[Fiji Hill]

Dead Man's Curve, about five miles north of Lebec, Calif. on the Tejon Grade. This was part of the old Ridge Route between Los Angeles and Bakersfield and was so named because it was the scene of numerous accidents. It is now bypassed by Interstate 5.

[RegulatorCountry]

You’d think it would be maintained as a scenic overlook or something, being somewhat famous and immortalized in song as it was.

[PROCON]

Nice find Fiji!

[sheana]

I remember the ‘old road’. You can still drive on it in certain places.

[albie]

So it’s shut off? I’d love to visit it. Is it closed off to pedestrians?

[Yaelle]

So that’s where dead man’s curve was? What about the curve on Sunset near UCLA?

[tschatski]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Cuekbklkg

[Mjaye]

RE: Deadman’s Curve: I loved the various versions and features of the Ridge Route, remember this one well. Some years ago, we found the version from the early 1900’s and drove what was left between Castaic and Gorman, noting all the old foundations for the hotels and way stations of the era. So many interesting stories of the Old Ridge Route(s), and I personally miss the Grapevine part of the trip. The switchbacks were way more fun than now, though the truckers would no doubt disagree. Don’t know if any of Scott Harrison’s books are still available, but he was always the go-to-guy regarding the old versions of the Ridge Route.