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  2. Donner Pass - Wikipedia

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    Donner Pass is a 7,056 ... Sign for Donner Summit on Interstate 80 Altitudes along a 100-mile stretch of I-80, peaking at Donner ... Elevation: 6,887 ft (2,099 m ...

  3. List of Sierra Nevada road passes - Wikipedia

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    The road passes are generally listed from north to south, with their elevation and access road. 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 ...

  4. Interstate 80 in California - Wikipedia

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    Interstate 80 (I-80) is a transcontinental Interstate Highway in the United States, stretching from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey.The segment of I-80 in California runs east from San Francisco across the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge to Oakland, where it turns north and crosses the Carquinez Bridge before turning back northeast through the Sacramento Valley.

  5. List of mountain passes in California - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. California blizzard shuts down I-80 over Sierra - AOL

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    A Caltrans tow truck is surrounded by snow along a closed Interstate 80 near Donner Pass on Saturday, March 2, 2024, after authorities shut down the major freeway due to whiteout conditions.

  7. Emigrant Gap - Wikipedia

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    Emigrant Gap is a gap in a ridge on the California Trail as it crosses the Sierra Nevada, to the west of what is now known as Donner Pass.Here the cliffs are so steep that, back in the 1840s, the pioneers on their way to California had to lower their wagons on ropes in order to continue.

  8. New storm train for Pacific coast may include at least one ...

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    Donner Pass, California, on I-80 in the Sierra Nevada, can pick up 6 inches of snow with difficult travel later Wednesday night and Thursday morning," Houk said, "The second system will bring ...

  9. Amtrak bus driver dies on I-80 in Sierra Nevada mountains ...

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    Officers were called just after 9:10 a.m. to reports of a bus parked near the right shoulder of westbound I-80 and the Donner Pass Road off-ramp, according to the CHP’s incident log.