Road History

• Death Valley in 1849 - see Chapter 15 for San Jose before roads
• Mount Hamilton Road - built in 1876
• Metcalf Road - since at least 1876
• Map of Santa Clara County - 1876 - Other roads already existing at this time were
  • Quimby Rd
  • San Felipe Rd
  • Croy Rd (was called Uvas Rd)
  • Old Santa Cruz Hwy (was called Santa Cruz Turnpike)
  • Highway 9 (was called Saratoga Pescadero Rd)
  • Sanborn Rd
  • Redwood Gulch Rd
  • Stevens Canyon Rd
• Train Tunnels of the Santa Cruz Mountains - (PDF 4 MB)
• Newspaper reports of the tunnel explosions in 1879 - (PDF 2 MB)
• Railroad tie replacement - 2013
• Map of California Roads for Cyclers - 1895
• History of the Burbank Velodrome - 1935 to 1941
• Map of Santa Clara County - 1956
  • Highway 17 is only proposed (built in 1958)