Interstate
5: When I-5 reaches the East Los Angeles Interchange one mile
east of downtown Los Angeles, I-5 becomes the Golden State Freeway.
Interstate 5 is the most important highway in California, connecting the
state from the rural wilderness of the north to the heavily populated
urban centers of the south. This highway is the lifeline of the state as
it connects most of the major population centers on its north south
journey and is part of the national Scenic Highway System. I-5 is also
considered part of the Pan-American Highway, which runs from Alaska in
the north to the ?other? Los Angeles in the country of Chile in South
America.
Leaving the country to the north, I-5 becomes British Columbia?s
Provincial Highway 99. To the south, I-5 crosses the Mexican border at
San Diego to the Mexican town of Tijuana and becomes Mexico Route 1D.
This 1,375 mile Interstate has 798 of its miles in California beginning
at the Oregon state linewhere it reaches
its highest elevation of 4,310 feet on Siskiyou summit, and ending in
San Diego at the Mexican border.
This
freeway was built in stages between the 1950s and the 1980s, with the last
segment opening along a rural stretch north of Redding. Interstate 5 replaced
U.S. 99 for much of its mileage in the state, mostly from downtown Los Angeles
and north to the Oregon State Line. Even though California State Highway 99, the
successor to U.S. 99 in the Central Valley, is still a notable freeway on its
own, most through traffic heads for Interstate 5, including the bulk of the Los
Angeles to San Francisco traffic. The only metropolitan area not directly in the
path of I-5 is San Francisco. It is approximately 80 miles to the west of the
I-5 north south path. This path very closely follows the ancient
Native American footpath known as the Siskiyou Trail.
Evidently
our original founding fathers found little need to make the run into San
Francisco that many do nowadays, and do so with ease on Interstate 80, which
intersects with I-5 in Sacramento.
Interstate
5 intersects with Interstate 8 in San Diego and Interstate 10 in Los Angeles.
Spur Routes also serve two major metropolitan areas. I-805 in San Diego serves
as an in-town expressway while the main I-5 acts as the bypass to the west of
town. In Los Angeles I-405 serves as a north south alternate as it really just
parallels I-5?s route, while I-605 does a similar path until veering north east
in north central LA. I-105 is an east-west neighborhood connector
tying into I-605 and I-5.
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