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The following is a list of mountain passes and gaps in California.California is geographically diverse with numerous roads and railways traversing within its borders. In the middle of the U.S. state lies the California Central Valley, bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the Sierra Nevada to the east, the Cascade Range in the north and the Tehachapi Mountains in the south.
The California Department of Transportation attempts to keep Donner Summit (Interstate 80, I-80), Echo Summit (U.S. Route 50, US 50) and Carson Pass (State Route 88, SR 88) open year-round. Most other passes at higher elevation than these are usually closed during winter, with opening and closure dates varying based on snowfall and available ...
SR 207 north (Mount Reba Road) – Bear Valley Ski Area: Southern terminus of SR 207: Lake Alpine East Shore: 4.63: Eastbound winter closure gate 18.56 [33] Ebbetts Pass (closed in winters), elevation 8,730 feet (2,660 m) [33] 31.68: Westbound winter closure gate: SR 89 to US 395 – Markleeville, Monitor Pass
The SR 49 corridor was designed to connect historical locations and landmarks of the California Gold Rush. [13] These include: Mariposa County. Mormon Bar was first mined by veterans of the Mormon Battalion in 1849. [19] Bear Valley, where John C. Frémont operated his Ride Tree and Josephine Mines between 1850 and 1860. [20]
A road that went from Redlands to near Baldwin Lake was added to the state highway system in 1933, [10] and became Route 190 in 1935. [11] In the 1964 state highway renumbering, SR 38 was designated; at this time, the highway was rerouted to the northern side of Big Bear Lake. [12]
All of SR 20 is on the Interregional Road System, a highway system that connects major economic centers of the state, [8] and has been selected by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) as a High Emphasis Route and Focus Route from US 101 to SR 29 and SR 53 to I-80, with the designated corridor following SR 29 and SR 53 around ...
The portion between Los Gatos and Scotts Valley has been designated the Highway 17 Safety Corridor by Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol. In addition, barbed wired fencing and retaining walls were added after the route suffered landslides in the Loma Prieta Earthquake. The route has seen recent repaving work in 2010, 2014, 2019–2020 ...
U.S. Route 395 (US 395) is a United States Numbered Highway, stretching from Hesperia, California to the Canadian border in Laurier, Washington.The California portion of US 395 is a 557-mile (896 km) route which traverses from Interstate 15 (I-15) in Hesperia, north to the Oregon state line in Modoc County near Goose Lake.