Vasquez Canyon Road is a four-mile rural cutoff corridor in Los Angeles County near the city limit of Santa Clarita. This corridor was originally developed as a connection between Sierra Highway (then US Route 6) and Bouquet Canyon Road during the late 1930s. Los Angeles County would modernize, surface and realign the cutoff during the 1970s. Vasquez Canyon Road is named after infamous Gold Rush era bandit Tiburcio Vásquez who was known to have several hideouts in the Santa Clarita area. Part 1; the history of Vasquez Canyon Road Vasquez Canyon Road is named after infamous Gold Rush era bandit Tiburcio Vásquez. Tiburcio Vásquez was born on April 11, 1835, in Monterey of what was then the capital of Mexican Alta California. Vásquez was part of a middle-class family with connections to the 1776 De Anza Expedition. Following California becoming a U.S. state Tiburcio Vásquez would turn to crime. Vásquez was ...
Sand Canyon Road is an approximately six-mile highway mostly located in the city of Santa Clarita. The Sand Canyon Road corridor begins at the terminus of Little Tujunga Canyon which is located in the namesake Sand Canyon. Northbound Sand Canyon Road continues over the Santa Clara River and Antelope Valley Freeway (California State Route 14) to a terminus at Sierra Highway (former US Route 6). Sand Canyon Road originally only spanned from Sand Canyon in the San Gabiel Mountains north to Lost Canyon Road. The corridor was extended to Sierra Highway during the late 1930s. The Sand Canyon Road interchange with the Antelope Valley Freeway opened to traffic during August 1963. Part 1; the history of Sand Canyon Road Sand Canyon Road is named after a canyon located in the San Gabriel Mountains at the southeast city limit of Santa Clarita. Sand Canyon originates near Magic Mountain and carries a wash westward into the city of Santa Clarita. Upon ...