Harbor Boulevard

Harbor Boulevard
Maintained by: California Department of Transportation
South end: Newport Boulevard (SR 55) in Costa Mesa
Major
junctions:
I-405 near Fountain Valley
I-5 in Anaheim
North end: Fullerton Road in Rowland Heignts

Harbor Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in central Orange County.

Contents

Route description

It runs from Costa Mesa through Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Anaheim and La Habra before it turns into Fullerton Road in the unincorporated community of Rowland Heights just over the Los Angeles County line. It is the eastern border for the Disneyland Resort property and easily visible from the Monorail ride, although it is not visible while actually standing in the park due to Disneyland's berm. In reality, Harbor Blvd. is so close to that portion of Tomorrowland that the sirens of emergency vehicles that are traveling on it are quite audible to the guests in queues for Autopia or the Disneyland Railroad train ride.

The portion of Harbor Boulevard between La Palma Avenue in Anaheim to Whittier Boulevard in La Habra was part of the historical routing of U.S. Route 101, which was at the time the Coast Route from the Mexican Border to Oregon.

In popular culture

Anaheim native Gwen Stefani mentions Harbor Boulevard in the song "Cool".

Points of interest

Major intersections

Note: Mileages are taken from Google Maps and those are approximate measurements.

The entire route is in Orange County with the last mile in Los Angeles County.

Location Mile[1] Destinations Notes
Newport Beach 0.0 Newport Boulevard (SR 55)
Costa Mesa 3.3 I-405 (San Diego Freeway) – San Diego, Long Beach Interchange
Fountain Valley 6.0 Edinger Avenue
Garden Grove 8.8 SR 22 (Garden Grove Freeway) – Long Beach, Orange Interchange
Garden Grove Boulevard Former SR 22
Anaheim 12.2 I-5 (Santa Ana Freeway) – Los Angeles, Santa Ana Interchange
13.5 Lincoln Avenue Former SR 214
14.9 SR 91 (Riverside Freeway) – Riverside Interchange
20.8 Whittier Boulevard (SR 72)
Fullerton, La Habra Hacienda Boulevard (SR 39)
Rowland Heights 23.2 Fullerton Road

References

  1. ^ Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps. Accessed December 2007 via ACME Mapper