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I-5 was closed in the Tejon Pass area from Castaic in Los Angeles County to Grapevine in Kern County due to dangerous winter weather conditions. The CHP said I-5 reopened in both directions Monday ...
Snow builds up atop the Tejon Pass in this photo posted by the California Highway Patrol on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Interstate 5 past the Grapevine and through the pass remained closed late Sunday.
Forecasters advised folks to hit the road before 4 a.m. Thursday or after Sunday morning to avoid the worst of the weather. The Tejon Pass, commonly called the Grapevine, and the Tehachapi Pass on ...
The Tejon Pass / t eɪ ˈ h oʊ n, t ə ˈ h oʊ n, ˈ t eɪ. h oʊ n /, previously known as Portezuelo de Cortes, Portezuela de Castac, and Fort Tejon Pass is a mountain pass between the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains and northeastern San Emigdio Mountains, linking Southern California north to the Central Valley.
L.A. County's first significant storm in more than eight months has already forced the closure of I-5, unleashed mud on roadways, and closed Malibu's public schools.
In 1929 the state decided to build a new bypass of the central portion through Piru Canyon, and to upgrade the north portion over Tejon Pass and down the hill to Grapevine. This Ridge Route Alternate, or Ridge Alternate Highway, [ 51 ] shortened the route by 9.6 miles (15.4 km) and increased the minimum curve radius from 70 to 1,000 feet (21 to ...
The Grapevine is subject to severe weather and closure to traffic in winter. The stretch of I-5 through the Grapevine and the Tejon Pass is sometimes closed by the California Highway Patrol , [ 6 ] generally because of the icy conditions combined with the steep grade of the pass, and the high volume of traffic during the winter holidays.
Up to 3 inches of snow hit the Tejon Pass. Southbound lanes of the 101 Freeway in downtown L.A. were also briefly closed because of flooding, but those lanes were reopened by morning rush hour.