California State Route 55
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| State Route 55 |
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| (CS&HC Section 355) | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 18 mi[1] (28.97 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  SR-1 in Newport Beach |
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| Major junctions: |
 SR-73 in Newport Beach I-405 in Costa Mesa I-5 in Irvine SR-22 in Tustin |
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| North end: |  SR-91 in Anaheim |
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| Major cities: | Newport Beach Costa Mesa Irvine Santa Ana Tustin Orange Anaheim |
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State Route 55, mostly traversing the Costa Mesa Freeway (formerly the Newport Freeway) is an 18 mile (30 km) long north-south highway in Orange County, California running between Newport Beach and Anaheim at State Route 91. Starting at Finley Avenue on Newport Boulevard in Newport Beach, 0.3 mile south of State Route 1, Route 55 is a 4-lane expressway for approximately two miles to 19th Street in Costa Mesa. For the remainder of its length, approximately 16 miles, the 55 is a freeway, the Costa Mesa Freeway.
The segment on Newport Boulevard includes a limited-access interchange at State Route 1. The southbound side of the Costa Mesa Freeway does not have a direct link to northbound Interstate 5, the Santa Ana Freeway. Route 55 is known to be crowded due to it being the primary free link from businesses in Irvine to State Route 91, which leads to the residential areas of the Inland Empire and other places northeast of Orange County.
The 55 was the first freeway in Orange County to receive carpool lanes, opened in 1985. The stretch of the 55 between Fair Dr. and 19th Street in Costa Mesa was opened in 1990; plans to extend the 55 freeway south from 19th Street to State Route 1 were never realized.
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[edit] Control cities
Northbound
Southbound
[edit] State law
Legal Definition of Route 55: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 355
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Route 55 is part of the Freeway and Expressway System, as stated by section 253.1 of the California State Highway Code. |
Route 55 from Route 91 to Costa Mesa is known as the Costa Mesa Freeway, as named by Assembly Concurrent Resolution 177, Chapter 86 in 1976.[2]
[edit] Exit list
A list of exit for the freeway and expressway sections, south to north
| Postmile[3] | Municipality | #[4] | Destinations | Notes |
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| ORA 0.00 | Newport Beach | – | Newport Blvd | Limited access expressway begins and ends |
| ORA 0.28 | 1 |  State Route 1 - Pacific Coast Highway |
Exit numbered for southbound only | |
| N/A | Costa Mesa | 2 | Old Newport Blvd | Northbound exit and entrance |
| Continues as a surface street, Newport Blvd, through Costa Mesa | ||||
| Begin Costa Mesa Freeway | ||||
| ORA R2.77 | Costa Mesa | 3 | Victoria Street; 22nd Street | |
| ORA R3.78 | 4 | Del Mar Avenue; Fair Drive | ||
| ORA R4.72 | 5A |  State Route 73 - San Diego via the San Joaquin Hills Toll Road; To Image:Interstate 405 (California).svg Interstate 405 North |
No access from southbound SR-55 to northbound SR-73, and vice versa | |
| ORA R5.34 | 5B | Baker Street; Paularino Avenue | ||
| ORA R6.00 | 6A | Image:Interstate 405 (California).svg Interstate 405 South - San Diego | Exit 6B southbound | |
| Image:Interstate 405 (California).svg Interstate 405 North - Long Beach | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| ORA R6.99 | Santa Ana | 7 | MacArthur Blvd | |
| ORA 7.87 | 8 | Dyer Road | Split between Exit 8A (East, accessible via Grand Avenue) and Exit 8B (West) southbound | |
| ORA R9.44 | 9 | Edinger Avenue | ||
| ORA R9.96 | Tustin | 10A | McFadden Street | Northbound exit and entrance accessible via Newport Avenue; Southbound exit and entrance accessible via Village Way |
| ORA 10.46 | 10B |  Interstate 5 North - Los Angeles |
Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| 11A | Interstate 5 South - San Diego |
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| ORA 10.98 | Santa Ana | 11B | 4th Street; Irvine Blvd | |
| ORA 11.80 | Tustin | 12 | 17th Street | Split between Exit 12A (East - Tustin) and Exit 12B (West - Santa Ana) southbound |
| ORA 12.95 | 13 |  State Route 22 - Long Beach |
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| 14A | Chapman Avenue East | This exit is actually a ramp that bypasses the traffic merging from SR-22 to northbound SR-55 | ||
| ORA 13.60 | 14B | Chapman Avenue East | Combined as Exit 14 southbound | |
| 14C | Chapman Avenue West | |||
| ORA 15.24 | Orange | 15 | Katella Avenue | |
| ORA 16.98 | 17 | Lincoln Avenue; Nohl Ranch Road | Northbound exit and entrance accessible via Santiago Blvd; Southbound exit and entrance accessible via Tustin Street | |
| ORA R17.83 | Anaheim | 18A |  State Route 91 west - Los Angeles |
Northbound exit and southbound entrance |
| 18B | State Route 91 east - Riverside |
Northbound left exit and southbound entrance | ||
[edit] References
- ^ January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways
- ^ 2006 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California. Caltrans, 59. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways
- ^ Cal-NExUS Interchange Exit Numbering
