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Tonijim
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Aug 29, 2017

Beware "Old Priest Grad Road" - west entry to Yosemite

Learned a hard lesson today traveling on CA 120 to the west entrance to Yosemite. Google Maps told us to take what appeared to be a shortcut called "Old Priest Grade Road ". No warnings of what was to...
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Ed_Gee
Explorer II
Aug 29, 2017
There is a large yellow "warning" sign and a larger white sign prohibiting trucks, trailers and RVs from using that road. This is followed quickly by another smaller white sign stating a weight limit of 7500 pounds. Sounds to me like someone is not paying attention. Had you not exited onto that road you would have remained on the newer and perfectly reasonable Highway 120.

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