Interstate 5 in California

This article is about the section of highway in California. For the entire length of highway, see Interstate 5.

Interstate 5
San Diego Freeway, Santa Ana Freeway, Golden State Freeway, West Side Freeway
Route information
Maintained by Caltrans
Length	796.432 mi (1,281.733 km)
Existed	August 7, 1947 by FHWA July 1, 1964 by Caltrans–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	Mexican border at Tijuana
Major intersections	I-8 in San Diego I-10 in Los Angeles SR 99 near Bakersfield I-580 near Tracy I-80 in Sacramento SR 299 in Redding
North end	I-5 at Oregon state line
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future State highways in California Interstate US State Scenic History Pre‑1964 Unconstructed Deleted Freeways
← SR 4 → US 6

In the U.S. state of California, Interstate 5 (I-5), a major north-south route of the Interstate Highway System, has its southern terminus at the United States-Mexico border at the San Ysidro crossing. It heads north across the length of California before it crosses into Oregon south of the Medford-Ashland metropolitan area.

This highway links the major California cities of San Diego, Los Angeles, Stockton, Sacramento, and Redding. Among the major cities not directly linked by Interstate 5 is San Francisco, which is about 80 miles (130 km) west of the highway.

Route description

I-5 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System.

San Diego area

I-5 looking south toward Downtown San Diego

Interstate 5 begins at the San Ysidro Port of Entry from Mexico in San Ysidro, a part of the metropolitan city of San Diego. Immediately after the border, I-805 splits off to the northeast and serves as a bypass of I-5 avoiding the downtown San Diego area. Meanwhile, I-5 continues northwest and intersects with the western end of the SR 905 freeway, a route that connects with the Otay Mesa border crossing. I-5 then continues northward and junctions with the southern terminus of SR 75, a highway connecting to Coronado via the Silver Strand, before entering Chula Vista and briefly leaving the San Diego city limits. I-5 continues its route along the east side of the San Diego Bay as it intersects with SR 54 and enters National City. There, I-5 veers around the San Diego Naval Base and reenters the city limits of San Diego. I-5 subsequently interchanges with four state routes—SR 15 (the southern terminus of the extension of I-15), SR 75 (providing access to the Coronado Bay Bridge and the city of Coronado), the western end of SR 94, and the southern end of SR 163. In addition to serving Downtown San Diego, I-5 also provides access to Balboa Park from the Pershing Drive exit.

After leaving the downtown, I-5 continues northwest until it reaches its junction with I-8, then turns slightly to the north while passing near SeaWorld and Mission Bay. Thereafter, I-5 interchanges with the western end of SR 52 before passing through the UC San Diego campus in University City, near La Jolla. Shortly afterward, I-5 interchanges with the northern terminus of I-805 before continuing north and interchanging with the western end of SR 56. At this interchange, there is a recently-completed local bypass that provides the only access to Carmel Mountain Road from both directions and provides the only access to SR 56 going northbound.

North of the San Diego city limits, I-5 enters into the city limits of Solana Beach, followed by three incorporated cities to the north—Encinitas, Carlsbad, and Oceanside. In Oceanside, I-5 intersects with the SR 78 freeway and the SR 76 expressway before continuing through the Camp Pendleton and paralleling the Pacific Ocean coastline for the next 20 miles (32 km). Toward the northern end of its routing through Camp Pendleton, I-5 passes through San Onofre State Beach and near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, as well as the proposed interchange with SR 241 near Trestles as a result from the possible Foothill Toll Road extension. I-5 enters Orange County as it passes through the Christianitos Road exit.

Orange County and Los Angeles

Main article: Santa Ana Freeway

Upon entering Orange County, I-5 goes through San Clemente. Then at Dana Point, I-5 turns inland and heads due north through Mission Viejo to the El Toro Y interchange in southeastern Irvine. From that point, Interstate 405 takes over the San Diego Freeway designation, while I-5 becomes the Santa Ana Freeway as it runs southeast to northwest, passing through major cities and suburbs in Orange and southern Los Angeles counties.

When the freeway reaches the East Los Angeles Interchange one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Los Angeles, I-5 becomes the Golden State Freeway. The route continues through the San Fernando Valley and then crosses the Newhall Pass through the Santa Susana Mountains into the Santa Clarita Valley. From there, the Golden State Freeway sharply rises to the north to eventually cross the Tejon Pass through the Tehachapi Mountains with Path 26 power lines generally paralleling the freeway. The freeway then sharply descends for 12 miles (19 km) from over 4,100 feet (1,250 m) at Tejon Pass to around 1,600 feet (488 m) at Grapevine near the southernmost point of the San Joaquin Valley, approximately 30 miles (50 km) south of Bakersfield and 4 miles (6 km) south from where State Route 99 splits away from it in Wheeler Ridge.

Central, Northern California

Interstate 5 in the Central Valley

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I-5 in the central valley between Tracy and Patterson

Interstate 5 southbound approaching Weed, California and Mt. Shasta

From Highway 99 to south of Tracy, I-5 is known as the Westside Freeway. It parallels Highway 33, skirting along the far more remote western edge of the great Central Valley, and thus here is removed from population centers such as Bakersfield, Fresno, and Modesto with other state highways providing connections. For most of this section, the Path 15 electrical transmission corridor follows the highway, forming an infrastructure corridor along with the California Aqueduct.

Interstate 580 splits off from I-5 at a point south of Tracy, providing a loop-route connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. After passing Tracy, I-5 heads due north through Stockton and Sacramento before turning due west to Woodland. At Woodland, the interstate heads northwest again toward Dunnigan, where it converges with Interstate 505.

From Dunnigan, I-5 skirts north along the western edge of the Sacramento Valley, bypassing the larger cities of the region, including Yuba City, Oroville, and Chico, before reaching Red Bluff. I-5 then enters the Shasta Cascade region, passing through Redding and Shasta Lake before climbing up to near the foot of Mount Shasta. The interstate then travels to Weed and Yreka before reaching the Oregon border.

History

Historical naming in California

The portion of this highway from Los Angeles, to San Diego, was also co-signed as U.S. Route 101 until late 1964.

The portion of this highway from Lebec to Red Bluff roughly follows old US 99W.

In California, the former western branch of Interstate 5 (the northern end of the spur into the Bay Area) connecting Interstate 80 out of Vacaville to near Dunnigan, previously known as Interstate 5W, was renamed Interstate 505. Interstate 580 running between I-5 and I-80 was also once designated 5W; what is now I-5 (the stretch that runs through Sacramento) had been originally designated Interstate 5E.

Los Angeles Area

The Golden State Freeway was proposed by the California Highway Commission in 1953. The proposal drew strong criticism from East Los Angeles residents as it would dissect and eliminate large residential and commercial areas of Boyle Heights and Hollenbeck Heights. The proposal also seemed to indicate a disregard for the ethnic Mexican American population of metropolitan Los Angeles. The "Boyle-Hollenbeck Anti-Golden State Freeway Committee" was formed for the purpose in blocking or re-routing the freeway. Then-Los Angeles City Council member Edward R. Roybal chaired that committee. Despite this opposition, the construction of the freeway went ahead.

When this section was completed in 1956, the newspaper The Eastside Sun wrote the freeway led to the "eradication, obliteration, razing, moving, ripping asunder, demolishing of Eastside homes."

Newhall Pass

See also: Newhall Pass interchange

The original route went through the towns of Saugus and Newhall, and then crossed Newhall Pass (current route of SR 14, Antelope Valley Freeway). In 1862, Beale Cut was made in the construction of a toll wagon road. The 15’ wide, 60’ deep “slot” was dug with pick and shovels. That road would become part of the Midway Route. At the turn of the century, it was the most direct automobile route between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley via the Mojave Desert and Tehachapi Pass.

In 1910, Beale Cut was bypassed by Newhall tunnel. Constructed by Los Angeles County, it was to narrow for two trucks to pass each other inside. As a result, in 1939, the tunnel was completely removed (or “daylighted”) when the road was widened to four lanes. By 1930, a bypass road was constructed to avoid Newhall Pass via Weldon and Gavin Canyons, which is the current route of I-5.

Interestingly, both routes were eventually built as freeways. The Gavin Canyon route became I-5, and the main north/south route via the Ridge Route. The Newhall Pass route became SR 14 (Antelope Valley Freeway), which is the main route between Los Angeles and the growing high desert communities. It is also still apart of the important Midway Route, which is the primary alternate route when I-5 is closed (via SR 58 and SR 14).

In the evening of October 12, 2007, two trucks collided in the southbound tunnel that takes the truck bypass roadway under the main lanes near the Newhall Pass interchange. Fifteen trucks caught fire, killing three people and injuring 10.

Ridge Route

Main article: Ridge Route

The Ridge Route refers to the section of highway between Castaic and the Grapevine, through Tejon Pass. The highway had its origins in the early 1910’s. At that time, a route was needed to connect Los Angeles to the Central Valley. Some believed the only option was the route through Mojave and the Tehachapi Mountains, however, a new route was discovered through Tehon pass. This route would become known as the Ridge Route, a road which saw almost constant planning and construction from 1914 to 1970.

The first road through the route was completed 1915. It was a slow, 2-lane, winding road through the mountains with a speed limit of 15 mph in some places. However, after it was completed, the need for improvement was soon realized. The road was paved after World War I and several blind turns were opened up or “daylighted.” However, even with these improvements throughout the 1920’s, it became clear that a new route was needed to keep up with increasing demand.

In 1927, plans were drawn up for the Ridge Route Alternate, called an alternate route since it was envisioned to run in addition to the existing Ridge Route, and not as a replacement. The road was opened in 1933 and was a 3-lane highway through the mountains. The middle third lane was used as a passing lane for cars in both directions, also known as a “suicide” lane. This route was a great improvement to the old Ridge Route, with increased speed, and a route that was 9.7 miles shorter than the original route.

This particular route, however, was not large enough to satisfy demand, and a conversion to a 4-lane expressway was needed. The start of World War II delayed its construction until 1948. This construction did not alter the route from its original alignment, but simply widened the highway for a fourth lane. The construction project was completed in 1952, but just three years later, plans were started for converting the 4-lane expressway to a 6-lane freeway.

The last major alteration to the Ridge Route started in the early 1960’s. By then, the plan to convert the expressway to a 6-lane freeway was expanded to eight lanes. This construction project saw the most changes to the route. Many of the curves which went along the mountain were plowed through them. The climb on the south side out of Castaic; traffic lanes were reversed (southbound lanes to the east and northbound lanes to the west) to better climb the mountain. The two ends of the route were separated on two different mountain sides to prevent head-on collisions. And the section through Piru Canyon was moved to an entirely new alignment to make room for Pyramid Lake. These projects were completed by 1970, and brought the Ridge Route to its current form.

San Joaquin Valley Area

See also: California State Route 99

When the interstate highway system was created in 1957, discussion started as to how the interstate would be routed through the San Joaquin Valley (also known as the Central Valley). Two different proposals were considered. One was to convert the Golden State Highway (US route 99, later CA route 99) into a freeway. The other was to use the proposed Westside Freeway (current interstate 5) for the alignment. The advantage for the Golden State Highway route was that it would serve many farming communities’ across the San Joaquin valley. The advantage of the Westside Freeway was that it would bypass all of the Central Valley communities, thus providing a faster and more direct route for north/south traffic through the state. The Westside Freeway option was chosen for the interstate designation. In recent years, there has been interest in designating the Golden State Highway route into its own interstate.

Construction on the project started in the early 1960’s. The entire 321-mile freeway would be constructed in only three phases. The first phase was completed in 1967 and ran from San Joaquin county line to Los Banos. Phase 2 of the project was completed in 1972, which extended the freeway south to Weeler Ridge and it’s connection to SR 99. This was when the freeway started to see traffic, since in Stockton, the distance between the Westside Freeway and Golden State Highway was only four miles. Phase 3 of the project was completed in 1979 which extended the freeway to Sacramento and its connection with northern I-5.

The Westside Freeway (I-5) today is lined with both farms and businesses serving the needs of travelers. However, when the second phase of the freeway opened in 1972, none of those businesses existed. The freeway was a long and barren route. The business not along side of the freeway also meant that services were not easily available. The nearest towns were miles from the road and generally could not be seen from the freeway. It was not uncommon for cars to run out of gas on the road.

Sacramento Area

Interstate 5 in downtown Sacramento closely follows the Sacramento River. This has resulted in constant repair work from the freeway being flooded by the river. Caltrans has even named this portion of the freeway the “Boat Section,” since you would need a boat to use it. Caltrans began working on the Boat Section during the 1960s and 1970s, draining the water from the area, creating a water pump system, building a retaining wall to protect the freeway from the Sacramento River. It was recently found that sand and silt from the Sacramento River were creating blockages in the drainage system that protected I-5. Major work repair of the "Boat Section" in Sacramento began in May 30, 2008. The construction was to take 40 days to complete and would require complete northbound and southbound closures on an alternating schedule. This section had major problems since being built, including being flooded in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water in 1980.

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	#	Destinations	Notes
San Diego SD R0.09-R72.37	San Diego	R0.09	Mexico – United States border
		R0.31	1A	Camino de la Plaza	No northbound exit
		R0.88	1A	I-805 north (Jacob Dekema Freeway)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R1.20	1B	Via de San Ysidro	No southbound entrance
		2.31	2	Dairy Mart Road
		3.10	3	SR 905 eastModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
		4.04	4	Coronado Avenue
		4.63	5A	SR 75 (Palm Avenue) – Imperial Beach
		5.40	5B	Main Street
	Chula Vista	6.06	6	Palomar Street
		6.81	7A	L Street
		7.30	7B	J Street
		7.81	8A	H Street
		8.56	8B	E Street (CR S17)
		9.40	9	SR 54 east
	National City	R10.04	10	Mile of Cars Way, Bay Marina Drive, 24th Street
		R10.75	11A	Harbor Drive, Civic Center Drive
		R11.13	11B	Plaza Boulevard, 8th Street – Downtown National City
		R11.66	12	Division Street, Main Street, National City Boulevard
	San Diego	R12.65	13A	SR 15 north (Escondido Freeway) – Riverside
		R13.39	13B	28th Street, National Avenue
		R14.08	14A	SR 75 (San Diego-Coronado Bridge) – Coronado
		R14.12	14B	Cesar E. Chavez Parkway
		R14.50	15A	Imperial Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R14.74	15A	J Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R15.04	15B	SR 94 east (M. L. King Jr. Freeway)	Northbound exit is via exit 15A
		R15.32	15B	B Street – Civic Center	Signed as exit 15C southbound
		R15.41	15B	Pershing Drive	Signed as exit 15C southbound
		R16.07	16A	SR 163 north (Cabrillo Freeway) – Escondido	Signed as exit 16 southbound
		R16.07	16	10th Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R16.31	16B	6th Avenue – Downtown San Diego	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R16.59	17	1st St, Front Street – Civic Center	No northbound exit
		R16.91	17A	Hawthorn Street – San Diego Airport	No southbound exit
		R17.77	17B	Sassafras Street – San Diego Airport	Signed as exit 18A southbound
		R17.53	18A	Pacific Highway	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R18.28	18B	Washington Street
		R19.03	19	Old Town Avenue	Serves Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
		R19.98	20	Rosecrans Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former SR 209 south
		R20.06	20	, Beaches	No access from I-5 south to I-8 west
		R20.82	21	Sea World Drive, Tecolote Road
		R22.26	22	Clairemont Drive, East Mission Bay Drive
		R22.87	23A	Grand Avenue, Garnet Avenue, Mission Bay Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R23.48	23B	Balboa Avenue east	Northbound exit is via exit 23; former SR 274
		R23.93	23	Garnet Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R25.95	26A	La Jolla Parkway	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R25.95	26B	SR 52 east	Signed as exit 26 southbound
		R26.79	27	Gilman Drive, La Jolla Colony Drive
		R28.16	28A	Nobel Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R28.43	28B	La Jolla Village Drive	Signed as exit 28 southbound
		R29.46	29	Genesee Avenue (CR S21)
		R30.43	30	Sorrento Valley Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R30.68	31	I-805 south (Jacob Dekema Freeway)	Southbound left exit and northbound entrance
		R31.80	32	Carmel Mountain Road	Accessible only from Local Bypass
		R32.90	33A	SR 56 east (Ted Williams Freeway)	Northbound exit is accessible only from Local Bypass, southbound exit is via exit 33
		R32.90	33B	Carmel Valley Road	Signed as exit 33 southbound
		R34.13	34	Del Mar Heights Road
		R36.27	36	CR S6 (Via de la Valle)
	Solana Beach	R37.38	37	Lomas Santa Fe Drive (CR S8) – Solana Beach
	Encinitas	R38.62	39	Manchester Avenue
		R39.83	40	Birmingham Drive
		R40.60	41A	Santa Fe Drive – Encinitas
		R41.51	41B	Encinitas Boulevard (CR S9) – Encinitas
		R42.71	43	Leucadia Boulevard
	Carlsbad	R44.07	44	La Costa Avenue
R45.57		45	Poinsettia Lane, Aviara Parkway
R47.03		47	Palomar Airport Road (CR S12), Carlsbad Boulevard	Serves McClellan-Palomar Airport
R47.98		48	Cannon Road
R49.28		49	Tamarack Avenue
R50.11		50	Carlsbad Village Drive – Downtown Carlsbad
R50.68		51A	Las Flores Drive
Oceanside	R51.20	51B	SR 78 east (Ronald Packard Freeway) – EscondidoModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Signed as exits 51B (SR 78) and 51C (Vista Way) northbound
	R51.47	51C	Cassidy Street, California Street	No northbound exit
	R52.30	52	Oceanside Boulevard
	R53.21	53	Mission Avenue (SR 76 Bus.) – Downtown Oceanside	Serves Mission San Luis Rey
	R53.93	54A	SR 76 (San Luis Rey Expressway)Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Signed as exits 54A (SR 76) and 54B (Coast Highway) southbound
	R54.39	54B	Harbor Drive – Camp Pendleton, Oceanside	Signed as exits 54B (Camp Pendleton) and 54C (Harbor Drive) northbound
	R62.08	62	Las Pulgas Road
	R71.38	71	Basilone Road – San Onofre
	R72.28	72	Cristianitos Road
Orange ORA 0.00-44.38	San Clemente	1.00	73	Avenida Magdalena, Avenida Calafia
		1.63	74	El Camino Real
		2.31	75	Avenida Presidio – San Clemente	No southbound exit
		2.66	75	Avenida Palizada – San Clemente	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		3.39	76	Avenida Pico
		4.08	77	Avenida Vista Hermosa	new exit
	Dana Point	5.80	78	Camino de Estrella
		6.78	79	SR 1 north (Pacific Coast Highway) – Beach CitiesModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Pacific Coast Highway was former US 101 Alt. north
	San Juan Capistrano	8.80	81	Camino Capistrano
		9.60	82	SR 74 east (Ortega Highway) – San Juan Capistrano
		10.91	83	Junipero Serra Road
	Mission Viejo	12.49	85A	SR 73 north (San Joaquin Hills Toll Road) – Long Beach	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		12.94	85B	Avery Parkway	Signed as exit 85 southbound
		13.78	86	Crown Valley Parkway
		15.22	88	Oso Parkway
	Laguna Hills	16.53	89	La Paz Road
		17.47	90	Alicia Parkway
		18.69	91	El Toro Road (CR S18)
		19.89	92A	Lake Forest Drive	Signed as exit 92 southbound
	Irvine	20.84	92B	Bake Parkway	Signed as exit 92 southbound
		21.30	94A	I-405 north (San Diego Freeway) – Long Beach	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former SR 7 north
		22.21	94B	Alton Parkway	Signed as exit 94 southbound
		22.80		Barranca Parkway	Southbound exit and northbound entrance (HOV only)
		23.12	95	SR 133 north (Eastern Toll Road) – Riverside, Santa Margarita	Signed as exit 96B southbound
		23.12	95	SR 133 south (Laguna Freeway) – Laguna Beach	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R23.94	96	Sand Canyon Avenue	Signed as exit 96A southbound
		R24.99	97	Jeffrey Road
		R26.58	99	Culver Drive
		27.59	100	Jamboree Road (to SR 261)
	Tustin
		28.25	101A	Tustin Ranch Road
		R29.09	101B	Red Hill Avenue – Tustin
		29.62	102	Newport Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		30.26	103A	SR 55 north (Costa Mesa Freeway) – Riverside	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		30.26	103B	SR 55 south (Costa Mesa Freeway) – Newport Beach	Signed as exit 103 southbound
	Santa Ana	30.90- 31.09	103C	First Street, Fourth Street	Signed as exit 104A southbound
		31.76	104	Grand Avenue, Santa Ana Boulevard	Signed as exit 104B southbound
		32.46	105A	17th Street
		33.09	105B	Main Street, Broadway – Santa Ana	Main Street was SR 73 south; Broadway was former SR 51 north
	Santa Ana, Orange	34.00	106	SR 22 west (Garden Grove Freeway) – Long Beach, Garden Grove	Signed as exit 107B southbound
		34.00	107A	SR 22 east (Garden Grove Freeway) – Orange	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		34.14	107A	La Veta Avenue, Bristol Street	Northbound exit is part of exit 106; serves Angel Stadium
		34.27	107A	SR 57 north (Orange Freeway) – Pomona	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Orange	34.94	107B	Chapman Avenue	Southbound exit is via exit 107C; former SR 51 south
		35.19	107C	State College Boulevard, The City Drive	State College Boulevard was former SR 250 north
		35.59	109A	Orangewood Avenue	Northbound exit is via exit 107C
	Anaheim
		35.92		Gene Autry Way, Disney Way	HOV only
		36.26	109A	Katella Avenue	Signed as exit 109 northbound
		36.61	109B	Disney Way, Anaheim Boulevard	Northbound exit is via exit 109; former SR 72
		37.40	110A	Harbor Boulevard	Signed as exit 110 northbound
		37.64- 38.06	110B	Disneyland Drive, Ball Road	Northbound exit is via exit 110
		38.92	111	Lincoln Avenue	Former US 91 and SR 214
		39.51	112	Euclid Street
		40.71- 40.93	113	Brookhurst Street, La Palma Avenue	Signed as exits 113A (Brookhurst Street, La Palma Avenue west) and 113B (La Palma Avenue east) northbound
	Anaheim, Fullerton	41.50	114	Magnolia Avenue	Signed as exit 114A southbound
		42.10	113C	SR 91 west (Artesia Freeway)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		42.10	114B	SR 91 east (Riverside Freeway) – Riverside	Northbound exit is via exit 114
	Buena Park	43.13	115	Auto Center Drive	Northbound exit and entrance (currently under construction); former US 101 / SR 14
		43.43	116	SR 39 (Beach Boulevard)	Currently under construction
		44.26	117	Knott Avenue, Artesia Boulevard	Former SR 91
Los Angeles LA 0.00-R88.61	La Mirada	1.21	118	Valley View Avenue – La Mirada
	Santa Fe Springs
		1.68		Alondra Boulevard	No exit ramps
	Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk	2.41	119	Carmenita Road
		3.44	120A	Rosecrans Avenue – La Mirada	Signed as exit 120 southbound
	Norwalk	3.64	120B	Firestone Boulevard	Northbound left exit and southbound entrance; former SR 42
		4.41	121	Norwalk Boulevard, San Antonio Drive – Norwalk	Former SR 35
		4.91- 5.12	122	Imperial Highway, Pioneer Boulevard
	Santa Fe Springs, Downey	6.38	123	Florence Avenue, Downey
		6.85	124	I-605 (San Gabriel River Freeway)
	Downey	8.31	125	SR 19 (Lakewood Boulevard, Rosemead Boulevard)
		8.95	126A	Paramount Boulevard – Downey
	Montebello, Commerce	9.70	126B	Slauson Avenue – Montebello	No northbound entrance
		10.88	128A	Bandini Boulevard, Garfield Avenue
	Commerce	11.55	128B	Washington Boulevard – Commerce
		12.80	129	Eastern Avenue, Atlantic Boulevard	Former SR 15
		12.92	130A	Atlantic Boulevard south, Triggs Street, Telegraph Road
		13.78	130C	I-710 north (Long Beach Freeway) – Pasadena	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		13.78	130B	I-710 south (Long Beach Freeway) – Long Beach	Northbound exit is via exit 130A
		13.89	130B	Eastern Avenue	Northbound exit only
		14.25	131A	Olympic Boulevard	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former SR 26 (pre-1964) / SR 245 (1964-65)
		14.80	131	Ditman Avenue, Indiana Street
	Los Angeles	14.94	132	Indiana Street, Calzona Street
		16.05	133	Grande Vista Avenue, Concord Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		16.05	133	Euclid Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		16.59	134B	Soto Street	No exit number southbound
		16.47	134B	SR 60 east (Pomona Freeway) – Pomona	Southbound left exit and northbound entrance
		16.59	134B	Soto Street	Signed as exit 134A southbound
		16.88		US 101 north (Santa Ana Freeway) – Los Angeles Civic Center, Hollywood	Northbound left exit and southbound entrance
		16.90	134C	Seventh Street	No southbound exit; left exit northbound
		16.90	134A	I-10 west (Santa Monica Freeway) – Santa Monica	South end of I-10 overlap; no exit number southbound
		17.56	135A	Fourth Street	Former SR 60, 1963-65
		18.06	135B	Cesar Chavez Avenue, State Street
		18.45	135C	I-10 east (San Bernardino Freeway) – San Bernardino	North end of I-10 overlap; signed as exit 135B southbound
		18.78	135C	Mission Road	No northbound exit
		19.20	136A	Main Street	Signed as exit 136 southbound; no entrance ramps
		19.73	136B	Broadway	Southbound exit is part of exit 137A
		20.44	137A	SR 110 north (Pasadena Freeway) – Pasadena	Signed as exit 137B northbound
			137A	Figueroa Street	Southbound exit is part of exit 137B; former SR 159 / SR 163 north
			137B	SR 110 south (Pasadena Freeway) – Los Angeles	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		21.94	138	Stadium Way, Riverside Drive
		22.55	139	SR 2 (Glendale Freeway) – Glendale, Echo Park	Signed as exits 139A (north) and 139B (south) northbound
		22.97	140A	Fletcher Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former SR 2
		23.66	140B	Glendale Boulevard	Signed as exit 140 northbound
		24.33	141A	Los Feliz Boulevard	Signed as exit 141 southbound
		24.60	141B	Griffith Park	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		25.78	142	Colorado Street	Former SR 134 east and SR 163 south
		26.47	144A	Zoo Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance, serves Los Angeles Zoo and Griffith Park
		26.65	144A	SR 134 east (Ventura Freeway) – Glendale, Pasadena	Signed as exit 144 southbound
		27.08	144B	SR 134 west (Ventura Freeway) – Ventura	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Glendale	27.84	145A	Western Avenue
	Burbank	28.43	145B	Alameda Avenue	Former SR 134 west
		29.16	146A	Olive Avenue, Verdugo Avenue – Burbank
		29.78	146B	Burbank Boulevard
		30.47	147A	I-5 BL (San Fernando Road), Scott Road – Burbank	Signed as exit 147 southbound; no southbound entrance
		30.75	147B	Lincoln Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		31.23	148	Buena Vista Street
	Los Angeles	32.35	149	Hollywood Way
		33.28	150A	Glenoaks Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		33.68	150B	Sunland Boulevard – Sun Valley	Signed as exit 150 southbound
		34.28	151	Penrose Street	No northbound entrance
		34.65- 34.99	152	Lankershim Boulevard, Tuxford Street – North Hollywood	Former SR 170
		35.94	153A	Sheldon Street
		36.36	153B	SR 170 south (Hollywood Freeway) – Hollywood	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
36.86		153B	Branford Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
37.41		154	Osborne Street – Arleta
37.96		155A	Terra Bella Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
38.50		155B	Van Nuys Boulevard – Pacoima	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
39.05		156A	Paxton Street	Signed as exit 156B northbound
39.36		156B	SR 118 (Ronald Reagan Freeway)	Signed as exit 156A northbound; southbound exit to SR 118 west is via exit 156A
39.98		157A	Brand Boulevard – San Fernando	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former SR 118
40.24		157B	San Fernando Mission Boulevard – San Fernando	Signed as exit 157 southbound; former US 66 south / US 99 south
41.60		158	I-405 south (San Diego Freeway) – Santa Monica	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former SR 7 south
42.65		159	Roxford Street – Sylmar	Signed as exits 159A (east) and 159B (west) northbound
R44.01		161A	I-210 east (Foothill Freeway) – Pasadena	Signed as exit 161B northbound
R44.87		161B	Balboa Boulevard	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
R45.58		162	SR 14 north (Antelope Valley Freeway) – Palmdale, Lancaster	Former US 6 north
Santa Clarita	R49.03	166	Calgrove Boulevard
	R50.33	167	Lyons Avenue, Pico Canyon Road
	R51.44	168	McBean Parkway
	R52.47	169	Valencia Boulevard
	R53.57	170	Magic Mountain Parkway	Former SR 126 east
	R54.17	171	Rye Canyon Road	Southbound exit and entrance
	R55.48	172	SR 126 west – VenturaModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
	R56.60	173	Hasley Canyon Road – Wayside Honor Rancho
	R59.01	176A	Parker Road – Castaic	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	R59.49	176B	Lake Hughes Road – Castaic Lake Park, Castaic	Signed as exit 176 southbound
	R65.97	183	Templin Highway
	R74.45	191	Vista del Lago Road
	R77.96	195	Smokey Bear Road
	R81.49- R82.10	198A	SR 138 east – Lancaster, Palmdale	Signed as exit 199 southbound
	R81.76	198B	Quail Lake Road	Signed as exit 198 southbound
Gorman	R85.80	202	Gorman
	R88.57	205	Frazier Mountain Park Road
Kern KER R0.00-R15.86	Lebec	1.61	207	Lebec
	Fort Tejon	5.02	210	Fort Tejon
	Grapevine	10.15	215	Grapevine
		13.52	219	Laval Road	Signed as exits 219A (east) and 219B (west)
		R15.86	221	SR 99 north – Bakersfield, Fresno	Northbound left exit and southbound entrance; former US 99 north
		19.61	225	SR 166 (Maricopa Highway) – Mettler, Maricopa, Taft
		22.88	228	Copus Road
		29.07	234	Old River Road
		33.49	239	SR 223 (Bear Mountain Boulevard) – Arvin
		38.79	244	SR 119 (Taft Highway) – Pumpkin Center, Lamont	Former US 399
		41.19	246	SR 43 (Central Valley Highway) – Shafter, Wasco, Taft, Maricopa
		47.55	253	Stockdale Highway
		52.15	257	SR 58 – Buttonwillow, McKittrick, Bakersfield
		56.64	262	7th Standard Road, Rowlee Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		58.01	263	Buttonwillow, McKittrick	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		62.61	268	Lerdo Highway – Shafter
	Lost Hills	73.02	278	SR 46 – Lost Hills, Paso Robles, Wasco	Former US 466
		82.35	288	Twisselman Road
Kings KIN 0.00-26.72		12.36	305	Utica Avenue
		16.60	309	SR 41 (E.G. Lewis Highway) – Kettleman City, Fresno, Paso Robles
Fresno FRE 0.00-66.16		0.23	319	SR 269 (Lassen Avenue) – Avenal
		5.50	325	Jayne Avenue – Coalinga
		14.87	334	SR 198 – Lemoore, Hanford
		17.96	337	SR 33 south / SR 145 – Kerman, Coalinga	South end of SR 33 overlap
		29.96	349	SR 33 north (Derrick Avenue) – Mendota	North end of SR 33 overlap
		38.36	357	Kamm Avenue
		45.80	365	Manning Avenue – San Joaquin
		48.99	368	Panoche Road
		52.75	372	Russell Avenue – Dos Palos
		60.08	379	Shields Avenue (CR J1) – Mendota
		65.78	385	Nees Avenue – Firebaugh
Merced MER 0.00-32.48		6.28	391	SR 165 (Mercey Springs Road) – Los Banos
		17.58	403	SR 33 / SR 152 – Los Banos, Fresno, Hollister, Gilroy, San Jose, Monterey	Signed as exits 403A (south/east) and 403B (north/west)
	Santa Nella	21.84	407	SR 33 – Santa Nella, Gustine, Gilroy
		32.39	418	SR 140 east – Gustine, Merced
Stanislaus STA 0.00-28.06		5.51	423	Newman (Stuhr Road, CR J18)
		10.72	428	Crows Landing (Fink Road)
		15.86	434	Diablo Grande Parkway, Sperry Avenue (CR J17) – Patterson
		22.99	441	Howard Road (CR J16) – Westley
San Joaquin SJ 0.00-49.82		0.68	446	I-580 west – Tracy, San Francisco	Northbound left exit and southbound entrance
		3.44	449	SR 132 – Modesto, San Francisco	Signed as exits 449A (east) and 449B (west)
		6.47	452	SR 33 south – Tracy, Vernalis
		11.06	457	Kasson Road (CR J4)
		R11.80	458A	I-205 Bus. west (Eleventh Street) – Tracy	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former US 50 west
		R12.62	458B	I-205 west (Robert T. Monagan Freeway) to I-580 – San Francisco	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Lathrop	R13.87	460	Mossdale Road, Manthey Road
		R14.83	461	SR 120 east – Manteca, Sonora
		R16.47	462	Louise Avenue
		R17.52	463	Lathrop Road
		R19.58	465	Roth Road – Sharpe Depot
		R20.95	467A	El Dorado Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former US 50 east
		R21.44	467B	Mathews Road
		R22.51	468	French Camp Road (CR J9) – French Camp
	Stockton	R23.66	469	Downing Avenue
		24.64	470	Eighth Street
		25.34	471	SR 4 west (Charter Way)Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	South end of SR 4 overlap
		26.19	472	SR 4 east to SR 99 – Downtown StocktonModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	North end of SR 4 overlap
		26.99	473	Pershing Avenue, Oak Street, Fremont Street
		27.91	474A	Monte Diablo Avenue
		28.53	474B	Country Club Boulevard, Alpine Avenue
		29.99	476	March Lane
		31.45	477	Benjamin Holt Drive
		32.66	478	Hammer Lane
		35.30	481	Eight Mile Road
		39.57	485	SR 12 – Lodi, Rio Vista, Fairfield
		41.66	487	Turner Road
		44.71	490	Peltier Road (CR J12)
		47.60	493	Thornton Road – Thornton, Walnut Grove (Walnut Grove Road, CR J11)
Sacramento SAC 0.02-34.65		2.13	498	Twin Cities Road (CR E13) – Walnut Grove, Galt
		8.49	504	Hood Franklin Road – Hood, Franklin
	Elk Grove	10.83	506	Elk Grove Boulevard (CR E12)
		12.04	508	Laguna Boulevard
	Sacramento	16.15	512	SR 160 south – FreeportModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
		17.19	513	Florin Road
		18.65	514	43rd Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		19.30	515	Fruitridge Road, Seamas Avenue
		20.53	516	Sutterville Road
		22.25	518	Broadway, X Street
		22.57	518	I-80 BL (Capital City Freeway) / US 50 (El Dorado Freeway) to SR 99 south – San Francisco, South Lake Tahoe, Fresno	Former I-80
		23.18	519A	Q Street
		23.80	519B	J Street – Downtown Sacramento
		24.65	520	Richards Boulevard
		25.34	521A	Garden Highway	Signed as exit 521 southbound
		25.97	521B	West El Camino Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		26.72	522	I-80 – San Francisco, Reno	Former I-880
		28.04	524	Arena Boulevard	Serves ARCO Arena
		29.02	525A	Del Paso Road	Serves ARCO Arena
		29.91	525B	SR 99 north to SR 70 – Yuba City, Marysville
		32.73	528	Sacramento International Airport
Yolo YOL 0.00-R28.92		0.52	531	Road 22 – Elkhorn	Former SR 16
	Woodland	5.53	536	CR E8 (Road 102)
		R6.51	537	Main Street (I-5 Bus. north) to SR 113 south – Woodland	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former SR 16
		R7.09	537	SR 113 south – Davis	South end of SR 113 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R8.26	538	SR 113 north (East Street) – Yuba City	North end of SR 113 overlap
		R9.41	540	West Street
		R10.81	541	SR 16 west (I-5 Bus. south) – Esparto
		R12.34	542	Yolo (Road 17)
		R17.62	548	Zamora (Road 13, CR E10)
		R22.61	552	I-505 south – Winters, San Francisco	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R23.79	554	Road 8
		R25.57	556	Dunnigan (Road 6, CR E4)
		R28.92	559	County Line Road
Colusa COL R0.00-R34.37
		R6.79- R6.83	566	Arbuckle, College City (I-5 Bus. north)	No northbound entrance
		R7.70	567	Frontage Road – Arbuckle (I-5 Bus. south)
		R10.31	569	Hahn Road
	Williams	R15.91	575	Husted Road (I-5 Bus. north)
		R17.98	577	Williams (SR 20 Bus.)
		R18.72	578	SR 20 – Clear Lake, Colusa
		R26.73	586	Maxwell Road
		R29.25	588	Maxwell (I-5 Bus. south)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R31.84	591	Delevan Road
Glenn GLE R0.00-R28.82		R1.52	595	Road 68
		R7.61	601	Road 57 (I-5 Bus. north)
	Willows	R9.87	603	SR 162 – Willows, Oroville
		R13.90	607	Road 39 – Bayliss
		R16.80	610	Artois (Road 33)
		R20.82	614	Road 27
	Orland	R24.82	618	South Street, Road 16
		R25.53	619	SR 32 – Orland, Chico
		R27.81	621	Road 7 (I-5 Bus. south)
Tehama TEH R0.00-42.12		R5.77	628	Liberal Avenue, Road 99W
	Corning	R7.49	630	South Avenue
		R8.98	631	Corning Road (CR A9) – Corning
		R10.97	633	Finnell Avenue – Richfield
		R13.97	636	Gyle Road – Tehama, Los Molinos
		R19.78	642	Flores Avenue – Proberta, Gerber
	Red Bluff	R24.87	647	South Main Street (I-5 Bus. north) – Red Bluff	Signed as exit 647A southbound
		R24.94	647B	Diamond Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R26.53	649	SR 36 (Antelope Boulevard) to SR 99 south – Chico, Central Red Bluff
		R27.47	650	Adobe Road
		R28.38	651	Red Bluff (Main Street, I-5 Bus. south)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; connects to SR 36 west
		31.04	652	Wilcox Golf Road
		32.24	653	Jellys Ferry Road
		36.37	657	Auction Yard Road, Hooker Creek Road
		38.72	659	Sunset Hills Drive, Auction Yard Road
		41.53	662	Bowman Road (CR A5, CR A17) – Cottonwood
Shasta SHA 0.00-67.02		0.91	664	Gas Point Road – Balls Ferry
		1.91	665	Cottonwood	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Anderson	R3.83- R4.29	667	Deschutes Road, Factory Outlets Drive – Anderson (SR 273 north)
		R5.29- R5.64	668	Central Anderson, Lassen National Park (North Street)
		R6.74	670	Riverside Avenue
		R9.77	673	Knighton Road – Redding Airport
	Redding	R12.15	675	Bechelli Lane, Churn Creek Road
		R14.46	677	Cypress Avenue – Redding
		R15.45	678	SR 44 – Eureka, Central Redding, Lassen National ParkModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Signed as exits 678A (east) and 678B (west) southbound
		R17.32	680	SR 299 (Lake Boulevard, CR A18)
		R18.07	681A	Twin View Boulevard	Signed as exit 681 northbound
		R18.48	681B	SR 273 (Market Street)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R19.40	682	Oasis Road
	Shasta Lake	R21.00	684	Pine Grove Avenue
		R22.14	685	SR 151 (Shasta Dam Boulevard)
		R24.08	687	Wonderland Boulevard – Mountain Gate
		R26.04	689	Fawndale Road, Wonderland Boulevard
		R27.63	690	Bridge Bay Road
		R29.32	692	Turntable Bay Road
		R30.23	693	Packers Bay Road	Southbound exit and entrance
		R32.16	695	Shasta Caverns Road – O'Brien
		R36.83	698	Gilman Road, Salt Creek Road
		R41.05	702	Lakeshore Drive, Antlers Road
		R42.32	704	Riverview Drive – Lakehead
		R45.95	707	Vollmers
		R49.15	710	La Moine
		R50.81	712	Pollard Flat
		52.90	714	Gibson Road
		57.41	718	Sims Road
		59.35	720	Flume Creek Road
		60.51	721	Conant Road
		61.75	723	Sweetbrier Avenue
		63.58	724	Castella
		65.41	726	Soda Creek Road
		66.00	727	Crag View Drive	Northbound exit only
		66.84	728	Railroad Park Road, Crag View Drive
Siskiyou SIS 0.00-R69.29		0.69	729	Dunsmuir (I-5 Bus. north)
	Dunsmuir	2.51	730	Central Dunsmuir
		3.84	732	Dunsmuir Avenue (I-5 Bus. south), Siskiyou Avenue
		5.90	734	Mott Road
		R8.49	736	SR 89 – McCloud, Lassen National Park
		R8.79	737	Mount Shasta (I-5 Bus. north)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Mount Shasta	R10.49	738	Central Mount Shasta
		R12.06	740	Mount Shasta (I-5 Bus. south)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R13.18	741	Abrams Lake Road
		R15.34	743	Summit Drive, Truck Village Drive
	Weed	R17.44	745	South Weed Boulevard (I-5 Bus. north) – South Weed
		R19.07	747	US 97 (I-5 Bus.) – Central Weed, Klamath Falls,
		R19.86	748	North Weed Boulevard (SR 265, I-5 Bus. south) to US 97 – Central Weed, Klamath Falls
		R23.00	751	Stewart Springs Road (I-5 Bus. north) – Edgewood, Gazelle
		R25.35	753	Weed Airport Road	Serves Weed Airport
		R31.18	759	Louie Road
		R38.21	766	Montague, Grenada, Gazelle (CR A12, I-5 Bus. south)
		R42.51	770	Easy Street, Shamrock Road
	Yreka	R45.62	773	SR 3 – Yreka, Fort Jones, Etna
		R47.56	775	Central Yreka
		R48.24	776	Montague, Yreka (SR 3)
		R58.33	786	SR 96 (Klamath River Highway)
		R61.55	789	Henley, Hornbrook (CR A28)
		R62.92	790	Hornbrook Highway, Ditch Creek Road
		R65.52	793	Bailey Hill Road
		R68.33	796	Hilt
		R69.29	Oregon state line

External links

• History of the Northern Los Angeles County section of Interstate 5 (Photos, text, TV shows)