Norwegian Grade

The Norwegian Grade is a two-mile stretch of Moorpark Road in Thousand Oaks, California, United States, carved out of a steep hillside by members of the Norwegian Colony and their hired help between 1900 and 1911. For construction, they used picks, shovels, crowbars, farm equipment, and $60 worth of dynamite given by the county of Ventura.At its 100th anniversary, the grade was serving over 6000 cars every day.

Norwegian Grade

The Norwegian Grade is a two-mile stretch of Moorpark Road in Thousand Oaks, California, United States, carved out of a steep hillside by members of the Norwegian Colony and their hired help between 1900 and 1911. For construction, they used picks, shovels, crowbars, farm equipment, and $60 worth of dynamite given by the county of Ventura.At its 100th anniversary, the grade was serving over 6000 cars every day.