San Joaquin & Eastern Road

[Max Rockatansky]

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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