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A HOV lane has been built along the entire freeway portion from I-405 to SR 91, with some direct access ramps, including one for I-5. However, congestion is still very prevalent throughout the day, as is the norm with many Orange County freeways; Route 55 experiences a peak daily traffic volume of 262,000 vehicles and 17,292 trucks. [4] [5]
State Route 57 (SR 57), also known as the Orange Freeway for most of its length, is a north–south state highway in the Greater Los Angeles Area of the U.S. state of California. It connects the interchange of Interstate 5 (I-5) and SR 22 near downtown Orange , locally known as the Orange Crush , to the Glendora Curve interchange with I-210 and ...
The interchange comprises four freeway segments and 13 bridges (i.e. there are five freeway "paths" of travel into the complex) of three major highways: I-5 (Santa Ana Freeway) – Los Angeles, Santa Ana; SR 22 (Garden Grove Freeway) – Long Beach, Garden Grove, Orange; SR 57 north (Orange Freeway) – Pomona [3] [4]
Interstate 5 was closed in both directions through the Tejon Pass, according to the California Highway Patrol and Caltrans. Officials advised that drivers use U.S. 101 instead. Highway 14 closed ...
Here are the many highways and freeways that are shut down across California as a result of the powerful storm —and tips for driving safely in the muck.
Southern California residents idiomatically refer to freeways with the definite article, as "the [freeway number]", e.g. "the 5" or "the 10". [18] This use of the article differs from other American dialects, including that of Northern California, but is the same as in the UK (e.g.
The freeway is one of the busiest freeways in the nation and is the busiest freeway in California. [10] The freeway's congestion problems have led to jokes that the road was numbered 405 because traffic moves at "four or five" miles per hour (6.4 or 8.0 km/h), or because drivers had spent "four or five" hours to travel anywhere.
Caltrans wasn't supposed to build a freeway lane without environmental review, but many believe that's exactly what it did. Environmentalists are now trying to stop its use as a toll lane.