Editing Newhall Pass (section)

===Newhall Pass===
[[File:Newhall Tunnel, Newhall (AAA-NG-8249).jpg|thumb|upright|The Newhall Tunnel ({{circa|1918}}) before the hillside was removed in the 1930s]]

In 1910, the {{convert|435|ft|abbr=on}} Newhall Auto Tunnel was built  by [[Los Angeles County, CA|Los Angeles County]]{{cn|date=August 2024}} a quarter-mile northwest of Beale's Cut. However, two-way traffic through the tunnel was slow because it was only {{convert|17.5|ft|abbr=on}} wide.

The California Division of Highways decided to replace the tunnel. In July 1938, work started to remove the rock above the tunnel to create a four-lane highway. The road was first known as Highway 6, then Highway 14, and finally the present-day Sierra Highway. The cut for the tunnel is located to the west of today's Highway 14, and east of Gates King Open Space.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elsmerecanyon.com/tunnelarea/passes/newhallcut/newhallcut.htm|title=Newhall Cut|website=www.elsmerecanyon.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190724135024/https://www.elsmerecanyon.com/tunnelarea/passes/newhallcut/newhallcut.htm|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref>

The pass is named after the local businessman [[Henry Newhall]], whose land holdings formed the basis of the city of [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]]. Newhall came to California from [[Saugus, Massachusetts]] during the [[California Gold Rush]] in 1850. Over time he purchased a number of properties in the state, the most significant being the {{convert|46460|acre|km2|0|adj=on}} [[Rancho San Francisco]] in northern Los Angeles County. Within this territory, he granted a [[Right-of-way (property access)|right-of-way]] to [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]] through what is now Newhall Pass, and he also sold them a portion of the land, upon which the company built a town they named after him: [[Newhall, Santa Clarita, California|Newhall]]. The first station built on the line he named for his hometown, Saugus. After his death in 1882 his family incorporated the [[Newhall Land and Farming Company]].

Newhall Pass remains a main traffic route, as the [[Newhall Pass interchange]] of [[Interstate 5 (California)|Interstate 5]] ([[Golden State Freeway]]) and [[State Route 14 (California)|State Route 14]] ([[Antelope Valley Freeway]]), as well as Sierra Highway, [[Foothill Boulevard (Los Angeles)|Foothill Boulevard]], and [[San Fernando Road]] travel through the pass.