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102-710: Capitol Mall begins at the eastern end of Tower Bridge , which crosses the Sacramento River to West Sacramento . It runs eastward past the Riverfront Promenade park, and over the Interstate 5 until the California State Capitol building. Some of Sacramento's major businesses and law firms are located on the Capitol Mall. Due to Sacramento's street grid system downtown, which predates the construction of

204-404: A disregard for the ethnic Mexican American population of metropolitan Los Angeles. The "Boyle–Hollenbeck Anti–Golden State Freeway Committee" was formed for the purpose of blocking or rerouting the freeway. Then– Los Angeles City Council member Edward R. Roybal chaired that committee. Despite this opposition, the construction of the freeway went ahead. When this section was completed in 1956,

306-612: A faster and more direct north–south route through the state and so was eventually chosen. Construction began in the early 1960s. There were just three phases for the 321 mi (517 km). The first phase, completed in 1967, ran from the San Joaquin County line to Los Banos. The second phase, completed in 1972, extended the freeway south to Wheeler Ridge and connected it to SR 99. The freeway then started to see traffic, as in Stockton there were only 4 mi (6.4 km) between

408-479: A new, larger bridge to replace the old M Street railroad bridge over the river with a combination rail and automobile bridge that would become the Sacramento's iconic Tower Bridge , forming a grand western gateway to the mall. Mall proposals were placed on the backburner during the wars, and despite the fact much of Sacramento's Japantown was decimated by the evacuation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during

510-529: A north-south Interstate) with a single designation within a single state after I-10 in Texas . It is the more important and most-used of the two major north–south routes on the Pacific Coast, the other being U.S. Route 101 (US 101), which is primarily coastal. I-5 links the major California cities of San Diego, Santa Ana , Los Angeles , Stockton , Sacramento , and Redding . The San Francisco Bay Area

612-521: A popular restaurant; and Price Waterhouse Coopers , a major tenant. 500 Capitol Mall , also known as the ' BMO Tower' (formerly the ' Bank of the West Tower'), is a 25-story 433,508-square-foot (40,274.2 m) high-rise on Capitol Mall in downtown Sacramento with a 10-level, 800 stall parking garage. The building consists of a 5-story atrium/lobby, ground floor retail, office space, and a 2-level penthouse restaurant or meeting facility. The structure has

714-503: A steel frame and features a granite curtain wall with stone-on-precast and stone-on-truss panels on the exterior. The building, opened for business and welcomed its first tenant on May 26, 2009. At the eastern terminus of the Capitol Mall, the landmark California State Capitol stands. It and the surrounding grounds contain the California State Capitol Museum . The Beaux-Arts and Neoclassical style building with dome

816-651: A unique crossover resulting in a left-driving configuration for about 5 mi (8.0 km) before the highway crosses back into its standard alignment. This section is known as the Five Mile Grade. After cresting the Five Mile Grade, the freeway enters the Angeles National Forest . It passes Pyramid Lake and intersects SR 138 before crossing the Tejon Pass through the Tehachapi Mountains near

918-579: Is about 80 miles (130 km) west of the highway. I-5 is known colloquially as "the 5" to Southern California residents and "5" to Northern California residents due to varieties in California English . I-5 also has several named portions: the John J. Montgomery Freeway , San Diego Freeway , Santa Ana Freeway , Golden State Freeway , and West Side Freeway . The entirety of Interstate 5 in California

1020-404: Is closed (via SR 58 and SR 14). The interchange has partially collapsed twice due to earthquakes: the 1971 Sylmar earthquake and the 1994 Northridge earthquake . As a result of the 1994 collapse, this interchange was renamed the "Clarence Wayne Dean Memorial Interchange", honoring a Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer killed when he was unable to stop in time and drove off

1122-537: Is currently undergoing expansion as part of the North Coast Corridor project. The carpool lane expansion from Lomas Santa Fe Drive to SR 78 fully opened by late 2023. As part of this expansion, the bridge carrying I-5 over San Elijo Lagoon was replaced with a much wider bridge. Previously in 2007, a carpool lane opened between Lomas Santa Fe Drive and I-805, with a continuation of the lanes on I-805 to Governor Drive opening in 2016. There are plans to construct

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1224-578: Is defined in the California Streets and Highways Code as Route 5 , which is defined as such in section 305: Route 5 is from the international boundary near Tijuana to the Oregon state line via National City , San Diego , Los Angeles , the westerly side of the San Joaquin Valley , Sacramento , and Yreka ; also passing near Santa Ana , Glendale , Woodland , and Red Bluff . I-5 is part of

1326-607: Is in Sacramento , Sacramento County . This California road–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tower Bridge (California) The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River , linking West Sacramento in Yolo County to the west, with the capital of California , Sacramento , in Sacramento County to the east. It has also been known as M Street Bridge . It

1428-656: Is located near the iconic Tower Bridge, between the Sacramento River and the Mall's crossing over Interstate 5 . Located at 100 Capitol Mall near the Tower Bridge, the 242 room ' Embassy Suites Sacramento - Riverfront Promenade' is a hotel popular with tourists, due to its proximity to Old Town in the Old Sacramento State Historic Park and the Riverfront Promenade park along the Sacramento River. Located at

1530-570: Is named the John J. Montgomery Freeway in honor of John J. Montgomery , a pioneer aviator who flew a glider from a location near Chula Vista in 1884. I-5 continues northwest from downtown as the San Diego Freeway until it reaches its junction with I-8 , then turns slightly to the north while passing SeaWorld and Mission Bay . Thereafter, I-5 intersects the western end of SR 52 near La Jolla before entering University City . At Nobel Drive,

1632-415: Is raised. When the warning siren sounds, the crossing activates to block traffic until the bridge is safe for use. For years, the bridge was painted with a silver aluminum paint under a special work order, but people complained about glare off the bridge. The concrete pylons were initially painted a sky-blue color. In June 1976 as part of Bicentennial projects, it was painted a yellow-ochre color to match

1734-461: Is still listed as a control city on northbound I-5 between SR 99 and I-580. Interstate 5 in downtown Sacramento closely follows the Sacramento River. This has resulted in complex engineering work to keep the section dry due to it being located below the water table. Locally, Caltrans refers to this part of the freeway as the "Boat Section". Due to record levels of rainfall in 1980 the Boat Section

1836-578: Is the current route of I-5. Both routes were eventually built as freeways. The Gavin Canyon route became I-5, and the main north–south route via the Ridge Route. The Newhall Pass route became SR 14, which is the main route between Los Angeles and the growing high desert communities of the Antelope Valley . It is also still a part of the important Midway Route, which is the primary alternate route when I-5

1938-693: The California Freeway and Expressway System , and is part of the National Highway System , a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration . The segment of I-5 from State Route 89 (SR 89) to US 97 forms part of the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway , an All-American Road . I-5 is also eligible to be included in

2040-560: The Capitol Mall in Sacramento. In 1982, the Tower Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places . The Tower Bridge replaced the 1911 M Street Bridge in Sacramento, which was originally a swing through-truss railroad bridge. Later, 9-foot (2.7 m) roadway sections were added as cantilevered sections on both sides of the existing rail bridge. Sacramento's population more than doubled between 1910 and 1935, rendering

2142-641: The Klamath River and reaching the Oregon border and the Siskiyou Summit . North of Redding, I-5 regularly gets snow at higher elevations from fall to spring. Caltrans sometimes requires vehicles to use snow tires , snow chains , or other traction devices in the mountains during and after snowstorms . Checkpoints are often set up to enforce chain restrictions on vehicles bound for icy or snowy areas. When chain restrictions are in effect, vehicles must have chains on

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2244-602: The SR ;4 freeway that provides access to downtown Stockton. I-5 passes through the western portion of the Lodi city limits before intersecting SR 12 and entering Sacramento County . I-5 enters the city of Elk Grove while passing along the eastern edge of the Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge . It then crosses into the Sacramento city limits, soon paralleling the Sacramento River before intersecting

2346-591: The San Diego LDS Temple towers over I-5. Shortly afterward, I‑5 passes through the UC San Diego campus and intersects the northern terminus of I-805 before continuing north and intersecting the western end of SR 56 . At this interchange, there is a local bypass that provides the only access to Carmel Mountain Road from both directions and provides the only direct access to SR 56 going northbound. North of

2448-745: The San Luis Reservoir (where SR 152 provides a major connection to the Monterey Peninsula and the Silicon Valley ), and SR 140 at the Stanislaus county line. I-5 crosses the California Aqueduct for the third time between SR 152 and SR 33 and again near Crows Landing . In San Joaquin County , I-580 splits off from I-5 south of Tracy, providing a spur-route connection to

2550-802: The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station . I-5 enters Orange County at the Cristianitos Road exit. Upon entering Orange County, I-5 goes through San Clemente . At Dana Point , I-5 turns inland while SR 1 continues along the coast. I-5 then heads due north through San Juan Capistrano and Mission Viejo , intersecting the SR 73 toll road heading northwest. I-5 continues to the El Toro Y interchange with I-405 in southeastern Irvine , splitting into lanes for regular traffic as well as for truck traffic (though autos can use these lanes as well). From that point, I-405 takes over

2652-569: The San Ysidro Port of Entry in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego to the Oregon state line south of the Medford - Ashland metropolitan area. It is the longest interstate in California at 796.77 miles (1,282.28 km), and accounts for more than half of I-5's total length of 1,381.29 miles (2,222.97 km). It is also the second longest stretch of Interstate Highway (and the longest for

2754-575: The Shasta Cascade region, intersecting SR 273 in Anderson before passing through Redding and intersecting SR 44 and SR 299 . The freeway then continues through the city of Shasta Lake , intersecting SR 151 , before crossing over Shasta Lake on the Pit River Bridge and climbing up to near the foot of Mount Shasta . Just north of the bridge over Shasta Lake, I-5 also boasts

2856-638: The State Scenic Highway System ; however, it is a scenic highway as designated by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) only from SR 152 to I-580 . I-5 begins at the San Ysidro Port of Entry from Mexico in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego. Immediately after the border, I-805 splits off to the northeast and serves as a bypass of I-5 that avoids downtown San Diego . I-5 itself continues northwest and meets

2958-577: The ' Wells Fargo Center ' is currently the tallest building in Sacramento. It is 429 feet (131 m) high, and has 33 stories, with 29 above the ground floor lobby and 3 below. The skyscraper won the BOMA Building of the Year award in 1994. A museum is located in the lobby, dedicated to the history of Wells Fargo Bank in the Sacramento area. Located within the Wells Fargo Center: Il Fornaio ,

3060-420: The 1911 M Street Bridge in return for the rights to rail traffic over the new bridge until March 21, 1960, which was the original expiration date of its franchise to operate rail traffic over the 1911 bridge. Construction commenced on July 20, 1934. Road traffic was diverted to the I Street Bridge, and rail traffic was diverted to a temporary timber-and-steel "shoofly" bridge approximately 75 ft (23 m) of

3162-467: The 209 ft (64 m) long central lift span, a 193 ft (59 m) long western approach span and four 34 ft (10 m) long girder spans. With the draw up, there is 100 feet (30 m) of vertical clearance above high water with a 172-foot (52 m) wide navigation channel between the timber pier fenders . Although the lift span weighs 1,150 short tons (1,040 t), the use of an equal amount of counterweights (located in each tower) means

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3264-627: The Burbank Boulevard bridge replacement was completed in 2021. The fourth and final phase is in the Santa Clarita Valley, where Caltrans is undergoing construction to extend the carpool lane from the Newhall Pass interchange to Parker Road in Castaic. These lanes are scheduled to open to traffic in 2026. A fifth phase to build a flyover which will connect I-405's carpool lanes with I-5's is in

3366-592: The Capital City Freeway, which carries US 50 and I-80 Business (I-80 Bus.). SR 99 merges with I-5 at this point, and the two routes pass through the western half of downtown Sacramento . Following the bridge over the American River , I-5 and SR 99 intersect the major transcontinental route of I-80 . Just as I-5 leaves Sacramento, SR 99 splits off and continues north while I-5 turns due west past Sacramento International Airport and crosses

3468-500: The Capitol Mall. The 7th & Capitol Stop is only for southbound trains, while the 8th & Capitol Stop is only for northbound trains. The two stops serve all three RT light rail routes: the Gold Line , Blue Line , and Green Line . There are also bus stops located on the Capitol Mall operated by RT, with service between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. daily. The bus fleet is powered by compressed natural gas . The entire route

3570-527: The Capitol and the Tower Bridge. Both the mall and the interstate would be completed by 1965 and aesthetically remains today much as it did then. Landmarks on the Capitol Mall, from the west (Tower Bridge and Sacramento River) to the east (California State Capitol), include: Located at 1 Capitol Mall, Drexel University Sacramento is the California campus of renowned Drexel University , based in Philadelphia. It

3672-459: The Capitol, Capitol Mall was once known as M Street . It was renamed Capitol Avenue by Governor C. C. Young in 1928. The Capitol Mall was previously part of State Route 275 , but was relinquished to the city in January 2006. Following California's cession by Mexico and entry into the union as a state in 1850, San Jose , Vallejo , and Benicia each briefly served as the state Capitol until

3774-651: The Golden State Highway (US 99, later SR 99) into a freeway. The other was to use the proposed West Side Freeway (current Interstate 5), which had been endorsed by local groups as early as 1945. The Golden State Highway route would serve many farming communities across the San Joaquin Valley, but the West Side Freeway proposal would bypass all the Central Valley communities and thus provide

3876-640: The Los Angeles– Kern county line, with Path 26 power lines generally paralleling the freeway. After entering Kern County, the freeway sharply descends for 12 mi (19 km) from 4,144 ft (1,263 m) at the Tejon Pass to 1,499 ft (457 m) at Grapevine near the southernmost point of the San Joaquin Valley , approximately 30 mi (48 km) south of Bakersfield and 5 mi (8.0 km) south of its interchange with SR 99 at Wheeler Ridge . This stretch of I-5 through

3978-524: The Sacramento River into Yolo County . In Woodland , the SR 113 freeway merges with I-5 before exiting to the north. The Interstate heads northwest again toward Dunnigan , where it converges with I-505 . I-5 skirts north along the western edge of the Sacramento Valley , bypassing the larger cities of the region, including Yuba City , Oroville and Chico , before reaching Red Bluff . From Dunnigan, I-5 enters Colusa County , passing through

4080-636: The San Diego Freeway designation, while I-5 becomes the Santa Ana Freeway as it runs southeast to northwest. After the El Toro Y junction, I-5 intersects SR 133 , a toll road that eventually connects to SR 241 . Just before the Tustin city limits, I-5 passes over SR 261 , the final toll road of the Eastern Transportation Corridor , but traffic must use Jamboree Road to access

4182-594: The San Diego city limits, I-5 enters the city limits of Solana Beach , and then three incorporated cities to the north: Encinitas , Carlsbad and Oceanside . In Oceanside, I-5 intersects the SR 78 freeway and the SR 76 expressway and continues through Camp Pendleton . It then follows the Pacific Ocean coastline for the next 18 mi (29 km). Toward the northern end of its routing through Camp Pendleton, I-5 passes through San Onofre State Beach and near

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4284-508: The San Francisco Bay Area. From here, I-5 crosses the California Aqueduct for the final time and intersects SR 132 , a major route to Modesto and the mountains in the east, as well as the northern end of SR 33. After passing Tracy, I-5 intersects I-205 , a connector route to I-580, before intersecting the SR 120 freeway near Manteca . After passing through Lathrop , I-5 heads due north through Stockton, intersecting

4386-565: The San Joaquin Valley via the Mojave Desert and Tehachapi Pass . In 1910, Beale's Cut was bypassed by the Newhall Tunnel. Constructed by Los Angeles County, it was too narrow for two trucks to pass each other inside. As a result, in 1939, the tunnel was completely removed (or " daylighted ") when the road was widened to four lanes. Additionally, by 1930, a bypass road was constructed to avoid Newhall Pass via Weldon and Gavin canyons, which

4488-506: The Tejon Pass and Grapevine typically gets snow at higher elevations during the winter. Although Caltrans may require vehicles to use snow tires , snow chains , or other traction devices during and after snowstorms , the California Highway Patrol will instead usually close this segment altogether during these conditions because of the steep grade of the pass, and the amount of passenger traffic and big-rigs that generally use

4590-501: The Tower Bridge an honorable mention for its Class B prize bridge award in 1935. On December 15, 1935, then-governor Frank Merriam dedicated the bridge, and led the inaugural parade across it. 1000 homing pigeons were released to carry the news throughout California. The first train had crossed the bridge on November 7, 1935. The Tower Bridge was the first vertical lift bridge in the California Highway System after it

4692-509: The Utica Avenue exit to I-580, I-5 parallels the eastern foothills of the Diablo Range . It crosses the California Aqueduct for the second time. In Kings County, I-5 intersects SR 41 before briefly entering the city limits of Avenal, where it intersects SR 269 . In Fresno County , I-5 intersects SR 198 and SR 145 before running concurrently with SR 33 for several miles. I-5 then crosses into Merced County , intersecting SR 165 , SR 152 and SR 33 near

4794-480: The West Side Freeway (I-5) saw the development of businesses serving the needs of travelers. For years, there has still been interest in designating the Golden State Highway route as its own interstate, I-7 or I-9 . The median on I-5 between Wheeler Ridge and Tracy is wide enough to accommodate widening the West Side Freeway to six or eight lanes, should the need arise. I-5's more direct Los Angeles-to-Sacramento route bypasses San Francisco, San Jose , Oakland , and

4896-431: The West Side Freeway and the Golden State Highway. The third phase, completed in 1979, extended the freeway to Sacramento and connected it to the northern I-5. When the second phase of the freeway opened in 1972, it was a long and lonely route with no businesses alongside. Services were not easily available as the nearest towns were miles away and generally out of sight. It was common for cars to run out of fuel. Over time

4998-399: The carpool lanes of SR 14 and I-5 opened in 2014. The second phase was between Buena Vista Street and SR 170, and the carpool lane opened in 2014. This phase also included a flyover between the existing carpool lane of SR 170 and the newly constructed I-5. The freeway in this phase went through no improvements, and used existing median shoulders to construct the HOV lane, thus all

5100-509: The carpool lanes on the SR 170 and SR 14 freeways (an additional direct connector with the HOV lanes on I-405 near Mission Hills is planned. ) This allows a continuous HOV lane to run from Palmdale to North Hollywood via SR 14 to I-5 to SR 170. I-5 continues along the western city limits of Santa Clarita and passes Six Flags Magic Mountain , intersecting SR 126 just north of there. The Golden State Freeway then rises sharply, passing by Lake Castaic and undergoing

5202-399: The city acquired the two additional blocks west of the Capitol for the construction of State Office Building No. 1 and the Library and Courts Building in 1913, the area between 9th street and the river continued to be developed with residential, commercial, and community properties, including Sacramento's historic Japantown , which spanned M street at 4th street from K to P streets, clogging

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5304-427: The city limits of San Diego. I-5 subsequently intersects with four state routes: the southern end of SR 15 (the extension of I-15 ), SR 75 and the Coronado Bridge , the western end of SR 94 , and SR 163 . In addition to serving downtown San Diego, I-5 also provides access to Balboa Park from the Pershing Drive exit. The portion of I-5 from the Mexican border to SR 94 at downtown San Diego

5406-407: The city of Williams and intersecting SR 20 . In Glenn County , I-5 intersects SR 162 in Willows and SR 32 in Orland . I-5 then crosses into Tehama County , passing through Corning before entering Red Bluff and intersecting SR 36 , which connects to the northern end of SR 99. I-5 crosses the Sacramento River twice before entering Shasta County . I-5 then enters

5508-433: The collapsed flyover ramp from SR 14 south to I-5 south. After both earthquakes, the collapsed portions were rebuilt and surviving portions reinforced. In the evening of October 12, 2007, two trucks collided in the southbound tunnel that takes the truck bypass roadway under the main lanes near the Newhall Pass interchange. Fifteen trucks caught fire, killing three people and injuring ten. The Ridge Route refers to

5610-399: The corridor. Whenever there is such a closure, traffic must either wait for it to reopen, or endure a multi-hour detour. An automated gate on the freeway's median in Castaic north of Lake Hughes Road allows drivers to turn around when such closures occur. From SR 99 at Wheeler Ridge to Woodland , I-5 is known as the West Side Freeway. I-5 parallels SR 33 , skirting along

5712-412: The county line, I-5 goes through several cities southeast of Los Angeles, including La Mirada , Santa Fe Springs , and Norwalk . In Downey , I-5 intersects I-605 , which serves as a north–south connector route between the cities east of Los Angeles, including those in the San Gabriel Valley . I-5 then enters Commerce , passing the Citadel Outlets shopping center, and intersects I-710 before entering

5814-433: The county line. At an OCTA board meeting in August 2024, it was discussed that preliminary engineering is ongoing and will be complete next year. However, a timeline for actual construction was not provided. This extension would give way for I-5 to have carpool lanes for its entire length in Orange County, plus the newly widened section in Los Angeles County, for a total of 50 miles. OCTA and Caltrans are expected to work with

5916-419: The deck to provide service to West Sacramento. Interstate 5 in California#Sacramento area Interstate 5 ( I-5 ) is a major north–south route of the Interstate Highway System in the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific Coast between the Mexican border and the Canadian border . The segment of I-5 in California runs across the length of the state from the Mexican border at

6018-428: The docks via riverboat in Old Sacramento . The advent of the automobile and the new Legislative Route 6 leading to the Capitol further emphasized how the appearance of the Capitol from the riverfront reflected California's fortunes, as urban planning advocate Charles Mulford Robinson petitioned the city and the state to emulate Pierre L’Enfant 's ideals for the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in 1907. Although

6120-451: The driving wheels, except 4WD vehicles with snow tires. Additionally, during the winter season, trucks are required to carry chains whether or not controls are in force. The portion of this highway from Los Angeles to San Diego was also co-signed as US 101 until 1964–1968. The portion of this highway from Woodland to Red Bluff roughly follows old US 99W. In California, the former western branch of Interstate 5 (the northern end of

6222-403: The existing M Street Bridge. Tower Bridge was initially designed with a 52 ft (16 m) wide roadway with sidewalks, with single lanes for cars flanking a large 13-foot (4.0 m) center lane for trains. The towers are 160 ft (49 m). From east to west, the bridge consists of a 30 ft (9.1 m) long girder span, a 167 ft (51 m) long eastern truss approach span,

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6324-419: The existing bridge inadequate. In 1933, the city realized that it needed a better crossing over the Sacramento River in case of war. On December 22, 1933, the State of California , Sacramento County , and the Sacramento Northern Railway held a conference to plan the new bridge, with an agreement reached on March 8, 1934. Under the terms of the agreement, Sacramento Northern Railway relinquished its rights to

6426-441: The far more remote western edge of the Central Valley , and is largely removed from the major population centers such as Bakersfield, Fresno and Modesto ; other state highways provide connections. I-5 still runs within the vicinity of Avenal , Coalinga , Los Banos , and a handful of other smaller cities on the western edge of the Central Valley. For most of this section, the Path 15 electrical transmission corridor follows

6528-443: The freeway from the Sacramento River. However, the system slowly clogged up over the years with sand and silt buildup Major repair work of the Boat Section began on May 30, 2008. The construction was to take 40 days to complete, requiring complete northbound and southbound closures on an alternating schedule. In 1992, Caltrans finished upgrading the final 13 mile segment north of Lakehead . I-5 through north San Diego County

6630-617: The gateway to downtown, the busy intersection of 3rd Street and Capitol Mall, 300 Capitol Mall stands 18 stories high with 383,238 square feet of rentable area. The tower was designed by Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall (DMJM) and completed in 1984. 301 Capitol Mall is the site of the former home of the Sacramento Union newspaper. Construction began here in 2006 for The Towers on Capitol Mall I & II , two planned 53-story and massive 615 feet (187 m) mixed-use towers. The project had been on hold since January 2007 due to liens being filed against developer. Located at 400 Capitol Mall,

6732-450: The gold leafed cupola on the nearby State Capitol . In 2001, as the old paint job could hardly be distinguished, residents who lived within 35 mi (56 km) of the capital voted on a new color scheme. Their choices were all-gold; green, gold and silver; or burgundy, silver and gold. The winning choice was all gold, and it was repainted in 2002. However, that did not lessen the bridge's color controversy. Some people complained that

6834-475: The highway, forming an infrastructure corridor along with the California Aqueduct . After the Grapevine, I-5 crosses the California Aqueduct. This is first time out of 5 times that I-5 crosses the aqueduct. North of the Grapevine, I-5 intersects SR 166 , SR 119 and SR 43 before meeting SR 58 , a highway that continues east to Bakersfield, near the town of Buttonwillow . I-5 then intersects SR 46 before entering Kings County . From

6936-523: The large unincorporated community of East Los Angeles and later the city proper of Los Angeles . When the freeway reaches the East Los Angeles Interchange 1 mi (1.6 km) east of downtown Los Angeles, I-5 becomes the Golden State Freeway as US 101 takes over the Santa Ana Freeway designation. At this interchange, I-10 , SR 60 , and US 101 intersect; I-10 continues north on I-5 for about 2 mi (3.2 km) before continuing east towards San Bernardino and points farther east. On

7038-567: The last three miles from SR 78 to Oceanside Harbor Drive, however, there is a lack of funding for them, and there are no plans to set aside funding from the state to construct them. In Orange County, the HOV lane opened in the mid-1990s between SR 1 and SR 91, following the widening of the freeway between SR 55 and SR 91, between SR 91 and Artesia Boulevard in 2010, and between SR 1 and Avenida Pico in 2018. Multiple carpool flyovers were constructed during this time to connect motorists from one freeway's carpool lanes to

7140-495: The latter. I-5 then intersects SR 55 and enters Santa Ana , the county seat of Orange County. Towards the northern side of Santa Ana, I-5 intersects both SR 57 and SR 22 in what is known as the Orange Crush interchange . Following this, I-5 briefly enters the city of Orange and then traverses Anaheim , passing along the north side of Disneyland . I-5 then intersects SR 91 , passes through Buena Park and crosses into Los Angeles County . After crossing

7242-433: The legislature decided Sacramento best suited their needs for the state in 1854. Their initial allocation for the construction of the dedicated Capitol building in 1860 only provided for a 4 block parcel of land bordered by L, N, 10th, and 12th streets. Previously just another minor lettered street, M Street suddenly became a focal point for visitors to the Capitol as they arrived at the Central Pacific Railroad station or

7344-663: The name was chosen in a public contest in 1927, but was never officially adopted. Since the construction of I-5, it has taken over the term "Golden State Freeway" from 99 south of the latter's southern terminus in Kern County. The Golden State Freeway was proposed by the California Highway Commission in 1953. The proposal drew strong criticism from East Los Angeles residents as it would dissect and eliminate large residential and commercial areas of Boyle Heights and Hollenbeck Heights. The proposal also seemed to indicate

7446-502: The new paint was not as gilded as advertised. Others have suggested that copper would have been a far better color choice, especially in the context of nearby buildings. The new coat is expected to last 30 years. As of 1963 , the bridge is used for pedestrian and vehicle traffic only. By 2007, regional transportation agencies were considering the possibility of adding trolley traffic across the bridge. In 2020, these plans had changed to call for an extension of SacRT light rail to utilize

7548-516: The newspaper The Eastside Sun wrote the freeway led to the "eradication, obliteration, razing, moving, ripping asunder, demolishing of Eastside homes." A widowed Edendale resident, Lomie Puckett, resisted the condemnation of one of her rental properties in August 1958 by using a rifle to threaten state workers and police. After a five-day standoff with police, the home was seized and later demolished. The section between Orange County and Los Angeles

7650-526: The next (see Exit List for a list of them). In 2013, ground broke on a major expansion of the freeway through La Mirada and Norwalk in neighboring Los Angeles County to the I-605 interchange, which included a carpool lane to Florence Avenue. The carpool lane fully opened in 2023. Currently, in San Clemente, there are studies to extend the carpool lanes from their current terminus at Avenida Pico to Cristianitos Road at

7752-734: The north side of downtown, the Golden State Freeway follows the Los Angeles River , intersects SR 110 and SR 2 and passes along the eastern side of Griffith Park . The route continues through the San Fernando Valley , intersecting the Ventura Freeway (SR 134). It briefly enters the city of Glendale and then Burbank , passing near Burbank Airport before reentering the Los Angeles city limits and intersecting

7854-704: The northern end of the Hollywood Freeway (SR 170). Near the city of San Fernando , I-5 intersects SR 118 . Following this, I-5 intersects three routes in succession: the northern end of I-405, the western end of I-210 , and the southern end of SR 14 at the Newhall Pass interchange . It then crosses the Newhall Pass through the Santa Susana Mountains into the Santa Clarita Valley . I-5's carpool lanes also have direct connectors with

7956-408: The old Ridge Route, but was not enough to satisfy demand, and a conversion to a four-lane expressway was needed. The outbreak of World War II delayed this until 1948 and the fourth lane was completed in 1952. However, just three years later, plans were begun for converting the four-lane expressway to a six-lane freeway. The last major alteration to the Ridge Route began in the early 1960s. By then,

8058-515: The original overpasses were retained, and some undercrossings also have no right hand shoulder as a result. A third phase saw the widening between SR 134 and Buena Vista Street, and the carpool lane opened in 2022. This phase gave room for the replacement of the Burbank Boulevard bridge, and the opening of a new interchange at Empire Avenue, which replaced the Scott Road and Lincoln Street interchanges. The Empire Avenue interchange opened in 2019 and

8160-457: The plan for a six-lane freeway had expanded to eight lanes. This construction project made the most changes to the route. Many of the curves that followed the mountainside were cut through. To climb the mountain on the south side of Castaic more easily, traffic lanes were reversed (southbound lanes to the east and northbound lanes to the west). To prevent head-on collisions , the two ends of the route were separated on two different mountainsides, and

8262-414: The post war era jumpstarted the city's attention towards finally creating the Mall, if only to give government the excuse to seize the overcrowed ethnic ghettos through eminent domain , such as what was then called Sacramento's "West End" filled with minorities with no place else to go. Sacramento's city council approved a plan to acquire land and create a Civic Improvement District around the Capitol all

8364-431: The residents of San Clemente during the process, as several bridges may have to be replaced with wider ones, and buildings may have to be demolished for the widening. North of downtown Los Angeles, the freeway is currently going widening, which includes the addition of HOV lanes in four phases. The first phase was the opening of a carpool lane between carpool lane between SR 170 and SR 14 in 2011. A flyover between

8466-486: The rest of the San Francisco Bay Area. Original plans also called for a loop Interstate with a directional suffix, I-5W. This route now roughly corresponds to I-580 from I-5 south of Tracy to Oakland, I-80 from Oakland to Vacaville, and I-505 from Vacaville to I-5 near Dunnigan. I-5W and most of the other Interstates around the country with directional suffixes were eventually renumbered or eliminated, except I-35E and I-35W in Texas and Minnesota. Nevertheless, San Francisco

8568-462: The second-largest median in California after I-8 's In‑Ko‑Pah grade. In Siskiyou County , I-5 passes through Dunsmuir before intersecting SR 89 near Lake Siskiyou and entering the city of Mount Shasta . North of here, US 97 intersects I-5 in Weed , providing access to Klamath Falls, Oregon . The Interstate then continues to Yreka , intersecting SR 3 and SR 96 before crossing

8670-616: The section of highway between Castaic and Grapevine, through the Tejon Pass. The highway had its origins in the early 1910s, when a route was needed to connect Los Angeles to the Central Valley. Some believed that the only option was the route through the Mojave Desert and the Tehachapi Mountains, but a new route was discovered through the Tejon Pass. This route became known as the Ridge Route and saw almost constant planning, construction, and improvement from 1914 to 1970. The first road

8772-476: The section through Piru Canyon was moved to an entirely new alignment to make room for Pyramid Lake. The project was completed by 1970 and brought the Ridge Route to its current alignment. When the Interstate Highway System was created in 1956, there was discussion about which way to route the interstate through the San Joaquin Valley (Central Valley). Two proposals were considered. One was to convert

8874-432: The span is operated with two relatively small 100-horsepower (75 kW) electric motors. The bridge style represents a rare use of Streamline Moderne architectural styling in a lift bridge, making it an outstanding expression of the social and architectural climate of the period of construction. The lift span towers were sheathed in steel to streamline its appearance. The American Institute of Steel Construction gave

8976-453: The spur into the Bay Area) connecting I-80 out of Vacaville to near Dunnigan, previously known as I-5W , was renamed I-505 . Interstate 580 running between I-5 and I-80 was also once designated 5W; what is now I-5 (the stretch that runs through Sacramento) had been originally designated I-5E . The term "Golden State Highway" was the popular name for US 99 through the length of California;

9078-565: The towns of Saugus and Newhall , and then crossed Newhall Pass (current route of SR 14, the Antelope Valley Freeway). In 1862, Beale's Cut was made in the construction of a toll wagon road. The 15 ft wide (4.6 m) by 60 ft deep (18 m) "slot" was dug with picks and shovels. That road would become part of the Midway Route. At the turn of the century, it was the most direct automobile route between Los Angeles and

9180-605: The view of the Capitol such that the noted city planner Werner Hegemann wrote, "that even walking on the sidewalks of “M” street the Capitol Building cannot be seen," and that clearing such, "is of the greatest importance for the future of Sacramento." Governor C. C. Young renewed efforts for the widening of M Street into a grand mall to create “the Pennsylvania Avenue of California” in 1929. He also advocated for renaming M Street as Capitol Avenue , and building

9282-457: The war, California 's population doubled due to its strong wartime defense industry production, many who moved into the vacated Japanese areas, especially those who were prohibited from finding housing elsewhere else due to racial housing covenants , often far exceeding the capacity for those properties as affluent residents moved out to the growing suburburan migration of the 1950s. That migration and federal investment in urban renewal during

9384-525: The way down to the river in 1947, recommending a 40 foot building setback from Capitol Avenue . The Sacramento Redevelopment Agency (SRA) was created in 1950 to deal with the challenge of enforcing the State's wishes, acquiring approximately 15 square blocks for the Capitol Mall Project, and publicly demolishing an 1870's private home acquired through eminent domain by the agency in a special ceremony in what

9486-589: The western end of SR 905 , a route that connects with the Otay Mesa border crossing . I-5 then continues northward and joins the southern end of SR 75 , a highway connecting to Coronado via the Silver Strand . I-5 then enters Chula Vista , briefly leaving the San Diego city limits. It continues along the east side of San Diego Bay where it intersects with SR 54 and enters National City . From there, I-5 veers around Naval Base San Diego and reenters

9588-419: Was assigned as the design engineer for the project with Donald Van Riper as the landscape architect. Unfortunately, an earlier plan to include a round-about encircling a monument or obelisk on the western end of The Mall was abandoned due to the unanticipated construction of Interstate 5 to run along the river through the city, and deliberately built below grade so not to interrupt the clear line of sight between

9690-400: Was completed in 1915. It was a slow, winding, two-lane road through the mountains with a speed limit of 15 mph (24 km/h) in some places. However, the need for improvements was realized soon after it was completed. The road was paved after World War I , and several blind turns were opened up ("daylighted"). Even with these improvements in the 1920s, it became clear that a new route

9792-402: Was flooded with 15 ft (4.6 m) of water. Caltrans began constructing this section during the 1960s and 1970s. The freeway was engineered below grade so it would be out of the view of offices and shops in downtown Sacramento. To achieve this, the site was excavated and the seeping water was pumped from the area. An intricate drainage system, water pump and retaining wall are used to protect

9894-409: Was formally accepted by the state on January 11, 1936. The final trains ran over the bridge in 1962, and the railroad tracks were removed the following year. With the removal of the tracks, the roadway was restriped for four automobile lanes. Due to the nearby railroad tracks, the grade crossing on the east side is designed to act as a secondary barrier to exclude vehicular traffic while the bridge

9996-442: Was needed to keep up with increasing demand. In 1927, plans were drawn up for a "Ridge Route Alternate", named as it was planned as an addition to the existing Ridge Route and not as a replacement. It opened in 1933 as a three-lane highway through the mountains. The middle or "suicide lane" was used as an overtaking lane for cars in both directions. This route was a great improvement, faster and 9.7 mi (15.6 km) shorter than

10098-539: Was originally designed to have three lanes in each direction. Due to high traffic demand, the freeway started undergoing major extensions and widening in the early 1990s in Orange County. Work from SR 91 north through the Los Angeles–Orange County line was completed in 2010. Reconstruction between the county line and Interstate 605 began in 2013 and was completed by early 2023. The original route went through

10200-547: Was previously a part of U.S. Route 40 until that highway was truncated to east of Salt Lake City as well as US Route 99W, which served the western portion of the Sacramento Valley from Sacramento to Red Bluff. The bridge is maintained by the California Department of Transportation as part of State Route 275 and connects West Capitol Avenue and Cabaldon Parkway (formerly Tower Bridge Gateway ) in West Sacramento with

10302-483: Was publicized as a “slum clearance project,” and opening those parcels up to private investment compatible with the State's mall concept. By 1961, the initial plan to create a 52 foot grassy median separating 2 wide streets with an 8 footwide landscape setback planted with Linden trees for a total of 180 feet between the buildings north and south of the Mall was underway. J. W. Wilson from the State Division of Highways

10404-528: Was under construction from 1860 to 1874. The capitol and grounds are a California Historical Landmark , a National Historic Landmark District, and on the National Register of Historic Places in Sacramento County, California . Sacramento Regional Transit District —RT serves public transport to/from and along the Capitol Mall. RT serves the city of Sacramento, and much of the northern portion of Sacramento County . RT has two light rail stops located on

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