State Route 74 in California
| SR-74 | |||
| Get started | San Juan Capistrano | ||
| End | Palm Desert | ||
| Length | 112 mi | ||
| Length | 179 km | ||
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According to Indexdotcom, State Route 74 is a state route in the U.S. state of California. The road forms an east-west route through Southern California, from San Juan Capistrano to Palm Desert, two distant suburbs of Los Angeles. State Route 74 is 179 kilometers long.
Travel directions
State Route 74 begins in the southern suburb of San Juan Capistrano on Interstate 5. This is located over 80 kilometers southeast of Los Angeles. A small section in San Juan Capistrano is a 2×2 urban arterial, but the road soon heads into the Santa Ana Mountains. The road follows a beautiful but winding route through this mountainous area, which is quite a contrast to the endless urbanization in the flat country. The highest point of this part of the route is at over 800 meters, after which an abrupt descent follows to Lake Elsinore.
This is part of the Inland Empire, partly belonging to Riverside County, a sprawling suburban area far from Los Angeles. In Lake Elsinore, State Route 74 is a regular single-lane road. There follows a connection with Interstate 15, after which State Route 74 is a five-lane road with center turn lane to Perris. There, State Route 74 is briefly interrupted by Interstate 215.
State Route 74 is then largely a four-lane road with no lane separation until Hemet, a small urban area of 100,000 inhabitants that is quite far from freeways. At Hemet, the road is double -numbered with State Route 79. East of Hemet, the landscape consists of the mountainous San Bernardino National Forest. The road rises at Mountain Center to a height of more than 1,400 meters. This part is twisty, steep and secondary in character. However, it is the only road in this region. On the eastern side, the area becomes drier and desert-like, part of the Colorado Desert. The road descends to Palm Desert and ends there.
History
State Route 74 was established in the 1930s as an east-west route south of Los Angeles. Today it is a sort of tangential link south and east of the Los Angeles area, giving the road some through importance, partly because it is one of the few roads through the Santa Ana Mountains. The section between San Juan Capistrano and Lake Elsinore is considered one of the most unsafe roads in California. The road has been upgraded only slightly, apart from a number of poor boy highway widenings from 2 to 4 lanes, partly 5 lanes with center turn lane. Few parts are a divided highway.
Traffic intensities
45,000 vehicles drive daily in San Juan Capistrano, dropping to 11,000 vehicles on the route through the Santa Ana Mountains. Between Lake Elsinore and Perris, the road has approximately 25,000 vehicles, and 25,000 to 33,000 vehicles as far as Hemet. East of Hemet there is a lot less traffic, mostly only 3,000 vehicles a day.
State Route 75 in California
| SR-75 | |||
| Get started | Imperial Beach | ||
| End | San Diego | ||
| Length | 13 mi | ||
| Length | 21 km | ||
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State Route 75 is a state route in the U.S. state of California. The road forms a north-south route through the San Diego region and is 13 miles long.
Travel directions
State Route 75 begins near Imperial Beach at a junction with Interstate 5.5 kilometers north of the border with Mexico. The road is a major urban arterial through Imperial Beach with 2×3 lanes. The road then leads past Silver Strand, a narrow headland with wide sandy beaches. The road has 2×2 lanes here. You then arrive in Coronado, after which the road bends to the east again and goes over the San Diego Bay via the high San Diego-Coronado Bridge. After that, the bridge smoothly connects to Interstate 5 with a half stack.
History
The so-called Silver Strand Highway was built in the early 1920s as a route over the Silver Strand. It opened to traffic in 1924. Since 1964, this road has been numbered State Route 75. In 1969, the San Diego-Coronado Bridge opened to traffic, greatly improving the accessibility of Coronado. It also opened the interchange with I-5 in San Diego. In the 1980s, the road was partly made grade-separated over the Silver Strand.
Traffic intensities
66,000 vehicles drive daily at the junction with I-5 near Imperial Beach. This then drops quite quickly to about 25,000 vehicles in Imperial Beach and 17,000 vehicles across the Silver Strand. This rises again to 38,000 vehicles in Coronado and 74,000 vehicles on the San Diego-Coronado Bridge.
State Route 76 in California
| SR-76 | |||
| Get started | Oceanside | ||
| End | Lake Henshaw | ||
| Length | 53 mi | ||
| Length | 85 km | ||
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State Route 76 is a state route in the U.S. state of California. The road forms an east-west route in Southern California, from Oceanside to near Lake Henshaw. State Route 76 is 85 kilometers long.
Travel directions
State Route 76 begins in Oceanside at a junction with Interstate 5, near the Pacific coast. The road heads east through Oceanside and is called the San Luis Rey Mission Expressway. This is a single storey urban arterial with 2×2 lanes and traffic lights. It is one of the main underlying links of Oceanside. After the suburb of Bonsall, State Route 76 narrows to 1×2 lanes. To the east then follows the connection with Interstate 15. The road then heads east into Palomar Mountain, a mountain range with peaks up to 1,700 meters. The road rises to a height of more than 800 meters. This part leads through less populated area. State Route 76 ends at an intersection with State Route 79 near Lake Henshaw.
History
In the early 20th century, an east-west route existed through this region, which became a State Route in 1933 and received its current number in 1964. As early as the 1950s, there were plans to upgrade State Route 76 in Oceanside to a MUTCD term expressway, a 2×2 road with few intersections, but no freeway. Money was set aside for the upgrade in 1964, but the project was delayed due to other priorities, most notably I-5 and I-15 (then US 395). In the 1970s, it was proposed to use State Route 76 as a freewaybut this plan was not carried through. The project was delayed for years by environmental concerns. State Route 76 was now one of the least safe roads in California. Construction did not finally begin until 1994, and in 1995 the first 6 kilometers of the San Luis Rey Mission Expressway were opened to the west of Oceanside. In 1999, the route through Oceanside was widened to 2×2 lanes. Only in 2012 did the double-lane section between Oceanside and Bonsall open. By 2017, the entire doubling between I-5 and I-15 was completed.
Traffic intensities
Between 44,000 and 52,000 vehicles drive through Oceanside every day. This part is quite busy with 2×2 lanes and traffic lights. 35,000 to 41,000 vehicles drive up to Bonsall, descending to 25,000 vehicles on the last part to Interstate 15. East of that 26,000 vehicles drive to Pala, then the intensities are significantly lower, with 7,000 vehicles per day, on the easternmost part falling to 1,500 vehicles per day.
