Avila Beach Drive

[Max Rockatansky]

Avila Beach Drive is an approximately 4.5-mile highway in San Luis Obispo County which connects US Route 101 to Port San Luis.  This roadway initially developed east of San Luis Obispo Creek in 1869 at the end of a tram line connecting Port Harford (now Port San Luis) to Avila Beach.  The western half of Avila Beach Drive is built atop the former Pacific Coast Railway grade which went defunct in 1941.  The current bridge over San Luis Obispo Creek connecting Avila Beach Drive to Port San Luis was constructed in 1967.  The roadway was modernized to facilitate roadway access to the port facilities on San Luis Bay and the nuclear power plant facility at Diablo Canyon.

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