California State Route 60

State Route 60
SR 60 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by Streets and Highways Code § 360
Maintained by Caltrans
Length	76 mi[1] (122 km)
Existed	1964–present
Major junctions
West end	I-5 / I-10 / US 101 in Los Angeles
	I-710 in East Los Angeles SR 19 near South El Monte I-605 in Industry SR 57 in Diamond Bar SR 71 in Pomona SR 83 in Ontario I-15 in Jurupa Valley I-215 / SR 91 in Riverside
East end	I-10 in Beaumont
Location
Counties	Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside
Highway system
State highways in California Interstate US State Scenic History Pre-1964 Unconstructed Deleted Freeways ← US 60 → SR 61

State Route 60 (SR 60) is an east-west state highway in the U.S. state of California. It serves the cities and communities on the eastern side of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and runs along the south side of the San Gabriel Valley. It functions as a bypass route of Interstate 10 (I-10) through the area between the East Los Angeles Interchange in Los Angeles and Beaumont. SR 60 provides a route across several spurs of the Peninsular Ranges, linking the Los Angeles Basin with the Pomona Valley and San Gabriel Valley. The highway also overlaps at State Route 57 and Interstate 215. Portions of SR 60 are designated as either the Pomona Freeway or the Moreno Valley Freeway.

Route description[]

Pomona Freeway in the foreground, with Phillips Ranch, and Mt. San Antonio in the background

SR 60 begins at the East Los Angeles Interchange near downtown Los Angeles, designated as the Pomona Freeway. The freeway heads east from the junction after splitting off from the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10) and passes through East Los Angeles, intersecting the Long Beach Freeway (I-710). Continuing east through the southern San Gabriel Valley, SR 60 passes through many cities and communities, intersecting the San Gabriel River Freeway (I-605) in the City of Industry. It proceeds to an overlap with the Orange Freeway (SR 57) in Diamond Bar, right on the edge of the San Gabriel Valley.

A short overlap carries SR 60 traffic on the same roadway as SR 57. The two routes head northeast through an arm of the San Gabriel Valley; after they split, SR 60 ascends slightly and then slopes through the Puente Hills and into the Pomona Valley. Continuing east, SR 60 intersects the Chino Valley Freeway (SR 71) in Pomona, the Ontario Freeway (I-15) in Jurupa Valley, and the Riverside Freeway (SR 91/I-215) in Riverside, California.

A short overlap carries SR 60 traffic on the same roadway as I-215. The two routes head southeast; after this, SR 60 is designated as the Moreno Valley Freeway. The freeway runs through communities further east in the Inland Empire. After passing through Moreno Valley, SR 60 runs through the rugged hill country to the east (known as the Badlands to the locals). After that, SR 60 downgrades to an expressway, and has several at-grade interchanges with local roads. Finally, in Beaumont, SR 60 ends and merges into the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway (I-10).

SR 60 traverses Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties. As it passes through many of Los Angeles' eastern suburbs in southern San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys, it is a major transportation corridor. For the majority of its length it is generally parallel to, and south of, the San Bernardino Freeway, Interstate 10 (I-10), and generally parallel to, and north of, the Riverside Freeway, California State Route 91. Traffic congestion is exacerbated by the rapid population growth and, therefore, residential, commercial, and industrial development in the Inland Empire. In particular, it has become increasingly clogged of late with shipping container-laden trucks travelling from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to rail yards and warehouses in the Inland Empire. As a result of the rapid development of the Inland Empire since the 1980s, the Moreno Valley Freeway now suffers from severe traffic congestion. In the mid-2000s, the northwestern section that is concurrently signed with Interstate 215 underwent significant construction to improve traffic flow, but it still suffers from heavy congestion.

The freeway is known as the Pomona Freeway from its western terminus to its junction with State Route 91 and Interstate 215 in Riverside, and the Moreno Valley Freeway east of this interchange until its eastern terminus at its junction with Interstate 10.^[2] The route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,^[3] and is part of the National Highway System,^[4] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.^[5]

History[]

Pomona Freeway eastbound and 57N Interchange, with Grand Ave. exit (exit 24B) for Mt. San Antonio College, Chino Hills, and Diamond Bar visible

The route takes its number from former US 60, which now begins near Brenda, Arizona and terminates on the east coast at Virginia Beach, Virginia. Before 1964, US 60 ran from Los Angeles to the Arizona state line, where it continued its nationwide trek, often overlapping US 99 and US 70 along the way. The advent of I-10 created a situation where, at one point, four different signed routes would run along the state-maintained highway.

In 1964, California implemented a plan to simplify its highway-numbering system, where one state highway had only one route number and concurrencies were strongly discouraged. As a result, the US 60 designation (along with US 70 and US 99) was removed. I-10 (as Route 10) superseded US 60's alignment from Beaumont and towards the Arizona state line, even though the routing was only partly a freeway. This left the officially designated Route 60 from Beaumont to Los Angeles orphaned from its original U.S. Highway (which to this day begins at a point on I-10 several miles east of Quartzsite, Arizona). This new Route 60 was provisionally signed as a U.S. Highway since the designation would guide motorists from Los Angeles to Arizona in the absence of a completed freeway for I-10; when all of Route 10 was upgraded to a freeway, the U.S. Highway designation disappeared.

At least one California highway sign managed to be overlooked for many years afterward. A sign on Hess Boulevard at SR 62 in the unincorporated town of Morongo Valley pointed not to I-10 but to US 60 (with evidence of the sign having pointed to both US 70 and US 99 as well) stood through the early 2000s; it has since been removed.^{[citation needed]}

The stretch of SR 60 along the Moreno Valley Freeway made national headlines in April 2004, when five-year-old Ruby Bustamante of Indio and her 26-year-old mother, Norma, were reported missing. Their car had left the road, apparently unwitnessed, between the gap in two guard rails on April 4. It then crashed underneath a tree in a deep ravine. Though Mrs. Bustamante lost her life, presumably at the moment of impact, Ruby survived on her own for ten days on cups of uncooked Top Ramen noodles and bottles of Gatorade which were in the car.^[6][7][8]

In 1998, the HOV lanes between SR 57 and I-15 opened.^[9] In 2005, construction of an HOV lane started between I-605 and Redlands Boulevard in two phases.^[10] The construction was finished in 2010 from I-605 to SR 57, and in 2008 from I-15 to Redlands Boulevard. The Grand Avenue (exit 24B) interchange went through some major construction during this period as well, which included adding a direct HOV connector to SR 57 and an alternate route for SR 60 west to exit Brea Canyon Road (exit 23). There are no current plans to construct the HOV lanes from I-605 to the East Los Angeles Interchange or from Redlands Boulevard to I-10.

On December 14, 2011, a tanker truck carrying 8,800 US gallons (33,000 l) of gasoline caught fire and exploded on the Pomona Freeway in Montebello; this caused Caltrans to rebuild the Paramount Boulevard overpass.^[11][12] Shortly after the rebuilding of the bridge, Caltrans did widening work on Paramount Boulevard's exit and entrance ramps to accommodate the new bridge and installed new traffic signals. There is also a connection to the Monterey Park Market Place via Neil Armstrong Street, a joint venture between the cities of Monterey Park and Montebello, which can be accessed through Paramount Boulevard.

In mid-2016, Caltrans started to construct a partial interchange at Lemon Avenue (to Brea Canyon Road) with no westbound exit. On May 1, 2018, the Lemon Avenue eastbound off-ramp exit and westbound on-ramp were opened, and the eastbound off-ramp exit to Brea Canyon Road was removed.^[13] The project was finished in late 2018.

Future[]

Moreno Valley to Beaumont[]

In order to increase safety through the Badlands corridor between Moreno Valley and Beaumont, the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) is partnering with Caltrans to complete a $138 million project to add a truck climbing lane in each direction between Gilman Springs Road and Jack Rabbit Trail. Construction began in summer 2019.^[14]

There are plans to convert SR 60 from the Jack Rabbit trail exit to its eastern terminus (I-10) to a full freeway. These plans are only in the environmental phase and have not been approved by Caltrans to begin construction.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the future Potrero Boulevard interchange near the Jack Rabbit Trail exit of SR 60 on February 1, 2018. It is planned to be Exit 75.^[15][16]

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 California postmile § Official postmile definitions).^[17] 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 [17][1][18]	Exit [19][20]	Destinations	Notes
Los Angeles LA 0.00-R30.46	Los Angeles	0.00	1A	I-10 west (Santa Monica Freeway) – Santa Monica	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of SR 60/Pomona Freeway; I-10 east exit 16B
		0.04	1B	Santa Fe Avenue, Mateo Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		R0.55	1A	I-5 south (Santa Ana Freeway) – Santa Ana	Eastbound exit only; I-5 north exit 134 goes directly to I-10 west
		0.38– R0.55	1C	US 101 north (Santa Ana Freeway) / Soto Street – Los Angeles	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		R0.55	1E	I-5 north (Golden State Freeway) – Sacramento	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-5 south exit 134A
		R1.48	1D	Whittier Boulevard, Lorena Street	Signed as exit 1B eastbound; Whittier Boulevard was former US 101
	Los Angeles–East Los Angeles line	R1.94	2	Indiana Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	East Los Angeles	R2.59	3A	Downey Road
		R3.27	3B	I-710 (Long Beach Freeway) – Long Beach, Valley Boulevard	I-710 north exit 20A, south exit 20B
	Monterey Park	R4.43	4	Atlantic Boulevard
	Monterey Park–Montebello line	R5.16	6A	Findlay Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		R5.89	6B	Garfield Avenue, Wilcox Avenue	Signed as exit 6 westbound
	Montebello	R7.77	8	Paramount Boulevard
	Rosemead	R8.55	9	San Gabriel Boulevard
	​	9.51	10A	SR 19 (Rosemead Boulevard)
	South El Monte	10.23	10B	Santa Anita Avenue – South El Monte
		11.01	11	Peck Road
	Industry	11.71	12	I-605 (San Gabriel River Freeway)	I-605 exit 19
		12.63	13	Crossroads Parkway
	Hacienda Heights	14.26	14	Seventh Avenue – Industry	Signed as exits 14A (south) and 14B (north) eastbound
		15.93	16	Hacienda Boulevard	Former SR 39
	Industry–Hacienda Heights line	17.97	18	Azusa Avenue (CR N8)	Proposed route of future SR 39
	Rowland Heights–Industry line	19.46	19	Fullerton Road
		20.43	20	Nogales Street
	Industry	R21.48	21	Fairway Drive – Walnut
	Diamond Bar	22.39	22	Lemon Avenue to Brea Canyon Road	No westbound exit[21][22][23]
		R22.97	23	Brea Canyon Road	Westbound exit (via SR 60 alternate) and eastbound entrance only
	Diamond Bar–Industry line	R23.56	24A	SR 57 south (Orange Freeway) – Santa Ana	West end of SR 57 overlap; SR 57 north exit 16
		​	♦	SR 57 south	HOV access only; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		R24.45	24B	Grand Avenue
	Diamond Bar	R25.46	25	SR 57 north (Orange Freeway)	East end of SR 57 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; westbound to northbound access is via exit 26
		R25.56	26	Diamond Bar Boulevard
	Pomona	R28.04	28	Phillips Ranch Road
		R29.39	29A	SR 71 (Chino Valley Freeway) – Pomona, Corona	Signed as exit 29B westbound; eastbound exit to SR 71 north is via exit 29B; SR 71 north exits 12A-B, south exits 12-13; westbound exit for SR 71 north also includes direct exit ramp to Rio Rancho Road
		R29.39	29B	Garey Avenue	Signed as exit 29A westbound
		R30.33	30	Reservoir Street
San Bernardino SBD R0.00-R9.96	Chino	R1.37	32	Ramona Avenue
		R2.37	33	Central Avenue
	Chino–Ontario line	R3.60	34	Mountain Avenue
	Ontario	R4.58	35	SR 83 (Euclid Avenue) – Ontario
		R5.86	36	Grove Avenue – Ontario Airport
		R6.86	37	Vineyard Avenue
		R7.87	38	Archibald Avenue
		R8.91	39	Haven Avenue – Ontario Airport
San Bernardino–Riverside county line	Ontario–Eastvale line	R9.96	40	Milliken Avenue, Hamner Avenue	Signed as exit 41A westbound; former SR 31
Riverside RIV R0.00-30.50	Eastvale–Jurupa Valley line	R0.49	41	I-15 (Ontario Freeway) – Barstow, San Diego	Signed as exit 41B westbound; I-15 south exit 106, north exits 106A-B
	Jurupa Valley	R1.99	42	Van Buren Boulevard, Etiwanda Avenue, Mission Boulevard
		R3.03	43	Country Village Road, Mission Boulevard
		R4.55	45	Pedley Road
		R5.58	46	Pyrite Street
		7.53	48	Valley Way, Mission Boulevard – Rubidoux
		9.56	50	Rubidoux Boulevard – Rubidoux
	Riverside	11.07	52A	Market Street – Downtown Riverside
		11.73	52B	Main Street	Former US 91 / US 395
		R12.06	53A	SR 91 west (Riverside Freeway) – Riverside, Beach Cities	Signed as exit 34B westbound; former US 91 south; east end of Pomona Freeway; SR 91 exits 65B-C
		R12.21 43.27[a]	53B	I-215 north (Riverside Freeway) – San Bernardino, Barstow	West end of I-215 overlap; SR 60 west follows I-215 exit 34C; former I-15E north / US 91 north / US 395 north
		42.84[a]	34A[b]	Spruce Street	Closed[24]
		42.16[a]	33[b]	3rd Street, Blaine Street
		41.49[a]	32[b]	University Avenue	Former US 395
		40.98[a]	31[b]	Martin Luther King Boulevard
		40.28[a]	31[b]	El Cerrito Drive	Closed[24]
		39.48[a]	30B[b]	Watkins Drive, Central Avenue
		R38.92[a]	30A[b]	Fair Isle Drive – Box Springs	Westbound exit from SR 60 before merging with I-215 north; no direct access from I-215 north
		R38.34[a] R12.21	58	I-215 south (Escondido Freeway) – San Diego	East end of I-215 overlap; SR 60 east follows I-215 exit 29; former I-15E south / US 395 south
	Riverside–Moreno Valley line	13.31	59	Day Street
	Moreno Valley	14.32	60	Frederick Street, Pigeon Pass Road	To SR 60 Business, former US 60 east
		15.34	61	Heacock Street
		16.35	62	Perris Boulevard
		18.37	64	Nason Street
		19.20	65	Moreno Beach Drive
		20.37	66	Redlands Boulevard
		21.37	67	World Logistics Center Parkway	Formerly Theodore Street[25]
		22.10	68	Gilman Springs Road – Hemet, San Jacinto	Former SR 177
	Beaumont	27.98	74	Jack Rabbit Trail	East end of freeway; at-grade intersection eastbound; interchange westbound
		​	75	Potrero Boulevard	Future interchange[26]
		​		Western Knolls Avenue	At-grade intersection; west end of freeway
		30.50	93	6th Street – Beaumont	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit number follows I-10
		30.50		I-10 east – Indio	East end of SR 60/Moreno Valley Freeway; I-10 exit 93
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus       HOV only       Incomplete access       Unopened

See also[]

•  California Roads portal

References[]

External links[]

Route map:

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• California @ AARoads.com - State Route 60
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• California Highways: Route 60
• The 60/91/215 Freeway Improvement Project