Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/California/History/Emigration trails

California Trail, south to north ([1][2][3][4][5][6][7])

Walker River-Sonora Route (1852)
- Sonora-Mono Toll Road, Bridgeport to Sonora
Big Trees Road (1856)
- Big Tree and Carson Valley Turnpike (1864), Calaveras Big Trees to Silver Mountain
Volcano Road (1852)
Grizzly Flat Cutoff (1852)
Carson Route (1848), Humboldt Sink to Pleasant Valley via Carson Pass
- US 95 (NV), US 50 (NV), US 395 (NV), SR 88 (NV), SR 88, Mormon Emigrant Trail, Sly Park Road
Luther Pass Trail (1854)
Georgetown/Dagget Pass Trail (1850)
Johnson Cutoff (1850-51)
Georgetown Trail (1850)
Sacramento-Coloma Wagon Road (when?)
Placer County Road (1852)
Truckee Route (1844 Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party), Humboldt Sink to Sutter's Fort via Donner Pass, Emigrant Gap
- I-80 (NV), Henness Pass Road, Dog Valley Road, I-80
Nevada City Road (1850)
Henness Pass Turnpike (1860), Nevada City to Jackson Meadows, then joint to Virginia City
Truckee Turnpike (1860), North San Juan to Jackson Meadows, then joint to Virginia City
Henness Pass Route (1852)
Beckwourth Trail (1851)
Lassen Trail (1848), Goose Lake (Applegate Trail) to Lassen Ranch
- US 395, SR 299, ??
Nobles Trail (1852)
Burnett Cutoff (when?)
Yreka Trail (1852)
Applegate Trail (1846), Lassen Meadows (California Trail) to Oregon via High Rock Canyon, Fandango Pass
- Unnamed roads: Imlay, Antelope Summit, Rabbithole, [which road did it use here?] Sulphur, [which road?] Black Rock Springs, Mud Meadow Reservoir, Fly Canyon, High Rock Canyon, Massacre Ranch, old SR 8A, [which road?] Upper Lake, Fandango Pass Road, US 395, [which road?] Pothole Spring, Steele Swamp Road, not sure at all after that
  - This one has really not survived as a through route; if anything has replaced it, it's the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway.