Then and now: Less clutter on roadways

Overhead wires existed until South Lake Tahoe incorporated. Photo/Lake Tahoe Historical Society

Highway 50 in the 1960s had stoplight islands mounted in the center of the roadway, despite being in snow country.

The Flying A service station exists today as Tahoe Tom’s. Also, the large tree at still stands.

Streetlights are no longer in the middle of the road. Photo/Bill Kingman

All overhead wires and power poles were removed after the city of South Lake Tahoe incorporated in 1965. The city also did not permit flashing or animated signage.

Harveys was the only highrise at Stateline until the Sahara Tahoe opened in 1965. The Harrah’s and MontBleu (originally Park Tahoe) hotels opened in the mid-1970s

— Bill Kingman