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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.
Fort Tejon in California is a former United States Army outpost which was intermittently active from June 24, 1854, until September 11, 1864. It is located in the Grapevine Canyon (La Cañada de las Uvas) between the San Emigdio Mountains and Tehachapi Mountains.
Grapevine is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States, at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. [1] The small village is directly adjacent to Interstate 5 and consists mainly of gas stations , motels an other travelers roadside services.
The pass is located in Kern County, California, 15 miles (24 km) to the northeast of the current Tejon Pass.It runs at the top of a divide between a point about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of the Rancho Tejon boundary in Tejon Creek Canyon, and Cottonwood Creek Canyon north of the Antelope 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.
Oct. 31, 1950: This air view shows the $630,000 grade separation of State Highway 121 to Grapevine, left, and State Highway 183 to Dallas, right.
The magnitude 5.2 earthquake near Bakersfield was felt over a wide area of Southern California. Experts say there are several reason for this, including its size, time of night and the so-called ...
A section of the 1915 Ridge Route in 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. Kern Transit provides bus service Thursdays and Saturdays during the summer months to Frazier Park, Gorman, Lake of the Woods, Pinon Pines, and Pine Mountain ...