California State Route 57

State Route 57
Orange Freeway
Route information
Maintained by Caltrans
Length	25 mi (40 km)
Existed	1972–present
Major junctions
Major intersections	SR 91 in Anaheim SR 90 in Placentia SR 60 in Diamond Bar I-10 / SR 71 in San Dimas
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Highway system
State highways in California Interstate US State Scenic History Pre‑1964 Unconstructed Deleted Freeways
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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. The entire freeway was opened in 1976.

View of the 57 facing North on Imperial Highway

57 on-ramp sign in Brea, California off Lambert road.

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 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.

A few major places of importance that are immediately off of the 57 Orange Freeway include Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Honda Center, California State University Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, The Block at Orange, Brea Mall, Raging Waters and Puddingstone Reservoir.

Major cities Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs
Santa Ana (southbound) Orange Anaheim Placentia Fullerton Brea Diamond Bar Pomona (northbound) San Dimas Glendora

Proposed extension

Template:Future road 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 (18 km) 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, and it will probably not ever be built. The Army Corps of Engineers, which has major flood-control jurisdiction over the river, has also criticized Caltrans because of possible impacts on the flood channel. Therefore the Route 57 will probably not end at Route 1. Recently, Caltrans and OCTA have suggested to extend the Route 57 to Interstate 405 in Costa Mesa to meet the exit of the Orange County South Coast Plaza, closer to the Route 55 and possibly slightly west to where the Route 73 ends, making the tollway run slightly southeast after the Orange Crush Interchange but not very likely due to the environmental concerns.

State law

Legal Definition of Route 57: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 357 Template:CAFES Template:CAScenicAlt

Route 57 from Route 1 to Route 60 is known as the Orange Freeway, as named by Assembly Concurrent Resolution 17, Chapter 157 in 1969.

Exit list

County	Location	Postmile	#	Destinations	Notes
Orange	Orange	ORA 10.80	1A	I-5 south (Santa Ana Freeway) – San Diego	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; no direct access to I-5 north
		ORA 10.80	1B 1C	SR 22 (Garden Grove Freeway) – Orange, Long Beach	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; signed as exits 1B (east) and 1C (west)
		ORA 11.24	1D	Chapman Avenue - Orange	Signed as exit 1A northbound
	Anaheim	ORA 11.80	1E	Orangewood Avenue	Signed as exit 1B northbound
		ORA 12.54	2	Katella Avenue
		ORA 13.42	3	Ball Road
		ORA 14.78	4	Lincoln Avenue - Anaheim
		ORA 15.60	5A	SR 91 (Riverside Freeway) – Riverside, Los Angeles	Signed as exits 5A (east) and 5B (west)
	Placentia	ORA 16.39	6A	Orangethorpe Avenue	Signed as exit 6 southbound
	Fullerton	ORA 17.30	6B	Chapman Avenue - Fullerton	Southbound exit is via exit 7
		ORA 17.57	7	Nutwood Avenue
		ORA 18.34	8	Yorba Linda Blvd
	Brea	ORA 19.88	9	SR 90 (Imperial Highway) – Brea
		ORA 20.88	10	Lambert Road
		ORA 20.78	11	Tonner Canyon Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
Los Angeles	Diamond Bar	LA R0.91	13	Brea Canyon Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		LA R1.94	14	Diamond Bar Boulevard
		LA R3.17	15	Pathfinder Road
		LA 4.53	16	SR 60 west (Pomona Freeway) – Los Angeles	No exit number southbound
		South end of overlap
		LA 4.53	24B	Grand Avenue - Diamond Bar
		North end of overlap
		LA 4.98	17	SR 60 east (Pomona Freeway) – Pomona, Riverside	No exit number northbound
		LA 4.98	18	To SR 60 eastModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Southbound exit is via SR 60 east
	Pomona	LA 6.17	20	Temple Avenue
		LA 7.73	21	I-10 (San Bernardino Freeway) – Los Angeles, San Bernardino	Signed as exits 22A (west) and 22B (east) southbound
	San Dimas	LA R7.94	22C	SR 71 south (Chino Valley Freeway) – Corona	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		LA R8.71	22D	Via Verde, Raging Waters Drive	Signed as exit 22 northbound
		LA R10.27	24A	Covina Boulevard
		LA R10.74	24B	Arrow Highway - San Dimas
	Glendora	LA R11.57 LA R11.60	25A	Auto Centre Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		LA R11.77 LA R11.79	25B	SR 210 east (Foothill Freeway) – San Bernardino	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; future from SR 57 in Glendora to I-10 in Redlands is projected in 2008
		LA R11.77 LA R11.79	25C	I-210 west (Foothill Freeway) – Pasadena	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

External links

• Caltrans page on the proposed toll road (It is very unlikely that Route 57 is going to be extended at this time.)
• California Highways
• California @ WestCoastRoads.com - State Route 57