CALIFORNIA STATE ROUTE 57

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'State Route 57' is the 'Orange Freeway', a major north-south freeway located entirely within Southern California. This freeway serves the cities and communities of the Greater Los Angeles Area. The entire freeway was opened in 1972.
This freeway's north terminus is at its junction with the Foothill Freeway, I-210, in Glendora (formerly the Glendora Curve interchange). The freeway continues south to the interchange with the San Bernardino Freeway, Interstate 10 and Chino Valley Freeway, State Route 71, in south San Dimas (also known as the Kellogg interchange, where the 57 Freeway originally ended). It continues south into the Pomona Valley, where it merges and shares an alignment with the Pomona Freeway, State Route 60, in Diamond Bar for several miles before separating and heading south. The freeway then passes through the Brea Hills into Orange County. From the county line, its alignment is straight south to its terminus at its junction with the Santa Ana Freeway, Interstate 5, and the Garden Grove Freeway, State Route 22, in southwestern Orange. This junction is also referred locally as the "Orange Crush interchange" for its infamous traffic congestion.
In April 2003, the section of SR 57 in Fullerton between Yorba Linda Boulevard and Orangethorpe Avenue was designated the "CHP Officer Don J. Burt Memorial Highway."
Until 2002, the section of SR 57 between the Kellogg Interchange and the Foothill Freeway was signed as Interstate 210.
A few major places of importance that are immediately off of the 57 Orange Freeway include Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Honda Center, California State University Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, The Block at Orange, Brea Mall, Raging Waters and Puddingstone Reservoir.

Contents

Control cities

Cities/Communities along CA/SR-57 (north to south)

Proposed extension

State law

Exit list

External links

References

Control cities

'Northbound'

★ Pomona (Orange Crush interchange to Diamond Bar Crunch Interchange)

★ (No control cities from SR-60 interchange to I-210/SR-210 interchange.)
'Southbound'

★ Santa Ana

Cities/Communities along CA/SR-57 (north to south)

★ Glendora

★ San Dimas

★ Pomona

★ Diamond Bar

★ Brea

★ Fullerton

★ Placentia

★ Anaheim

★ Orange

Proposed extension

There are plans to extend Route 57 south from the Orange Crush interchange to State Route 1. One such proposal is a $950 million, 4-lane, 11.2 mile (18 km) toll road from Interstate 5 to Interstate 405 along the Santa Ana River Flood Control Channel. This extension would consist of 2 two-lane viaducts running longitudinally down the river channel. However, the project faces opposition from neighborhoods around the proposed route and those who want a park along the river. The Army Corps of Engineers, which has major flood-control jurisdiction over the river, has also opposed the plan because of possible impacts on the flood channel. Therefore the Route 57 will probably not end at Route 1. Recently, Caltrans and OCTA have suggested to extend the Route 57 to Interstate 405 in Costa Mesa to meet the exit of the Orange County South Coast Plaza, closer to the Route 55 and possibly slightly west to where the Route 73 ends, making the tollway run slightly southeast after the Orange Crush Interchange. ^[1]

State law

'Legal Definition of Route 57:' California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 357
Route 57 from Route 1 to Route 60 is known as the Orange Freeway, as named by Assembly Concurrent Resolution 17, Chapter 157 in 1969.^[2]

Exit list

Mileposts derived from and exit numbers derived from.^[3]

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Orange		ORA 0.00	—-		'Unconstructed'
			—-		'Unconstructed'
	Orange	ORA 10.80	1A (SB)		Southbound exit and northbound entrance; no access to I-5 north
			1B (SB)		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			1C (SB)
		ORA 11.24	1A (NB) 1D (SB)	Chapman Avenue - Orange
	Anaheim	ORA 11.80	1B (NB) 1E (SB)	Orangewood Avenue
		ORA 12.54	2	Katella Avenue
		ORA 13.42	3	Ball Road
		ORA 14.78	4	Lincoln Avenue
		ORA 15.60	5A
			5B
	Placentia	ORA 16.39	6A (NB) 6 (SB)	Orangethorpe Avenue
	Fullerton	ORA 17.30	6B (NB) 7 (SB)	Chapman Avenue - Fullerton	Combined southbound exit and northbound entrance
		ORA 17.57	7	Nutwood Avenue
		ORA 18.34	8	Yorba Linda Blvd
	Brea	ORA 19.88	9
		ORA 20.88	10	Lambert Road
		ORA 20.78	11 (NB)	Tonner Canyon Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southbound entrance accessible via Brea Canyon Road
Los Angeles	Diamond Bar	LA R0.91	13 (NB)	Brea Canyon Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		LA R1.94	14	Diamond Bar Blvd
		LA R3.17	15	Pathfinder Road
		LA 4.53	16 (NB)		SR 60 joins northbound and leaves southbound
		Concurrency with 25x20px SR 60
		LA 4.98	18 (SB)	Sunset Crossing Road;	Part of the interchange with SR 60 and Diamond Bar Blvd; SR 60 east accessible via Diamond Bar Blvd; SR 60 joins southbound and leaves northbound
	Pomona	LA 6.17	20	Temple Avenue
		LA 7.73	21		Split into Exit 22A (west) and Exit 22B (east) southbound
	San Dimas	LA R7.94	22C (SB)		Southbound exit and northbound entrance; Northern terminus of SR 71
		LA R8.71	22 (NB) 22D (SB)	Via Verde; Raging Waters Drive
		LA R10.27	24A	Covina Blvd
		LA R10.74	24B	Arrow Highway - San Dimas
	Glendora	LA R11.57 LA R11.60	25A (NB)	Auto Centre Drive; Allen Ave	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		LA R11.77 LA R11.79	25B (NB)
Northbound traffic defaults onto I-210 Foothill Freeway west

External links

★ CalTrans page on the proposed toll road

★ California Highways

★ Western Exit Guide - California 57

★ ABC7's Live Traffic Tracker - Orange County

References

1. [1]
2. 2006 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California, , , , Caltrans, ,
3. Cal-NExUS Interchange Exit Numbering