[5] The southern-most 3 miles (4.8 km) of Kanan Dume Road feature an eight percent grade, with the final 800 feet (240 m) also featuring a 2.5 feet (0.76 m) deep, gravel filled, middle lane runaway truck ramp.

[1] Kanan Dume Road features three tunnels within the Santa Monica Mountains, named (from north to south) T-1, T-2, and T-3.

Kanan Dume Road was completed in 1974, pushed through by Agoura Hills residents who wanted a quicker connection to the coast.

Several congressmen including Barry Goldwater Jr. opposed Kanan Dume Road, as they believed it would lead to indiscriminate use of the Santa Monica Mountains, which they wished to preserve.

[7] After a series of crashes and resulting deaths, a runaway truck ramp was added to Kanan Dume Road's southern terminus in 1987.