Editing Placerville, California (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Lincoln Highway porcelain sign.svg|thumb|right|70px]]
Placerville is served by two major highways. [[California State Route 49]] runs north and south, connecting the city with the other major communities in the Sierra Nevada foothills. [[U.S. Route 50 in California|U.S. Route 50]] heads west to [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] and east to [[South Lake Tahoe, California|South Lake Tahoe]].   This portion of U.S. Route 50 is a part of the [[Lincoln Highway]].<ref>A Lincoln Highway route marker is embedded in the front wall of a building at [https://www.google.com/maps/place/564+Main+St,+Placerville,+CA+95667/@38.7291254,-120.7973273,18z/data=!4m7!1m4!3m3!1s0x809a50b6aee9465d:0xde9549dbb385c7c5!2s564+Main+St,+Placerville,+CA+95667!3b1!3m1!1s0x809a50b6aee9465d:0xde9549dbb385c7c5!6m1!1e1 564 Main Street.]</ref>

[[El Dorado Transit]] runs public bus service, both local routes connecting Placerville to other populated areas on the western slope and weekday commuter service to/from Sacramento, including the 20 bus to [[Iron Point station|Iron Point Station]].

[[Amtrak Thruway]] [[Amtrak Thruway#20C|20C]] provides a daily connection to [[Sacramento Valley Station]] to the west, and [[South Lake Tahoe, California|South Lake Tahoe]] to the east, with a few stops in between.<ref>https://amtraksanjoaquins.com/route20c/{{Dead link | date=April 2025 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

Placerville is served by the [[Placerville Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/airport.html |title=Airports |access-date=April 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330072155/http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/airport.html |archive-date=March 30, 2010  }}</ref> A "Good Neighbor" airport (one that takes measures for noise abatement), it has a {{convert|4200|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} runway,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Airports|url=https://edcgov.us:443/Government/CAO/airports/Pages/airports.aspx|access-date=October 22, 2020|website=El Dorado County|language=en-US}}</ref> but is not currently served by any commercial air transport.