Ventura Freeway
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Country | United States | |||
State | California | |||
Counties | Ventura, Los Angeles | |||
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Southern California freeways | ||||
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Length | 14 mi[2] (23 km) |
Existed | 1957–present |
The Ventura Freeway is a
Before the construction of a new alignment in 1971, the portion east of the Golden State Freeway was known as the Colorado Freeway after nearby Colorado Boulevard, a historic thoroughfare in Pasadena and northeastern Los Angeles.
Route description
U.S. Route 101
The Ventura Freeway begins at the
The westernmost portion of the freeway also forms part of the unsigned SR 1 concurrency that stretches from Las Cruces in the west to Oxnard in the east, with SR 1 spitting off for about 6 miles (9.7 km) to serve Sea Cliff, Faria, Solimar Beach, and Emma Wood State Beach.
The portion of the Ventura Freeway signed as US 101 is signed as a north–south route by CalTrans despite the freeway's actual alignment being east–west. This is due to the fact that US 101 as a whole has an overall north–south alignment. The apparent inconsistency can be confusing to visitors, as the same freeway entrance can often be signed as "101 North" and "101 West." This is most common in the San Fernando Valley.
California State Route 134
Continuing eastward from the Hollywood Split as SR 134, the Ventura Freeway, now signed as east–west, skirts the northern edge of
The road is the main connector from the
Both the SR 134 and US 101 portions of the freeway are part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,[4] and is part of the National Highway System,[5] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.[6]
History
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History of State Route 134
A pre-freeway alignment of State Route 134 originated at U.S. Route 101 (Ventura Boulevard) and Fulton Avenue in
The Interstate 5 off-ramp at Colorado Street is actually a former routing of SR 134, and there are still mileposts that refer to it as such. Old SR 134 followed Colorado Street through
From 1964 to 1992, the Colorado Boulevard portions of Route 134 were renumbered as
Legal definitions
The official Ventura Freeway designation is Routes 101 and 134 from Route 5 to the
The interchange of SR 134 and I-5 is officially the "Gene Autry Memorial Interchange", after the singing cowboy superstar
Assembly Concurrent Resolution 54, Chapter 85 in 2003 also designated Route 101 in
The California Legislature passed a resolution in 2017 to designate the easternmost segment of the SR 134 freeway between SR 2 and its terminus at I-210 as the "President Barack H. Obama Highway", in honor of the 44th U.S. President Barack Obama, who had attended Occidental College in Eagle Rock from 1979 to 1981.[9] Signs were posted on December 20, 2018.[10]
Projects
The proposed
Ventura Freeway currently carries the Los Angeles Metro express bus route 501 between Pasadena and North Hollywood. Portions of SR 134 are also being considered as part of a Bus Rapid Transit project.[13]
Exit list
This exit list proceeds from east to west, since the majority of the freeway is the north-south US 101. 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 ( ).[14] 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.
County | Location | Postmile [14][2][15] | Exit [16][17] | Destinations | Notes | ||
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I-210 east (Foothill Freeway) – San Bernardino | Eastern terminus of SR 134 and Ventura Freeway; I-210 west exit 26A | ||||||
25C[a] | Fair Oaks Avenue, Marengo Avenue | Westbound exit is part of exits 25A–B on I-210 west | |||||
13B | SR 710) – San Fernando | I-210 east exits 25A–B | |||||
R12.97 | 13A | SR 248 | |||||
R12.36 | 12 | San Rafael Avenue, Linda Vista Avenue | Linda Vista Avenue was former SR 159 north | ||||
SR 248 east; westbound exit and eastbound entrance for Colorado Boulevard only connected via 0.7 mile flyover ramps, formerly part of SR 134 west | |||||||
Glendale Freeway ) | Signed as exit 9A eastbound; SR 2 north exits 17A-B, south exit 17B | ||||||
Glendale | R8.81 | 9A | Harvey Drive | Signed as exit 9B eastbound | |||
R7.87 | 8 | Glendale Avenue | |||||
R6.96– R7.13 | 7B | Central Avenue, Brand Boulevard | |||||
R6.57 | 7A | Pacific Avenue | |||||
R6.18 | 6 | San Fernando Road | Former US 6 / US 99 | ||||
Burbank Airport | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-5 south exit 144 | ||||||
R5.47 | 5B | Los Angeles | Signed as exit 5 westbound; I-5 north exit 144A-B | ||||
4.81 | 5A | Victory Boulevard to I-5 north | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
3.81 | 4 | Forest Lawn Drive | |||||
Burbank | 2.90 | 3 | Bob Hope Drive, Buena Vista Street | ||||
2.11 | 2 | Hollywood Way | No eastbound exit | ||||
1.82 | Pass Avenue – Burbank | Eastbound exit only | |||||
Hollywood | Signed as exit 1 eastbound; no westbound entrance | ||||||
0.51 | 1C | North Hollywood | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
0.35 | Vineland Avenue | Eastbound exit and entrance only | |||||
0.00 | 1B | SR 170 north (Hollywood Freeway) – Sacramento | West/northbound exit and east/southbound entrance; signed as exit 13 on US 101 north; SR 170 south exit 5B; east/south end of Hollywood Split | ||||
0.00 11.75[b] | — | West end of SR 134 East/south end of US 101 overlap | Ventura Freeway west follows SR 134 exit 1A to US 101 north; SR 170 south exit 5B | ||||
— | Los Angeles | East/southbound exit and west/northbound entrance; SR 134 east follows US 101 south exit 13B; west/north end of Hollywood Split | |||||
See US 101 Exits 13A–83 | |||||||
San Francisco | Western terminus of Ventura Freeway; continuation into Santa Barbara County | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- California Roads portal
- Los Angeles portal
- Colorado Street
References
- ^ a b c 2007 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California (PDF). Caltrans. p. 78. Retrieved March 28, 2007.
- ^ a b California Department of Transportation (July 2007). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
- ^ Kevin Starr, Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), p. 3.
- ^ "Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Division 1". California Streets and Highways Code. Sacramento: California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: Los Angeles, CA (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: Oxnard, CA (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 29, 2017. - ^ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
- ^ Ib. at 76
- ^ "California Highways (www.cahighways.org): Routes 97 through 104". www.cahighways.org. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ^ "Legislature passes resolution naming portion of 134 the Barack H. Obama Freeway". Pasadena Weekly. September 14, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ^ "Los Angeles-area freeway named for Barack Obama". ABC News. Associated Press. December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "Freeway wildlife corridor is feasible, study says". Visalia Times Delta. Associated Press. September 3, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ Guldimann, Suzanne (February 9, 2015). "Liberty Canyon wildlife crossing granted $1 million by SCC". Malibu Surfside News. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ^ Chilland, Elijah (July 17, 2019). "Eagle Rock split on Colorado Boulevard". Curbed Los Angeles. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
- California Numbered Exit Uniform System, US-101 Northbound and US-101 Southbound. Retrieved February 2008.
- California Numbered Exit Uniform System, SR-134 Eastbound and SR-134 Westbound. Retrieved February 2008.