POMONA FREEWAY

The 'Pomona Freeway' is the assigned name of the majority of California State Route 60 (CA/SR-60) between its western terminus at the East Los Angeles Interchange complex and its junction with the Riverside Freeway, California State Route 91 (CA/SR-91) and Interstate 215 (I-215) in Riverside. The freeway itself continues east beyond this interchange but does so as the Moreno Valley Freeway.
It traverses through Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties. As it passes through many of Los Angeles' east side suburbs in southern San Gabriel and Pomona valleys, it is a major transportation corridor. For the majority of its length it is generally parallel to, and south of, the San Bernardino Freeway, Interstate 10 (I-10), and generally parallel to, and north of, the Riverside Freeway. Traffic congestion is excacerbated by the rapid population growth and, therefore, residential, commercial, and industrial development in the inland communities known informally as the Inland Empire. In particular, it has become increasingly clogged of late with shipping container-laden trucks travelling from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to rail yards and warehouses in the Inland Empire.

Contents

History

Legal definition

Control cities

Cities/Communities along the Pomona Freeway (west to east)

Major Intersections

References

History

Construction of State Route 60 began in 1962 and was completed in 1971. The segment of the route between Interstate 15, the Ontario Freeway, and its terminus in Beaumont was signed as U.S. Highway 60 after the original alignment of US 60 was replaced by the San Bernardino Freeway, Interstate 10 . The assignment of the route number SR-60 replaced US 60 in late 1968 before the entire freeway was opened in 1971.

Legal definition

The Pomona Freeway is Route 60 from Route 5 to Route 83, as named by the State Highway Commission on November 15 1955.^[1]

Control cities

'Eastbound'

★ Pomona - between the East Los Angeles Interchange and SR-57 (Diamond Bar Crunch)

★ Riverside - between Diamond Bar Crunch and I-215
'Westbound'

★ Los Angeles

Cities/Communities along the Pomona Freeway (west to east)

★ Boyle Heights

★ East Los Angeles

★ Monterey Park

★ Montebello

★ Rosemead

★ South El Monte

★ Industry

★ Hacienda Heights

★ Rowland Heights

★ Diamond Bar

★ Pomona

★ Chino

★ Ontario

★ Rubidoux

★ Riverside

Major Intersections

County	Location	Road(s)[2]
25x20px CA-60 Pomona Freeway becomes 25x20px I-10 Santa Monica Freeway.
Los Angeles	Boyle Heights	24x20px I-5 Santa Ana Freeway
	East Los Angeles	24x20px I-710 Long Beach Freeway
Los Angeles	South El Monte	25x20px CA-19 Rosemead Boulevard
Los Angeles	Avocado Heights	25x20px I-605 San Gabriel River Freeway
Los Angeles	Rowland Heights	25x20px CA-39 Azusa Avenue
Los Angeles	Diamond Bar	25x20px CA-57 Orange Freeway
Riverside	Chino	25x20px CA-71 Chino Valley Freeway
Riverside	Montclair	25x20px CA-83 Euclid Avenue
Riverside	Ontario	25x20px CA-31 (Hamner Avenue)
Riverside	Ontario	25x20px I-15 Ontario Freeway
Riverside	Riverside	25x20px / 25x20px CA-91/I-215 Riverside Freeway
Pomona Freeway continues along Moreno Valley Freeway

References

1. 2006 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California, , , , Caltrans, ,
2. January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways