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Interstate 405, colloquially referred to as The 405 (the four-oh-five), is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major bypass of I-5 running through Southern California. The entire 405 is part of the "San Diego Freeway" despite ending about 75 miles from downtown San Diego. Interstate 405 is a heavily traveled thoroughfare by commuters and freight haulers along its entire length and has earned its place as one of the busiest and most congested freeways in the world. It has played a crucial role in the development of dozens of cities and suburbs along its route through the Greater Los Angeles area.
Route descriptionImage:Sandiegofreeway405version032006.jpg Interstate 405 (California) highlighted in red; its concurrency with the Garden Grove Freeway, State Route 22, is highlighted in blue. Image:Sandiegofreeway.jpg The San Diego Freeway, close to the interchange with the Ventura Freeway (U.S. Route 101). The San Diego Freeway splits away from the Golden State Freeway in the Mission Hills district of Los Angeles (Exits 73/158), becoming Interstate 405. From the northern San Fernando Valley it heads straight south toward the Santa Monica Mountains. After crossing over the Sepulveda Pass, its route roughly follows the outline of the Pacific coast varying between five and ten miles inland. It crosses the Los Angeles/Orange county line in Long Beach, then continues southeast through Orange County. It is joined by the Santa Ana Freeway in southeastern Irvine at the massive El Toro Y interchange, below which it merges back into Interstate 5 (at Exit 94). Image:The 405 south near the 10.jpg San Diego Freeway southbound near the intersection with the Santa Monica Freeway (Interstate 10).
HistoryInterstate 405 was approved as a chargeable interstate in 1955. The earliest section of I-405 south of Golden State Freeway was opened in 1957 signed as SR-7. I-405 section west of Interstate 605 (Los Alamitos Curve Interchange) was done before 1965, and the newest section south of the Orange and Los Angeles county line was done in 1969. Points of interest along the 405TransportationCommerce/Recreation
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Trivia and ReferencesThe O.J. Simpson chaseWhile dangerous high-speed chases along the San Diego Freeway are not uncommon, perhaps the most famous chase in its history was also one of the slowest. On the afternoon of June 17, 1994, former football star O.J. Simpson, suspected in the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and waiter Ronald Goldman, took to the freeway in a white Ford Bronco (driven by former USC teammate Al Cowlings) with police in pursuit. A bizarre, widely-televised low-speed chase ensued and ended hours later when Simpson returned to his Brentwood estate via the Sunset Boulevard exit and surrendered to law enforcement. Ennis Cosby Murder
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State lawLegal Definition of Route 405: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 615 Exit listPostmiles are derived from[1] and exit numbers derived from[3].
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