Pomona Freeway

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California State Route 60; the Pomona Freeway is highlighted in red, the Moreno Valley Freeway is highlighted in light blue

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 (California) (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.

Legal definition

Route 60 from Route 5 to Route 83. [State Highway Commission (11/15/1955)]

Source: [2004 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California (PDF)]

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

Major Highways/Freeways that intersect with the Pomona Freeway (west to east)

Santa Monica Freeway at the East Los Angeles Interchange complex at 34° 01' 46"N, 118° 13' 29"W

Santa Ana Freeway at the East Los Angeles Interchange complex at 34° 01' 45"N, 118° 12' 50"W

Long Beach Freeway in East Los Angeles at 34° 02' 08"N, 118° 10' 12"W

Rosemead Boulevard (surface street) - near South El Monte at 34° 02' 28"N, 118° 03' 51"W

San Gabriel River Freeway in unincorporated Los Angeles County, near Avocado Heights at 34° 02' 02"N, 118° 01' 38"W

Orange Freeway in Diamond Bar at 34° 01' 20"N, 117° 48' 49"W and 34° 00' 06"N, 117° 50' 11"W

Chino Valley Freeway in Pomona at 34° 01' 24"N, 117° 44' 52"W

Euclid Avenue (surface street) in Ontario at 34° 01' 49"N, 117° 39' 03"W

Ontario Freeway in unincorporated Riverside County, near Mira Loma, at 34° 01' 18"N, 117° 33' 01"W

Riverside Freeway in Riverside at 33° 59' 36"N, 117° 21' 26"W

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