Santa Monica Freeway

The Santa Monica Freeway is the westernmost segment of Interstate 10, beginning at the western terminus of I-10 at the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, California and ending southeast of downtown Los Angeles at the famous East Los Angeles Interchange. (I-10 continues as the San Bernardino Freeway.) The section between the Harbor and San Diego freeways is also signed as the Rosa Parks Freeway. The freeway is signed as the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway in Santa Monica. The freeway is 14 lanes wide (2 local, 5 express in each direction) from the Harbor Freeway interchange to the Arlington Avenue offramp; most of these lanes are full at peak travel times (even on Saturdays). The remainder of the freeway varies between 8 and 10 lanes in width.

Related Topics:
Interstate 10 - Pacific Coast Highway - Santa Monica, California - Los Angeles - East Los Angeles Interchange - San Bernardino Freeway - Harbor - San Diego - Rosa Parks - Christopher Columbus

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While the construction of the Century Freeway several miles to the south eased traffic congestion to a considerable extent by creating an alternate route from downtown to Los Angeles International Airport, the Santa Monica Freeway is still one of the busiest freeways in the world. All three freeway-to-freeway interchanges along its length are notorious for their congestion and are routinely ranked among the top 10 most congested spots in the United States.

Related Topics:
Century Freeway - Traffic congestion - Los Angeles International Airport - United States

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