Like I said...single lane and beat to hell, good thing Lonoak Road is only 15 miles:

But as the road dips back into Monterey County near the eastern terminus with CA 25 you wouldn't know things could be so bad:


Took a turn north for about 3 miles on CA 25 north to Lewis Creek Road. Basically you can go a couple miles back into the Diablos heading east to CA 198. The road is surfaced, you would have had to ford Lewis Creek back when this was part of CA 25. Coatimundi has better pictures of this section than I do, I went back about 2.5 miles before another storm started coming in:



Had the weather been more favorable I was planning on taking Coalinga Road/Los Gatos Creek Road back east. Given things didn't look so hot I was able to discern that CA 25 doesn't have an "End" sign for whatever reason. Seriously how does CA 146 get an "End" sign but not CA 25?

Kind of a cool view of CA 198 east and a clearer look at the San Andreas Fault with the better weather:


And a couple better photos of Lewis Creek Road with a clearer view...signage too showing why you can't use the road anymore:



So if it's a wildlife management area....is it private or public property? I know there is a ranch on the other side of Lewis Creek Road where you can't drive any further. Does that mean someone owns almost all the entire course of the creek all the way up to CA 198?...if so that's a damn shame, it would have been nice to be able to at least walk old CA 25.
Anyways, I guess the theme for next month is going to be Diablos December. I don't really feel up to some slog with chains in the Sierras so I figure Coalinga Road, Panoche Road, and the Mount Hamilton Highway are what the doctor ordered. Idria Road is probably way too dicey given the wet weather this time of year...maybe next summer.
Edit: KKT I found out some information on the train tunnel and edited my initial reply to you in reply #3.