Historic Yucaipa Roundabout Bridge and Statue
In Yucaipa, where the downtown is actually Uptown, the city solved the congestion and made a roundabout which was completed in May 2012 and added 50 more parking spaces.
The yearly festival celebrates completion of an Uptown Streetscape project that narrows Yucaipa Boulevard from four lanes to two and includes two traffic-slowing roundabouts complete with several Yucaipa-themed sculptures. One statue created by Aaron Eby, depicts a farmer resting after a day of fruit picking seated on an orange crate with a tree behind him with leaves dripping rainwater. This entire area of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties were practically covered in orange groves so fruit picking and shipping was a major occupation.
When the sculpture was proposed, the city wanted to plant a real fruit tree. That did not work out because storm drains and sewer lines under the street would prevent such a tree from growing.
Instead, the city settled on a 26-foot-tall fake tree made of steel. and is now planted in the California Street roundabout.
Yucaipa is a wonderful city to move to whether you have a big family, retiring, or moving somewhere cooler that has snow in the wintertime.
One popular area in Yucaipa is the Chapman Heights Community which is a planned area of over 5000 homes, elementary school, golf course and is close to shopping, freeway access within 1 mile of the Yucaipa High School on Yucaipa Blvd.
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