Ventura Freeway

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Ventura Freeway
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West end:	SR 1 near Ventura
Major junctions:	SR 23 in Thousand Oaks SR 134 / SR 170 (Hollywood Split)
East end:	I-210 in Pasadena
System:	Southern California freeways
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The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. From Ventura to its intersection with the Hollywood Freeway in the southeastern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles (the Hollywood Split), it is signed as U.S. Route 101 which was built in the early 1960s. East of the Hollywood Freeway intersection, it is signed as State Route 134 which was built by 1971.

Prior to the construction of a new alignment in 1971, the portion east of the Hollywood Freeway was known as the Colorado Freeway in reference to nearby Colorado Boulevard, a historic thoroughfare in Pasadena and northeastern Los Angeles.

Contents 1 The route 2 In popular culture 3 Trivia 4 Legal definition 5 Exit list 6 References

[edit] The route

The freeway begins southeast of La Conchita, which alternates between a freeway, an expressway, and an ordinary divided highway previous to this point. East of this point, U.S. 101 is known as the Ventura Freeway. It travels eastward through the citrus orchards and strawberry fields of the Oxnard Plain before ascending a short, steep pass into the Conejo Valley. Continuing eastward through the northern Santa Monica Mountains, it crosses the Ventura/Los Angeles county line before entering the San Fernando Valley. The freeway continues eastward along the valley's southern rim, crossing the 405 and 5 freeways and the Los Angeles River. After passing through the Glendale civic center south of the Verdugo Mountains, it continues along the southern slope of the San Rafael Hills between Glendale and Eagle Rock before entering Pasadena near the Arroyo Seco and terminating at the Foothill Freeway.

The Ventura Freeway suffers from severe congestion. Its intersection with the San Diego Freeway, in Sherman Oaks, is consistently rated as one of the five most congested interchanges in the nation. Where it meets the Hollywood Freeway at the Hollywood Split junction, it is also notably congested. During events at the Rose Bowl, the freeway's eastern portions often resemble a parking lot.

The east-west geographical alignment of the Ventura Freeway and the north-south designation of U.S. 101 on freeway signs can be confusing to visitors; the same freeway entrance can often be signed as "101 North" and "101 West"; this is most common in the San Fernando Valley.

[edit] In popular culture

The freeway "runnin' through the yard" in Tom Petty's 1989 hit, "Free Fallin'", is most likely the Ventura Freeway.^{[citation needed]}

The group America had a top 10 hit in 1972 with the song "Ventura Highway" which the group said was about their dreams of moving to Southern California while living in Nebraska.

[edit] Trivia

Where the 134 freeway crosses the Arroyo Seco, there's a basketball court under the overpass.

[edit] Legal definition

The Ventura Freeway is Routes 101 and 134 from Route 5 to the Santa Barbara County line.^[1] This does not include the portion of Route 134 between Route 5 and Route 210 even though local usage extends the name over this portion of freeway.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 54, Chapter 85 in 2003 also designated Route 101 in Ventura County as the "Screaming Eagles Highway".^[2] This honors the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army, which formed on July 23, 1918 and subsequently has been involved in every major war that the United States has participated in since then. [1]

[edit] Exit list

Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.

This exit list proceeds from east to west, since the majority of the freeway is the north-south US 101.

County	Location	Postmile [3][4][5]	#[6]	Destinations	Notes
Los Angeles LA 134 R13.34-0.00 101 11.75-38.19	Pasadena	R13.34		I-210 east (Foothill Freeway) – San Bernardino	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				Fair Oaks Avenue, Marengo Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		R13.34	13B	I-210 west (Foothill Freeway) – San Fernando	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		R13.34	13B	To SR 110 (SR 710) / Del Mar Boulevard, California Boulevard
		R12.97	13A	Colorado Boulevard, Orange Grove Boulevard	Former SR 248
	See SR 134
	Los Angeles	0.86	1D	Cahuenga Boulevard – Hollywood	Signed as exit 1 eastbound; no westbound entrance
		0.51	1C	Lankershim Boulevard – North Hollywood	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		0.35		Vineland Avenue	No westbound exit
		134 0.00 101 11.75	1B	SR 170 north (Hollywood Freeway) – Sacramento	West/northbound exit and east/southbound entrance
			West/north end of SR 134; east/south end of US 101 overlap
				US 101 south (Hollywood Freeway) – Los Angeles	East/southbound exit and west/northbound entrance
		11.83	13A	Tujunga Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		12.85	14	Laurel Canyon Boulevard – Studio City
		13.88	15	Coldwater Canyon Avenue
		14.89	16	Woodman Avenue
		15.91	17	Van Nuys Boulevard
		16.94	18	Sepulveda Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		17.17	19A	I-405 (San Diego Freeway) – Santa Monica, Sacramento
		17.50	19B	Haskell Avenue	No southbound entrance
		18.61	20	Hayvenhurst Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		19.22	21	Balboa Boulevard – Encino
		20.23	22	White Oak Avenue
		21.25	23	Reseda Boulevard
		22.25	24	Tampa Avenue
		23.26	25	Winnetka Avenue – Woodland Hills
		24.31	26A	De Soto Avenue, Serrania Avenue	Signed as exit 26 southbound
		24.85	26B	Canoga Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		25.34	27	SR 27 (Topanga Canyon Boulevard) / Ventura Boulevard	Signed as exits 27A (north) and 27B (south) northbound
		25.76	27C	Shoup Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		26.45	28	Fallbrook Avenue	Southbound exit only
		26.86	28	Woodlake Avenue	Northbound exit and entrance
		27.36	29	Mulholland Drive, Valley Circle Boulevard
	Calabasas	28.29	30	Parkway Calabasas
		31.06	32	Las Virgenes Road – Malibu Canyon
		31.92	33	Lost Hills Road
	Agoura Hills	32.79	34	Liberty Canyon Road
		33.69	35	Chesebro Road – Agoura Hills
		35.04	36	Kanan Road
		36.18	38	Reyes Adobe Road
	Westlake Village	37.54	39	Lindero Canyon Road
Ventura VEN 101 0.00-T40.61	Thousand Oaks	0.70	40	SR 23 south (Westlake Boulevard)	South end of SR 23 overlap
		1.62	41	Hampshire Road
		3.02	43A	Rancho Road	Signed as exit 43B northbound
		3.11	43B	SR 23 north (Moorpark Freeway) – Fillmore	North end of SR 23 overlap; signed as exit 43A northbound
		4.06	44	Moorpark Road – Thousand Oaks
		5.05	45	Lynn Road
		6.19	46	Ventu Park Road – Newbury Park
		7.02	47A	Rancho Conejo Boulevard, Borchard Road	Signed as exits 47A (Rancho Conejo Boulevard) and 47B (Borchard Road) northbound
		7.89	47B	Wendy Drive – Newbury Park	Signed as exit 47C northbound
	Camarillo	10.74	50	Camarillo Springs Road – Camarillo Grove County Park
		12.30	52	Santa Rosa Road, Pleasant Valley Road
		13.75	53A	Flynn Road, Dawson Drive
		13.85	53B	SR 34 (Lewis Road)
		14.80	54	Carmen Drive – Camarillo
		15.89	55	Las Posas Road
		17.75	57	Central Avenue
	Oxnard	19.17	59	Del Norte Boulevard
		20.08	60	Santa Clara Avenue, Rice Avenue
		21.01	61	Rose Avenue
		22.01	62A	SR 232 (Vineyard Avenue) – Oxnard
		22.73	62B	SR 1 south (Oxnard Boulevard)	South end of SR 1 overlap
			63A	Wagon Wheel Road	Southbound exit only
	Ventura	R23.45	63B	Johnson Drive – Montalvo	Signed as exit 63 northbound
		R24.65	64	Victoria Avenue – Channel Island Harbor
		25.97	65	Telephone Road
		26.39	66A	SR 126 east (Santa Paula Freeway) – Santa Paula	Signed as exit 66 southbound; no southbound entrance
		26.72	66B	Main Street (US 101 Bus. north) – Ventura	No southbound exit
		28.45	68	Seaward Avenue
		29.45	69	Vista del Mar Drive, Sanjon Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		30.15	70A	California Street, Ventura Avenue
		30.91	70B	SR 33 north (Ojai Freeway) – Ojai
		31.50	71	Main Street (US 101 Bus. south) – Ventura	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		R32.70	72	State Beaches (SR 1 north)	North end of SR 1 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance
		R38.98	78	Seacliff (SR 1 south)	South end of SR 1 overlap
		T40.61	North end of freeway

[edit] References

v • d • e Freeways in Greater Los Angeles Radial Hollywood (US 101/SR 170) • Golden State (I-5) • Antelope Valley (SR 14) • Glendale (SR 2) • Pasadena (SR 110) • San Bernardino (I-10/I-215) • Pomona (SR 60) • Santa Ana (I-5/US 101) • Laguna (SR 133) • Corona del Mar (SR 73) • Long Beach (I-710) • Terminal Island (SR 103/SR 47) • Harbor (I-110/SR 110) • Marina (SR 90) • Santa Monica (I-10) Circumferential Ventura (US 101/SR 134) • Foothill (I-210) • San Gabriel River (I-605) • Orange (SR 57) • Costa Mesa (SR 55) • Artesia (SR 91) • Garden Grove (SR 22) • Century (I-105) • Gardena (SR 91) • San Diego (I-405/I-5) • Moorpark (SR 23) • Ojai (SR 33) • Ronald Reagan (SR 118) • Santa Paula (SR 126) Inland Empire Chino Valley (SR 71) • Foothill (SR 210) • Moreno Valley (SR 60) • Riverside (SR 91/I-215) • I-15 • I-40 • I-215 • SR 58 • SR 259 • SR 330 Toll Eastern (SR 133/SR 241/SR 261) • Foothill (SR 241) • San Joaquin Hills (SR 73) • 91 Express