California State Route 103
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| State Route 103 |
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| Length: | 1.60 mi[1] (2.57 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1983 (from SR 47) [2] | ||||||||||||
| South end: |  SR 47 in Los Angeles |
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| North end: |  SR 1 in Long Beach |
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State Route 103, part of the Terminal Island Freeway, is a short state highway in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, United States. It runs from a split with State Route 47 northeast to a cloverleaf interchange with State Route 1. Beyond SR 1, the freeway is owned by the City of Long Beach to its end at Willow Street. South of the end of SR 103, the Terminal Island Freeway runs south with SR 47 over the Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge to its end at Ocean Boulevard on Terminal Island, at the former Long Beach Naval Shipyard. SR 47 turns west there to its end at Interstate 110.
The freeway does not directly connect to any other freeways. It is heavily used by trucks carrying cargo to and from the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach. Because of its isolation from residential and business areas, and the industrial-looking neighborhood it runs through, the freeway is frequently used to film freeway scenes for major motion pictures. Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Mr. and Mrs. Smith were two movies to use it for location purposes.
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[edit] Control Cities
Northbound
Southbound
[edit] History
Prior to 1969, Route 103 was what is now State Route 15 and Interstate 15 from Interstate 5 to State Route 163 in San Diego. (I-15 was U.S. Route 395, which used SR 163, until 1969.)
The entire Terminal Island Freeway was once part of State Route 47, and was to continue north to Interstate 10 near downtown Los Angeles. SR 47 was redefined in 1983 to split from the freeway north of the Schuyler Heim Bridge, and the part from SR 47 to Willow Street became SR 103. The part north of SR 1 was later removed from the legal definition, existing for a time as State Route 103U - U for unrelinquished - before it was traded on August 25, 2000 with the City of Long Beach for Interstate 710 from SR 1 south to Ocean Boulevard.[3]
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Route 103 is part of the Freeway and Expressway System, as stated by section 253.1 of the California State Highway Code. |
[edit] Exit list
This exit list covers not only SR 103 but the rest of the Terminal Island Freeway.
| #[4] | Postmile[1] | Municipality | Destinations | Notes |
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| Long Beach | State Route 47 South; Ocean Boulevard |
Southbound exit and northbound entrance (at-grade intersection) | ||
| 4 | New Dock Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| LA 4.57 LA 0.00 |
Los Angeles | Anaheim Street (State Route 47 North) |
Northbound exit and southbound entrance; SR-47 joins southbound and leaves northbound | |
| Anaheim Street | No northbound exit | |||
| LA 1.60 | Long Beach | State Route 1 - Pacific Coast Highway; Long Beach |
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| Willow Street - Long Beach; Carson | Northbound exit and southbound entrance (at-grade intersection) |
[edit] References
- ^ a b January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways
- ^ California Highways: State Route 103
- ^ Caltrans - District 7: A Closer Look At 2000 Achievements (PDF)
- ^ Cal-NExUS Interchange Exit Numbering
