San Joaquin & Eastern Road is a repurposed railroad grade in Auberry, California which has been rebuilt as a roadway. This road is named after the San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad which was in use between 1912-1933 during the early construction of the Big Creek Hydroelectric project. Said fifty-five-mile line originated in El Prado and snaked through the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County to the site of Big Creek Powerhouse #1. The so-called SJ&E was famous for having 1,073 curves, 43 trestles and grades as high as 5.3%.
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