Sonora Road is an approximately 17-mile-long bisected highway corridor between Knights Ferry in Stanislaus County and Farmington in San Joaquin County. The corridor was part of the larger La Grange-Farmington Road which was a major Gold Rush era stage corridor. Sonora Road is historically tied to the Knights Ferry Covered Bridge which opened at the Stanislaus River in 1864. Construction of the Farmington Flood Control Basin Dam in 1951 would bisect Sonora Road between Henry Road and 26 Mile Road. The 14-mile portion of Sonora Road from California State Routes 108 and 120 near Knights Ferry west to the closure gap at Farmington Flood Control Basin near 26 Mile Road can be seen below. The approximately 3-mile portion of Sonora Road west of Farmington Flood Control Basin to California State Route 4 can be seen below. Part 1; the history of Sonora Road What is now Sonora Road was part of a larger stage corridor which connected La Grange in Sta...
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