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Title: Blackrock Road
Post by: Max Rockatansky on June 09, 2018, 02:59:41 PM
I was working through some old 2016 road albums for blog posts and came upon the infamous Blackrock Road:

http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-sierran-death-highway-blackrock-road.html

The Flickr album I did for Blackrock can be found here:

https://flic.kr/s/aHskUFdcXy

If anyone remembers this is the crazy one-lane cliff-face road in eastern Fresno County with all the weird bridges and pipelines.  Open question I had though was, when the hell was the Black Rock Reservoir actually built?  PG&E seems to keep the date of construction a pretty closed secret and I can't find any resources for the Kings River Project online.

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/447/32636790530_0dcc518d52_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15M1)3 (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15M1) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2427/33018723625_281a308ef0_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKAbn)12 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKAbn) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3784/33018722495_4fc1b10dc2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzQT)21 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzQT) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Blackrock Road
Post by: NE2 on June 09, 2018, 10:48:03 PM
Have you driven the Mosquito Road near Placerville and the "truck route" west to SR 193? It's not as squirrely as Blackrock Road but definitely a fun and beautiful drive.
Title: Re: Blackrock Road
Post by: Max Rockatansky on June 09, 2018, 11:00:49 PM
Quote from: NE2 on June 09, 2018, 10:48:03 PM
Have you driven the Mosquito Road near Placerville and the "truck route" west to SR 193? It's not as squirrely as Blackrock Road but definitely a fun and beautiful drive.

I haven't but I've had my eye on it for whenever I return to the Donner Pass/Tahoe area just for the Mosquito Bridge over the South Fork American River alone:

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7756837,-120.7482932,3a,75y,309.53h,86.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBx9S0wE0IgtkvGgs40QR7A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en