California State Route 71
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| State Route 71 |
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| Length: | 16 mi[1] (26 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  SR 91 in Corona |
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| Major junctions: |
 SR 83 in Chino Hills SR 142 in Chino Hills SR 60 in Pomona I-10 in San Dimas |
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| North end: |  SR 57 in San Dimas |
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| Major cities: | Corona Chino Hills Chino Pomona San Dimas |
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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, USA. Contrary to its name, this highway is only a freeway in San Bernardino county; in Los Angeles and Riverside counties it is only a highway.
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[edit] The Route
Beginning at its northwest 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 a divided four-lane expressway 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.
The section of highway between Chino and Corona is notorious for thick winter fogs at dawn and dusk, resulting in many automobile collisions when drivers fail to slow down despite reduced visibility. Residents of Los Serranos (now Chino Hills) recall being awakened by sounds of crinkling bumpers, fenders and headlights.
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.
[edit] History
The original routing of Route 71 according to the 1934 listing was from U. S. 80, now Interstate 8, in San Diego north to U.S. Highway 66, now State Route 66, near Claremont via Elsinore and Temecula. The early section of Chino Valley freeway was made in 1971 from Kellogg Interchange to SR-60. The section from SR-60 to SR-91 was completed in 1998.
[edit] Other names
- Police Officer Daniel T. Fraembs Memorial Highway: Route 71 in the City of Pomona.[2]
[edit] Control cities
Northbound
Southbound
[edit] State law
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Route 71 is part of the Freeway and Expressway System, as stated by section 253.1 of the California State Highway Code. |
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Route 71 is part of the Scenic Highway System, as stated by section 263.5 of the California State Highway Code. |
[edit] External links
- Caltrans: Route 71 highway conditions
- Cal-NExUS: Route 71 East
- Cal-NExUS: Route 71 West
- California Highways: Route 71
- Western Exit Guide - California 71
- The Big Highways Page: California Route 71
