Chowchilla Canal Road is an approximately six-mile-long component of what is now signed as Madera County Road 13. This roadway was built as a frontage of the modern Chowchilla Bypass Canal in the 1960s south of Ripperdan Avenue (now Avenue 7) to the San Joaquin River. During rare periods where water has been low in the San Joaquin River an earthen ford has connected Chowchilla Canal Road to San Mateo Avenue in Fresno County. The Chowchilla Canal Road/Ripperdan Avenue intersection was relocated west of the Chowchilla Canal Bypass berm between 2013-2015. The original intersection can still be found in an abandoned and semi-razed state. Part 1; the history of Chowchilla Canal Road The Chowchilla Bypass Canal spans from the San Joaquin River near Mendota northwest to the Eastside Bypass Channel near Madera County Road 9 and Avenue 14. The Chowchilla Bypass Canal is owned and operated by the Lower San Joaquin River Levee District as part of the Lower San ...
Fairview Road of San Benito County is an approximately 10-mile roadway located in Santa Clara Valley near Hollister. Fairview Road begins at California State Route 25 (Airline Highway) near the Hollister city limit and extends north/northwest to San Felipe Road near Dunneville. Fairview Road is named after the Fairview School which was once located along the corridor. Historically Fairview Road connected both Tres Pinos and Hollister to the Pacheco Pass Highway. A portion of Fairview Road north of Fallon Road would carry Legislative Route Number 22 for a short time during the 1920s. From 1934-1947 early California State Route 25 near Hollister was carried by Fairview Road south of Sunnyslope Road. In 1947 southern Fairview Road was bypassed when the former Tres Pinos Branch Railroad was graded as part an extension of the Airline Highway. Part 1; the history of Fairview Road Fairview Road flanks the southern extent of Santa Clara Valley jus...