California State Route 57

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Route 57

Length:

19+ mi (31+ km)

Formed:

Major cities:

Glendora, CA
Pomona, CA
Diamond Bar, CA
Brea, CA
Fullerton, CA
Placentia, CA
Anaheim, CA
Orange, CA
Santa Ana, CA

Direction:

North-South

JUNCTION	POSTMILE
I-5 / SR-22	ORA 10.80
SR-91	ORA 15.60
SR-90	ORA 19.88
SR-60	LA 4.53
SR-60	LA 4.54
I-10 / I-210 / SR-71	LA 7.73
California State Routes Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic
< Route 56	Route 58 >

State Route 57 is the Orange Freeway, a major north-south freeway located entirely within Southern California. This freeway serves the cities and communities of the Greater Los Angeles Area.

This freeway's north terminus is at its junction with the Foothill Freeway, I-210, in Glendora (formerly the Glendora Curve interchange). The freeway continues south to the interchange with the San Bernardino Freeway, Interstate 10 and Chino Valley Freeway, State Route 71, in south San Dimas (also known as the Kellogg interchange, where the 57 Freeway originally ended). It continues south into the Pomona Valley, where it merges and shares an alignment with the Pomona Freeway, State Route 60, in Diamond Bar (called the Diamond Bar Crunch by commuters) for several miles before separating and heading south. The freeway then passes through the Brea Hills into Orange County. From the county line, its alignment is straight south to its terminus at its junction with the Santa Ana Freeway, Interstate 5, and the Garden Grove Freeway, State Route 22, in southwestern Orange. This junction is also referred locally as the "Orange Crush interchange" for its infamous traffic congestion.

In April 2003, the section of SR 57 in Fullerton between Yorba Linda Boulevard and Orangethorpe Avenue was designated the "CHP Officer Don J. Burt Memorial Highway."

Until 2002, the section of SR 57 between the Kellogg Interchange and the Foothill Freeway was signed as Interstate 210.

1 Control cities
2 Proposed extension
3 State law
4 Cities/Communities along CA/SR-57 (north to south)
5 Major roads intersecting CA/SR-57 (north to south)
6 External links

[edit] Control cities

Northbound

Pomona (Orange Crush interchange to SR-60 interchange)
No control city from SR-60 interchange to I-210 interchange

Southbound

Santa Ana

[edit] Proposed extension

There are plans to extend Route 57 south from the Orange Crush interchange to State Route 1. One such proposal is a $950 million, 4-lane, 11.2-mile toll road from Interstate 5 to Interstate 405 along the Santa Ana River Flood Control Channel. This extension would consist of 2 two-lane viaducts running longitudinally down the river channel. However, the project faces opposition from neighborhoods around the proposed route and those who want a park along the river. The Army Corps of Engineers, which has major flood-control jurisdiction over the river, has also opposed the plan because of possible impacts on the flood channel.