Santa Paula Freeway
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The Santa Paula Freeway is a minor freeway in Ventura County, California. As its name indicates, it connects Ventura to Santa Paula, running along the valley of the Santa Clara River. It is signed as California State Highway 126 throughout its length.
The freeway begins in Ventura at U.S. Route 101. It proceeds northeast through the city, and then through the agricultural area to its northeast, before entering Santa Paula and terminating at Hallock Drive east of California State Route 150. CA-126 continues thereafter as Telegraph Road.
In the 1960s, the freeway was originally planned to continue all the way to the Antelope Valley Freeway in what is now Santa Clarita. In the face of anti-development pressure from Ventura County citizens, and suffering from severe financial problems as a result of the 1971 Sylmar earthquake and the late-'70s California tax revolt, Caltrans abandoned these plans. The only remnants of these plans are the two long ramps to and from the Antelope Valley Freeway at the Sierra Highway exit in Santa Clarita.
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[edit] Legal definition
The Santa Paula Freeway is Route 126 from Route 101 to Route 5, as named by Senate Bill 835, Chapter 1223 in 1967.[1]
[edit] Communities served
Communities along the Santa Paula Freeway include:
- Ventura
- Santa Paula
[edit] Major intersections
Freeways intersecting the Santa Paula Freeway include:
