Santa Ana Freeway

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Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountiesOrange, Los Angeles
Highway system
Southern California freeways

The Santa Ana Freeway is one of the principal

Bill Keene Memorial Interchange) in downtown Los Angeles. Formerly, the entirety of the route was marked as US 101 until the 1964 highway renumbering
, which truncated US 101 to the East Los Angeles Interchange and designated the rest of the freeway as I-5.

North of the East Los Angeles Interchange complex, I-5 follows the

Golden State Freeway. South of the El Toro Y, I-5 takes on the San Diego Freeway
name from I-405.

An abundance of landmarks, most importantly

Orange freeways in southwestern Orange is nicknamed the Orange Crush
.

The freeway is officially defined as Routes 101 and 5 from Route 110 (Four Level Interchange) to Route 405.[2]

History

Los Angeles County
.

The Santa Ana Freeway is a bypass of the original state highway from Los Angeles to Santa Ana, which passed through

US 101 in 1928.[4]

In 1933, the state legislature added a number of routes to the state highway system, including two that later formed parts of the Santa Ana Freeway. Route 166 began at the new

US 6 entered California;[9] SR 10 was soon truncated to Anaheim Boulevard, as US 101 had moved from Route 2 to the shorter Route 174 in Santa Ana.[10]
)

A U.S. Route 101 Bypass was created by 1941, beginning at the intersection of Routes 166 (Indiana Street, soon moved to Downey Road[

SR 19). This resulted in SR 10 being truncated further, to the intersection of Firestone and Rosemead Boulevards, though SR 26 continued to extend east on Routes 166 and 171 to Buena Park.[11][12][13]

A freeway connecting downtown Los Angeles with

Norwalk; at the same time, the northernmost piece was changed from Indiana Street to Downey Road.[16]

The entire Santa Ana Freeway began construction in 1947 and completed in 1956. Originally it was signed as US 101 before the segment of 101 between the East Los Angeles Interchange and the

Golden State Freeway
which was originally signed as US 99.

Former Interstate 105

From 1964 to 1968, the I-105 designation was used on a stretch of road linking I-5/I-10, US 101, and SR 10 (former I-110) north of downtown Los Angeles, now known as the East Los Angeles Interchange. In 1968, this I-105 was decommissioned, and that portion of the Santa Ana Freeway was folded into US 101.[17]

Exit list

Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions).[18] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.

CountyLocationPostmile
[18][19][20]		Exit[21][22]DestinationsNotes
San Diego
Continuation beyond I-405
94A


 I-405 north (San Diego Freeway north) to SR 133 south – Long Beach		Northbound exit and southbound entrance; south end of Santa Ana Freeway; south end of I-5 overlap
See I-5 Exits 94A–134
Los Angeles
16.88
S0.00[a]		—
 I-5 north (Golden State Freeway) / I-10 – Sacramento, San Bernardino, Santa Monica		North end of I-5 overlap; south end of US 101 overlap; no access from I-5 north to US 101 north, and vice versa
See US 101 Exits 1–3
San Pedro
North end of Santa Ana Freeway; north end of US 101 overlap
—
 US 101 north (Hollywood Freeway) – Ventura		Continuation beyond SR 110
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  1. ^ a b Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along US 101 rather than I-5.
  2. ^ Exit numbers follow US 101 rather than I-5.

See also

  • sign 
    California Roads portal

References

  1. ^ a b "Mapping L.A.: Boyle Heights". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  2. Caltrans
    . p. 63. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  3. ^ Ben Blow, California Highways: A Descriptive Record of Road Development by the State and by Such Counties as Have Paved Highways, 1920 (Archive.org or Internet Archive), pp. 165, 194-195
  4. California Highways and Public Works, United States Numbered Highways
    , January 1928
  5. ^ California State Assembly. "An act to amend sections 2, 3 and 5 and to add two sections to be numbered 6 and 7 to an act entitled 'An act to provide for the acquisition of rights of way for and the construction, maintenance..." Fiftieth Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 767 p. 2040.: "Los Angeles, Indiana and 3rd Streets, to the Huntington Beach-Whittier Road near Santa Fe Springs." "State Highway Route 60 via Manchester Avenue to State Highway Route 2 near Miraflores." "State Highway Route 2 near Orange County Hospital to Main Street, Santa Ana, via Santa Ana Boulevard."
  6. ^ California State Assembly. "An act to establish a Streets and Highways Code, thereby consolidating and revising the law relating to public ways and all appurtenances thereto, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts specified herein". Fifty-first Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 29 p. 286.: "Route 166 is from Route 172, at the intersection of Indiana and Third Streets, in Los Angeles, to Route 171 near Santa Fe Springs." "Route 174 is from: (a) Route 60 via Manchester Avenue to Route 2 near Miraflores. (b) Route 2 near Orange County Hospital to Main Street, Santa Ana, via Santa Ana Boulevard."
  7. Archive.org
    .
  8. H.M. Gousha Company, Los Angeles and Vicinity
    , 1935
  9. ^ Richard F. Weingroff, U.S. 6: The Grand Army of the Republic Highway
  10. H.M. Gousha Company, Los Angeles and Vicinity
    , 1939
  11. H.M. Gousha Company, Los Angeles and Vicinity Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
    , 1941: SR 10 overlaps US 101 Bypass to Anaheim
  12. H.M. Gousha Company, Los Angeles and Vicinity Archived 2006-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
    , 1942: SR 10 has been truncated
  13. Division of Highways, Los Angeles and Vicinity
    , 1944
  14. ^ Los Angeles Times, Super-Road Hearing Set, September 8, 1939, p. 20
  15. ISBN 0-520-24166-5
    , p. 61
  16. ^ California State Assembly. "An act to amend Sections 345, 466 and 612 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to descriptions of certain State highways". Fifty-fourth Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 142 p. 1185.: "Route 166 is from Route 172, at the intersection of Downey Road to Route 174, near Norwalk."
  17. ^ "105 California". Interstate Guide. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  18. ^ a b California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  19. ^ California Department of Transportation (July 2007). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
  20. ^ Staff (2005–2006). "All Traffic Volumes on CSHS". California Department of Transportation.
  21. California Numbered Exit Uniform System
    . California Department of Transportation. August 17, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  22. California Numbered Exit Uniform System
    . California Department of Transportation. May 21, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2016.

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