San-Gorgonio-Pass
Part of the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm, in the background Mt San Jacinto
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The San Gorgonio Pass ( altitude 485 m) is a mountain pass in the U.S. state of California. It forms the border between the San Bernardino Mountains to the north and the San Jacinto Mountains to the south. Interstate 10 and a railroad line of the Union Pacific Railroad lead over the pass; transport connections he thus serves as a link between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Coachella Valley. The pass is named after the holy Gorgonius of Rome.
The San Gorgonio Pass, is primarily used by commuters from the San Bernardino Valley, working in Palm Springs, the Coachella Valley in Phoenix or even in the neighboring state of Arizona.
Geography
Located between the cities of San Bernardino and Palm Springs, San Gorgonio Pass marks the boundary of the San Bernardino Mountains and San Jacinto Mountains. His official height is 485 m and was measured at the narrowest place of the passport in Cabazon, the highest point is about 790 m but in Beaumont. As the north-west location Cajon Pass was also the San Gorgonio Pass, through the San Andreas Fault. The San Gorgonio Pass is one of the lowest mountain passes in the Continental United States not as steep as the Cajon or Tejon Pass. Mountains on the San Gorgonio Pass, San Gorgonio Mountain are in the north and the San Jacinto Peak in the south; both of which are over 3300 m high. The latter has the fifth largest rock wall in North America and its summit is 10 km south of Interstate 10
Infrastructure
The opening up the pass began with the construction of a railway line by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1875. The tracks are now used by the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1952 a highway was built over the pass, today's Interstate 10 at the highest point of the San Gorgonio Pass in Beaumont it meets the California State Route 60, at the eastern end of the pass on the California State Route 111 on the San Gorgonio pass in and around it, in the winter usually at least one or two snowfalls a year.
It is known for the San Gorgonio Pass of Pass Wind Farm at its eastern slope. This wind farm marks the entrance to the Coachella Valley and has been built on one of the windiest places in Southern California.