California State Route 71

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Route 71

Length:

16 mi (25 km)

Formed:

Major cities:

Pomona, CA
Corona, CA
Chino Hills, CA

Direction:

North-South

JUNCTION	POSTMILE
SR-57	LA 0.00
SR-60	LA 4.46
SR-142	SBD 3.30
SR-83	SBD 8.08
SR-91	RIV G3.03
California State Routes Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic
< Route 70	Route 72 >

State Route 71 (CA/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. Contrary to its name, this highway is only a freeway in San Bernardino, in Los Angeles and Riverside counties it is only a highway.

1 The Route
2 Legal definition
3 History
4 Other names
5 Control cities
6 Cities/Communities along the Chino Valley "Freeway" (north to south)
7 Major Freeways/Highways intersecting the Chino Valley "Freeway" (north to south)
8 State law
9 External links

[edit] The Route

Beginning at its northeast terminus at the Kellogg Interchange complex in San Dimas to a short distance south of Holt Avenue in Pomona, it is a four-lane (2 lanes in each direction) freeway. From that point and through most of Pomona, it is a four-lane (2 lanes in each direction) 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 an undivided four-lane highway to its terminus at its junction with the Riverside Freeway (CA/SR-91) in Corona. 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.

Because of the future freeway status of the 71, 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 2006.

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, California State Route 57 (CA/SR-57) located to the west and the Ontario Freeway, Interstate 15 (I-15) located to the east.