Sierra Nevada transportation corridor

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geographic region transportation corridor

The Sierra Nevada transportation corridor is a major east–west route across California’s Sierra Nevada mountains that carries key highway and rail lines linking the state’s Central Valley with Nevada and the broader interior West.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bakersfield–Ridgecrest route 1
Shasta Route 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
transportation corridor ⓘ
carries highway traffic ⓘ
rail traffic ⓘ
connects Central Valley ⓘ
surface form: Central Valley of California

Nevada ⓘ
interior West of the United States ⓘ
function major east–west route across the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
hasPart California State Route 108 over Sonora Pass ⓘ
California State Route 120 ⓘ
surface form: California State Route 120 over Tioga Pass

California State Route 178 over Walker Pass ⓘ
Ebbetts Pass ⓘ
surface form: California State Route 4 over Ebbetts Pass

Carson Pass ⓘ
surface form: California State Route 88 over Carson Pass

Donner Pass ⓘ
surface form: Donner Pass highway crossing

Interstate 80 ⓘ
U.S. Route 395 along the eastern Sierra Nevada front ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Route 50 over Echo Summit

Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
surface form: Union Pacific Railroad over Donner Pass

historic First Transcontinental Railroad route over the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
historicalSignificance facilitated development of California–Nevada economic ties ⓘ
route of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
importance key connection between Pacific Coast and interior western United States ⓘ
links Central Valley ⓘ
surface form: California’s Central Valley

Nevada urban centers ⓘ
Reno ⓘ
surface form: Reno metropolitan area

broader interior West ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Sierra Nevada passes ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Nevada

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
maintainedBy Caltrans ⓘ
surface form: California Department of Transportation

Nevada Department of Transportation ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
subjectTo avalanche risk ⓘ
chain control requirements in winter ⓘ
winter snowstorms ⓘ
traverses Carson Pass ⓘ
Donner Pass ⓘ
Ebbetts Pass ⓘ
Echo Summit ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Nevada mountain range

Sierra Nevada passes ⓘ
Sonora Pass ⓘ
Tioga Pass ⓘ
Walker Pass ⓘ
usedFor freight movement ⓘ
interstate commerce ⓘ
passenger travel ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walker Pass → onTransportationCorridor → Sierra Nevada transportation corridor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bakersfield–Ridgecrest route
Donner Pass → partOf → Sierra Nevada transportation corridor ⓘ
Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive → railroadLineUsedOn → Sierra Nevada transportation corridor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shasta Route