Cannon Road is a short two-mile rural connector to US Route 101 in western San Benito County. This seemingly insignificant roadway passes through the thickest part of what was once known as the St. Francis Eucalyptus Grove. Said grove was planted by the Forestry Corporation between 1907-1913 and was actively maintained until at least the 1930s. The St. Francisc Grove in recent decades has largely grown wild and was culled along US Route 101 in 2024 after dying trees began to fall onto the highway. Part 1; the history of the Cannon Road and the St. Francis Eucalyptus Grove Cannon Road is a short two-mile rural roadway which begins at Anzar Road and extended south to US Route 101 (also California State Route 156) near San Juan Bautista. Traditionally Cannon Road has been one of many minor roads between Prunedale and Gilroy which has had at-grade connections to modern US Route 101. Planting of Eucalyptus trees began in the area around Chittenden P...
The Red River Bridge is destroyed truss span which was located along River Road in St. George at the Virgin River. T his truss span was 220 feet in length and was constructed in 1908 as component of River Road. The name of the structure was a reference to the red paint it was coated in. The Red River Bridge and River Road were both components of Utah State Route 64 circa 1931-1969. Utah State Route 64 connected downtown St. George southward to the Arizona state line where it linked up with the roadway to the town of Wolf Hole. Utah State Route 64 was one of many minor State Highways in Utah which were deleted in 1969. The Red River Bridge was destroyed on New Year's Eve 1988 when Quail Creek Dam failed. River Road was opened via a temporary culvert span by early 1989 and a permanent bridge was installed by 1992. After the Washington County Flood of January 2005, the ruins the Red River Bridge were uncovered in the bed of the Virgin River. The northern approach was twis...