Important Road Conditions Links:
- Quickmap – Caltrans Traffic Map with CHP Incidents and Cameras
- Caltrans Commercial Wholesale Web Portal – Caltrans Camera Feeds
- Caltrans Video – Map-based interface for all Caltrans cameras
- Caltrans Road Conditions – All State Maintained roadways
- Southern California Pass Elevations
For local roadways, there are additional resources available on this site on our Southern California Highway Resources page.
Winter in southern California can be quite an adventure at times. Some storms leave few routes open out of the Los Angeles area to points north and northeast. Some of these storms can really hamper travel out of the area.
In late December 2019, a storm closed State 33, I-5, State 14, State 138, I-15 (in two sections), and many other roads in the region. What road is open? When will it open? Are chains required? All of these questions and more can be easily answered through Caltrans, the State Highway department. They have a really good phone app and website – Quickmap – which gives all this information in an easy format. Caltrans Quickmap has numerous layers that can be added such as traffic speeds, CHP Incident Reports (collisions, hazards, fire information), road closures, snowplow locations, lane closures, CMS messages, and more.
In addition to Quickmap, all the Caltrans traffic cameras are available online at Caltrans Video, some of which are streaming live. I strongly recommend these links to get you where you need to go. Another page, also from Caltrans, covers ALL their available data – Caltrans Commercial Wholesale Web Portal . I use Quickmap quite often even just for basic traffic needs.
My wife left Porter Ranch at 5:45 and went via Paso. Only added about an hour to the drive back to Roseville!
Never knew about the Quickmap site. Thank you, Michael; very helpful!