California State Route 55
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| Length: | 18 mi (30 km) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Major cities: | Newport Beach Costa Mesa Irvine Santa Ana Tustin Orange Anaheim |
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| Direction: | North-South | |||||||||||||||||||
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State Route 55, or 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 as Newport Boulevard in Newport Beach, the 55 becomes a freeway for its entire length north of 19th Street in Costa Mesa, and contains a limited access interchange at State Route 1. The southbound side of the Costa Mesa Freeway does not have a direct link to the northbound Santa Ana Freeway. It 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 also the first freeway in Orange County to receive carpool lanes, opened in 1985. The stretch of the 55 between Fair Dr. and 19th Street was opened in 1990; plans to extend the 55 to State Route 1 were never realized.
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[edit] Control cities
Northbound
- Varies between Riverside and "Anaheim/Riverside"
Southbound
- Newport Beach
[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. |
[edit] Exit list
A list of exit for the freeway and expressway sections, south to north
| Postmile[1] | Municipality | #[2] | 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  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 | Interstate 405 South - San Diego |
Exit 6B southbound | |
| 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
- ^ Cal-NExUS Interchange Exit Numbering
