{"id":3383,"date":"2010-01-28T23:50:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T04:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=3383"},"modified":"2021-10-23T05:54:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T10:54:34","slug":"driving-on-the-opposite-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/driving-on-the-opposite-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving on the Opposite Side"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I noticed an anomaly recently as I pondered a map of Interstate 5 covering California. Generally speaking, the custom in the United States is to drive on the right side of the road.<sup><b><a href=\"#footnote\">(1)<\/a><\/b><\/sup> Just north of Santa Clarita near Castaic Lake, however, I-5 splits and switches that order. Vehicles driving steadily along on the right side suddenly flip to the left side of the divided highway and remain that way for several miles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m10!1m8!1m3!1d52593.805443425714!2d-118.645821!3d34.525369!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1577309153202!5m2!1sen!2sus\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s transparent to the driver in all practicality. Several hundred feet separate the northbound and southbound lanes. The average motorist probably doesn&#8217;t even notice the oddity as he flies by at high speed. Still, for a brief moment the California highway shares a common bond with a British motorway. The scenery doesn&#8217;t look much like the M1, but that&#8217;s as close as we&#8217;re going to get. Pretend we&#8217;re in the UK for a few moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!4v1577309247887!6m8!1m7!1sPt7kLCyTJeiBuxYBDM7A_g!2m2!1d34.50297576644817!2d-118.6282846709653!3f37.43515413008802!4f-0.8311796403441605!5f1.4009476500262918\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The effect appears rather clearly in this image recorded by Street View right after the split-and-switch. Notice the direction of the tractor-trailer on the hillside. Indeed, this southbound vehicle is on the left side of Interstate 5. That\u2019s completely reversed from the norm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unusual But Not Unique<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought I\u2019d discovered a remarkable sight. However, as I poked around I learned that it\u2019s a situation both fairly well know and hardly unique. It\u2019s even mentioned on Wikipedia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Right and Left Hand Traffic<\/a> page along with a several others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Examples include the Golden State Freeway (I-5) in southern California during the descent\/ascent of the Castaic Grade, several miles of Interstate 85 in Davidson County, North Carolina (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/hUVnwZ9GpvcAMVbW9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>), a very brief section of Interstate 275 in St. Petersburg, Florida (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/wVwBWW9WAzCz5uyu9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>), the I-8 Freeway east of Yuma, AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/7UcmtDAHuumdX7kL7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) state route 87 in Maricopa County, Arizona through Rincon Pass (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/yYXhNFsvQ5eX8ozT9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) and small parts of approaches to Interstate 64 running through Chesapeake, Virginia as part of the Hampton Roads Beltway.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Nuts. Foiled again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found a lot more information about the Interstate 5 anomaly than the Wikipedia paragraph so I feel somewhat redeemed. This section of roadway is called the Five Mile Grade and it climbs to one of the highest elevations along the entire length of I-5. The anomaly occurs because of the terrain. It&#8217;s a safety issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The current northbound lanes are the original part of an older highway: U.S. Route 99. It was a dangerous road with curves and uneven grades. Trucks heading downhill sometimes lost control. They caused horrific accidents including nasty head-on collisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/houndcat\/3290998616\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3475\/3290998616_58c2e55cd8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Across Lower Castaic. Photo by Rob Mamede; (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Hilly Terrain Near Castaic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Road engineers designed a second set of lanes on a separate path as they converted the highway to Interstate standards. They created a straighter road with a more consistent grade, a much safer proposition for vehicles traveling downhill. Logically they switched the &#8220;normal&#8221; flow of travel through the slot for the very best of reasons, to prevent accidents and save lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!4v1577309304958!6m8!1m7!1sqGQqPbcZXg_-ZwWdVTFgNQ!2m2!1d34.52572164087124!2d-118.6478859830631!3f183.13478844688663!4f1.2283953054551944!5f1.4009476500262918\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A vestige of old U.S. Route 99 can still be seen along this stretch of Interstate 5. Notice that traffic is heading uphill towards the camera. Now look off to the right. That\u2019s an old <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10127\">runaway truck ramp<\/a> put in place when the old highway moved traffic in both directions. Back then of course vehicles drove to the right because it was the only highway through the slot. Sometimes a runaway truck needed a place to stop in an emergency. Thankfully it&#8217;s now superfluous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbcnet.com\/ushighways\/US99\/US99f_contents.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Historic US 99 Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12MC Loves Footnotes!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"footnote\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><sup>(1)<\/sup> Where is that not the case? The U.S. Virgin Islands which already had a left-hand driving tradition when it came into the possession of the United States in 1917.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed an anomaly recently as I pondered a map of Interstate 5 covering California. Generally speaking, the custom in the United States is to drive on the right side of the road.(1) Just north of Santa Clarita near Castaic Lake, however, I-5 splits and switches that order. 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