Jamboree Road

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Jamboree Road
Location Orange County
From Bayside Drive in Newport Beach
Major
junctions
I-405
SR 261
I-5
To CR S18 in Orange

Jamboree Road is a major route through Orange County, California.

Route description

The southern terminus of Jamboree Road is at Bayside Drive, immediately before Balboa Island. It changes names, into Marine Ave., to make the very short journey over the water that separates Balboa from Newport Beach. The road enters Irvine after the MacArthur Blvd/Jamboree Rd intersection and continues into the Irvine urban core after the I-405 interchange. At Barranca Parkway, Jamboree Road becomes a freeway, with grade-separated intersections and limited right-of-way. As a freeway, Jamboree has three exits: Warner Avenue, Edinger Avenue, and Walnut Avenue. After splitting with SR 261, Jamboree Road intersects I-5 and bisects the Tustin Marketplace, the left side being Tustin and the right side being Irvine. It proceeds north through the foothills, crossing the Loma Ridge alongside the 261 Eastern Transportation Corridor toll road to its northern terminus in the City of Orange, at the intersection with Santiago Canyon Road (County Route S18).

Jamboree Road is heavily used by commuters who work at the Irvine Urban Core districts such as the IBC (Irvine Business Center) and the Irvine Towers.

History

Region XII gateway at the national 1953 National Scout Jamboree

The 1953 National Scout Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America held its event where Newport Center and Fashion Island now sit. It was the third national jamboree, the first to be held west of the Mississippi River, and had 50,000 scouts from all 48 states and 16 foreign countries.[1] Thousands of tents were pitched in the area accessible only by a muddy two-lane trail called Palisades Road (part of which is now the southern end of Bristol Avenue). The road was soon paved, and later the name was changed to Jamboree Road in honor of the event. One attendee, David Sills, then a young Boy Scout from Peoria, Illinois, would later move to Irvine as an adult and serve four terms as mayor of the city.

The current route of Jamboree Road follows the courses of four originally unconnected roads - these were, from south to north, the original stretch of Jamboree that extended from the present-day course of Bristol Street to Pacific Coast Highway, San Joaquin Road, Myford Road, and Peters Canyon Road.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Orange County.

LocationPostmileDestinationsNotes
Newport Beach Marine AvenueContinuation beyond Bayside Drive
 Bayside Drive
 Pacific Coast Highway (SR 1)Former US 101 Alt.
 University Drive, Eastbluff DriveUniversity Drive serves UC Irvine
  SR 73 / Bristol StreetInterchange
 MacArthur Boulevard
Irvine  I-405 (San Diego Freeway)Interchange
 Main Street
 Alton Parkway
 Barranca Parkway
 South end of freeway
 Warner Avenue, Park Avenue
 Edinger AvenueSouthbound exit is via Walnut Avenue
 Walnut Avenue
  SR 261 north RiversideNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
 North end of freeway
Irvine  I-5 (Santa Ana Freeway)Interchange
 El Camino Real
Tustin Irvine Boulevard
 Portola Parkway (to SR 261)
Orange Santiago Canyon Road (CR S18)
 Irvine Park RoadContinuation beyond Santiago Canyon Road

References

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