Old Plank Road

Mexico / Baja California / Cuervos /

road, historic landmark

The Old Plank Road is a plank road in Imperial County, California that was built in 1915 as an east-west route over the Algodones Dunes. It effectively connected the extreme lower section of Southern California to Arizona and provided the last link in a commercial route between San Diego and Yuma.

A 1,500 foot section has been preserved and is under the control of the BLM

More history on the road and video of the site as of 2021
www.desertusa.com/sandhills/plankrd.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTXhqyYlymo

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Plank_Road

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Coordinates: 32°42'38"N 114°55'14"W

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