Angeles Forest Highway

Angeles Forest Highway
Map of southern California with Angeles Forest Highway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
Length:	25 mi (40 km)
Existed:	1941 (in Los Angeles County, California) – present
History:	Proposed in 1928, over the San Gabriel Mountains

The Angeles Forest Highway is a road over the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, California. It connects the Los Angeles Basin with the Antelope Valley and western Mojave Desert. The highway is also known as County Road N-3 or FH-59 or the Palmdale cutoff; the route numbers are unsigned, but noted on many maps. It is about 25 miles (40 km) long.

It passes through the Angeles National Forest, and a western section of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. The Angeles Forest Highway is maintained by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.

It is used primarily for recreation, although a significant portion of its traffic comes from commuters living in the Antelope Valley. It a well-known alternate to California State Route 14 in this regard, and is known for its numerous high-speed accidents.

The first section of the Palmdale cutoff north from Los Angeles is the southern end of the Angeles Crest Highway, which follows the Arroyo Seco and the powerlines north from La Cañada. At Dark Canyon, the powerlines diverge over the ridge while the paved highway follows the canyon to Georges Gap, just past the Clear Creek Vista.