Hallelujah Junction is a locale in

Lassen County Lassen County () is a county in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,730. The county seat and only incorporated city is Susanville. Lassen County comprises the Susanville, Calif ...

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. It is located east-southeast of

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, at an elevation of 5033 feet (1534 m). It is located at the interchange with

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and the eastern terminus of State Route 70 (formerly US 40 Alt.). This place originated when Orville Stoy relocated there and established a homestead and gas station, and it enjoyed status in the prohibition era. By 1940 there was a bar, restaurant and motel, and the “Hallelujah International Airport” on an abandoned stretch of Highway 70. It met its demise when the State of California purchased Hallelujah Junction in 1973 and levelled it to construct the four-lane freeway. American composer

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, who owns a cabin nearby, wrote "

Hallelujah Junction ''Hallelujah Junction'' is a composition for two pianos written in 1996 by the American composer John Adams. Adams titled his autobiography after this composition. A two-CD retrospective album of works by Adams on the Nonesuch label is also entit ...

", a piece for two pianos, named after this location.

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Populated places in Lassen County, California {{LassenCountyCA-geo-stub