Hawaii County Route 137 is a discontinues highway which exists on the Lower Puna Coast and Hilo areas of the Big Island. The Lower Puna Coast segment is 14.6 miles which once connected Hawaii Route 130 near Kalapana to Hawaii County Route 132 near Kapoho. The Hilo segment of Hawaii County Route 137 begins at the end of Hawaii Route 1370 and follows Kalanianaole Street 2.8 miles east to the end of the pavement. The two portions of Hawaii County Route 137 were once planned to be connected via an extension from near Kapoho to Hilo via the historic Puna Trail. Portions of the Lower Puna Coast segment east of Issac Hale Park were destroyed by the 2018 Lower Puna Eruption. Part 1; the history of Hawaii County Route 137 In 1955 the Hawaii Route System was expanded to the Big Island. Hawaii Route 137 was established as running along Kalapana-Kapoho Road from Hawaii Route 13 near Kalapana east to Hawaii Route 132 near Kapoho. According to Oscar Voss's ha...
Big Creek Road is an approximately 19-mile rural highway which is designated as Sierra National Forest Route 9. Big Creek Road begins at Trimmer Springs Road at the Pine Flat Reservoir. The mostly unsurfaced corridor follows Forest Roads 10S69 and 10S02 northward through Blue Canyon alongside Big Creek to the site of Bretz Mill. From Bretz Mill the highway continues westward on a paved portion of Forest Road 10S02 to a terminus located the Fresno County maintained Peterson Road and Cressman Road. Bretz Mill is named after Fresno County and Pineridge area pioneer Joseph Simon Bretz. Much of the corridor of Big Creek passes through property once owned by the Bretz family. The balance of Big Creek Road was constructed through Blue Canyon by 1936 when a bridge over Big Creek was completed. Part 1; the history of Big Creek Road Big Creek Road (Sierra National Forest Route 9) follows the namesake Big Creek as it snakes through the Sierra Nevada ...