Tehachapi Pass
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Tehachapi Pass is a mountain pass crossing the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, California. Traditionally, the pass marks the northeast end of the Tehachapis and the south end of the Sierra Nevada range.
The Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm, as seen from California State Route 58
The Tehachapi Mountains and Tehachapi Pass in 1869.
Tejon Pass
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The Tejon Pass, 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. Both the pass and the grade north of it to the Central Valley are commonly referred to as "the Grapevine". It has been traversed by major roads such as the El Camino Viejo, the Stockton – Los Angeles Road, the Ridge Route, U.S. Route 99, and now Interstate 5.
The top of the Tejon Pass on southbound Interstate 5 (2009)
Tejon Pass near Grapevine, California, in 1868
The exit to Fort Tejon, on the northward slope of the Tejon Pass just before descending into the Central Valley
A section of the 1915 Ridge Route in Lebec, California, known as "deadman's curve," was abandoned when the highway was improved over the Tejon Pass.