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61-953: The principal length of the street proceeds north from 23rd Street, past Interstate 10 , through the Fashion District , past the western edge of Little Tokyo , past the Caltrans District Headquarters, the former Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters at Parker Center and the Los Angeles Mall (which contains City Hall East). Los Angeles Street ends at Alameda Street , north of the US 101 near Olvera Street and Union Station . In South Los Angeles there are two other portions of Los Angeles Street, one running from Slauson Avenue to 59th Place and another from 122nd Street to 124th Street near Willowbrook . The block of Los Angeles Street that runs by

122-656: A National Park Service unit in the US national Historic and Millennium trail programs. In 2005, Caltrans began posting signs on roads that overlap with the historic 1776 Juan Bautista de Anza trail route, so that California drivers can now follow the trail. The legislative definition of Route 10 includes a spur from I-5 (the Golden State Freeway ) west to US 101 (the Santa Ana Freeway ) near downtown Los Angeles. This section of roadway,

183-525: A 1931 cutoff bypassed Mecca to the north.) LR 26 was extended west from San Bernardino to Los Angeles in 1931, running along an alignment south of the existing US 66/US 99. Neither of these was a signed route until around 1932, when US 60 was extended west from Arizona to Los Angeles, running along LR 64 to Indio, LR 26 (with US 99) to Beaumont , pre-1964 LR 19 to Pomona , and LR 26 to Los Angeles. (The original alignment of LR 26 ran roughly where SR 60 now

244-594: A couple of days later that "sanitizer accumulated during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic was stored under the overpass and helped fuel the flames". Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in response to the fire; the freeway was reopened after eight days, far ahead of the original five-week estimate. The I-10 is part of the auto tour route of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail ,

305-587: A formal dedication held in 1966. While the construction of the Century Freeway several miles to the south reduced traffic congestion to a considerable amount 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

366-737: A four-level interchange with I-15 before traveling through Fontana , Rialto , and Colton . I-10 then intersects with I-215 , where the San Bernardino Freeway ends, before briefly entering San Bernardino city proper and traveling through Loma Linda and Redlands . In Redlands, I-10 intersects with the SR ;210 freeway (future I-210) and with SR 38 before entering Yucaipa and eventually Riverside County . In 2019, SBCTA planned to add two more interchanges in Fontana at Beech and Alder Avenues to reduce congestion at

427-609: A grocery and dry goods store (Corbett & Barker), then a storage house for iron and hard lumber for Harris Newmark Co. It was then leased to a Chinese immigrant. In 1871, it was the site of the Chinese massacre of 1871 . The Adobe was torn down in 1888 in order to extend Los Angeles Street north past the Plaza. At 419 N. Los Angeles Street, at the northwest corner of Arcadia, is the Garnier Building, built in 1890, part of

488-604: A narrow, one-block north–south street likely named after darker-skinned Mexican afromestizo and/or mulatto residents during the Spanish colonial era.. At the north end of Calle de los Negros stood the Del Valle adobe (also known as the Matthias or Matteo Sabichi house ), at the southern edge of which one could turn left and enter the plaza at its southeast corner. Calle de los Negros was famous for its saloons and violence in

549-704: A network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the FHWA. I-10 is eligible to be included in the State Scenic Highway System , but it is not officially designated as a scenic highway by Caltrans. The Santa Monica Freeway is I-10 from SR 1 to I-5, as named by the State Highway Commission on April 25, 1957. The section between the Harbor (I-110) and San Diego (I-405) freeways

610-508: A part of the Híjar-Padrés Colony, Ygnacio brought his family (two sons, Antonio F. Coronel and Manuel F. Coronel , four daughters, and his nephew Agustín Olvera ) to Alta California , where he started a new life as a civilian. Ygnacio Coronel was a schoolmaster. His son, Antonio, married Mariana W. de Coronel . In 1836, Coronel was appointed commissioner of the secularized Mission San Miguel Arcángel . In 1837 he taught in

671-499: A rapid change between Mediterranean and desert ecology) and entering Palm Springs . The next 35 miles (56 km) of the freeway, between SR 111 and Dillon Road, was named the Sonny Bono Memorial Freeway in 2002. Although I-10 intersects with the northern terminus of SR 111, the major artery to Palm Springs, it mostly bypasses the city, then connects to SR 62 , a major east–west route through

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732-456: A saloon, a theater and a connected restaurant. Historian James Miller Guinn wrote in 1896, "in the flush days of gold mining, from 1850 to 1856, it was the wickedest street on earth...In length it did not exceed 500 feet, but in wickedness, it was unlimited. On either side it was lined with saloons, gambling hells, dance houses and disreputable dives. It was a cosmopolitan street. Representatives of different races and many nations frequented it. Here

793-734: A short concurrency on I-5 ( Golden State Freeway ) at the East Los Angeles Interchange . I-10 also has parts designated as the Rosa Parks and Sonny Bono Memorial freeways . Some parts were also formerly designated as the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway. However, the California State Legislature removed this designation following the passage of a bill on August 31, 2022. I-10

854-557: A statue of Mexican charro entertainer Antonio Aguilar on horseback. Until the late 19th century, Los Angeles Street did not form the east side of the Plaza; it ran south only from Broad Place at the intersection of Arcadia Street. Here, the Coronel Adobe blocked the path north one block to the Plaza, but just slightly to the right (east) of the path of Los Angeles Street was Calle de los Negros (Spanish-language name; marked on post-1847 maps as Negro Alley or Nigger Alley),

915-688: A turnoff that leads to Desert Center Airport and connects to SR 62. Three miles (4.8 km) south of I-10 at the Wiley's Well exit, between Desert Center and Blythe, are the Chuckawalla Valley and Ironwood state prisons. Near the Arizona state line, I-10 meets the terminus of SR 78 . In the city of Blythe, I-10 runs concurrently with US 95 as both routes cross the Colorado River into Arizona . The speed limit on

976-913: A westbound exit off the spur at Mission Road immediately before merging with US 101 northbound, and the eastbound exit for State Street and Soto Street before it merges onto I-10 eastbound—this one is numbered (as exit 19). There is no direct access from the I-10 spur to I-5. Exit list The entire route is in Los Angeles , Los Angeles County . There are three auxiliary Interstate Highways associated with I-10 in California: One business loop of I-10 exists in California, running through Blythe in Riverside County . Ygnacio Coronel Ygnacio Coronel (1795–1862)

1037-554: Is cosigned along this segment, despite the legal definition. The short unsigned section of Route 10 between Route 5 and Route 101, which was formerly defined as Route 110 (signed as I-110) until 1968, carries overhead signage for I-10 eastbound and for US 101 westbound. I-10 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System and is part of the National Highway System ,

1098-740: Is also known colloquially as "the 10" to Southern California residents (See also California English § Freeways ) . The entirety of Interstate 10 in California is defined in the California Streets and Highways Code as Route 10. The California Streets and Highways Code defines Route 10 (I-10) from: (a) Route 1 [ State Route 1 (SR 1)] in Santa Monica to Route 5 [I-5] near Seventh Street in Los Angeles. (b) Route 101 [ US Route 101 (US 101)] near Mission Road in Los Angeles to

1159-729: Is also signed as the Rosa Parks Freeway, after the African-American civil rights activist . The I-10 freeway is signed as the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway in Santa Monica. The removal of this designation, however, may result in the eventual removal of this signage. The Santa Monica Freeway is the westernmost segment of I-10, beginning at the east end of the McClure Tunnel in Santa Monica and ending southeast of Downtown Los Angeles at

1220-533: Is north of the later alignment of I-10. The piece of this between San Bernardino and Indio was defined in 1915 as Legislative Route 26 ( LR 26 ). (It continued south from Indio via El Centro to Heber . A 1931 extension took it south to Calexico on present SR 111 .) The route from Indio via Mecca to the Arizona state line near Blythe was defined in 1919 as pre-1964 LR 64. (Later extensions took LR 64 west along present SR 74 ;

1281-451: Is west of Pomona, but an alignment close to present I-10 opened around 1934). Thus, in 1931, what is now I-10 east of Los Angeles had been defined as LR 26 from Los Angeles to Indio and LR 64 from Indio to Arizona. It was signed as US 99 from San Bernardino to Indio, and US 60 came along around 1932 from Los Angeles to Pomona and from Beaumont to Arizona. US 70 was extended west from Arizona c.  1936 along

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1342-575: The Colorado Desert . I-10 cuts through Cathedral City and passes just outside the northern city limits of Rancho Mirage , Palm Desert , and La Quinta before entering Indio . I-10 then has an interchange in Coachella with the northern end of the SR 86 expressway, which also leads to SR 111. Several miles east and roughly halfway between Indio and Blythe , in the community of Desert Center , I-10 intersects with SR 177 ,

1403-470: The East Los Angeles Interchange . I-10 begins its eastward journey in the city of Santa Monica after SR 1 turns east through the McClure Tunnel. Note that the McClure Tunnel is part of SR 1 in its entirety, and the western terminus of I-10 is to the east of the tunnel at 4th Street. SR 1 then exits onto Lincoln Boulevard and heads south while I-10 continues east. Soon after it enters

1464-843: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro), have different toll polices than the ones in San Bernardino County, operated by the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) and using Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) as its processing partner. In both segments, tolls are collected using a congestion pricing system based on the real-time levels of traffic. All tolls are collected using an open road tolling system, and therefore there are no toll booths to receive cash. Each vehicle using

1525-523: The Los Angeles' original Chinatown . The southern portion of the building was demolished in the 1950s to make way for the Hollywood Freeway . The Chinese American Museum is now located in the Garnier Building. It should not be confused with another Garnier Block/Building on Main St. a block away now commonly known as Plaza House . Los Angeles Street was lined with mostly commercial buildings;

1586-680: The US Numbered Highways were assigned, the road across the desert east of Indio was unimproved , while the road from Indio west to San Bernardino (as well as various roads west to Los Angeles ) was paved. In late 1926, US 99 was designated along the section of road from San Bernardino to Indio, where it turned south along present SR 86 on the west side of the Salton Sea . West of San Bernardino, US 99 ran to Los Angeles, concurrent with US 66 (via Pasadena ) before turning north; this route to Los Angeles

1647-531: The Arizona state line at the Colorado River via the vicinity of Monterey Park , Pomona , Colton , Indio , and Chiriaco Summit and via Blythe . Because I-10 west of I-5 cannot access US 101, and I-10 east of I-5 cannot access US 101 southbound, signage instead directs motorists to the continuation of I-10 via I-5 between the East Los Angeles Interchange and the Santa Monica Freeway. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)'s Interstate Highway route logs, along with most maps, also indicate that I-10

1708-572: The Del Valle adobe had been removed, and Los Angeles Street had been extended to form the eastern edge of the Plaza, thus passing in front of the Lugo Adobe . Calle de los Negros remained for a few more decades, behind a row of houses lining the east side of Los Angeles Street between Arcadia and Aliso streets. This was also the western edge of Old Chinatown from around the 1880s through 1930s. It reached eastward across Alameda St. to cover most of

1769-608: The HOT lanes is required to carry a FasTrak Flex transponder, with its switch set to indicate the number of the vehicle's occupants (one, two, three, or more), regardless of whether they qualify for free. Solo drivers may also use the FasTrak standard tag without the switch. For both segments, carpools with three or more occupants are not charged. For two-person carpools using the Los Angeles County segment, they are charged

1830-587: The I-710 interchange, these lanes merge back to the median of I-10. Eastbound busses exit the HOT lanes at El Monte Station west of I-605. The segment of HOT lanes in San Bernardino County opened in 2024, and runs between the Los Angeles county line and Etiwanda Avenue at the Ontario – Fontana city limit. The HOT lanes in Los Angeles County, part of the Metro ExpressLanes project administered by

1891-549: The Kellogg Hill into San Dimas , where I-10 intersects with SR 57 (formerly part of I-210 ) and SR 71 at the Kellogg Interchange . I-10 then heads east through Pomona and Claremont , leaving Los Angeles County to enter San Bernardino County . In San Bernardino County, I-10 travels through Montclair , Upland , and Ontario , providing access to Ontario International Airport . I-10 then has

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1952-552: The Old Plaza was originally known as "Calle de los Negros" or "Alley of the Black People". On late 19th century maps it is also marked with a contemporary English translation of that phrase, Nigger Alley. The Chinese massacre of 1871 took place on Los Angeles Street when it was still known as Calle de los Negros. The printing house for the city's first newspaper, Star of Los Angeles , was located on Los Angeles Street, which

2013-563: The San Bernardino County line is under environmental review, the section from Etiwanda Avenue to Pepper Avenue in Colton is planned to break ground in 2025, and the segment to Ford Street in Redlands is still in the planning stage. What is now I-10 east of Los Angeles was generally part of the Atlantic and Pacific Highway , one of many transcontinental national auto trails . By 1926, when

2074-539: The San Bernardino Freeway. The freeway is 14 lanes wide (two local and five express lanes in each direction) from the Harbor Freeway ( I-110 ) 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 eight and 10 lanes in width. The whole freeway opened in 1965 with four to six lanes, with

2135-466: The Santa Monica Freeway going over La Cienega Boulevard collapsed after the Northridge earthquake on January 17, 1994, and were rebuilt using new seismic-resistant bridge designs. The El Monte Busway was converted to HOT lanes in 2013 as part of the Metro ExpressLanes project. On July 19, 2015, a bridge carrying the eastbound lanes of I-10 near Desert Center collapsed from floodwater from

2196-530: The Sierra and Cherry avenue exits. In Riverside County, I-10 goes through Calimesa before entering Beaumont and merging with the eastern end of SR 60 (itself formerly the California segment of US 60 ). In Banning , I-10 has a diamond intersection with SR 243 before passing through San Gorgonio Pass between the San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains (where the vegetation makes

2257-636: The United States, stretching from Santa Monica, California , to Jacksonville, Florida . The segment of I-10 in California, also known as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway , runs east from Santa Monica through Los Angeles , San Bernardino , and Palm Springs before crossing into the state of Arizona . In the Greater Los Angeles area, it is known as the Santa Monica and San Bernardino freeways , linked by

2318-445: The absence of workers in the gold rush migration to California." The Chinese population increased from 14 in 1860 to almost 200 by 1870. Guinn stated that the alley stayed "wicked" through and after its transition to the city's Old Chinatown. Calle de los Negros was reconfigured in 1888 when Los Angeles Street was extended north, with a small, shallow row of houses remaining between the new section of Los Angeles street's eastern edge and

2379-784: The accident investigation). The Santa Monica Freeway is considered the border between Downtown and South Los Angeles. Part of the freeway also skims the Byzantine-Latino Quarter . I-10 heads east from the East Los Angeles Interchange to I-710 in Monterey Park . It then continues through the San Gabriel Valley suburbs of Alhambra , Rosemead , San Gabriel , El Monte , and Baldwin Park before intersecting with I-605 . It then travels through West Covina , briefly enters Covina , and then travels up

2440-417: The area that is now Union Station. It proceeded one more block past the Plaza, with the buildings on the east side of Olvera Street forming its western edge, until terminating at Alameda Street. Since the early 1950s, Los Angeles Street has formed the eastern edge of the Plaza, but the buildings lining its eastern edge, including the Lugo Adobe , were removed. The site is now Father Serra Park . When it

2501-678: The city of Los Angeles, I-10 has a four-level interchange with I-405. I-10 then continues through Sawtelle , Rancho Park , Cheviot Hills , Beverlywood , and Crestview in West Los Angeles ; Lafayette Square and Wellington Square in Mid City ; and Arlington Heights , West Adams , and Jefferson Park into Downtown Los Angeles. On the western edge of downtown at the Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange , I-10 has an interchange with I-110 to

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2562-408: The early days of the town, and by the 1880s was considered part of Chinatown, lined with Chinese and Chinese American residences, businesses and gambling dens. The neglected dirt alley was already associated with vice by the early 1850s, when a bordello and its owner both known as La Prietita (the dark-skinned lady) were active here. Its other businesses included malodorous livery stables, a pawn shop,

2623-533: The entire Riverside County segment of I-10 is 70 mph (110 km/h). I-10 westbound is usually signed as toward San Bernardino and/or Los Angeles in the Colorado Desert . Eastbound, in the San Gorgonio Pass, the signage indicates "Indio, Other Desert Cities" and indicates "Blythe" after Indio; the first sign for Phoenix does not occur until Indio. There are two sections of high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes along I-10, one in Los Angeles County and

2684-470: The house to a "sporting fraternity", which operated a popular 24-hour gambling establishment with games including monte, faro, and poker ; up to $ 200,000 in gold could be seen on the tables at a time. Arguments ensued and murders were frequent. The building later became a dance hall where "lewd women" were employed, aimed at the Mexican-American population. After that, still in the 1850s, it became

2745-405: The ignoble red man, crazed with aguardiente, fought his battles, the swarthy Sonorian plied his stealthy dagger, and the click of the revolver mingled with the clink of gold at the gaming table when some chivalric American felt that his word of “honah” had been impugned." By 1871, the alley was notorious as a "racially, spatially, and morally disorderly place", according to historian César López. It

2806-661: The other in San Bernardino County. In Los Angeles County, the El Monte Busway is a grade-separated, shared-use HOT and express bus corridor running along the San Bernardino Freeway between Alameda Street near Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles and a point west of I-605 in El Monte . From Alameda Street to I-710 , the El Monte Busway runs parallel to the north side of the freeway. After

2867-459: The posted toll during the peak hours between 5:00 am and 9:00 am, and between 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm; no toll is charged during off-peak hours. There are longer term plans to have continuous HOT lanes between Alameda Street in Los Angeles and Ford Street in Redlands . This expansion is planned in four phases. As of 2024 , the proposed segment in Los Angeles County to bridge the gap between I-605 and

2928-503: The remnants of Hurricane Dolores , trapping a vehicle. Shortly after midnight of November 11, 2023, a mile-long (1.6 km) segment of the freeway in Downtown Los Angeles between Alameda Street and Santa Fe Avenue suffered significant damage due to a fire at a pallet yard underneath the freeway. The fire melted the freeway's guardrails and damaged the supporting concrete columns. The Los Angeles Times reported

2989-498: The south and SR 110 to the north. I-10 then travels along the southern edge of downtown to the East Los Angeles Interchange. At the East Los Angeles Interchange, SR 60 diverges east toward Riverside and Pomona . I-10 then turns north, running concurrently with I-5 for approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km). Then, I-10 heads east and merges with the traffic from the spur to US 101 onto

3050-426: The southeast end of the business district around Los Angeles and 3rd streets was the Wholesale District. Only a few buildings were notable: Corner of 5th St. Corner of 9th St. 34°3′12″N 118°14′27″W  /  34.05333°N 118.24083°W  / 34.05333; -118.24083 Interstate 10 in California Interstate 10 ( I-10 ) is a transcontinental Interstate Highway in

3111-437: The top 10 most congested spots in the US. Due to the high traffic volume, car accidents are so common that Caltrans has constructed special accident investigation sites separated from the freeway by fences. These enable the California Highway Patrol to quickly clear accidents from the through traffic lanes, and the fences reduce congestion by preventing rubbernecking (in which vehicles slow down so their occupants can watch

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3172-501: The western edge of the new, shortened alley. The site of Calle de los Negros is now the Pueblo parking lot and a cloverleaf-style entrance to the US 101 freeway. The Coronel Adobe was built in 1840 by Ygnacio Coronel as a family home. It stood at the northwest corner of Arcadia Street and Calle de los Negros; Los Angeles Street terminated at its southern end. The area gradually became an area for gambling and saloons, and upper-class families left to live elsewhere. Around 1849, they sold

3233-492: The westernmost part of the San Bernardino Freeway , was in fact part of the original San Bernardino Freeway, carrying US 60 / US 70 / US 99 long before the Golden State Freeway opened. It was added to the Interstate Highway System by 1958 as I-110, but in 1968 it was removed from the system, becoming a Route 10 spur. This road is signed only for the roads it feeds into: US 101 northbound and I-10 eastbound. It has only two interchanges between its ends:

3294-433: The whole route to Los Angeles, and, between 1933 and 1942, US 99 moved from US 66 to present I-10 between San Bernardino and Los Angeles, forming a three-way concurrency between Pomona and Los Angeles. Old alignments and names include Valley Boulevard , Ramona Boulevard, and Garvey Avenue . I-10 holds the distinction of being the first freeway in Los Angeles. A four-mile (6.4 km) section of today's freeway

3355-434: Was pre-1964 LR 173 , defined in 1933 from Santa Monica to Downtown Los Angeles. It was signed as SR 26 by 1942, running primarily Olympic Boulevard . It was later replaced by the Santa Monica Freeway and added to the Interstate Highway System on September 15, 1955. It too was assigned the I-10 number on August 14, 1957. It was completed c.  1964 and became I-10 in the 1964 renumbering. Portions of

3416-405: Was a settler in the Pueblo de Los Ángeles of Mexican Alta California . He was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council . Jose Ygnacio Franco Coronel was born in Mexico City , during the colonial New Spain period. He joined the Spanish army and by 1814 rose to the rank of corporal of the cavalry. He married Maria Josefa Francisca Romero (1802 –1871), a native of Toluca. In 1834, as

3477-473: Was assigned the I-10 number on August 14, 1957, and the short piece west of I-5 was approved as I-110 on November 10, 1958. By then, most if not all of the San Bernardino Freeway had been completed, and I-10 was signed along the existing freeway along with US 70, US 99, and part of US 60. US 70 and US 99 were removed in the 1964 renumbering , while US 60 was removed in 1972, leaving only I-10. The part west of Downtown Los Angeles

3538-446: Was built between 1933 and 1935 at a cost of $ 877,000 (equivalent to $ 15.3 million in 2023 ). The "Ramona Boulevard" highway linked downtown Los Angeles to the communities of the southern San Gabriel Valley. The roadway, which opened on April 20, 1935, was dubbed the "Air Line route" and was seen as a major achievement in traffic design. The route east from Los Angeles was added to the Interstate Highway System on August 7, 1957. It

3599-419: Was extended past the Plaza in 1888, Los Angeles Street terminated one short block north of the Plaza at Alameda Street. Now, Los Angeles Street turns east at the north side of the Plaza to terminate at Alameda Street at a right angle, directly across from the Union Station complex. What was the short block of Los Angeles Street north of the Plaza is now part of Placita Dolores , a small open plaza which surrounds

3660-474: Was here that a growing number of Chinese immigrant railroad laborers settled after the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869. There, William Estrada notes, the "Chinese of Los Angeles came to fill an important sector of the economy as entrepreneurs. Some became proprietors and employees of small hand laundries and restaurants; some were farmers and wholesale produce peddlers; others ran gambling establishments; and some occupied other areas left vacant by

3721-418: Was known at the time as Calle Zanja Madre (Mother Ditch street). Los Angeles Street was the easternmost street in the city's central business district during the 1880s and 1890s . Around Los Angeles and 3rd was the wholesale district, which over time moved further and further southeast into what is now the Fashion District and beyond. The Coronel Adobe was demolished in 1888 and 1896 Sanborn maps show that

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