Editing Donner Pass (section)

==Highways==
[[File:2015-11-01 09 17 58 Sign for Donner Summit on Interstate 80 in Nevada County, California.jpg|thumb|right|Sign for Donner Summit on [[Interstate 80 in California|Interstate 80]]]]
[[File:I-80 altitude profile.png|thumb|Altitudes along a 100-mile stretch of I-80, peaking at Donner Summit]]
The [[Lincoln Highway]], the first road across America, crosses Donner Pass; this was also a part of the [[Victory Highway]]. [[Interstate 80 in California|Interstate 80]] was built through this area in the early 1960s. I-80 generally parallels the route of US&nbsp;40 through the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]], but it crosses the Sierra crest at the '''Euer Saddle''', about {{convert|2|mi|km}} north of Donner Pass. Euer Saddle, along with a nearby park on the south side of the freeway, are commonly called '''"Donner Summit"''' by the state of California.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23055 |title=Donner Summit |publisher=ca.gov |access-date=2017-01-05}}</ref> At {{convert|7240|ft|m}} ({{coord | 39.339872 |-120.343958 |type:landmark |name=Donner Summit}}) Donner Summit is about {{convert|150|ft|m}} higher than Donner Pass, but is wider and has a gentler approach that aided construction to [[Interstate Highway standards]], which do not allow the sharp curves used by the Donner Pass Road. The [[Grade (slope)|grade]] is 3–6% for {{convert|30|mile}}.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.gonefcon.com/trucktcom/grade.htm|title= Grade Climb & Descent Considerations|work= www.gonefcon.com|access-date= 2017-08-14|archive-date= 2017-08-25|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170825044216/http://www.gonefcon.com/trucktcom/grade.htm|url-status= dead}}</ref> The 1920s highway has been preserved as a scenic alternative to I-80.