California State Route 71
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| State Route 71 | |||||||||||||
| Chino Valley Freeway Defined by S&HC § 371, maintained by Caltrans |
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| Length: | 16 mi[1] (26 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  SR 91 in Corona |
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| Major junctions: |
 SR 142 in Chino Hills SR 60 in Pomona |
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| North end: |   I-10 / SR 57 in San Dimas |
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>State Route 71 (SR 71) is the Chino Valley Freeway, formerly the Corona Expressway and before then the Temescal Freeway, a freeway/highway of about 15 miles (24 km) in length located entirely within Southern California, United States. Contrary to its name, this highway is only a freeway in San Bernardino and Riverside counties; in Los Angeles County it is only a highway.
This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System[2] and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System.[3]
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[edit] Route description
Beginning at its northern terminus at the Kellogg Interchange complex in San Dimas to a short distance south of Holt Avenue in Pomona, it is a four-lane freeway. From that point and through most of Pomona, it is a four-lane expressway with at-grade intersections with other, 'regular' streets. All are signalized except for Phillips Drive. Just north of the Rio Rancho Road exit, all aspects of the highway 'upgrade' to freeway standards in its alignment, lane width, pavement, barriers, access, etc. The freeway portion of the route ends at the San Bernardino/Riverside County line, where it reverts to a divided four-lane expressway to its terminus at its junction with the Riverside Freeway (SR 91) in Corona.
The section of highway between Chino and Corona is notorious for thick winter fogs at dawn and dusk, resulting in many automobile collisions when drivers fail to slow down despite reduced visibility. Residents of Los Serranos (now Chino Hills) recall being awakened by sounds of crinkling bumpers, fenders and headlights.
As this freeway/expressway serves as an important diagonally aligned (northwest-southeast) commuter traffic corridor between the cities in the Pomona Valley (eastern Los Angeles County) and the cities of western Riverside County, it is heavily travelled and is used as an alternative to the Orange Freeway, State Route 57 (SR 57) located to the west and the Ontario Freeway, Interstate 15 (I-15) located to the east.
Other names of this highway include the "Police Officer Daniel T. Fraembs Memorial Highway" (Route 71 in the City of Pomona),[4] and the "Mayor James Thalman and Mayor Michael Wickman Memorial Highway" (Route 71 between Soquel Canyon Parkway & Pine Avenue in Chino Hills).[5]
[edit] History
The original routing of Route 71 according to the 1934 listing was from U.S. 80, now Interstate 8, in San Diego north to U.S. Route 66, now State Route 66, near Claremont via Elsinore and Temecula.[6] The early section of Chino Valley Freeway was made in 1971 from Kellogg Interchange to Pomona Freeway. The section from SR 60 to Riverside Freeway was completed in March 1998.
[edit] Future
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Due to various budget constraints that have been exacerbated by the California state budget crisis that began in 2002, upgrades of the non-freeway segments to freeway status have been delayed. As a result, very little road improvements have been made to the expressway portion and the roadway has been allowed to deteriorate. However, money has come in for some interchanges, with the interchange at Mission Boulevard to break ground in 2007.[7] According to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Long Range Transportation Plan released in 2008, the Chino Valley Freeway is set for full freeway improvement and gap closure by 2029. [8] The SR-71 section between I-10 to Mission Boulevard is set for completion in 2027 while the section between Mission Boulevard to Rio Rancho Road is set for completion in 2029. The completion of SR-71 will be funded by a half cent tax increase on Los Angeles County passed by the voters in 2008.
[edit] Exit list
- Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.
| County | Location | Postmile [9][10][11] |
#[12] | Destinations | Notes |
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| Riverside RIV R3.03-R0.00 |
Corona | R3.03 | SR 91 (Riverside Freeway) – Riverside, Beach Cities |
Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
| San Bernardino SBD R8.48-R0.00 |
Chino Hills | South end of freeway | |||
| R7.98 | 4 |  SR 83 north (Euclid Avenue) / Butterfield Ranch Road |
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| R6.52 | 5 | Pine Avenue | |||
| R4.89 | 7 | Soquel Canyon Parkway, Central Avenue | |||
| R3.35 | 8 | SR 142 west (Chino Hills Parkway) / Ramona Avenue |
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| Chino, Chino Hills |
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| R1.82 | 10 | Grand Avenue, Edison Avenue | |||
| R0.91 | 11 | Chino Avenue | Signed as exit 11A southbound | ||
| Chino Hills | |||||
| R0.09 | 12A | Riverside Drive, Peyton Drive | Signed as exit 11B southbound; no southbound entrance | ||
| Los Angeles LA R4.70-R0.34 |
Pomona | R4.31 | 12B | SR 60 west (Pomona Freeway) – Los Angeles |
Southbound exit is via exit 13 |
| R4.31 | 12 | SR 60 east (Pomona Freeway) – Riverside |
Northbound exit is via exit 12A | ||
| R3.61 | 13 | Rio Rancho Road | |||
| North end of freeway | |||||
| 1.62 | Mission Boulevard | At-grade intersection; interchange under construction | |||
| South end of freeway | |||||
| 1.24 | Pomona Boulevard | ||||
| R1.48 | 14A | .svg){kind=small} Holt Avenue, Valley Boulevard (I-10 Bus. east) to I-10 east – San Bernardino |
South end of I-10 Bus. overlap | ||
| R0.34 | 15 | I-10 west (San Bernardino Freeway) – Los Angeles |
North end of I-10 Bus. overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| San Dimas | |||||
| R0.34 |  SR 57 north (Orange Freeway) to I-210 |
Northbound exit and southbound entrance; SR 57 north was former I-210 west | |||
[edit] References
- ^ January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways
- ^ CA Codes (shc:250-257)
- ^ CA Codes (shc:260-284)
- ^ 2007 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California. Caltrans. p. 75. http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hseb/products/Named_Freeways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
- ^ Route 71 Memorial Highway One Step Closer to Completion
- ^ "Map of 1963 routes". CA Highways. http://cahighways.org/maps/1963routes.jpg. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ^ City of Pomona - Public Works: Street Improvements - Mission Boulevard and SR 71 Grade Separation
- ^ 2008 Long Range Transportation Plan
- ^ California Department of Transportation, State Truck Route List (XLS file), accessed February 2008
- ^ California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
- ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
- ^ California Department of Transportation, California Numbered Exit Uniform System, State Route 71 Freeway Interchanges, Retrieved on 2009-02-07.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: California State Route 71 |
- Caltrans: Route 71 highway conditions
- California Highways: Route 71
- California @ WestCoastRoads.com - State Route 71
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