California State Route 60

State Route 60 marker

State Route 60
Route information
Defined by Streets and Highways Code § 360
Maintained by Caltrans
Length: 70 mi[1] (113 km)
Existed: 1964 – present
Major junctions
West end: I‑5 / I‑10 / US 101 in Los Angeles
  I‑710 in East Los Angeles
I‑605 in Industry
SR 57 in Diamond Bar
SR 71 in Pomona
I‑15 in Jurupa Valley
SR 91 / I‑215 in Riverside
East end: I‑10 in Beaumont
Highway system
← SR 59SR 61 →

State Route 60 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It runs from Interstate 10 near the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles east to I-10 in Riverside County, with overlaps at State Route 57 and Interstate 215.

Route description

This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System.[2]

Route 60 serves the cities and communities on the eastern side of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and runs along the south side of the San Gabriel Valley. The west terminus of the freeway is at the East Los Angeles Interchange complex. The east terminus is at the junction with Interstate 10 (I-10) in Beaumont. The freeway is known as the Pomona Freeway west of its junction with State Route 91 and Interstate 215 in Riverside. East of this interchange the freeway is known as the Moreno Valley Freeway until its terminus at its junction with Interstate 10. The freeway shares the alignment of the Orange Freeway, State Route 57 for some 2 miles (3.2 km) in Diamond Bar and also shares the alignment of Interstate 215 for about 5 miles (8.0 km) in Riverside. The route takes its number from former U.S. Route 60. Route 60 terminates on the east coast at Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Pomona Freeway

Pomona Freeway in the foreground, with Phillips Ranch, and Mt. San Antonio in the background

The Pomona Freeway is the assigned name Route 60 (SR 60) between its western terminus at the East Los Angeles Interchange complex and its junction with the Riverside Freeway, State Route 91 (SR 91) and Interstate 215 (I-215) in Riverside.

It traverses 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, California State Route 91. Traffic congestion is exacerbated 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.

Moreno Valley Freeway

The Moreno Valley Freeway is a freeway segment of State Route 60 and Interstate 215, connecting Riverside to communities further east in the Inland Empire and (via Interstate 10) to the Coachella Valley. Its western terminus is at the intersection of the Pomona (State Route 60) and Riverside Freeways (State Route 91 and Interstate 215), near downtown Riverside. The freeway is cosigned as State Route 60 and Interstate 215 for several miles in Riverside, traveling southeast, until the border between Riverside and Moreno Valley, where Interstate 215 branches southward as the Escondido Freeway, and State Route 60 (maintaining the Moreno Valley Freeway designation) branches eastward for approximately 20 miles (32 km). East of Moreno Valley, Route 60 technically loses its freeway status and becomes an expressway (because Caltrans has not yet found the money to close off all driveways and rebuild all at-grade intersections as grade-separated interchanges). After passing through Moreno Valley and the rugged hill country to the east (known as the Badlands to the locals), Route 60 ends at Interstate 10 in Beaumont.

As a result of the rapid development of the Inland Empire since the 1980s, the Moreno Valley Freeway now suffers from severe traffic congestion. The northwestern section that is concurrently signed with Interstate 215 recently underwent significant construction to improve traffic flow.

History

Pomona Freeway eastbound and 57N Interchange, with Grand Ave. exit (exit 24B) for Mt. San Antonio College, Chino Hills, and Diamond Bar visible

Before 1964, U.S. 60 ran from Los Angeles to the Arizona state line, where it continued its nationwide trek, often overlapping U.S. 99 and U.S. 70 along the way. The advent of Interstate 10 created a situation where, at one point, four different signed routes would run along the state-maintained highway.

In 1964, California implemented a plan to simplify its highway-numbering system, where one state highway had only one route number and concurrencies were sternly discouraged. As a result, the U.S. 60 designation (along with U.S. 70 and U.S. 99) was removed. Interstate 10 (as Route 10) superseded U.S. 60's alignment from Beaumont and towards the Arizona state line, even though the routing was only partly a freeway. This left the officially designated Route 60 from Beaumont to Los Angeles orphaned from its original U.S. Highway (which to this day begins at a point on Interstate 10 east of Quartzsite, Arizona). This new Route 60 was provisionally signed as a U.S. Highway since the designation would guide motorists from Los Angeles to Arizona in the absence of a completed freeway for Interstate 10; when all of Route 10 was upgraded to a freeway, the U.S. Highway designation disappeared.

At least one California highway sign managed to be overlooked for many years afterward. A sign on Hess Boulevard at California State Route 62 in the unincorporated town of Morongo Valley pointing not to Interstate 10 but to U.S. 60 (with evidence of the sign having pointed to both U.S. 70 and U.S. 99 as well) stood through the early 2000s. It has since been removed.[3]

The stretch of Route 60 along the Moreno Valley Freeway made national headlines in April 2004, when five-year-old Ruby Bustamante of Indio and her 26-year-old mother, Norma, were reported missing. Their car had left the road, apparently unwitnessed, between the gap in two guard rails on April 4. It then crashed underneath a tree in a deep ravine. Though Mrs. Bustamante lost her life, presumably at the moment of impact, Ruby survived on her own for ten days on cups of uncooked Top Ramen noodles and bottles of Gatorade which were in the car.[4][5][6]

On December 14, 2011, a tanker truck carrying 8,800 gallons of gasoline caught fire and exploded on the Pomona Freeway in Montebello, causing Caltrans to have to rebuild the Paramount Boulevard overpass.[7][8]

There is a project that will begin on the summer of 2016 and will end on the winter of 2016 that will construct a partial interchange at Lemon Avenue.[9]

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 an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see the list of postmile definitions).[10] 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
[10][11][12]		Exit
[13][14]		DestinationsNotes
Los Angeles
LA 0.00-R30.46		Los Angeles0.001A I‑10 west (Santa Monica Freeway) – Santa MonicaWestbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of SR 60/Pomona Freeway;[15] I-10 east exit 16B
0.041BSanta Fe Avenue, Mateo StreetWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
R0.551A I‑5 south (Santa Ana Freeway) – Santa AnaEastbound exit only; I-5 north exit 134 goes directly to I-10 west
0.38–
R0.55		1C US 101 north (Santa Ana Freeway) / Soto Street – Los AngelesWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
R0.551E I‑5 north (Golden State Freeway) – SacramentoWestbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-5 south exit 134A
R1.481DWhittier Boulevard, Lorena StreetSigned as exit 1B eastbound; Whittier Boulevard was former US 101
R1.942Indiana StreetWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
R2.593ADowney Road
R3.273B I‑710 (Long Beach Freeway) – Pasadena, Long BeachI-710 north exit 20A, south exit 20B
Monterey ParkR4.434Atlantic Boulevard
MontebelloR5.166AFindlay AvenueEastbound exit and westbound entrance
R5.896BGarfield Avenue, Wilcox AvenueSigned as exit 6 westbound
R7.778Paramount Boulevard – Montebello
RosemeadR8.559San Gabriel Boulevard – Rosemead
9.5110A SR 19 (Rosemead Boulevard)
South El Monte10.2310BSanta Anita Avenue – South El Monte
11.0111Peck Road
Industry11.7112 I‑605 (San Gabriel River Freeway)I-605 exit 19
12.6313Crossroads Parkway
Hacienda Heights14.2614Seventh Avenue – IndustrySigned as exits 14A (south) and 14B (north) eastbound
15.9316Hacienda BoulevardFormer SR 39
Industry17.9718Azusa Avenue (CR N8)
19.4619Fullerton Road
Rowland Heights20.4320Nogales Street
IndustryR21.4821Fairway Drive – Walnut
Diamond Bar 22Lemon AvenueFuture partial interchange; to be a three-legged interchange with no westbound exit[16][17]
R22.9723Brea Canyon RoadNo westbound exit
Diamond Bar–Industry lineR23.5624A SR 57 south (Orange Freeway) – Santa AnaWest end of SR 57 overlap; SR 57 north exit 16
 — SR 57 southHOV access only; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
R24.4524BGrand Avenue – Diamond Bar
Diamond BarR25.4625 SR 57 north (Orange Freeway)East end of SR 57 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; westbound access is via exit 26
R25.5626Diamond Bar Boulevard
PomonaR28.0428Phillips Ranch Road
R29.3929A SR 71 (Chino Valley Freeway) – Pomona, CoronaSigned as exit 29B westbound; eastbound exit to SR 71 north is via exit 29B; SR 71 north exits 12A-B, south exits 12-13
R29.3929BGarey AvenueSigned as exit 29A westbound
R30.3330Reservoir Street
San Bernardino
R0.00-R9.96		ChinoR1.3732Ramona Avenue
R2.3733Central Avenue
R3.6034Mountain Avenue
OntarioR4.5835 SR 83 (Euclid Avenue) – Ontario
R5.8636 Grove Avenue – Ontario Airport
R6.8637Vineyard Avenue
R7.8738Archibald Avenue
R8.9139 Haven Avenue – Ontario Airport
San Bernardino–Riverside
county line		R9.9640Milliken Avenue, Hamner AvenueSigned as exit 41A westbound; former SR 31
Riverside
R0.00-30.50		 R0.4941 I‑15 (Ontario Freeway) – Barstow, San DiegoSigned as exit 41B westbound; I-15 south exit 106, north exits 106A-B
Jurupa ValleyR1.9942Van Buren Boulevard, Etiwanda Avenue, Mission Boulevard
R3.0343Country Village Road, Mission Boulevard
R4.5545Pedley Road
R5.5846Pyrite Street
7.5348Valley Way, Mission Boulevard – Rubidoux
9.5650Rubidoux Boulevard – Rubidoux
Riverside11.0752AMarket Street – Downtown Riverside
11.7352BMain Street
R12.0653A SR 91 west (Riverside Freeway) – Riverside, Beach CitiesSigned as exit 34B westbound; former US 91 south; east end of Pomona Freeway; SR 91 exits 65B-C
R12.21
43.27[N 1]		53B I‑215 north (Riverside Freeway) – San Bernardino, BarstowWest end of I-215 overlap; no exit number westbound; former I-15E north / US 91 north / US 395 north; I-215 exit 34C
42.84[N 1]34A[N 2]Spruce StreetClosed[18]
42.16[N 1]33[N 2]3rd Street, Blaine Street
41.49[N 1]32[N 2]University Avenue
40.98[N 1]31[N 2]Martin Luther King Boulevard
40.28[N 1]31[N 2]El Cerrito DriveClosed[18]
39.48[N 1]30B[N 2]Watkins Drive, Central Avenue
R38.92[N 1]30A[N 2]Fair Isle Drive – Box SpringsNo westbound exit from I-215 north
R38.34[N 1]
R12.21		58 I‑215 south (Escondido Freeway) – San DiegoEast end of I-215 overlap; no exit number eastbound; former I-15E south / US 395 south; west end of Moreno Valley Freeway; I-215 exit 29
Moreno Valley13.3159Day Street
14.3260Frederick Street, Pigeon Pass Road
15.3461Heacock Street
16.3562Perris Boulevard
18.3764Nason Street
19.2065Moreno Beach Drive
20.3766Redlands Boulevard – Moreno
21.3767Theodore Street
22.1068Gilman Springs Road – Hemet, San JacintoFormer SR 177
Beaumont27.9874Jack Rabbit TrailEast end of freeway; interchange eastbound, at-grade intersection westbound; no exit number westbound
 Western Knolls AvenueAt-grade intersection; west end of freeway
30.50—6th Street – BeaumontEastbound exit and westbound entrance
30.50 I‑10 east – IndioEast end of SR 60/Moreno Valley Freeway;[15] I-10 exit 93
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along I-215 rather than SR 60.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Exit numbers follow I-215 rather than SR 60.

See also

References

  1. ↑ January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways
  2. ↑ CA Codes (shc:250-257)
  3. ↑ http://www.aaroads.com/california/ca-062.html Link to California 62 article at Westcoastroads. November 2000 photo of the Morongo Valley U.S. 60 sign on Hess Boulevard is near the bottom of the page
  4. ↑ Pugmire, Lance; Sahagun, Louis (April 14, 2004). "Girl Survives 10 Days After Crash Killed Mom Child is found with woman's body and car near bottom of canyon". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ↑ Hutchinson, Bill (April 15, 2004). "How Miracle Girl Survived". The New York Daily News.
  6. ↑ Madigan, Nick (April 15, 2004). "5-Year-Old's Survival Tale of 10 Days Alone, Her Mother Dead". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ "Tanker fire: Westbound 60 freeway now open, official says". Los Angeles Times. December 17, 2011.
  8. ↑ Lloyd, Jonathan; Guinyard, Toni; Murphy, Sean. "Bridge to Be Demolished After Tanker Fire". KNSD.
  9. ↑ http://cityofdiamondbar.com/index.aspx?page=704
  10. 1 2 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.
  11. ↑ California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
  12. ↑ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
  13. ↑ California Department of Transportation, California Numbered Exit Uniform System, State Route 60 Freeway Interchanges, Retrieved on 2009-02-05.
  14. ↑ California Department of Transportation, California Numbered Exit Uniform System, Interstate 215 Freeway Interchanges Northbound and Interstate 215 Freeway Interchanges Southbound, Retrieved on 2009-02-05.
  15. 1 2 "2014 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Lemon Avenue / SR-60 Interchange". City of Diamond Bar. City of Diamond Bar. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  17. ↑ "State Route 60/Lemon Avenue Interchange" (PDF). Caltrans. January 2008. p. vii. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  18. 1 2 Caltrans District 8: 60-91-215 Interchange Project

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