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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...

Highland Way is an approximately 7.6-mile-long continuation of Eureka Canyon Road northwest to the Summit Road in Santa Cruz County.  Highland Way follows the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains and generally is aligned along the San Andreas Fault Rift Zone.  Much of what is now Eureka Canyon Road was developed in the early 1830s to access a sawmill located on upper Corralitos Creek in what was then Rancho de Los Corralitos.  The Eureka Canyon Road corridor was eventually extended northwest to the Summit Road well before the automobile era in California era began.  Much of Highland Way is located above 1,700 feet above sea level and is favored by hikers accessing numerous recreational areas along Soquel Creek.    Part 1; the history of Highland Way Highland Way functions as a northward continuation of Eureka Canyon Road from the summit of the Santa Cruz Mountains.  This highway links the community of Corralitos along the San Andreas Fault Rift Zone to th...