Pictorial Guide to Southern California Highways

Southern California highway

Pictorial Guide to Southern California Highways

Explore the highways, freeways, historic routes, bridges, interchanges, and back roads of Southern California through photographs, history, and highway information.

This site will include information and photos of the roadways and freeways in Southern California. The area includes Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Monterey, Orange, Riverside, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, and  Ventura counties. Caltrans breaks this up into Districts 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12. Photo contributions are welcome. Signs, the highway itself, and other aspects will be shown here. Formerly, this site only included highways in the Los Angeles area and is slowly expanding to include more area.

A few highlights of Southern California’s Highways and Byways

Interstate 5 through the Grapevine
Interstate 5 shield

I-5 — The Grapevine

Golden State Freeway · Ridge Route · Tejon Pass

U.S. Route 101 shield

US 101 — Hollywood & Ventura Freeways

Santa Ana · Hollywood · Ventura Freeways

Bridge To Nowhere

Learn about the many attempts at building a road through the East Fork San Gabriel River Canyon

State Routes

Explore Southern California’s State Sign Routes.

7

Calexico East Border Crossing

25

Airline Highway

41

Yosemite Freeway

43

Central Valley Highway

63

Mooney Blvd

65

All American City Highway

86

Imperial Ave / Heber Ave (Former US 99)

111

Palm Canyon Dr / Palm Desert Dr

119

Taft Highway

127

Death Valley Highway

135

Harris Canyon Road / Broadway

137

Tulare – Lindsey Highway / Inyo Ave

145

Fresno – Coalinga Road

168

Sierra Freeway / Tollhouse Road / Westgard Pass Road

177

Desert Center-Rice Road

California State Route 178 shield

178

Kern Canyon Road – EXTERNAL LINK

180

Whitesbridge Ave / Kings Canyon Freeway

188

Tecate Road

190

Poplar Ave / Springville Highway

192

Foothill Road / Sycamore Canyon Road

195

66 Ave / Pierce St

198

Lacey Blvd / Coalinga-San Lucas Road

201

Ave 400

216

Ivanhoe / Woodlake

217

Ward Blvd

223

Bear Mountain Blvd

225

Cliff Drive

229

Webster Road

245

Millwood Dr

246

Mission Drive

247

Old Woman Springs Road / Barstow Road

259

215/210 Connector

269

Lassen Ave

371

Cahuilla Road

County Routes

Explore Southern California’s County Sign Routes

N3

N3

Angeles Forest Highway

N4

N4

Largo Vista Road / Big Pines Road

N6

N6

Longview Road / Devils Punchbowl Road

N7

N7

Hawthorne Blvd – Palos Verdes Peninsula

N8

N8

Azusa Ave / Colima Road

S2

S2

Imperial Highway / Sweeney Pass Road / Great Southern Overland Stage Route / San Felipe Road

S3

S3

Yaqui Pass Road / Borrego Springs Road

S4

S4

Poway Road

S5

S5

Rancho Bernardo Road / Espola Road

S6

S6

Via De La Valle / Del Dios Highway / Valley Pkwy / Valley Center Road / South Grade Road / Canfield Road

S7

S7

Palomar State Park Road / East Grade Road

S8

S8

Lomas Santa Fe Road / Linea Del Ceilo

S9

S9

Encinitas Blvd / Rancho Sante Fe Road / La Granada

S10

S10

Rancho Santa Fe Road

S11

S11

El Camino Real

S12

S12

Palomar Airport Road / Twin Oaks Valley Road / Deer Springs Road

S13

S13

E. Vista Way / S. Mission Road / E. Mission Road

S14

S14

Mission Road / Santa Fe Ave

S15

S15

Reche Road

S16

S16

Pala Temecula Road

S17

S17

E St / Bonita Road / Sweetwater Road / Jamacha Blvd

S18

S18

El Toro Road / Santiago Canyon Road / Chapman Ave

S19

S19

Live Oak Canyon Road

S21

S21

Old Highway 101

S22

S22

Montezuma Valley Road

S25

S25

Chapman Ave

Special Sections

Interchanges, historic routes, unfinished freeways, highway resources, bridges, toll road information, and more.

Southern California Highway Resources

Bridge and highway logs

SoCalRegion.com’s RoadTalk with Michael Ballard

Videos exploring Southern California highways and highway history

FasTrak and Express Lane Information

Toll roads, express lanes, agencies, and FasTrak information

Southern California Passes

Pass height and other information

East Los Angeles Interchange

One of Southern California’s most complex freeway junctions

Beverly Hills Freeway

The SR-2 freeway that was planned but never built

Bridge to Nowhere

Road building in San Gabriel Canyon

Long Beach Freeway Gap and Stubs

The unfinished Interstate 710 corridor

Antelope Valley Freeway / Santa Paula Freeway Interchange

A partially built freeway interchange in Santa Clarita.

Golden State Freeway / Antelope Valley Freeway Interchange

Historical photographs and plans for an additional freeway connection

Arroyo Seco Parkway Walkways

Historic walkways along SR-110