The combined ten-mile corridor of Madera County Road 820 and Oak Grove Road is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills north of the community of Raymond. Madera County Road 820 begins northbound at Road 800 and becomes Oak Grove Road at the Mariposa County line. The mostly dirt surfaced Oak Grove Road continues to a terminus at Indian Peak Road. Oak Grove Road was initially developed in the late 1880s. The original alignment began at the ghost town of Ben Hur and terminated at Indian Peak Road via the ranch of J.W. Coleman. Oak Grove Road would be realigned in 1912 to towards Road 800 (then Bailey Flats Road) upon completion of the Striped Rock Creek Bridge. The Striped Rock Creek Bridge is one of the few remaining Thru Truss spans in California which still carries a wooden plank road deck. The corridor of Oak Grove Road is named after the Oak Grove School which was once located near the Coleman ranch property. Part 1; the history of Madera...
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