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The Grapevine is a corridor along Interstate 5 in Kern County in California's San Joaquin Valley that descends from the Tehachapi Mountains through Grapevine Canyon.
Often, Angelenos refer to the 40-mile stretch, from just north of Castaic in Los Angeles County to the bottom of the grade where the I-5 enters the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, as “the Grapevine” (the orange and yellow portion of the I-5 in the map below).
16 lis 2018 · On the map below Ridge Route Alternate can be seen converging with the southbound lanes of Interstate 5. The original Ridge Route passes through a National Forest gate near the ruins of the Tumble Inn which has generally been closed this past decade.
27 lis 2019 · Here’s a map made by the California Highway Patrol of this key alternative route: The 101 Freeway can be used as a detour around the Grapevine section of the 5 Freeway when it is closed by...
The 1915 highway which is our focus; the 1933 three-lane Ridge Route Alternate Highway identified as US 99 (converted to a 4-lane expressway between 1943 and 1951); and today’s 8-lane I-5 freeway completed in 1970.
While you’re passing through Grapevine anyon, be sure to spot the wild grapevines that still grow in the canyon. Names may change, but the name Ridge Route should live on. It applies to I-5 better than “The Grapevine” ever will. 99 Alert – Mammoth Orange in Fairmead The Fossil Discovery Museum near Chowchilla, California needs your help.
1 lis 2012 · Navigating the gentle curves and easy grades along today's eight-lane highway -- once called the Ridge Route and today popularly known as the Grapevine -- gives little indication of the difficulty early travelers experienced in their journey between Southern California and the Central Valley.
