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Riverside Freeway - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Beach, Berm, Coast, Coastal, Coastline, Embankment, Foreshore, Lido, Littoral, Playa, Riparian, Riviera, Sands, Seaside |
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The Riverside Freeway is the assigned name of a segment of California State Route 91 (CA/SR-91), a major east-west freeway linking the cities/communities of Orange and Riverside counties. This named segment extends from the Santa Ana Freeway, Interstate 5 (I-5), in Buena Park to CA/SR-91's eastern terminus at the interchange of the Pomona Freeway, California State Highway 60 (CA/SR-60), Escondido Freeway, Interstate 215 (I-215) in Riverside.
By the early 1990s, rapid development of the areas of the Inland Empire around Riverside had made the Riverside Freeway-which is the sole freeway connecting the working-class bedroom communities and industrial areas of the Inland Empire to the wealthy suburbs and commercial centers of Orange County--one of the most congested in the Greater Los Angeles region. In response, a private consortium created the 91 Express Lanes, a fully automated, radio-transponder-activated tollway contained entirely within the median of the existing Riverside Freeway. This route operates between the Orange/Riverside county line and the Costa Mesa Freeway interchange in eastern Anaheim. Opening in 1995, the 91 Express Lanes were the first privately funded tollway built in the United States since the 1940s, and the first fully automated tollway in the world. In 2004, their ownership and operation was taken over by the Orange County Transportation Authority.
Cities/Communities along the Riverside Freeway (west to east)
Major Freeways/Highways intersecting with the Riverside Freeway (west to east)
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