Grapevine, California
Grapevine is a village located at the foot of a notorious road grade known as The Grapevine in the Tehachapi Mountains at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley along Interstate 5 (formerly U.S. Highway 99). The village consists mainly of roadside services. The village and grade are named, not for the once-winding road that used to climb the steep mountain pass but, for the wild grapes that still grow along the original road. The grade was infamous for its high accident rate before the road was straightened and widened. It is still widely known for its occasional closure due to heavy snowfall during winter storms. Being the major route between northern and southern California these closures are a major disruption to traffic along the entire west coast.