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It is the longest interstate in California at 796.77 miles (1,282.28 km), [1] and accounts for more than half of I-5's total length of 1,381.29 miles (2,222.97 km). [2] It is also the second longest stretch of Interstate Highway (and the longest for a north-south Interstate) with a single designation within a single state after I-10 in Texas .
I-5 is a major Interstate Highway that spans 1,381 miles (2,223 km) and runs north–south through the West Coast states of California, Oregon, and Washington. It connects several major metropolitan areas as well as agricultural regions, seaports, and freight destinations.
Westernmost segment between Nimitz Boulevard/Sunset Cliffs Boulevard and I-5 is not officially recognized as an Interstate by the FHWA: I-9: 302: 486 I-5 at Wheeler Ridge: I-5 in Stockton: proposed — Caltrans has proposed I-7 or I-9 for SR 99 in central California I-10: 243.31 [b] 391.57 SR 1 in Santa Monica: I-10 at the Arizona state line ...
Each state highway in California is maintained by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and is assigned a Route (officially State Highway Route [3] [4]) number in the Streets and Highways Code (Sections 300-635).
The community of Wheeler Ridge lies three miles north of Grapevine on Interstate 5, with Lebec nine miles south. A section of the 1915 Ridge Route between Grapevine and Lebec, California, abandoned when U.S. 99 (later upgraded to I-5) was constructed over the Tejon Pass in order to make the travel straighter and safer
Prior to its closure last week, 2,000 drivers used Griffith Park Drive on any given day, the city said. Crystal Springs Drive, which runs parallel with the 5 Freeway, still sees about 6,500 cars ...
The California Highway Patrol blocked several southbound lanes of the 5 Freeway in Glendale after debris fell from an overpass onto the roadway, authorities said.
Interstate 5 traffic was closed down on the Grapevine entirely late Wednesday as the Route Fire exploded into 5,200 acres starting at about noon, the California Department of Transportation said.