Foothill Freeway
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Length | 85.31 mi[1][2] (137.29 km) Length includes the entire Route 210. | |||
History | Route proposed 1933 Designated 210 in 1964 | |||
Component highways | I-210 from Los Angeles to Glendora SR 210 from Glendora to Redlands | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | I-5 in Los Angeles | |||
East end | I-10 in Redlands | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | California | |||
Counties | Los Angeles, San Bernardino | |||
Highway system | ||||
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The Foothill Freeway is a
The Foothill Freeway name is a reference to
The portion between I-5 and
Route description
I-210's western terminus is at its junction with I-5, near the Sylmar district of Los Angeles. From that point, the freeway's alignment is generally diagonal as it heads southeast through the northeastern San Fernando Valley and the Crescenta Valley. After leaving Los Angeles, it enters northern Glendale and then La Cañada Flintridge where it meets with the Glendale Freeway and Angeles Crest Highway portions of SR 2 before turning due south towards the junction with SR 134) in Pasadena. At this interchange, the Foothill Freeway shifts its alignment and direction, becoming an east–west freeway. From the north, the primary through lanes of I-210 become the unsigned northern stub of unfinished I-710, while from the east, the through lanes of the Ventura Freeway become I-210 as the Ventura Freeway reaches its official eastern terminus. After intersecting the northern terminus of I-605, I-210 then continues east to SR 57 in Glendora. Heading east from the SR 57 interchange until its eastern terminus at I-10 in Redlands, Route 210 is signed as a state route.
Portions of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (Metro) light rail A Line runs in the median strip of I-210 from Pasadena to Arcadia, serving three stations at Lake, Allen, and Sierra Madre Villa.
SR 210 presently has two distinct segments. The western segment consists of newer freeway, beginning at the east end of I-210 near
The segment east of I-215 is the former alignment of SR 30. This segment extends eastward to junctions with I-215, SR 259, SR 18, and SR 330 in Highland. SR 210 then curves southward and ends in a junction with I-10 in Redlands.
Route 210 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,[6] and is part of the National Highway System,[7] a network of highways that are considered important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.[8] Route 210 is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System,[9] but it is not officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans).[10] Route 210 from Route 5 to Route 10 in Redlands is known as the Foothill Freeway, as named by Senate Concurrent Resolution 29, Chapter 128 in 1991.[11]
Glendora Curve
The Glendora Curve is the former colloquial name for the interchange between what is now SR 57 and the Foothill Freeway, I-210.[12] The "curve" refers to the I-210 freeway as it turned south in an almost 90 degree angle in the city of Glendora. Prior to 2002, this "curve" was entirely part of I-210, as it continued south to its former eastern terminus at the Kellogg Interchange at the junctions of the Chino Valley Freeway, SR 71, the San Bernardino Freeway, I-10, and SR 57. Once the I-210 was extended eastward from the Glendora Curve, the portion of I-210 south of the Glendora Curve was transferred to SR 57 and the name Glendora Curve fell out of popular use.[13]
History
Initial segments
Construction began on the Foothill Freeway in 1958. The first section, starting at the eastern end of Foothill Boulevard in what is now
The section going northwest from Pasadena through La Canada Flintridge to the junction with I-5 in Sylmar was built in several stages between 1971 and 1977. The first section to open was between Ocean View Boulevard and Lowell Avenue in
In 1968, the
Extensions
In the 1990s,
Caltrans has petitioned the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the trade organization that oversees the designation and numbering of the Interstate Highway System, to resign the entire Foothill Freeway, including the entire segments of SR 210 and SR 30, as I-210. Upon completion of the new freeway segment west of I-215, SR 30 from I-215 to I-10 in Redlands was resigned as SR 210. The resigning in 2003 of the former portion of I-210 now signed as SR 57 truncated I-210 from its parent route, I-10. Presuming that authority is given at some point in the future to resign the entirety of Route 210 as an Interstate, I-210 will once again connect to its parent route, but much farther east in Redlands.
The western freeway segment, planned since the 1970s and completed in 2002, replaced a western surface street segment that began with Base Line Road (sometimes spelled Baseline Road) at its intersection with
State Route 30
Location | Glendora–Redlands |
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Existed | 1933–2007 |
State Route 30 (SR 30) was the former designation of SR 210 and
SR 30 was adopted as a state route in 1933 as part of Legislative Route 190. It was an unsigned highway, running from LRN 9 (formerly US 66, Foothill Blvd) near San Dimas to LRN 26 (SR 38) near Redlands. It also ran from LRN 26 near Redlands to LRN 43 near Big Bear Lake, which would become part of SR 38.[16] During the renumbering of California routes, LRN 190 was split into two different routes. The western portion, between I-210 in San Dimas and Highland became SR 30. The eastern portion, between SR 38 in Redlands and Highland was combined with LRN 207 (currently SR 330) to form SR 106. In 1972, the northern portion of SR 106, between SR 30 and SR 18 would be renumbered SR 330.[17] The southern portion, between SR 30 and I-10 (SR 106 was moved to I-10 in 1965) was combined with SR 30.[18]
Initial freeway construction started in 1968, and constructed the freeway between SR 259 and Cedar Street in San Bernardino. Construction continued east in 1971, which brought the freeway just west of SR 330. Construction did not resume until 1989 which extended the freeway west to I-215. The last phase of construction started in 1992, which connected the route south to I-10.[2]
In 1968, the state requested that SR 30 be incorporated into the Interstate system, but was declined.[18] The next effort started in 1998. The state decided to close the 25-mile (40 km) gap between I-210 and SR 30. It also decided to number the new freeway as SR 210, in preparation of the route becoming an Interstate. Also, when the new freeway was close to the existing route, the entire route would be renumbered SR 210. In addition, the short section of the Orange Freeway, which was numbered I-210, would be renumbered SR 57 to match the number used for the rest of the freeway. Construction started on the eastern end from Foothill Boulevard (exit 47), and slowly moved east. In 2007, the mainline freeway section was completed, which ended the existence of SR 30.
State Route 30 business route
Location | Rialto–Highland |
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Existed | 1964–2007 |
State Route 30 Business (SR 30 Bus.) was a business route of SR 30 that existed from 1964 to 2007 along Highland Avenue from Rialto to Highland; it serves the city centers of both cities. Its main purpose was to divert traffic from the Foothill Freeway and connect traffic from downtown Rialto to Downtown San Bernardino by street. This business route remained signed at the crossing of Waterman Avenue and Highland Avenue where old, sun-bleached signs were not taken down until 2023.
I-215 interchange
The final phase of the Foothill Freeway project involved the completion of the interchange with I-215 (exit 74).[19] When the Foothill Freeway mainline was completed in 2007, exit 74 had only four of its six ramps built, missing movements from SR 210 eastbound to I-215 southbound and from I-215 northbound to SR 210 westbound. The flyover plans for these moves had to be recast to address potential soil liquefaction in the event of rupture of existing or undiscovered faults in the area during an earthquake; this project was separated from the main 210 project to avoid delaying the latter.[20] Completion of exit 74 was also tied to the widening of I-215 in the area. The flyover from northbound I-215 to westbound SR 210 opened on December 22, 2011,[21] while the eastbound SR 210 to southbound I-215 opened on July 23, 2012, thus completing the interchange.[22]
Future
Caltrans District 8, in cooperation with the cities of Highland and San Bernardino and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, is currently evaluating ways to improve mobility and connectivity to the freeway at and near the Highland Avenue interchange, including a proposal to construct a new interchange to the east at Victoria Avenue.[23] The Fair Oaks Avenue South exit in Pasadena is also being moved to not share an exit with the Northbound 210.
Exit list
County | Location | mi[24] | km | Exit[24] | Destinations | Notes |
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Golden State Freeway) – Sacramento | Western terminus of I-210; I-5 exit 161A | |||||
— | I-5 Truck to SR 14 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
1B | Los Angeles | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-5 exit 161B | ||||
0.84 | 1.35 | 1C | Yarnell Street | Signed as exit 1 eastbound | ||
1.92 | 3.09 | 2 | Roxford Street – Sylmar | |||
3.28 | 5.28 | 3 | Polk Street | |||
4.11 | 6.61 | 4 | Hubbard Street | |||
4.94 | 7.95 | 5 | Maclay Street – San Fernando | |||
5.91 | 9.51 | 6A | Ronald Reagan Freeway) – Ventura | Signed as exit 6B westbound; SR 118 exits 46A-B | ||
6.00 | 9.66 | 6B | Paxton Street | Signed as exit 6A westbound | ||
7.82 | 12.59 | 8 | Osborne Street / Foothill Boulevard | |||
9.43 | 15.18 | 9 | Wheatland Avenue – Lake View Terrace | |||
11.08 | 17.83 | 11 | Sunland Boulevard – Sunland, Tujunga | |||
14.17 | 22.80 | 14 | La Tuna Canyon Road | |||
Glendale | 15.62 | 25.14 | 16 | Lowell Avenue – Tujunga | ||
16.77 | 26.99 | 17A | Pennsylvania Avenue – La Crescenta | Signed as exit 17 eastbound | ||
La Crescenta | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||||
18.22 | 29.32 | 18 | Ocean View Boulevard – Montrose | |||
Los Angeles | Western end of SR 2 concurrency; SR 2 north exits 21A-B | |||||
19.88 | 31.99 | 20 | SR 2 east (Angeles Crest Highway) – La Cañada Flintridge | Eastern end of SR 2 concurrency | ||
20.60 | 33.15 | 21 | Gould Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
Foothill Boulevard | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||||
21.53 | 34.65 | 22A | Berkshire Avenue / Oak Grove Drive | |||
Pasadena | 22.49 | 36.19 | 22B | Arroyo Boulevard / Windsor Avenue | ||
23.19 | 37.32 | 23 | Lincoln Avenue / Washington Boulevard | |||
24.06 | 38.72 | 24 | Seco Street / Mountain Street | |||
24.96 | 40.17 | 25A | SR 710) – Pasadena | Eastbound left exit and westbound left entrance | ||
25B | SR 134 west (Ventura Freeway) – Ventura | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; SR 134 exit 13B | ||||
25A | Fair Oaks Avenue south | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
25B | Fair Oaks Avenue north / Marengo Avenue | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
26A | SR 710) – Ventura | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of SR 134/Ventura Freeway. | ||||
♦ | SR 134 west | HOV access only; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
26.33 | 42.37 | 26 | Lake Avenue | Signed as exit 26B westbound | ||
26.94 | 43.36 | 27A | Hill Avenue | Signed as exit 27 eastbound | ||
27.41 | 44.11 | 27B | Allen Avenue | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
28.25 | 45.46 | 28 | Altadena Drive / Sierra Madre Boulevard | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
28.68 | 46.16 | 29A | San Gabriel Boulevard | |||
29.29 | 47.14 | 29B | Madre Street | |||
Rosemead Boulevard ) / Michillinda Avenue | Signed as exits 30A (south) and 30B (north) eastbound | |||||
Arcadia | 30.82 | 49.60 | 31 | Baldwin Avenue – Sierra Madre | ||
31.88 | 51.31 | 32 | Santa Anita Avenue | |||
Monrovia | 32.89 | 52.93 | 33 | Huntington Drive | ||
33.91 | 54.57 | 34 | Myrtle Avenue | |||
Monrovia–Duarte line | 34.74 | 55.91 | 35A | Mountain Avenue | ||
Duarte | 35.24 | 56.71 | 35B | Buena Vista Street | ||
San Gabriel River Freeway ) / Mount Olive Drive | Signed as exit 36A (I-605) and 36B (Mount Olive Drive) | |||||
37.86 | 60.93 | 38 | Irwindale Avenue | |||
Azusa | 38.96 | 62.70 | 39 | Vernon Avenue | ||
39.60 | 63.73 | 40 | Azusa Avenue ) | |||
40.60 | 65.34 | 41 | Citrus Avenue – Covina | |||
Glendora | 41.59 | 66.93 | 42 | Grand Avenue | ||
43.16 | 69.46 | 43 | Sunflower Avenue | |||
44.20 | 71.13 | 44 | Lone Hill Avenue | |||
44.90 | 72.26 | 45 | Orange Freeway) – Santa Ana | Glendora Curve; eastern end of I-210 and western end of SR 210; SR 57 is former I-210 east; SR 57 exits 25B-C | ||
San Dimas | 45.48 | 73.19 | 46 | San Dimas Avenue | ||
La Verne | 46.66 | 75.09 | 47 | SR 66 east (Foothill Boulevard) – La Verne | Former US 66 | |
48.06 | 77.35 | 48 | Fruit Street | |||
Claremont | 49.57 | 79.78 | 50 | Towne Avenue | ||
51.91 | 83.54 | 52 | Base Line Road | Former SR 30 | ||
San Bernardino | Upland | 53.65 | 86.34 | 54 | Mountain Avenue – Mount Baldy | |
55.64 | 89.54 | 56 | Campus Avenue | |||
Rancho Cucamonga | 56.75 | 91.33 | 57 | Carnelian Street | ||
58.05 | 93.42 | 58 | Archibald Avenue | |||
59.06 | 95.05 | 59 | Haven Avenue | |||
60.06 | 96.66 | 60 | Milliken Avenue | |||
61.31 | 98.67 | 61 | Day Creek Boulevard | |||
San Diego | I-15 exits 115A-B | |||||
Fontana | 64.08 | 103.13 | 64B | Cherry Avenue | ||
♦ | Beech Avenue | HOV access only | ||||
66.08 | 106.35 | 66 | Citrus Avenue | |||
67.08 | 107.95 | 67 | Sierra Avenue | |||
Rialto | 68.18 | 109.73 | 68 | Alder Avenue | ||
69.54 | 111.91 | 70 | Ayala Drive | |||
71.15 | 114.50 | 71 | Riverside Avenue | |||
71.82 | 115.58 | 72 | Pepper Avenue | |||
San Bernardino | 72.84 | 117.22 | 73 | State Street / University Parkway | ||
74.02 | 119.12 | 74 | I-15E ; I-215 exit 46C | |||
75.09 | 120.85 | 75A | H Street | Signed as exit 75 eastbound | ||
75.25 | 121.10 | 75B | SR 259 south to I-215 south – Riverside | Eastbound access is via exit 75; I-215 north exit 45A | ||
76.37 | 122.91 | 76 | Waterman Avenue ) | |||
77.87 | 125.32 | 78 | Del Rosa Avenue | |||
78.88 | 126.95 | 79 | Highland Avenue | |||
80.81 | 130.05 | 81 | SR 330 north – Running Springs, Big Bear Lake | |||
Highland | 81.47 | 131.11 | 82 | Base Line Street | ||
82.38 | 132.58 | 83 | 5th Street / Greenspot Road | |||
Redlands | 84.49 | 135.97 | 84 | San Bernardino Avenue | ||
85.31 | 137.29 | 85 | Los Angeles, Indio | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; signed as exits 85A (west) and 85B (east); east end of SR 210; I-10 east exit 77B, west exit 77C | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- California Roads portal
- Greater Los Angeles portal
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ I-215 Project [@215NEWS] (July 23, 2012). "Great news! EB SR-210 to SB I-215 connector and SB Mt. Vernon Ave./27th St. on-ramp are now open!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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