Interstate 5 in California

Interstate 5
I-5 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by Streets and Highways Code § 305
Maintained by Caltrans
Length:	796.432 mi[1] (1,281.733 km)
Existed:	August 7, 1947 by FHWA[2] July 1, 1964 by Caltrans[3] – present
Major junctions
South end:	Fed. 1 at Mexico–United States border at San Diego
	SR 15 in San Diego I-8 in San Diego I-405 in Irvine I-10 / US 101 / SR 60 in Los Angeles I-405 near Mission Hills SR 99 near Wheeler Ridge I-580 near Tracy US 50 / I-80 Bus. in Sacramento I-80 / SR 99 in Sacramento US 97 in Weed
North end:	I-5 at Oregon state line
Location
Counties:	San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, Kern, Kings, Fresno, Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo, Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, Shasta, Siskiyou
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future State highways in California Interstate U.S. State Pre-1964 History Unconstructed Deleted Freeway Scenic ← SR 4 US 6 →

Interstate 5 (I-5) is a major north–south route of the Interstate Highway System in the U.S. state of California. It begins at the Mexico–United States border at the San Ysidro crossing, goes north across the length of California and crosses into Oregon south of the Medford-Ashland metropolitan area. It is the more important and most used of the two major north-south routes on the Pacific Coast, the other being U.S. Route 101, which is primarily coastal.

This highway links the major California cities of San Diego, Santa Ana, Los Angeles, Stockton, Sacramento, and Redding. Among the major cities not directly linked by Interstate 5 but which are connected by local highways to it are San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, all of which are about 80 miles (130 km) west of the highway.

Interstate 5 has several named portions: the Montgomery Freeway, San Diego Freeway, Santa Ana Freeway, Golden State Freeway, and West Side Freeway.^[4]

Route description

I-5 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System^[5] and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System.^[6] However, it is a scenic highway as designated by Caltrans only from State Route 152 (SR 152) to I‑580.^[7]

San Diego County

I-5 looking south toward downtown San Diego in January 2002

Interstate 5 begins at the San Ysidro Port of Entry from Mexico in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego. Immediately after the border, I-805 splits off to the northeast and serves as a bypass of I-5 that avoids the downtown San Diego area. I-5 itself continues northwest and intersects with the western end of the SR 905 freeway, a route that connects with the Otay Mesa border crossing. I-5 then continues northward and joins the southern end of SR 75, a highway connecting to Coronado via the Silver Strand. I-5 then enters Chula Vista, briefly leaving the San Diego city limits. It continues along the east side of San Diego Bay where it intersects with SR 54 and enters National City. From there, I-5 veers around the San Diego Naval Base and reenters the city limits of San Diego. I-5 subsequently interchanges with four state routes — SR 15 (the southern end of the extension of I-15), SR 75 and the Coronado Bay Bridge, the western end of SR 94, and the southern end of SR 163. In addition to serving downtown San Diego, I-5 also provides access to Balboa Park from the Pershing Drive exit.^[8][9] The portion of I-5 from the border to downtown San Diego is named the "Montgomery Freeway" in honor of John J. Montgomery, a pioneer aviator who flew a glider from a location near Chula Vista in 1884.^[10]

I-5 South in San Diego toward Mexico, September 2012

I-5 continues northwest from downtown as the San Diego Freeway^[11] until it reaches its junction with I-8, then turns slightly to the north while passing near SeaWorld and Mission Bay. Thereafter, I-5 interchanges with the western end of SR 52 before passing through the UC San Diego campus in University City near La Jolla. At Nobel Drive (exit 28A), the San Diego LDS Temple towers over I-5.^[12] Shortly afterward, I-5 interchanges with the northern terminus of I-805 before continuing north and interchanging with the western end of SR 56. At this interchange, there is a recently completed local bypass that provides the only access to Carmel Mountain Road from both directions and provides the only access to SR 56 going northbound.^[8]

North of the San Diego city limits, I-5 enters into the city limits of Solana Beach, and then three incorporated cities to the north — Encinitas, Carlsbad and Oceanside. In Oceanside, I-5 intersects with the SR 78 freeway and the SR 76 expressway and continues through Camp Pendleton. Toward the northern end of its routing through Camp Pendleton, I-5 passes through San Onofre State Beach and near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, as well as the proposed interchange with SR 241 near Trestles as a result from the possible Foothill Toll Road extension. It then follows the Pacific Ocean coastline for the next 20 miles (32 km). I-5 enters Orange County at the Christianitos Road exit.^[8]

Orange County

Upon entering Orange County, I-5 goes through San Clemente. Then at Dana Point, I-5 turns inland while SR 1, the Pacific Coast Highway, continues along the coast. I-5 then heads due north through San Juan Capistrano and Mission Viejo, interchanging with the SR 73 toll road heading northwest. I-5 continues to the El Toro Y interchange in southeastern Irvine, splitting into lanes for regular traffic as well as for truck traffic (though autos can use these lanes as well).^[13] From that point, I-405 takes over the San Diego Freeway designation, while I-5 becomes the Santa Ana Freeway as it runs southeast to northwest.^[14]

After the El Toro Y junction, I-5 intersects SR 133, a toll road that eventually connects to SR 241. Just before the Tustin city limits, I-5 passes over SR 261, the final toll road of the Eastern Transportation Corridor, but traffic must use Jamboree Road to access the latter. I-5 then intersects with SR 55 and enters Santa Ana, the county seat of Orange County. Towards the northern side of Santa Ana, I-5 intersects both SR 57 and SR 22 in what is known as the Orange Crush interchange. Following this, I-5 briefly enters the city of Orange traverses Anaheim and passes right next to Disneyland. I-5 then interchanges with SR 91, passes through Buena Park and crosses into Los Angeles County.^[14]

Los Angeles County

After crossing the county line, I-5 goes through several cities east of Los Angeles, including La Mirada, Santa Fe Springs and Norwalk. In Downey, I-5 intersects with I-605, which serves as a north to south connector route in the cities east of Los Angeles. I-5 then passes through Commerce and intersects I-710 before entering the unincorporated area of East Los Angeles, and later the city proper of Los Angeles. When the freeway reaches the East Los Angeles Interchange one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Los Angeles, I-5 becomes the Golden State Freeway as US 101 takes over the Santa Ana Freeway designation. At this interchange, I-10, SR 60, and US 101 intersect; I-10 continues for a few miles north on I-5 before continuing east towards San Bernardino and points further east.^[15]

I-5 in the Newhall Pass Interchange, where it intersects with I-210 and SR 14 near Santa Clarita

On the north side of downtown, I-5 follows the Los Angeles River, intersects with SR 110 and SR 2 and passes along the eastern side of Griffith Park. The route continues through the San Fernando Valley, interchanging with SR 134. It briefly enters the city of Glendale and then Burbank. I-5 passes near Burbank Airport before reentering the city limits of Los Angeles and intersecting the northern end of SR 170. Near the city of San Fernando, I-5 intersects SR 118. Following this, I-5 intersects three routes in succession: the northern end of I-405, the western end of I-210 and the southern end of SR 14 at the Newhall Pass interchange. It then crosses the Newhall Pass through the Santa Susana Mountains into the Santa Clarita Valley. I-5's HOV lanes also have direct connectors with the HOV lanes on SR 170 and SR 14. This allows a continuous HOV lane to run from Palmdale to North Hollywood via SR-14 to I-5 to SR-170.

I-5 continues along the western city limits and suburban areas of Santa Clarita and passes near Six Flags Magic Mountain, intersecting SR 126 just north of there. The Golden State Freeway then sharply rises to the north, passing by Lake Castaic and Pyramid Lake (Los Angeles County, California) and intersecting SR 138 to eventually cross the Tejon Pass through the Tehachapi Mountains^[15] with Path 26 power lines generally paralleling the freeway. After entering Kern County, the freeway then sharply descends for 12 miles (19 km) from over 4,100 feet (1,250 m) at the Tejon Pass to around 1,500 feet (457 m) at Grapevine near the southernmost point of the San Joaquin Valley, approximately 30 miles (50 km) south of Bakersfield and 5 miles (8 km) south of its interchange with State Route 99 in Wheeler Ridge.^[16]

Central Valley

I-5 in the Central Valley

From SR 99 to south of Tracy, I-5 is known as the Westside Freeway. It parallels SR 33, skirting along the far more remote western edge of the great Central Valley, and thus here is removed from the major population centers such as Bakersfield, Fresno and Modesto, with other state highways providing connections. I-5 still runs within the vicinity of Avenal, Coalinga, Los Banos, and the handful of other smaller cities on the western edge of the Central Valley. For most of this section, the Path 15 electrical transmission corridor follows the highway, forming an infrastructure corridor along with the California Aqueduct.

North of the Grapevine, I-5 intersects SR 166, SR 119 and SR 43 before meeting SR 58, a highway that continues east to Bakersfield, near the town of Buttonwillow. I-5 then interchanges with SR 46 before entering Kings County.^[16] In Kings County, I-5 intersects SR 41 before briefly entering the city limits of Avenal, where it intersects SR 269.^[17] In Fresno County, I-5 intersects SR 198 and SR 145 before running concurrently with SR 33 for several miles. I-5 then crosses into Merced County, intersecting SR 165, SR 152 near the San Luis Reservoir (providing a major connection to the Monterey Peninsula and the Silicon Valley), SR 33, and SR 140 at the Stanislaus county line.^[18]

I-5 in the central valley between Tracy and Patterson

In San Joaquin County, Interstate 580 splits off from I-5 at a point south of Tracy, providing a spur-route connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. From here, I-5 intersects SR 132, a major route east to the mountains, as well as the northern end of SR 33. After passing Tracy, I-5 intersects I-205, a connector route to I-580, before intersecting the SR 120 freeway in the Manteca city limits. After passing through Lathrop, I-5 heads due north through Stockton, interchanging with the SR 4 freeway that provides access to downtown Stockton. I-5 passes through the western portion of the Lodi city limits before intersecting SR 12 and entering Sacramento County.^[18]

I-5 enters the city of Elk Grove while passing along the eastern edge of the Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. It then crosses into the Sacramento city limits, soon paralleling the Sacramento River before intersecting the Capital City Freeway, which carries US 50 and Interstate 80 Business. SR 99 merges with I-5 at this point, and the two routes pass through the western half of downtown Sacramento. Following the bridge over the American River, I-5 and SR 99 intersect the major transcontinental route of I-80. Just as I-5 leaves Sacramento, SR 99 splits off and continues north while I-5 turns due west past Sacramento International Airport and crosses the Sacramento River into Yolo County. In Woodland, the SR 113 freeway merges with I-5 before exiting to the north.^[19] The interstate heads northwest again toward Dunnigan, where it converges with Interstate 505.^[18]

I-5 skirts north along the western edge of the Sacramento Valley, bypassing the larger cities of the region, including Yuba City, Oroville and Chico, before reaching Red Bluff. From Dunnigan, I-5 enters Colusa County, passing through the city of Williams and intersecting SR 20. In Glenn County, I-5 intersects SR 162 in Willows and SR 32 in Orland. I-5 then crosses into Tehama County, passing through Corning before entering Red Bluff and intersecting SR 36, which connects to the northern end of SR 99. I-5 crosses the Sacramento River twice before entering Shasta County.^[18]

Cascade Region

I-5 southbound approaching Weed and Mount Shasta

I-5 then enters the Shasta Cascade region, intersecting SR 273 in Anderson before passing through Redding and intersecting SR 44 and SR 299. The freeway then continues through the city of Shasta Lake, intersecting SR 151, before crossing over Shasta Lake on a causeway and climbing up to near the foot of Mount Shasta. In Siskiyou County, I-5 passes through Dunsmuir before intersecting SR 89 near Lake Siskiyou and entering the city of Mount Shasta. North of here, US 97 intersects with I-5 in Weed, providing access to Klamath Falls, Oregon. The interstate then continues to Yreka, intersecting SR 3 and SR 96 before crossing the Klamath River and reaching the Oregon border and the Siskiyou Summit.^[18]

History

Historical naming

The portion of this highway from Los Angeles to San Diego was also co-signed as U.S. Route 101 until late 1964. The portion of this highway from Woodland to Red Bluff roughly follows old US 99W.

In California, the former western branch of Interstate 5 (the northern end of the spur into the Bay Area) connecting Interstate 80 out of Vacaville to near Dunnigan, previously known as Interstate 5W, was renamed Interstate 505. Interstate 580 running between I-5 and I-80 was also once designated 5W; what is now I-5 (the stretch that runs through Sacramento) had been originally designated Interstate 5E.

Los Angeles area

The Golden State Freeway was proposed by the California Highway Commission in 1953. The proposal drew strong criticism from East Los Angeles residents as it would dissect and eliminate large residential and commercial areas of Boyle Heights and Hollenbeck Heights.^[20][21] The proposal also seemed to indicate a disregard for the ethnic Mexican American population of metropolitan Los Angeles. The "Boyle-Hollenbeck Anti-Golden State Freeway Committee" was formed for the purpose in blocking or rerouting the freeway. Then-Los Angeles City Council member Edward R. Roybal chaired that committee.^[20] Despite this opposition, the construction of the freeway went ahead.

When this section was completed in 1956, the newspaper The Eastside Sun wrote the freeway led to the "eradication, obliteration, razing, moving, ripping asunder, demolishing of Eastside homes."^[20][21]

The freeway between Orange County and Los Angeles was originally designed to have three lanes on each side. Due to high demand of cars, the freeway started undergoing major extensions and widening in the early 1990s in Orange County. Work from SR 91 north through the Los Angeles-Orange County line was completed in 2010. The improvements between the county line and the East Los Angeles Interchange are scheduled to be completed between 2016 and 2025.

Newhall Pass

The original route went through the towns of Saugus and Newhall, and then crossed Newhall Pass (current route of SR 14, Antelope Valley Freeway). In 1862, Beale Cut was made in the construction of a toll wagon road. The 15’ wide, 60’ deep “slot” was dug with picks and shovels. That road would become part of the Midway Route. At the turn of the century, it was the most direct automobile route between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley via the Mojave Desert and Tehachapi Pass.^[22]

In 1910 Beale Cut was bypassed by the Newhall tunnel. Constructed by Los Angeles County, it was too narrow for two trucks to pass each other inside. As a result, in 1939, the tunnel was completely removed (or “daylighted”) when the road was widened to four lanes. By 1930 a bypass road was constructed to avoid Newhall Pass via Weldon and Gavin canyons, which is the current route of I-5.^[22]

Interestingly, both routes were eventually built as freeways. The Gavin Canyon route became I-5, and the main north-south route via the Ridge Route. The Newhall Pass route became SR 14 (Antelope Valley Freeway), which is the main route between Los Angeles and the growing high desert communities. It is also still a part of the important Midway Route, which is the primary alternate route when I-5 is closed (via SR 58 and SR 14).

In the evening of October 12, 2007, two trucks collided in the southbound tunnel that takes the truck bypass roadway under the main lanes near the Newhall Pass interchange. Fifteen trucks caught fire, killing three people and injuring ten.^[23][24]

Ridge Route

View of the Grapevine loops looking north toward the San Joaquin Valley c. 1920, before the Ridge Route Alternate was built off to the left

A section of the 1915 Ridge Route in Lebec, abandoned when US 99 (later upgraded to I-5) was constructed over the Tejon Pass in order to make the travel straighter and safer

The Ridge Route refers to the section of highway between Castaic and Grapevine, through the Tejon Pass. The highway had its origins in the early 1910s, when a route was needed to connect Los Angeles to the Central Valley. Some believed that the only option was the route through Mojave and the Tehachapi Mountains, but a new route was discovered through the Tejon Pass. This route became known as the Ridge Route and saw almost constant planning and construction from 1914 to 1970.^[22]

The first road was completed in 1915. It was a slow, winding, two-lane road through the mountains with a speed limit of 15 mph in some places. However, the need for improvements was realized soon after it was completed. The road was paved after World War I, and several blind turns were opened up ("daylighted"). Even with these improvements in the 1920s, it became clear that a new route was needed to keep up with increasing demand.^[22]

In 1927 plans were drawn up for a "Ridge Route Alternate", named as it was planned as an addition to the existing Ridge Route and not as a replacement. It opened in 1933 as a three-lane highway through the mountains. The middle or "suicide lane" was used as an overtaking lane for cars in both directions. This route was a great improvement, faster and 9.7 miles (15.6 km) shorter than the old Ridge Route,^[22] but was not enough to satisfy demand, and a conversion to a four-lane expressway was needed. The outbreak of World War II delayed this until 1948 and the fourth lane was completed in 1952. However, just three years later, plans were begun for converting the four-lane expressway to a six-lane freeway.^[22]

The last major alteration to the Ridge Route began in the early 1960s. By then, the plan for a six-lane freeway had expanded to eight lanes. This construction project made the most changes to the route. Many of the curves that followed the mountainside were cut through. To climb the mountain on the south side of Castaic more easily, traffic lanes were reversed (southbound lanes to the east and northbound lanes to the west). To prevent head-on collisions, the two ends of the route were separated on two different mountainsides, and the section through Piru Canyon was moved to an entirely new alignment to make room for Pyramid Lake. The project was completed by 1970 and brought the Ridge Route to its current alignment.^[22]

San Joaquin Valley

When the Interstate Highway System was created in 1956, there was discussion about which way to route the interstate through the San Joaquin Valley (Central Valley). Two proposals were considered. One was to convert the Golden State Highway (U.S. Route 99, later CA Route 99) into a freeway. The other was to use the proposed West Side Freeway (current Interstate 5). The Golden State Highway route would serve many farming communities across the San Joaquin Valley, but the West Side Freeway proposal would bypass all the Central Valley communities and thus provide a faster and more direct north-south route through the state and so was eventually chosen.^[25]

Construction began in the early 1960s. There were just three phases for the 321 miles (517 km). The first phase, completed in 1967, ran from the San Joaquin County line to Los Banos. The second phase, completed in 1972, extended the freeway south to Wheeler Ridge and connected it to SR 99. The freeway then started to see traffic, as in Stockton there were only 4 miles (6.4 km) between the West Side Freeway and the Golden State Highway. The third phase, completed in 1979, extended the freeway to Sacramento and connected it to the northern I-5.^[26]

When the second phase of the freeway opened in 1972, it was a long and lonely route with no businesses alongside. Services were not easily available as the nearest towns were miles away and generally out of sight. It was common for cars to run out of fuel.^[27] Over time the West Side Freeway (I-5) saw the development of businesses serving the needs of travelers. For years, there has still been interest in designating the Golden State Highway route as its own interstate, Interstate 9.

The median on I-5 between Wheeler Ridge and Tracy is wide enough to accommodate widening the West Side Freeway to six or eight lanes, should the need ever arise.

I-5W and the San Francisco Bay Area

Interstate 5's more direct Los Angeles-to-Sacramento route bypasses San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area. Original plans also called for a loop Interstate with a directional suffix, I-5W.^[25] This route now roughly corresponds to I-580 from I-5 south of Tracy to Oakland, I-80 from Oakland to Vacaville, and I-505 from Vacaville to I-5 near Dunnigan. I-5W and most of the other Interstates around the country with directional suffixes were eventually renumbered or eliminated, sans I-35E and I-35W in Texas and Minnesota. Nevertheless, San Francisco is still listed as a control city on northbound I-5 between SR 99 and I-580.

Sacramento area

Interstate 5 in downtown Sacramento closely follows the Sacramento River. This has resulted in complex engineering work to keep the section dry due to it being located below the water table. Locally, Caltrans refers to this part of the freeway as the “Boat Section".^[28] Due to record levels of rainfall in 1980 the Boat Section was flooded with 15 ft (4.6 m) of water. Caltrans began constructing this section during the 1960s and 1970s. The freeway was engineered below grade so it would be out of the view of offices and shops in Downtown Sacramento. To achieve this, the site was excavated and the seeping water was pumped from the area. An intricate drainage system, water pump and retaining wall are used to protect the freeway from the Sacramento River. However, the system slowly clogged up over the years with sand and silt buildup ^[29] Major repair work of the Boat Section began on May 30, 2008.^[28] The construction was to take 40 days to complete, requiring complete northbound and southbound closures on an alternating schedule.

Exit list

Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see the list of postmile definitions).^[1] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.

County	Location	Postmile [1][30][31]	Exit [32]	Destinations	Notes
San Diego SD R0.09-R72.37	San Ysidro	R0.09		San Ysidro Port of Entry	Southern end of I-5; southern end of the Montgomery Freeway;[11] continues beyond the Mexican border as Fed. 1
		R0.31	1A	Camino de la Plaza	Northbound exit via the border inspection station's SENTRI and Ready lanes only
		R0.88		I-805 north (Jacob Dekema Freeway)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R1.20	1B	Via de San Ysidro	No southbound entrance
		2.31	2	San Ysidro Blvd, Dairy Mart Road
		3.10	3	SR 905 east / Tocayo Avenue	Future I-905; SR 905 exits 1A-B
		4.04	4	Coronado Avenue
		4.63	5A	SR 75 north (Palm Avenue) – Imperial Beach, Coronado
	Chula Vista	5.40	5B	Main Street
		6.06	6	Palomar Street
		6.81	7A	L Street
		7.30	7B	J Street, Marina Parkway
		7.81	8A	H Street
		8.56	8B	E Street (CR S17)
		9.40	9	SR 54 east	SR 54 exits 1A-B
	National City	R10.04	10	Mile of Cars Way (24th Street), Bay Marina Drive
		R10.75	11A	Harbor Drive, Civic Center Drive
		R11.13	11B	Plaza Boulevard, 8th Street – Downtown National City
		R11.66	12	Division Street, Main Street, National City Boulevard
	San Diego	R12.65	13A	SR 15 north (Escondido Freeway) – Riverside	Future I-15; SR 15 exits 1B-C
		R13.39	13B	28th Street, National Avenue – San Diego
		R14.08	14A	SR 75 south (San Diego-Coronado Bridge) – Coronado	SR 75 exit 13
		R14.12	14B	Cesar E. Chavez Parkway	Formerly Crosby Street
		R14.50	15A	Imperial Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R14.74		To SR 94 east (M. L. King Jr. Freeway) / J Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R15.04	15B	SR 94 east (M. L. King Jr. Freeway)	No direct northbound exit; northern end of Montgomery Freeway; southern end of San Diego Freeway;[11] SR 94 west exit 1A
		R15.32	15C	B Street – Civic Center	Signed as exit 15B northbound
		R15.41		Pershing Drive	Signed as exit 15B northbound
		R16.07	16A	SR 163 north (Cabrillo Freeway) – Escondido	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; SR 163 south exit 1B
		R16.07	16	SR 163 north (Cabrillo Freeway) / Tenth Avenue – Escondido	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; SR 163 south exit 1B; former US 395
		R16.31	16B	6th Avenue – Downtown San Diego	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R16.59	17	Front Street – Civic Center / 2nd Avenue	No northbound exit
		R16.91		Hawthorn Street – San Diego Airport	No southbound exit
		R17.25	17B	Sassafras Street	Signed as exit 18A southbound
		R17.53	18A	Pacific Highway	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former US 101
		R18.28	18B	Washington Street; former US 80 East
		R19.03	19	Old Town Avenue	Serves Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
		R19.98	20	South Rosecrans Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former SR 209 south
		R20.06		I-8 (Mission Valley Freeway) – Beaches, El Centro to Morena Boulevard	No access from I-5 south to I-8 west; to Morena Boulevard via I-8 east (signed on northbound ramp only); I-8 exit 2
		R20.82	21	Sea World Drive, Tecolote Road
		R22.26	22	Clairemont Drive, East Mission Bay Drive
		R22.87	23A	Grand Avenue, Garnet Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R23.48	23B	Balboa Avenue east	Northbound exit is via exit 23; former SR 274
		R23.93	23	Balboa Avenue, Garnet Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R25.95	26A	La Jolla Parkway west	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R25.95	26B	SR 52 east	Signed as exit 26 southbound; SR 52 west exit 1A
		R26.79	27	Gilman Drive, La Jolla Colony Drive
		R28.16	28A	Nobel Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R28.43	28B	La Jolla Village Drive	Signed as exit 28 southbound
		R29.46	29	Genesee Avenue (CR S21)
		R30.43	30	Sorrento Valley Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R30.68	31	I-805 south (Jacob Dekema Freeway)	Southbound left exit and northbound left entrance
		R31.80	32	Carmel Mountain Road	Accessible only from local bypass
		R32.90	33A	SR 56 east (Ted Williams Freeway)	Northbound exit is accessible only from local bypass; southbound exit is via exit 33; SR 56 west exits 1A-B
		R32.90	33B	Carmel Valley Road	Signed as exit 33 southbound
		R34.13	34	Del Mar Heights Road
		R36.27	36	Via de la Valle (CR S6)
	Solana Beach	R37.38	37	Lomas Santa Fe Drive (CR S8) – Solana Beach
	Encinitas	R38.62	39	Manchester Avenue
		R39.83	40	Birmingham Drive
		R40.60	41	Santa Fe Drive – Encinitas
		R41.51	42	Encinitas Boulevard (CR S9) – Encinitas
		R42.71	43	Leucadia Boulevard
	Carlsbad	R44.07	44	La Costa Avenue
R45.57		45	Poinsettia Lane, Aviara Parkway
R47.03		47	Palomar Airport Road (CR S12)
R47.98		48	Cannon Road
R49.28		49	Tamarack Avenue
R50.11		50	Carlsbad Village Drive – Downtown Carlsbad
R50.68		51A	Las Flores Drive
Oceanside	R51.20	51B	SR 78 east (Ronald Packard Freeway) / Vista Way – Escondido, Oceanside	Signed as exits 51B (SR 78) and 51C (Vista Way) northbound; SR 78 exits 1A-B
	R51.47	51C	Cassidy Street	No northbound exit
	R52.30	52	Oceanside Boulevard
	R53.21	53	Mission Avenue (SR 76 Bus.) – Downtown Oceanside	Serves Mission San Luis Rey
	R53.93	54A	SR 76 east / Coast Highway	Signed as exits 54A (SR 76) and 54B (Coast Highway) southbound
	R54.39	54B	Oceanside Harbor Drive (CR S21) – Camp Pendleton	Signed as exits 54B (Camp Pendleton) and 54C (Oceanside Harbor Drive) northbound
​	59.87– 59.35	Aliso Creek Rest Area
​	R62.08	62	Las Pulgas Road
​	R71.38	71	Basilone Road – San Onofre
​	R72.28	72	Cristianitos Road
Orange	San Clemente	1.00	73	Avenida Magdalena / Avenida Calafia
		1.63	74	El Camino Real	Former US 101
		2.31	75	Avenida Presidio – San Clemente	No southbound exit
		2.66		Avenida Palizada – San Clemente	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		3.39	76	Avenida Pico
		4.08	77	Avenida Vista Hermosa
	Dana Point	5.80	78	Camino de Estrella
		6.78	79	SR 1 north (Pacific Coast Highway) / Camino Las Ramblas – Beach Cities	Pacific Coast Highway was former US 101 Alt. north
	San Juan Capistrano	8.80	81	Camino Capistrano
		9.60	82	SR 74 east (Ortega Highway) – San Juan Capistrano
		10.91	83	Junipero Serra Road
	Mission Viejo	12.49	85A	SR 73 north (San Joaquin Hills Toll Road) – Long Beach	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		12.94	85B	Avery Parkway	Signed as exit 85 southbound
		13.78	86	Crown Valley Parkway
		15.22	88	Oso Parkway
	Laguna Hills	16.53	89	La Paz Road
		17.47	90	Alicia Parkway
		18.69	91	El Toro Road (CR S18)
		19.89	92	Lake Forest Drive	Signed as exit 92A northbound
	Irvine	20.84		Bake Parkway	Signed as exit 92B northbound
		​	—	I-405 north	HOV access only; northbound exit and southbound entrance
		21.30	94A	I-405 north (San Diego Freeway north) to SR 133 south – Long Beach	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former SR 7 north; southern end of Santa Ana Freeway; I-5 south transitions onto San Diego Freeway south[11]
		22.21	94B	Alton Parkway	Signed as exit 94 southbound
		22.80	—	Barranca Parkway	HOV access only; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		23.12	95	SR 133 south / Barranca Parkway – Laguna Beach	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; SR 133 north exit 10
		R23.94	96	Sand Canyon Avenue	Signed as exit 96A southbound
		23.19– R23.87	96B	SR 133 north (Eastern Toll Road) – Riverside, Rancho Santa Margarita	signed as exit 95 northbound; SR 133 south exits 10A-B
		R24.99	97	Jeffrey Road
		R26.58	99	Culver Drive
	Irvine–Tustin line	27.59	100	Jamboree Road
	Tustin	28.25	101A	Tustin Ranch Road
		R29.09	101B	Red Hill Avenue – Tustin
		29.62	102	Newport Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Tustin–Santa Ana line	30.26	103	SR 55 (Costa Mesa Freeway) – Riverside, Anaheim, Newport Beach	Signed as exits 103A (north) and 103B (south) northbound; no access from I-5 south to SR 55 north; SR 55 exit 11A, north exits 10B-11A
	Santa Ana	30.90– 31.09	103C	First Street, Fourth Street	Signed as exit 104A southbound
		​	—	SR 55 south	HOV access only; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		​	—	Grand Avenue, Santa Ana Boulevard	HOV access only; northbound exit and southbound entrance
		31.76	104	Grand Avenue, Santa Ana Boulevard	Signed as exit 104B southbound
		32.46	105A	17th Street
		​	—	Main Street	HOV access only; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		33.09	105B	Main Street, Broadway – Santa Ana	Main Street was SR 73 south; Broadway was former SR 51 north
	Santa Ana–Orange line	34.00	106	SR 22 (Garden Grove Freeway) – Long Beach, Garden Grove, Orange	Signed as exits 107A (east) and 107B (west) southbound; SR 22 east exits 14C–D, west exit 14B; no access northbound to eastbound SR 22
		34.14	107A	La Veta Avenue, Bristol Street	Northbound exit is part of exit 106; serves Angel Stadium
		34.27		SR 57 north (Orange Freeway) – Pomona	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; SR 57 exit 1A
		​	—	SR 57 north	HOV access only; northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Orange	34.94	107B	Chapman Avenue	Southbound exit is via exit 107C; former SR 51 south
		35.19	107C	State College Boulevard, The City Drive	State College Boulevard was former SR 250 north
	Anaheim	35.92	—	Gene Autry Way, Disney Way	HOV access only; Disney Way not signed southbound
		36.26	109	Katella Avenue, Disney Way, Orangewood Avenue	Signed as exit 109A southbound; Disney Way not signed southbound, Orangewood Avenue not signed northbound
		36.61	109B	Disney Way, Anaheim Boulevard	Northbound exit is via exit 109; former SR 72
		37.40	110A	Harbor Boulevard	Signed as exit 110 northbound
		37.64– 38.06	110B	Disneyland Drive, Ball Road	Northbound exit is via exit 110
		​	—	Disneyland Drive	HOV access only; southbound exit
		38.92	111	Lincoln Avenue	Former SR 214
		39.51	112	Euclid Street
		40.71– 40.93	113	Brookhurst Street, La Palma Avenue	Signed as exits 113A (Brookhurst Street, La Palma Avenue west) and 113B (La Palma Avenue east) northbound
	Anaheim–Fullerton line	42.10	113C	SR 91 west (Artesia Freeway)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; SR 91 east exit 24
		​	—	SR 91 west	HOV access only; northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Fullerton	41.50	114A	To SR 91 east / Magnolia Avenue	No northbound entrance; southbound exit signed as Magnolia Avenue only; signed as exit 114 northbound
	Fullerton–Buena Park line	42.10	114B	SR 91 east (Riverside Freeway) – Riverside	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; SR 91 west exit 24
		​	—	SR 91 east	HOV access only; southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Buena Park	​		Orangethorpe Avenue	Northbound entrance only
		43.13	115	Auto Center Drive	Formerly Manchester Boulevard; northbound exit only; southbound entrance removed; former US 101 / SR 14
		43.43	116	SR 39 (Beach Boulevard)
44.26		117	Knott Avenue, Artesia Boulevard	Former SR 91
Los Angeles LA 0.00-R88.61	La Mirada–Santa Fe Springs line	1.21	118	Valley View Avenue – La Mirada
	Santa Fe Springs	​		Alondra Boulevard	Closed April 18, 2017; was entrances only
	Santa Fe Springs–Norwalk line	2.41	119	Carmenita Road
		3.44	120	Rosecrans Avenue – La Mirada
	Norwalk	3.64	120B	Firestone Boulevard	Closed; was northbound exit and southbound entrance; former SR 42
		4.41	121	Norwalk Boulevard, San Antonio Drive – Norwalk	Former SR 35
		4.91– 5.12	122	Imperial Highway, Pioneer Boulevard
	Santa Fe Springs–Downey line	6.38	123	Florence Avenue
		6.85	124	I-605 (San Gabriel River Freeway)	I-605 exit 11
	Downey	8.31	125	SR 19 (Lakewood Boulevard, Rosemead Boulevard)
		8.95	126A	Paramount Boulevard – Downey, Pico Rivera
	Montebello–Commerce line	9.70	126B	Slauson Avenue – Montebello	No northbound entrance
		10.88	128A	Bandini Boulevard, Garfield Avenue
	Commerce	11.55	128B	Washington Boulevard – Commerce
		12.80	129	Atlantic Boulevard, Eastern Avenue	Northbound signed as "Atlantic Blvd. north" only; former SR 15;
		12.92	130A	To I-710 south (Long Beach Freeway) / Atlantic Boulevard south	Northbound exit and entrance only
		12.92		Triggs Street	Southbound exit and entrance only
		13.89	130B	Eastern Avenue	Northbound exit only
		13.78	—	I-710 north (Long Beach Freeway) – Pasadena	Northbound left exit and southbound left entrance; I-710 south exit 18
		13.78	—	I-710 south (Long Beach Freeway) – Long Beach	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-710 north exit 18A
	East Los Angeles	14.25	131A	Olympic Boulevard	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former SR 26 / SR 245
		14.80	131B	Ditman Avenue, Indiana Street	Signed as exit 131 northbound
	Los Angeles	14.94	132	Indiana Street, Calzona Street
		16.05	133	Grande Vista Avenue	Northbound exit; southbound entrance via Concord Street
		16.47	134A	SR 60 east (Pomona Freeway) – Pomona	Southbound left exit and northbound entrance; SR 60 exits 1A and 1E
		16.59	134B	Soto Street	Signed as exit 134A southbound
		16.88	—	US 101 north (Santa Ana Freeway north) – Los Angeles Civic Center	Northbound left exit and southbound entrance; southern end of Golden State Freeway; I-5 south transitions onto Santa Ana Freeway south[11]
		16.90	134C	Seventh Street	No southbound exit; left exit northbound
		16.90	134	I-10 west (Santa Monica Freeway) – Santa Monica	Southern end of I-10 overlap; no exit number southbound; I-10 east exit 16B
		17.56	135A	Fourth Street	Former SR 60[33]
		18.06	135B	Cesar Chavez Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		18.45	135C	I-10 east (San Bernardino Freeway) – San Bernardino	Northern end of I-10 overlap; signed as exit 135B southbound; I-10 exit 19B
		​		Marengo Street	Northbound entrance only
		18.78	135C	Mission Road	No northbound exit
		19.20	136A	Main Street	Signed as exit 136 southbound; no entrance ramps
		19.73	136B	Broadway	Southbound exit is part of exit 137A
		20.44	137A	SR 110 north (Arroyo Seco Parkway) – Pasadena	Signed as exit 137B northbound; SR 110 south exit 26B
		20.44	137A-B	Figueroa Street	Northbound exit is part of exit 137A, southbound is part of exit 137B; direct entrance ramp to I-5 southbound; former SR 159 / SR 163 north
		20.44	137B	SR 110 south (Arroyo Seco Parkway) – Los Angeles	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; SR 110 north exit 26A
		21.94	138	Stadium Way
		22.55	139	SR 2 (Glendale Freeway) – Glendale, Echo Park	Signed as exits 139A (north) and 139B (south) northbound; SR 2 east exit 13, west exit 13A
		22.97	140A	Fletcher Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former SR 2
		23.66	140B	Glendale Boulevard	Signed as exit 140 northbound
		24.33	141A	Los Feliz Boulevard	Signed as exit 141 southbound
		24.60	141B	Griffith Park	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		25.78	142	Colorado Street – Glendale	Former SR 134 east / SR 163 south
		26.47– 26.65	144A	SR 134 east (Ventura Freeway) – Glendale, Pasadena	Signed as exit 144 southbound; SR 134 west exit 5; northbound exit also includes direct exit ramp to Zoo Drive, which serves the Los Angeles Zoo
		27.08	144B	SR 134 west (Ventura Freeway) – Ventura	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southbound access is via exit 145A; SR 134 east exits 5A-B
	Glendale	27.84	145A	To SR 134 west / Western Avenue
	Burbank	28.43	145B	Alameda Avenue	Former SR 134 west
		29.16	146A	Olive Avenue, Verdugo Avenue – Burbank
		29.78	146B	Burbank Boulevard
		30.47	147A	Scott Road – Burbank	Signed as exit 147 southbound; no southbound entrance
		30.75	147B	Lincoln Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		31.23	148	Buena Vista Street
	Sun Valley	32.35	149	Hollywood Way	Temporary southern end of HOV lanes (currently being extended to exit 144B/SR 134)
		33.28	150A	Glenoaks Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		33.68	150B	Sunland Boulevard – Sun Valley	Signed as exit 150 southbound
		34.28	151	Penrose Street	No northbound entrance
		34.65– 34.99	152	Lankershim Boulevard, Tuxford Street	Former SR 170
		35.94	153A	Sheldon Street
		36.36	153B	SR 170 south (Hollywood Freeway) – Hollywood	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; SR 170 north exit 11B
		​	—	SR 170 south	HOV access only; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		36.86	153B	Branford Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
Arleta	37.41	154	Osborne Street – Arleta
	37.96	155A	Terra Bella Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	38.50	155B	Van Nuys Boulevard – Pacoima	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	39.05	156A	Paxton Street	Signed as exit 156B northbound
	39.36	156B	SR 118 (Ronald Reagan Freeway)	Signed as exit 156A northbound; southbound exit to SR 118 west is via exit 156A; SR 118 exit 44A
Mission Hills	39.98	157A	Brand Boulevard – San Fernando	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former SR 118
	40.24	157B	San Fernando Mission Boulevard – San Fernando	Signed as exit 157 southbound; former US 6 south / US 99 south
	41.60	158	I-405 south (San Diego Freeway) – Santa Monica	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former SR 7 south
Sylmar	42.65	159	Roxford Street – Sylmar	Signed as exits 159A (east) and 159B (west) northbound
	R44.01	161A	I-210 east (Foothill Freeway) – Pasadena	Signed as exit 161 northbound; I-210 exits 1A-B
​	R44.43	—	I-5 north (Truck Route) to SR 14 north	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
​	​	—	SR 14 north	HOV access only; northbound exit and southbound entrance
​	R44.87	161B	Balboa Boulevard, San Fernando Road	Southbound exit only; northbound entrance is via Sierra Highway
​	R45.58	162	SR 14 north (Antelope Valley Freeway) – Palmdale, Lancaster	Northern end of HOV lanes on I-5; SR 14 exits 1A-B; southbound entrance includes direct exit ramp to exit 161B
​	R46.35	—	I-5 south (Truck Route) to SR 14 north / Sierra Highway	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Santa Clarita	R49.03	166	Calgrove Boulevard
	R50.33	167	Lyons Avenue, Pico Canyon Road
	R51.44	168	McBean Parkway – Stevenson Ranch
	R52.47	169	Valencia Boulevard – Valencia
	R53.57	170	Magic Mountain Parkway	Former SR 126 east
	R54.17	171	Rye Canyon Road	Southbound exit and entrance
	R55.48	172	SR 126 west / Newhall Ranch Road – Ventura	SR 126 exits 40B-C
Castaic	R56.60	173	Hasley Canyon Road – Wayside Honor Rancho
	R59.01	176A	Parker Road – Castaic	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	R59.49	176B	Lake Hughes Road – Castaic Lake Park, Castaic	Signed as exit 176 southbound
​	R65.97	183	Templin Highway
​	R74.45	191	Vista del Lago Road
​	R77.96	195	Smokey Bear Road
​	R81.49	198A	SR 138 east – Lancaster, Palmdale	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
​	R81.76	198B	Quail Lake Road	Signed as exit 198 southbound
​	R82.10	199	SR 138 east – Lancaster, Palmdale	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Gorman	R85.80	202	Gorman
Frazier Park	R88.57	205	Frazier Mountain Park Road
Kern KER R0.00-R15.86	​	0.70	Tejon Pass Rest Area
	Lebec	1.61	207	Lebec
	Fort Tejon	5.02	210	Fort Tejon
	Grapevine	10.15	215	Grapevine
	​	13.52	219	Laval Road	Signed as exits 219A (east) and 219B (west)
	​	R15.86	221	SR 99 north (Golden State Highway[11]) – Bakersfield, Fresno	Northbound left exit and southbound left entrance; former US 99 north; southern end of West Side Freeway[11]
	​	19.61	225	SR 166 (Maricopa Highway) – Mettler, Maricopa, Taft
	​	22.88	228	Copus Road
	​	29.07	234	Old River Road
	​	33.49	239	SR 223 (Bear Mountain Boulevard) – Arvin
	​	38.79	244	SR 119 (Taft Highway) – Pumpkin Center, Lamont	Former US 399
	​	41.19	246	SR 43 (Enos Lane) – Shafter, Wasco, Taft, Maricopa
	​	47.55	253	Stockdale Highway
	​	52.15	257	SR 58 – Buttonwillow, McKittrick, Bakersfield
	​	54.11	Buttonwillow Rest Area
	​	56.64	262	7th Standard Road, Rowlee Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	​	58.01	263	Buttonwillow, McKittrick	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	​	62.61	268	Lerdo Highway – Shafter
	Lost Hills	73.02	278	SR 46 – Lost Hills, Paso Robles, Wasco	Former US 466
	​	82.35	288	Twisselman Road
Kings KIN 0.00-26.72	​	12.36	305	Utica Avenue
	Kettleman City	16.60	309	SR 41 (E.G. Lewis Highway) – Kettleman City, Fresno, Paso Robles
Fresno FRE 0.00-66.16	​	0.23	319	SR 269 (Lassen Avenue) – Avenal
	​	1.43	Avenal-Coalinga Rest Area
	​	5.50	325	To SR 198 west / Jayne Avenue – King City, Coalinga
	​	14.87	334	SR 198 – Lemoore, Hanford
	​	17.96	337	SR 33 south – Coalinga	Southbound signage; southern end of SR 33 overlap
	​	17.96		SR 145 north – Kerman	Northbound signage; southern terminus of SR 145
	​	29.96	349	SR 33 north (Derrick Avenue) – Mendota	Northern end of SR 33 overlap
	​	38.36	357	Kamm Avenue
	​	45.80	365	Manning Avenue
	​	48.99	368	Panoche Road
	​	52.75	372	Russell Avenue
	​	60.08	379	Shields Avenue (CR J1) – Mendota
	​	65.78	385	Nees Avenue – Firebaugh
Merced MER 0.00-32.48	​	0.65	John Chuck Erreca Rest Area
	​	6.28	391	SR 165 (Mercey Springs Road) – Los Banos
	​	17.58	403	SR 33 / SR 152 to SR 99 – Los Banos, Fresno, Hollister, Gilroy, San Jose, Monterey	Signed as exits 403A (south/east) and 403B (north/west)
	Santa Nella	21.84	407	SR 33 – Santa Nella, Gustine, Gilroy
	​	32.39	418	SR 140 east – Gustine, Merced
Stanislaus STA 0.00-28.06	​	5.51	423	Stuhr Road (CR J18) – Newman
	​	10.72	428	Fink Road – Crows Landing
	​	15.86	434	Diablo Grande Parkway, Sperry Avenue (CR J17) - Patterson
	​	22.99	441	Howard Road (CR J16) – Westley
	​	27.20	Westley Rest Area
San Joaquin SJ 0.00-49.82	​	0.68	446	I-580 west – Tracy, San Francisco	Northbound left exit and southbound left entrance
	​	3.44	449	SR 132 – Modesto, San Francisco	Signed as exits 449A (east) and 449B (west)
	​	6.47	452	SR 33 south (Ahern Road) – Tracy, Vernalis	Ahern Road north of I-5 was former SR 33 north
	​	11.06	457	Kasson Road (CR J4)
	​	R11.80	458A	Tracy (I-205 Bus. west)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former US 50 west
	​	R12.62	458B	I-205 west (Robert T. Monagan Freeway) to I-580 – San Francisco	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Lathrop	R13.87	460	Mossdale Road, Manthey Road
		R14.83	461	SR 120 east – Manteca, Sonora	SR 120 exits 1A-B
		R16.47	462	Louise Avenue
		R17.52	463	Lathrop Road
	​	R19.58	465	Roth Road – Sharpe Depot
	​	R20.95	467A	El Dorado Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former US 50 east
	​	R21.44	467B	Mathews Road	Signed as exit 467 southbound
	​	R22.51	468	French Camp Road (CR J9), Arch Airport Road
	Stockton	R23.66	469	Downing Avenue, Carolyn Weston Boulevard
		24.64	470	Eighth Street
		25.34	471	SR 4 west (Charter Way / SR 4 Bus. east)	Southern end of SR 4 overlap; former SR 4 east
		26.19	472	SR 4 east to SR 99 / Navy Drive – Downtown Stockton	Northern end of SR 4 overlap; serves the Port of Stockton; SR 4 exits 65A-B
		26.99	473	Pershing Avenue, Oak Street, Fremont Street
		27.91	474A	Monte Diablo Avenue
		28.53	474B	Country Club Boulevard, Alpine Avenue
		29.99	476	March Lane
		31.45	477	Benjamin Holt Drive
		32.66	478	Hammer Lane
		35.30	481	Eight Mile Road
	​	39.57	485	SR 12 – Lodi, Fairfield
	​	41.66	487	Turner Road
	​	44.71	490	Peltier Road (CR J12)
	​	47.60	493	Thornton, Walnut Grove (CR J11)
Sacramento SAC 0.02-34.65	​	2.13	498	Twin Cities Road (CR E13)
	​	8.49	504	Hood Franklin Road
	Elk Grove	10.83	506	Elk Grove Boulevard (CR E12)
		12.04	508	Laguna Boulevard
	Sacramento	14.90	510	Cosumnes River Boulevard
		16.15	512	To SR 160 south / Pocket Road, Meadowview Road – Freeport
		17.19	513	Florin Road
		18.65	514	43rd Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		19.30	515	Fruitridge Road, Seamas Avenue
		20.53	516	Sutterville Road
		22.57	518	US 50 (I-305 / I-80 Bus.) to SR 99 south – San Francisco, Fresno, South Lake Tahoe	Former I-80; US 50 exit 4A; provides direct exit ramps to X Street, Broadway
		23.18	519A	Q Street	Entrances are via P Street
		23.80	519B	J Street – Downtown Sacramento
		24.65	520	Richards Boulevard
		25.34	521A	Garden Highway	Signed as exit 521 southbound
		25.97	521B	West El Camino Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		26.72	522	I-80 – San Francisco, Reno	Former I-880; I-80 exit 86
		28.04	524	Arena Boulevard	Serves Sleep Train Arena
		29.02	525A	Del Paso Road	Serves Sleep Train Arena
		29.91	525B	SR 99 north to SR 70 – Yuba City, Marysville	SR 99 exit 306
	​	32.73	528	Sacramento International Airport
	​	33.72	Elkhorn Rest Area (southbound only)
Yolo YOL 0.00-R28.92	​	0.52	531	Road 22	Former SR 16
	Yolo Bypass	0.84	Elkhorn Causeway
	Woodland	5.53	536	Road 102 (CR E8)
		R6.51	537	To SR 113 south / Main Street (I-5 Bus. north) – Woodland	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former SR 16
		R7.09	537	SR 113 south – Davis	Southern end of SR 113 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R8.26	538	SR 113 north (East Street) – Yuba City	Northern end of SR 113 overlap
	​	R9.41	540	West Street
	​	R10.81	541	SR 16 west (I-5 Bus. south) – Esparto
	​	R12.34	542	Yolo (Road 17)
	​	R17.62	548	Zamora (Road 13, CR E10)
	​	R22.61	553	I-505 south – Winters, San Francisco	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	​	R23.79	554	Road 8
	​	R25.57	556	Dunnigan (Road 6, CR E4)
	​	R26.33	Dunnigan Rest Area
Yolo–Colusa county line	​	R28.92	559	County Line Road
Colusa COL R0.00-R34.37	​	R6.79– R6.83	566	Arbuckle, College City (I-5 Bus. north)	No northbound entrance
	​	R7.70	567	Frontage Road (I-5 Bus. south) – Arbuckle
	​	R10.31	569	Hahn Road
	Williams	R15.91	575	Husted Road (I-5 Bus. north)
		R17.98	577	Williams (SR 20 Bus.)
		R18.72	578	SR 20 – Clear Lake, Colusa
	​	R26.30	Maxwell Rest Area
	​	R26.73	586	Maxwell Road
	​	R29.25	588	Maxwell (I-5 Bus. south)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	​	R31.84	591	Delevan Road
Glenn GLE R0.00-R28.82	​	R1.52	595	Road 68 – Princeton
	​	R7.61	601	Road 57 (I-5 Bus. north)
	Willows	R9.87	603	SR 162 – Willows, Oroville
	​	R13.90	607	Road 39 – Bayliss
	​	R14.52	Willows Rest Area
	​	R16.80	610	Artois (Road 33)
	​	R20.82	614	Road 27
	Orland	R24.82	618	South Street, Road 16
		R25.53	619	SR 32 – Orland, Chico
	​	R27.81	621	Road 7 (I-5 Bus. south)
Tehama TEH R0.00-42.12	​	R5.77	628	Liberal Avenue, Road 99W
	Corning	R7.49	630	South Avenue
		R8.98	631	Corning Road, Solano Street (CR A9) – Corning
	​	R10.50	Lt. John C. Helmick Rest Area
	​	R10.97	633	Finnell Avenue – Richfield
	​	R13.97	636	Gyle Road (CR A11) – Tehama, Los Molinos
	​	R19.78	642	Flores Avenue – Proberta, Gerber
	Red Bluff	R24.87	647A	South Main Street (I-5 Bus. north / CR A8)	Signed as exit 647 northbound
		R24.94	647B	Diamond Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R26.53	649	SR 36 (Antelope Boulevard) to SR 99 south – Chico, Central Red Bluff
		R27.47	650	Adobe Road
		R28.38	651	Red Bluff (I-5 Bus. south)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; connects to SR 36 west; northern end of West Side Freeway[11]
		31.04	652	Wilcox Golf Road
	​	32.24	653	Jellys Ferry Road
	​	34.92	Herbert S. Miles Rest Area
	​	36.37	657	Auction Yard Road, Hooker Creek Road
	​	38.72	659	Sunset Hills Drive, Auction Yard Road
	​	41.53	662	Bowman Road (CR A5, CR A17) – Cottonwood
Shasta SHA 0.00-67.02	​	0.91	664	Gas Point Road
	​	1.91	665	Cottonwood	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Anderson	R3.83	667A	SR 273 north	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R4.29	667B	Deschutes Road, Factory Outlets Drive	Signed as exit 667 southbound; no southbound entrance, drivers instead must use SR 273 south
		R5.29– R5.64	668	Central Anderson, Lassen National Park (North Street)
		R6.74	670	Riverside Avenue
	​	R9.77	673	Knighton Road – Redding Airport
	Redding	R12.15	675	Bechelli Lane, South Bonnyview Road, Churn Creek Road
		R14.46	677	Cypress Avenue
		R15.45	678	SR 44 – Eureka, Lassen National Park	Signed as exits 678A (east) and 678B (west) southbound; SR 44 exits 2A-B; provides exit ramps to Hilltop Drive
		R17.32	680	SR 299 (Lake Boulevard)
		R18.07	681A	Twin View Boulevard	Signed as exit 681 northbound
		R18.48	681B	SR 273 south (Market Street)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R19.40	682	Oasis Road
	Shasta Lake	R21.00	684	Pine Grove Avenue
		R22.14	685	SR 151 (Shasta Dam Boulevard)
	​	R24.08	687	Wonderland Boulevard – Mountain Gate
	​	R26.04	689	Fawndale Road, Wonderland Boulevard
	​	R27.63	690	Bridge Bay Road
	​	R28.14	Pit River Bridge over Shasta Lake
	​	R29.32	692	Turntable Bay Road
	​	R30.23	693	Packers Bay Road	Southbound exit and entrance
	​	R31.03	O'Brien Rest Area (northbound only)
	​	R32.16	695	Shasta Caverns Road – O'Brien
	​	R36.83	698	Gilman Road, Salt Creek Road
	​	R41.05	702	Lakeshore Drive, Antlers Road
	​	R42.32	704	Riverview Drive – Lakehead
	​	R43.34	Lakehead Rest Area (southbound only)
	​	R45.95	707	Vollmers, Delta (Delta School Road)
	​	R49.15	710	Slate Creek Road – La Moine
	​	R50.81	712	Pollard Flat
	​	52.90	714	Gibson Road
	​	57.41	718	Sims Road
	​	59.35	720	Flume Creek Road
	​	60.51	721	Conant Road
	​	61.75	723	Sweetbrier Avenue
	​	63.58	724	Castella
	​	65.41	726	Soda Creek Road
	​	66.00	727	Crag View Drive	Northbound exit only
	​	66.84	728	Railroad Park Road, Crag View Drive
Siskiyou SIS 0.00-R69.29	​	0.69	729	Dunsmuir Avenue (I-5 Bus. north)
	Dunsmuir	2.51	730	Central Dunsmuir (I-5 Bus.)
		3.84	732	Dunsmuir Avenue (I-5 Bus. south) / Siskiyou Avenue
		5.90	734	Mott Road
	​	R8.49	736	SR 89 – McCloud, Lassen National Park
	​	R8.79	737	South Mount Shasta Boulevard (I-5 Bus. north)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Mount Shasta	R10.49	738	Central Mount Shasta (CR A10)
		R12.06	740	Mount Shasta City (I-5 Bus. south)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R13.18	741	Abrams Lake Road
	​	R15.34	743	Summit Drive, Truck Village Drive
	Weed	R17.44	745	South Weed Boulevard (I-5 Bus. north) – South Weed
		R19.07	747	US 97 (I-5 Bus.) – Central Weed, Klamath Falls, College of Siskiyous
		R19.86	748	North Weed Boulevard (I-5 Bus. south) – Weed, Klamath Falls
	​	R23.00	751	Stewart Springs Road – Edgewood, Gazelle
	​	R25.35	753	Weed Airport Road	Serves Weed Airport, Weed Rest Area
	​	R31.18	759	Louie Road
	Grenada	R38.21	766	Montague, Grenada, Gazelle (CR A12)
	​	R42.51	770	Easy Street, Shamrock Road
	Yreka	R45.62	773	SR 3 (I-5 Bus. north) – Yreka, Fort Jones, Etna
		R47.56	775	Central Yreka
		R48.24	776	Yreka, Montague (SR 3 / I-5 Bus. south)
	​	R58.33	786	SR 96 west (Klamath River Highway) – Willow Creek	Serves Randolf Collier Rest Area
	​	R61.55	789	Henley, Hornbrook (CR A28)
	​	R62.92	790	Hornbrook Highway, Ditch Creek Road
	​	R63.50	Agricultural Inspection Station (southbound only)
	​	R65.52	793	Bailey Hill Road
	​	R68.33	796	Hilt
	​	R69.29		I-5 north – Medford, Portland	Continuation into Oregon
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       ETC       HOV only       Incomplete access

See also

• California Roads portal

References

External links

Route map: Google

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Interstate 5 in California.

• Interstate 5 at Interstate-Guide.com
• Interstate 5 at California @ AARoads.com
• Caltrans: Interstate 5 highway conditions
• Interstate 5 at California Highways
• History of the Northern Los Angeles County section of Interstate 5 (Photos, text, TV shows)
• Interstate 5 in the Los Angeles Area
• US 99 Tour in Southern California

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