🚨🚨BREAKING: We are getting our first videos of the Highway 50 closure. Click here for the complete story: https://cbsloc.al/2W1AT4V | CBS13 CBS Sacramento

Recent reports of Highway 50 closure westbound creates massive standstill traffic in Meyers, Calif. on Sunday. | San Francisco Chronicle

U.S. Route 50 (US 50) stretches from West Sacramento, California, to Ocean City, Maryland! The portion of highway that passes through Nevada & crosses through the center of the state was named "The Loneliest Road in America" by Life magazine in July 1986. The name originates from there being, “no places of interest,” with large desolate areas traversed by the route and few or no signs of civilization. This particular section is close to Parkdale, Colorado, where the highway runs alongside the Ar