Everything about Marina Freeway totally explained
State Route 90 (
SR 90) is a
state highway in
Southern California,
United States. It consists of two unconnected pieces in
Greater Los Angeles.
The
Marina Freeway segment is a short freeway in southwestern
Los Angeles and the nearby suburbs, linking
Marina Del Rey to the rest of Greater Los Angeles. The freeway runs from Slauson Avenue in southern
Culver City to Culver Boulevard in Marina Del Rey, although it begins as an expressway further west at Lincoln Boulevard.
The eastern portion of Route 90 is
Imperial Highway connecting
La Habra,
Brea,
Yorba Linda and
Anaheim Hills. (The part in Yorba Linda was relinquished in 2002, and is now the
Richard M. Nixon Parkway.)
This route is part of the
California Freeway and Expressway System.
Route description
The west segment of SR 90 begins at
Lincoln Boulevard (
State Route 1) in the
Del Rey district of Los Angeles. It heads east along the Marina Expressway, past several intersections, and becomes the Marina Freeway after crossing
Ballona Creek. After two
interchanges - with
Centinela Avenue and
Interstate 405 - SR 90 and the freeway end at
Slauson Avenue.
The east segment begins at the intersection of
Imperial Highway and
Beach Boulevard (
State Route 39) in La Habra. It heads east and southeast on Imperial Highway, ending at
State Route 91 about 1/4 mile (400 m) after crossing the
Santa Ana River from Yorba Linda into
Anaheim. Much of the road in Yorba Linda is built to freeway standards; it's now known as the
Richard M. Nixon Parkway after the city accepted maintenance in 2002.
To the east,
Legislative Route 176 (the Yorba Linda Freeway, now also the Marina Freeway) was defined in 1939 from
pre-1964 Legislative Route 62 (now
State Route 39) east and southeast to
pre-1964 Legislative Route 43 (now
State Route 91). A 1959 extension took it west to
pre-1964 Legislative Route 174 (later
State Route 42) near
Norwalk.
In the
1964 renumbering, LR 221 was assigned State Route 90, but LR 176 all became part of
State Route 42, along with the connecting LR 174 to the west. The piece of LR 176 between I-605 and SR 39 was reassigned to SR 90 in 1965, and the rest east to SR 91 became part of SR 90 in 1968 (at the same time as SR 42 became
Interstate 105).
Originally planned as the
Slauson Freeway, the Route 90 Freeway was slated to extend across southern
Los Angeles County and northern
Orange County, ending at the Riverside Freeway in eastern
Anaheim. However, by the 1960s, community opposition had reduced it to what is effectively a minor spur of the I-405 Freeway to
Marina Del Rey (derisively dubbed the "
Slauson Cutoff" by comedian Johnny Carson). It was renamed the
Richard M. Nixon Freeway for a brief period in the early 1970s, but after Nixon's resignation in the wake of the
Watergate scandal, its name was changed to the current appellation.
From the I-405 Freeway west to Centinela Avenue, the Marina Freeway is 8 lanes wide, before it quickly narrows to 4 lanes at the Culver Boulevard exit. The freeway ends approximately 1/2 mile west of Culver Boulevard, and continues as an expressway. There has been talk of extending the Marina Expressway slightly west of Lincoln Boulevard (Route 1) to Admiralty Way (approximately 1/4 mile) to accommodate ongoing expansion of the Marina Del Rey area. Strong opposition to this makes actualization of this plan uncertain.
In 2002 the City of Yorba Linda assumed responsibility for
Imperial Highway within its city limits; it lost its state route designation, and is now called the
Richard M. Nixon Parkway.
By 2005, construction on the western end of the Marina Freeway began, to extend the freeway terminus from Culver Boulevard to approximately 1/2 mile west of Culver Boulevard by building a full interchange at Culver. The freeway extension was completed in early 2007. The freeway extension also allows Route 90 drivers to avoid a traffic signal at Alla Road (just west of Culver Boulevard.). After the end of the freeway, a pair of frontage roads operating as an expressway continues as Route 90 up to Route 1 (Lincoln Boulevard.). Signalized intersections occur at Mindanao Way and Lincoln Boulevard, which is the end of the expressway in Marina del Rey. The reason for the extension is to relieve traffic congestion on surface streets.
Major intersections
» Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and don't necessarily reflect current mileage. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.
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