California State Route 118

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State Route 118

(CS&HC Section 418)

Length:

46.68 mi^[1] (75.12 km)

West end:

SR-126 in Ventura

Major
junctions:

SR-232 in Ventura

SR-34 in Ventura

SR-23 in Moorpark

SR-27 in Chatsworth

I-405 in Mission Hills

I-5 in Pacoima

East end:

I-210 in San Fernando

Major cities:

Ventura
Moorpark
Simi Valley
Chatsworth
Granada Hills
Mission Hills
Pacoima
San Fernando

California State Routes
< SR 117		SR 119 >
Unconstructed - Deleted - Freeway - Scenic

State Route 118 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that begins running west to east through Ventura and Los Angeles counties in southern California. It travels from Saticoy in Ventura County east to Lake View Terrace in Los Angeles. Route 118 crosses the Santa Susana Pass and the northern rim of the San Fernando Valley along its route.

The freeway portion of Route 118 between Moorpark and Los Angeles was originally named the Simi Valley-San Fernando Valley Freeway before it was designated as the Ronald Reagan Freeway in 1994.

SR-118 westbound just east of the junction with Interstate 405 in Granada Hills.

1 Route summary
2 History
3 Legal definition
4 Control Cities
5 State law
6 Communities served
7 Major intersections
8 References
9 External links

[edit] Route summary

Route 118 has two distinguishable sections, connected at the intersection of State Route 23:

The Western section, which consists mostly of a two-lane highway known as Los Angeles Avenue (Wells Road in Ventura) that cuts through the more rural areas of Ventura County.
The Eastern section the main route connecting the cities of Moorpark and Simi Valley to the city of Los Angeles. The 118 has an HOV lane on the freeway section, starting at the Los Angeles–Ventura County border to Interstate 5. This is known as the Ronald Reagan Freeway.

A third section, from Route 210 to the unconstructed State Route 249, has been planned since 1965. No plans are in place to complete this portion at this time.

[edit] History

An old CA-118 shield on the decommissioned segment on Foothill Boulevard, east of I-210. Note that nowadays California uses green shields. This one is from the 1950s or 1960s.

CA-118 used to extend past I-210 on Foothill Blvd.; however, this segment was decommissioned. Before the freeway was built, the eastern segment used Devonshire Street through the San Fernando Valley. The freeway was built around the late 1960s or early 1970s, and the segment between Balboa Boulevard and Tampa Avenue was one of the last freeway segments to be built in the Los Angeles area. As a result of the Northridge Earthquake in January 1994, a section of the highway between I-405 and I-210 was closed for over one month while damage to an overpass was repaired. The Porter Ranch Drive interchange is relatively new; before it was constructed, that interchange connected to a closed Winnetka Avenue and a Park and Ride lot.

[edit] Legal definition

Route 118 from Route 23 to Route 210 was named the "Simi Valley-San Fernando Valley Freeway" by Assembly Concurrent Resolution 145, Chapter 96 in 1957.^[2] The segment was also named as the Ronald Reagan Freeway by Assembly Concurrent Resolution 156 in 1994.

[edit] Control Cities

Eastbound

Saticoy - from CA-126 to the Santa Clara River bridge
Moorpark - from the Santa Clara River bridge to the Moorpark city limits
Simi Valley - within the Moorpark city limits
San Fernando - from the Moorpark/Simi Valley city limits to Interstate 210

Westbound

Simi Valley - from I-210 to the Los Angeles/Ventura county line
Ventura - from the Los Angeles/Ventura county line to the Santa Clara River bridge
Santa Paula from the Santa Clara River bridge to CA-126