At the railroad western edge of Cajon Pass is the I-15 / I-215 Interchange (physically at the southeastern edge). Plans are in the works to revamp the road network thereat, INCLUDING CONNECTING TOGETHER THE UPPER AND LOWER CAJON BLVD. SECTIONS!
Cajon Pass train watchers know just how irritating and troublesome negotiating through that particular area can be, especially if trying to follow or photograph a moving train. But, well into the next decade, big changes are planned. The local government website diagrams three proposals. Forumists that are regulars to Cajon Pass, or from out of state that have a fixation for the Pass, surely will enjoy a glimpse of the future …
Below are the three in “pdf” form proposals and their links (adjust to 75% or 100%):
Just to demonstrate that ‘fallen flags’ can linger for a long time - I took a quick look at Alternate 5 [had trouble opening the ‘Fact Sheet’] and saw that almost all of the railroad parcels were labeled as owned by either ‘Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe RR Co.’ or ‘Southern Pacific Co.’ - 1 was ‘Southern Pacific Transportation Co.’. I’m sure that we’ll hear from some other members about that, too.
Good to have you back, and I hope you’re doing well. Keep the info coming - it’s really good stuff.
What they need to do is connect Hwy 138 with the upper dead end of Cajon road.
For anything else for stratigic reasons, if an earthquake were to take down the 2 underpass bridges from the north end of Cajon Road to the freeway onramps, forget boys and girls! loss of those bridges would leave SoCal completely cut off from the rest of the state as there is NO alternate route thru that canyon which I consider one of the stupidest oversight in the history of Caltrans, and would remain cut off until a either the debris is cleared from the off-on ramps or for a frontage road to be bulldozed along side the tracks from the gas stations at Hwy 138, a permanant road there would really help traffic thru the canyon especially when theres an accident or snow blocking the top.
The bridges are smack dab on top of the San Andreas BTW.