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.

History

The SR-60 began contruction in 1962 and it was completed in 1971. Part of it (east of Ontario Freeway) used to be U.S. Highway 60 after it was replaced to Interstate 10 which was San Bernardino Freeway. The SR-60 replaced the U.S. Highway 60 after the whole construction on the whole construction was completed.

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
• Riverside - between SR-57 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
• Hacienda Heights
• Industry
• Rowland Heights
• Diamond Bar
• Pomona
• Chino
• Ontario
• Rubidoux
• Riverside

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

• Image:I-10 (CA).svg Santa Monica Freeway at the East Los Angeles Interchange complex at 34° 01' 46"N, 118° 13' 29"W
• Image:I-5 (CA).svg Santa Ana Freeway at the East Los Angeles Interchange complex at 34° 01' 45"N, 118° 12' 50"W
• Image:I-710 (CA).svg Long Beach Freeway in East Los Angeles at 34° 02' 08"N, 118° 10' 12"W
• Image:California 19.svg Rosemead Boulevard (surface street) - near South El Monte at 34° 02' 28"N, 118° 03' 51"W
• Image:I-605 (CA).svg San Gabriel River Freeway in unincorporated Los Angeles County, near Avocado Heights at 34° 02' 02"N, 118° 01' 38"W