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Altamont Pass, formerly Livermore Pass, is a low mountain pass in the Diablo Range of Northern California between Livermore in the Livermore Valley and Tracy in the San Joaquin Valley. The name is actually applied to two distinct but nearby crossings of the range. The lower of the two, at an elevation of 741 ft (226 m), carries two railroad rights-of-way (ROWs) and Altamont Pass Road, part of the old Lincoln Highway and the original alignment of US 50 before it was bypassed c. 1937. The bypass route travels over the higher summit, at 1,009 ft (308 m), and now carries Interstate 580, a major regional highway heavily congested by Central Valley suburbanization.

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  • Altamont Pass, formerly Livermore Pass, is a low mountain pass in the Diablo Range of Northern California between Livermore in the Livermore Valley and Tracy in the San Joaquin Valley. The name is actually applied to two distinct but nearby crossings of the range. The lower of the two, at an elevation of 741 ft (226 m), carries two railroad rights-of-way (ROWs) and Altamont Pass Road, part of the old Lincoln Highway and the original alignment of US 50 before it was bypassed c. 1937. The bypass route travels over the higher summit, at 1,009 ft (308 m), and now carries Interstate 580, a major regional highway heavily congested by Central Valley suburbanization. Of the two railroad lines through the old pass, one is still in use: the ex-Western Pacific line built in 1908 over the pass, which is sometimes known as the Altamont Corridor, now owned by Union Pacific. It carries freight trains as well as the Altamont Corridor Express, which gives its occasional name (ACE) and operates between Stockton, Livermore, Pleasanton, Fremont, and San Jose. The other and older right-of-way was the line built in 1869 with a 1,200-foot long summit tunnel by the original Western Pacific Railroad (1862-1870) as part of the transcontinental railroad. After 1879, when a sea level ferry crossing at the Carquinez Strait replaced the 1869 route, it remained in use for other purposes by the Southern Pacific. In 1984 it was abandoned and deeded to Alameda County by Southern Pacific Railroad in favor of trackage rights on the aforementioned ex-Western Pacific line. From 1966 to 2008, the Altamont Pass area was home to the Altamont Speedway, which became famous as the site of the 1969 Altamont Free Concert, a large outdoor concert featuring The Rolling Stones and marred by violence. The pass is also known for the Altamont Pass Wind Farm, one of the earliest in the United States. (en)
  • Der Altamont Pass ist ein Gebirgspass in der Diablo Range östlich der San Francisco Bay Area in Kalifornien, der Livermore im Livermore Valley mit Tracy im San Joaquin Valley verbindet. Auf der Passhöhe befindet sich die Altamont-Pass-Windfarm (Altamont Pass Wind Farm), einer der ersten und größten Windparks der USA. Über den Altamont-Pass führen die Fernstraße I-580, die Altamont-Passstraße (Altamont Pass Road) sowie eine Bahnstrecke der Union Pacific Railroad, die auch durch die Regionalzüge des Altamont Corridor Express genutzt wird. Bis in die 1980er-Jahre betrieb auch die Southern Pacific Railroad eine Bahnstrecke über den Altamont-Pass. Auf der Ostseite des Passes liegt die durch das Altamont Free Concert bekannt gewordene, nach dem Pass benannte Rennbahn Altamont Speedway. (de)
  • De Altamont Pass, vroeger de Livermore Pass, is een 308 meter hoge bergpas in de Diablo Range tussen Livermore (in Alameda County) en Tracy in de San Joaquin Valley (in San Joaquin County), in de Amerikaanse staat Californië. Over de pas lopen de drukke Interstate 580, de Altamont Pass Road en twee spoorlijnen. De eerste spoorlijn was vroeger van de Western Pacific Railroad, maar wordt nu gebruikt door de forensenspoorweg Altamont Commuter Express, die naar de bergpas vernoemd is. De tweede spoorlijn werd tot 1984 gebruikt door Southern Pacific. De bergpas is vernoemd naar het dorpje . Voorheen heette het Livermore of Livermore's Pass, naar de rancher Robert Livermore. Tot 2008 bevond de zich in de buurt van de pas. Het was ook de locatie van het beruchte Altamont Free Concert in 1969, een gratis concert van de Rolling Stones dat in geweld uitmondde en het einde van het hippietijdperk aankondigde. Tegenwoordig staat de Altamont Pass ook bekend om de , een van de eerste windmolenparken in de Verenigde Staten. Er staan 4.930 kleine windturbines, wat het tot een van de grootste windmolenparken ter wereld maakt. (nl)
  • Altamont Pass är ett bergspass som ligger i Kalifornien. På ligger 4 930 mindre vindkraftverk. (sv)
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  • Alameda County, California, between the Livermore and San Joaquin valleys (en)
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  • Altamont Pass (en)
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  • View from westbound I-580 of Altamont Pass. (en)
  • Wind turbines at Altamont Pass near Livermore, California (en)
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  • Altamont Pass Road, Union Pacific Railroad (en)
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  • Altamont Pass är ett bergspass som ligger i Kalifornien. På ligger 4 930 mindre vindkraftverk. (sv)
  • Altamont Pass, formerly Livermore Pass, is a low mountain pass in the Diablo Range of Northern California between Livermore in the Livermore Valley and Tracy in the San Joaquin Valley. The name is actually applied to two distinct but nearby crossings of the range. The lower of the two, at an elevation of 741 ft (226 m), carries two railroad rights-of-way (ROWs) and Altamont Pass Road, part of the old Lincoln Highway and the original alignment of US 50 before it was bypassed c. 1937. The bypass route travels over the higher summit, at 1,009 ft (308 m), and now carries Interstate 580, a major regional highway heavily congested by Central Valley suburbanization. (en)
  • Der Altamont Pass ist ein Gebirgspass in der Diablo Range östlich der San Francisco Bay Area in Kalifornien, der Livermore im Livermore Valley mit Tracy im San Joaquin Valley verbindet. Auf der Passhöhe befindet sich die Altamont-Pass-Windfarm (Altamont Pass Wind Farm), einer der ersten und größten Windparks der USA. Auf der Ostseite des Passes liegt die durch das Altamont Free Concert bekannt gewordene, nach dem Pass benannte Rennbahn Altamont Speedway. (de)
  • De Altamont Pass, vroeger de Livermore Pass, is een 308 meter hoge bergpas in de Diablo Range tussen Livermore (in Alameda County) en Tracy in de San Joaquin Valley (in San Joaquin County), in de Amerikaanse staat Californië. Over de pas lopen de drukke Interstate 580, de Altamont Pass Road en twee spoorlijnen. De eerste spoorlijn was vroeger van de Western Pacific Railroad, maar wordt nu gebruikt door de forensenspoorweg Altamont Commuter Express, die naar de bergpas vernoemd is. De tweede spoorlijn werd tot 1984 gebruikt door Southern Pacific. (nl)
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