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The pass is situated in Jackson County on the road and rail transport link between Oregon and California.It measures 4,129 feet (1,259 m) above MSL.Situated along Oregon Route 273 (also known as Old Highway 99), it is 5 miles (8.0 km) north of California state boundary, and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of the I-5 summit feature, Siskiyou Summit.
Siskiyou Summit is the highest pass on Interstate 5, at 4,310 feet (1,310 m). This pass is one of the most treacherous in the Interstate highway system. The California side has a more gradual slope than the Oregon side, where the freeway climbs or descends 2,300 feet (700 m) in elevation over about 7 miles (11 km).
The Siskiyou Mountains form the watershed boundary between the Klamath and Rogue Rivers and are also a rough natural separator between Oregon and California. The summit on Interstate 5 is about 12 miles (19 km) south of Ashland, Oregon, 25 miles (40 km) north of Yreka, California, and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the historical Siskiyou Pass, the most used mountain pass in the state. [2]
UPDATE (5:18 p.m.): The crash scene on I-5 northbound near the Old Fairhaven Parkway has been partially cleared, though the on-ramp from Old Fairhaven Parkway is partially blocked, according to ...
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July 25, 2024 at 3:38 PM. Drew Perine/drew.perine@thenewstribune.com. Travelers on I-5 this weekend can expect congestion in both directions near the Nisqually River due to a series of lane ...
Aerial view of Interstate 5 in downtown Medford, where it travels on an elevated viaduct. I-5 enters Oregon at the California state line in southern Jackson County.The highway travels northeast along a ridge in the Siskiyou Mountains, with a maximum grade of 6 percent, to Siskiyou Summit; [12] at 4,310 feet (1,310 m), it is the highest point on all of I-5 and one of the highest points on the ...
Interstate 5 ( I-5) is a major north–south route of the Interstate Highway System in the United States, stretching from the Mexican border at the San Ysidro crossing to the Canadian border near Blaine, Washington. The segment of I-5 in California runs 796.77 miles (1,282.28 km) [1] across the length of the state from San Ysidro to the Oregon ...