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Siskiyou Summit, on the border of Oregon and California, is forecast to see higher amounts of sticking snow. 6-12 inches of snow above 1,500 feet in Cascades and Coast Range
[1] [2] Siskiyou Summit is situated in the Siskiyou Mountains, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the California border. [3] At 4,310 feet (1,310 m), it is the highest point on Interstate 5. [4] When the highway was rebuilt on its current alignment, road cutting lowered the elevation of the summit by 49 feet (15 m). [5]
A winter storm that dumped snow in the foothills and in the higher elevations surrounding Redding wreaked havoc on North State highways Wednesday.
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 ...
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).
OR 273 is known as the Siskiyou Highway No. 273 (see Oregon highways and routes). It is 12.42 miles (19.99 km) long and runs north–south parallel of I-5, entirely within Jackson County . OR 273 was established in 2003 as part of Oregon's project to assign route numbers to highways that previously were not assigned.
The short piece from SR 36 north to Peanut was added to the state highway system in 1907 as part of the Peanut Road, [13] which became Route 35 in 1917. [14] Route 35 was extended north from Peanut to Route 20 near Douglas City in 1933, and simultaneously a new Route 82 was created, running from Route 3 in the Yreka area southwest to Etna and east to Montague.