Pool Station Road

[Max Rockatansky]

Pool Station Road is 12.6-mile rural highway located in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Calaveras County.  The corridor connects from California State Route 49 near downtown San Andreas south to California State Route 4 near Copperopolis. 

Pool Station Road is named after a stage station which was located on Reeds Turnpike (now California State Route 4) between Copperopolis and Altaville.  The corridor was developed during the 1920s to permit highway access to the Calaveras Cement plant.  Despite being located in the Sierra Nevada foothills much of Pool Station Road is winding and features numerous large dips in terrain. 

https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/05/pool-station-road.html?m=1

[formulanone]

I had one of those "glorious days to be a roadgeek" moments on Pool Station Road, of all places, in January 2016:

[Max Rockatansky]

Dang, the fog doesn't usually stray that far into the foothills.

[formulanone]

Dang, the fog doesn't usually stray that far into the foothills.

It was heavier on Latrobe Road south of US 50 that morning; I figured it was more common in winter months since it was a more temperate climate but near mountains.