the "Roosevelt Highway", presumably named after Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States. It is also known as the "Midland Trail". At 3,205 miles, it is the second longest U.S. highway in the country. For more information, visit Casey Cooper's Finding U.S. 6, Mike Ballard's Route 6, and Discovering the 6.