Santa Fe County Road near Mendota in Fresno County is an approximately 4-mile rural roadway built on a repurposed railroad grade. Santa Fe Grade Road begins at Jefferson Avenue and continues northwest to San Benito Avenue. The grade was constructed by the San Francisco & San Joaquin Railroad during the 1880s but was found to be consistently flood prone. The grade was later sold to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in 1898 which later abandoned it to Fresno County. Part 1; the history of Santa Fe County Road The origin of Santa Fe Grade Road lies in the 1880s when San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad president Claus Spreckels was attempting to acquire right-of-way. Spreckels' line was in competition with the Southern Pacific Railroad to build a line in western San Joaquin Valley. Any prospective westside line would have to cross the properties owned by the so-called "Cattle King of California" Henry Miller. Miller held a s...
Interstate 277 around Uptown Charlotte can be an adventure. From backed-up traffic and crazy merges to slaloming through lane changes, I-277 is one of Charlotte's most talked-about highways. One of its most challenging interchanges has been memorialized in a video game . There are also proposals to turn the urban Interstate into a river . And on the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend, they run a 10k on it . If you've ever been struck in traffic on Inner I-277 between Graham Street and I-77, you may have wondered what this ramp stub was for. (Adam Prince - March 2019) I-277 isn't a long highway, running at just under 4.5 miles. It offers great views of the skyline and of the constantly changing cityscape. And I will admit, I'll sometimes drive around 277 just to get a view of the growing city. Above: The former North Graham Street ramp is located in the top center of the aerial photograph. The long ramp was removed around 2005 to make way for Music Factory Boulevard and apar...