6/1/2023 0 Comments Caltrans quickmap truckeeOf the 22 major paved Sierra passes, ten are lower than Donner Summit and 11 are higher. In the eastbound lanes the elevation is 7,227 feet (2,203 meters) above sea level. Elevationĭonner Summit is at 7,239 feet (2,206 meters) above sea level, in the westbound lanes of Interstate 80. Reno, Nevada is 40 miles (65 kilometers) east. San Francisco is 175 miles (280 kilometers) west. It is about 9 miles (14 kilometers) west of Truckee, California and about 65 miles (104 kilometers) east of Auburn. In just an hour, those trucks move nearly US$5 million in freight between California, Nevada, and points beyond. On average, about 30,000 passenger vehicles, plus another 6,000 or so trucks, cross Donner Summit daily. The ten-mile stretch over Donner Summit was completed in 1964. The highway wasn’t actually completed until 1986 when the final segment was finished, near Salt Lake City, Utah.Ĭonstruction of Interstate 80 in the Sierra began in 1960. I-80 was designated as one of the original highways in the Interstate Highway System, in 1956. I-90 is the longest at 3,020 miles (4,860 Kilometers), from Seattle, Washington to Boston, Massachusetts. At 2,899 miles (4,666 kilometers) long, it is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the country. Interstate 80 crosses the United States from San Francisco, California to Teaneck, New Jersey. Folks have been having difficulties here for a very long time. If you are confused about Donner Pass and Donner Summit, you are not alone. It’s Donner Lake today but was called Truckee Lake in the 19th Century. So there’s a pass over the mountains that is named for the Donner Party who spent the winter of 1846-47 trapped by snow just east of the lake that you can see from the Rainbow Bridge. A commemorative plaque calls it the Donner Summit Bridge. The bridge is officially named the Donner Memorial Bridge but is most commonly called the Rainbow Bridge. Donner Pass Road crosses a beautiful concrete arch bridge just east of the summit. Caltrans calls it Donner Summit.ĭonner Pass is on Donner Pass Road, about two miles (three kilometers) south of the Donner Summit highway rest area on I-80. On USGS topo maps the gap in the mountains is called Euer Saddle. Interstate 80 crosses the Sierra Nevada range about 9 miles (14 kilometers) west of Truckee, California.
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