Last week we explored the Red Bluff-Honey Lake Toll Road. For some odd reason, in 1866 saw the creation of two toll road companies—Gold Run Road Toll Road and the Honey Lake-Black Rock Toll Road, depicted in the above illustration. These proposals were doomed from the beginning. Both routes were already existing public roads, so there was no incentive by public to pay a toll.
The last toll road proposal was that of the Big Valley Toll Road Company of 1871. The individuals behind it were attempting to capitalize from the traffic going to the Hayden Hill mines. Just like their predecessors it was impossible to enforce a toll on an existing road.