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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.
The dramatic incline of Interstate 5 from the San Joaquin Valley floor up to the pass, is regionally referred to as The Grapevine, after Grapevine Canyon which it follows between the northern slopes of the two mountain ranges and is sometimes extended to include the portion of Interstate 5 on the southern side of Tejon Pass, especially during ...
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.
It is located in the Grapevine Canyon (La Cañada de las Uvas) between the San Emigdio Mountains and Tehachapi Mountains. It is in the area of the Tejon Pass along Interstate 5 in Kern County, California, the main route through the mountain ranges separating the Central Valley from the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California.
Interstate 5 past the Grapevine and through the pass remained closed late Sunday. “If you can turn around and return home or go to a place off the freeway where there is gas, food, and ...
This storm isn't expected to bring snow to the Grapevine section of Interstate 5, which traverses the Tejon Pass and connects L.A. County with the Central Valley.
At Grapevine the land flattens out, and the road north of Grapevine was the longest straight section of road in the state—17 miles (27 km)—in 1926. Most of this road lies under I-5 and SR 99, but the southernmost piece in Grapevine was bypassed by the Alternate west of it, and is now between southbound and northbound lanes of I-5. [25]
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.