93-431: (Redirected from I-405 ) Interstate 405 may refer to: Interstate 405 (California) , a bypass of Los Angeles, California Interstate 405 (Oregon) , western side of a loop around Portland, Oregon Interstate 405 (Washington) , a bypass of Seattle, Washington See also [ edit ] Highway 405 Ontario Highway 405 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
186-564: A distance of only 29 miles (47 km), for $ 4.00, a group of cyclists did the same journey in one and a half hours, compared to two and a half hours by plane (including a drive to the airport from West Hollywood 90 minutes in advance of the flight and travel time to the end destination). There was also some debate about whether the Los Angeles area could benefit from car-free weekends regularly. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority then had full closure of
279-434: A high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane and associated changes to freeway entrances, exits, and underpasses along a 10-mile (16 km) stretch through Sepulveda Pass between I-10 and US 101/Ventura Boulevard. The project was completed as a design–build in contrast to the traditional design–bid–build used typically in infrastructure improvement. This section of I-405 was closed for a weekend in mid-July 2011 to demolish
372-499: A world record attempt by the university at the beginning of each academic year . UCI has won Guinness World Records for the largest game of capture the flag six times, with the most recent one in September 2015. In addition, the university has broken the record for the largest game of dodgeball three years straight. They have also won records for largest water pistol fight and largest pillow fight . On November 30, 2007,
465-491: A "skyway" to connect all the buildings in each of the six "spokes". Construction on the campus all but ceased after the Administration building, Aldrich Hall, was completed in 1974, and then resumed in the late 1980s, beginning a massive building boom that still continues today. This second building boom continued the futuristic trend, but emphasized a much more colorful, postmodern approach that somewhat contradicted
558-624: A $ 40 million donation from Bill Gross ' philanthropic foundation to turn its nursing science program into the Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing. The UC Regents formally approved the establishment of the school in January 2017. In July 2020, the UC Regents approved the establishment of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. In July of 2024, UCI received a gift of $ 50 million to support
651-704: A 10-mile (16 km) stretch of I-405 on the weekend of September 29–30, 2012, while construction crews worked to demolish a portion of the Mulholland Bridge. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles , used the closure of I-405 to study particulate matter air pollution. The researchers took air samples before, during, and after the closure. The researchers found an 83-percent reduction in ultrafine particles , 55-percent reduction in fine particle matter, and 62-percent less black carbon . The $ 1-billion Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project added
744-434: A New Greek), and risk management programs (topics vary). There are around 600 student clubs and organizations on campus. Campus activities throughout the year include cultural nights, arts performances, and live music at Anteater Plaza. Special events such as Summerlands, Wayzgoose, Shocktoberfest, Soulstice, and Earth Day are held yearly. ASUCI , the university's undergraduate student government , traditionally organizes
837-446: A School of Engineering. The "principal author" of the plan was Ivan Hinderaker , who served under Aldrich as UCI's vice-chancellor for academic affairs before departing to become the second chancellor of UC Riverside. The UCI College of Letters and Science was to be divided into five divisions which together would initially offer about a dozen majors: Biological Sciences, Fine Arts, Humanities, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences. It
930-550: A crowd of 15,000 people, and on October 4, 1965, the campus began operations with 1,589 students, 241 staff members, 119 faculty, and 43 teaching assistants. However, many of UCI's buildings were still under construction and landscaping was still in progress, with the campus only at 75% completion. By June 25, 1966, UCI held its first Commencement with fourteen students, which conferred ten Bachelor of Arts degrees, three Master of Arts degrees, and one Doctor of Philosophy degree. Unlike most other University of California campuses, UCI
1023-620: A few miles east of Santa Monica , intersecting with I-10 in the process. The freeway continues into Westwood , passing just to the west of University of California, Los Angeles . It then passes the Getty Center as it ascends Sepulveda Pass through the Santa Monica Mountains . After cresting the mountains, I-405 descends into the San Fernando Valley , intersecting US Route 101 (US 101) in
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#17327810551121116-544: A large number of study areas, auditoriums, and two food courts, and therefore is one of the most popular places to study on campus. UC Irvine also has a number of computer labs that serve as study centers. The School of Humanities maintains the Humanities Instructional Resource Center, a drop-in computer lab specializing in language and digital media. Additionally, UCI maintains five other drop-in labs, four instructional computer labs, and
1209-783: A network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration . The entire freeway is known as the San Diego Freeway, and parts of it are less commonly known as the Sepulveda Freeway (after Sepulveda Boulevard ). High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes along I-405 between SR 73 in Costa Mesa and the Orange – Los Angeles county line opened on December 1, 2023. This
1302-829: A number of reservation-only SmartClassrooms, some of which are open 24 hours. Other popular study areas include Aldrich Park, the Cross-Cultural Center, the Locus (a study room and computer lab used by the Campuswide Honors Program), and plazas located in every school. A network of tunnels runs between many of the major buildings on campus and the Central Plant, with the major trunk passage located beneath Ring Mall. Smaller tunnels branch off from this main passage to reach individual buildings, carrying electrical and air-conditioning utilities from
1395-597: A partial interchange with SR 73 , which serves as a partially-tolled bypass of I-405 between Costa Mesa and Laguna Niguel . The freeway then travels through Fountain Valley and along the edges of Westminster and Huntington Beach before entering Seal Beach , where it begins to run concurrently with SR 22 . It continues along the northern edge of Seal Beach, passing between Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach and Joint Forces Training Base - Los Alamitos , before SR 22 splits from I-405 and continues west while
1488-614: A portion of the University of California Natural Reserve System . UC Irvine set up the first Earth System Science Department in the United States . The university was rated as one of the " Public Ivies " in 1985 and 2001 surveys comparing publicly funded universities the authors claimed provide an education comparable to the Ivy League . The UC Irvine Anteaters currently compete in the NCAA Division I as members of
1581-577: A press release defending Drake and claiming that anti-Semitic activity was "exaggerated". In 2010, eleven students from the Muslim Student Union staged a protest against a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren by disrupting it several times. The students and the student's union involved were first disciplined by UCI and then had criminal charges brought against them. They were convicted of misdemeanor charges and sentenced to three years probation, community service, and fines. This led to
1674-452: A school or department office; others are housed in their own facilities. These are a few of the research organizations at UCI: Among universities under 50 years of age Times Higher Education ranked UCI 4th in the world and 1st in the US for 2012, 5th in the world and 1st in the US for 2013, 7th in the world and 1st in the US in 2014, and 7th in the world and 1st in the US in 2015. 2015
1767-608: A small sliver of the city of Los Angeles before reentering Carson). It passes near California State University, Dominguez Hills , and Dignity Health Sports Park , home of Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy . A weigh station for both directions is located in Carson between the Avalon Boulevard and Main Street exits. The freeway then intersects with I-110 as it briefly reenters the city of Los Angeles by passing through
1860-771: A start date for this work. The HOVs lane that were constructed as part of the Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project are proposed to be upgraded to express lanes by 2028. University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine ( UCI or UC Irvine ) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California , United States. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and professional degrees, and roughly 30,000 undergraduates and 6,000 graduate students were enrolled at UCI as of Fall 2019. The university
1953-571: Is classified among " R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity " and had $ 523.7 million in research and development expenditures in 2021. UCI became a member of the Association of American Universities in 1996. The university administers the UC Irvine Medical Center , a large teaching hospital in Orange , and its affiliated health sciences system ; the University of California, Irvine, Arboretum ; and
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#17327810551122046-631: Is approximately 20 minutes away by car. While the university is located in Irvine, the campus is directly bounded by the city of Newport Beach and the community of Newport Coast . The western side of the campus borders the San Diego Creek and the San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve, through which Campus Drive connects UCI to the 405 freeway . The northern and eastern sides of UCI are adjacent to Irvine proper;
2139-562: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Interstate 405 (California) Interstate 405 ( I-405 , locally referred to as The 405 ) is a major north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway in Southern California . The entire route is known as the northern segment of the San Diego Freeway . I-405 is a bypass auxiliary route of I-5 , running along
2232-725: Is estimated to increase by 35 percent and travel times reduced by 75 percent. The freeway's West Los Angeles section is the subject of annual gridlock photos and videos taken during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, most often from an aerial view. Another parallel freeway was proposed to connect the valley and basin (the Laurel Canyon Freeway or La Cienega Freeway ) but has faced upper-class and NIMBY homeowner opposition. Despite four years of construction disruptions and billions of dollars of public money, Los Angeles Times commentary claims traffic with
2325-706: Is located next to the UCI Arboretum ; both the North Campus and the arboretum are located about 1 mile (2 km) from the main campus. William Pereira's original street layout for the region surrounding the university had a wingnut -shaped loop road as the main thoroughfare, which twice crossed the campus. However, the Irvine Company 's development plans expanded before it could be completed, and portions of California, Carlson, Harvard and Turtle Rock roads today constitute segments of what would have been
2418-538: Is ranked among the nation's top 50 hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for the 12th consecutive year. The school has 19 clinical and 6 basic science departments with 560 full-time and 1,300 volunteer faculty members involved in teaching, patient care, and medical and basic science research. UCI's many research organizations are either chaired by or composed of UCI faculty, frequently draw upon undergraduates and graduates for research assistance, and produce innovations, patents, and scholarly works. Some are housed in
2511-477: Is the busiest freeway in California. The freeway's congestion problems have led to jokes that the road was numbered 405 because traffic moves at "four or five" miles per hour (6.4 or 8.0 km/h), or because drivers had spent "four or five" hours to travel anywhere. Indeed, average speeds as low as 5 mph (8.0 km/h) are routinely recorded during morning and afternoon commutes, and its interchanges with
2604-524: The Bay Area counties, San Bernardino County , Riverside County , and San Diego County . The most popular major for freshmen is a major in the School of Biological Sciences (22%), followed by Undecided/Undeclared (20.6%), Social Sciences (17.4%), Engineering (11.7%), Humanities (8.8%), Physical Sciences (6.1%), Arts (5%), Social Ecology (5%), Information and Computer Sciences (3%), and Health Sciences (0.2%). The average freshman's incoming high school GPA
2697-748: The Big West Conference . During the early years of the school's existence, the teams played at the NCAA Division II level. The Anteaters have won 28 national championships in nine different team sports, 64 Anteaters have won individual national championships, and 53 Anteaters have competed in the Olympics, winning a total of 33 Olympic medals . As of January 2022, the school has had 3 Nobel Prize laureates, 7 Pulitzer Prize winners, 6 MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipients, 37 Guggenheim Fellows, and 1 Turing Award winner affiliated with
2790-528: The Harbor Gateway , a strip of land connecting San Pedro to the rest of the city. I-405 then continues to roughly parallel the contour of the coastline as it passes through the South Bay communities of Torrance , Lawndale , Redondo Beach , Hawthorne , and El Segundo . The freeway then encounters I-105 on the southeastern corner of Los Angeles International Airport . It passes to the east of
2883-552: The Mulholland Drive Bridge , and a 10-mile (16 km) section was closed for the last weekend of September 2012. Jamzilla was the name for the I-405 closure on Presidents' Day weekend 2014. There were lane closures and complete closures on I-405 starting February 14 at 10:00 pm until February 18 at 6:00 am to pave and restripe the northbound lanes. On May 23, 2014, the 10-mile (16 km) HOV lane
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2976-561: The Office of Civil Rights of the United States Department of Education issued a report finding insufficient evidence in support of allegations that Jewish students at UCI were harassed and subjected to a hostile environment based on their religious beliefs. The agency ultimately found that none of the incidents leading to the allegations qualified as "sufficiently severe, pervasive or persistent as to interfere with or limit
3069-648: The Philosophical Gourmet Report , UCI's Department of Philosophy, along with its sister department, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, ranks 24 in the nation. UCI faculty are affiliated with the following learned societies . UC Irvine is categorized by U.S. News & World Report as "most selective" for college admissions in the United States. It was the third-most selective University of California campus for
3162-593: The Santa Ana Freeway . The freeway passes immediately south of the Irvine Spectrum Center mall before intersecting with State Route 133 (SR 133). It then continues through Irvine, passing north of the University of California, Irvine , and then along the northern boundary of John Wayne Airport . After passing the airport, the freeway enters Costa Mesa and has an interchange with SR 55 . It passes South Coast Plaza before
3255-739: The Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles. The freeway then continues due north through the western part of the valley, passing east of Van Nuys Airport and California State University, Northridge . It intersects SR 118 in the Mission Hills area before ending in a merge with I-5 in Sylmar . I-405 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System and is part of the National Highway System ,
3348-534: The Ventura Freeway ( US 101 ) and with the Santa Monica Freeway ( I-10 ) each consistently rank among the five most congested freeway interchanges in the US. As a result of these congestion problems, delays passing through the entirety of Greater Los Angeles using this bypass route instead of merely using the primary route I-5 through Downtown Los Angeles may be present. I-405 is
3441-497: The post-war baby boom . One of the new campuses was to be in the Los Angeles area; the location selected was Irvine Ranch, an area of agricultural land bisecting Orange County from north to south. This site was chosen to accommodate the county's growing population, complement the growth of nearby UCLA and UC Riverside , and allow for the construction of a master planned community in the surrounding area. On June 20, 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicated UC Irvine before
3534-440: The 2023-2024 school year , there were fifteen schools and several interdisciplinary programs. The College of Health Sciences was established in 2004, but no longer exists as a separate academic unit. On November 16, 2006, the University of California Regents approved the establishment of the School of Law. The School of Education was established by the UC Regents in 2012. In 2016, the university announced that it had received
3627-465: The Aldrich Park. Other areas of the university outside of the core campus such as the School of Arts are connected by four pedestrian bridges. Beyond the core campus and the bridges, the layout of the campus is more suburban. Irvine, California consistently ranks as the safest city in the United States. UCI is close to the beaches, mountains, and attractions of Southern California. Disneyland
3720-675: The Central Plant. These tunnels have been the subject of much campus lore, the most popular story being that the tunnels were constructed to facilitate the safe evacuation of faculty in the event of a student riot. The main tunnel actually contains an above-ground section, in the form of the interior of an unusually thick pedestrian bridge near the Engineering Tower, in an area where the Ring Mall crosses between two hills. The tunnels are only accessible to maintenance staff, although there are also publicly accessible tunnels which intersect
3813-763: The Chancellor, the second most senior official is the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, the university's chief academic and operating officer. Every school on campus reports to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost through a Dean, and all other academic and administrative units report to his office through a Vice Chancellor or chief administrator. A partial list of these units includes Campus Recreation, Intercollegiate Athletics, Planning and Budget, Student Affairs, UC Irvine Libraries, UC Irvine Medical Center, and University Advancement. UC Irvine's academic units are referred to as schools. As of
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3906-707: The HOT lanes are a 24/7 service . Solo drivers are tolled using a congestion pricing system based on the real-time levels of traffic. For two-person carpools, they would be charged the posted toll during weekday peak hours between 6:00 am and 10:00 am and between 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm and weekend peak hours between 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm; no toll would charged during off-peak hours until 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 years after their opening. Carpools with three or more occupants are not charged. All tolls are collected using an open road tolling system, and therefore there are no toll booths to receive cash. Each vehicle using
3999-461: The HOT lanes is required to carry a FasTrak Flex transponder, with its switch set to indicate the number of the vehicle's occupants (1, 2, or 3 or more). Solo drivers may also use the FasTrak standard tag without the switch. Drivers without any FasTrak tag will be assessed a toll violation regardless of whether they qualified for free. The freeway is one of the busiest freeways in the nation and
4092-525: The Humanities Gateway building, designed by Curtis W. Fentress , was opened. Its curvilinear design marked a return to the sculptural treatment of concrete begun by Pereira. As of 2005, the campus has more than 200 buildings and encompasses most of the university's 1,525 acres (6.17 km ). The campus is in the midst of a $ 1.1 billion construction campaign. In addition to holding a noted critical theory archive and Southeast Asian archive,
4185-677: The Libraries also contain extensive collections in Dance and Performing Arts, Regional History, and more. Additionally, Langson Library hosts an extensive East Asian collection with materials in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Nearly all departments and schools on campus complement the resources of the UC Irvine Libraries by maintaining their own reading rooms and scholarly meeting rooms. They contain small reference collections and are
4278-497: The Loop Road. Despite the suburban environment, a variety of wildlife inhabits the university's central park, open fields, and wetlands. The university is home to cougar , hawks , golden eagles , great blue herons , squirrels , opossums , peregrine falcons , rabbits, raccoons , owls , skunks , weasels , bats , and coyotes . The UCI Arboretum hosts a collection of plants from California and Mediterranean climates around
4371-575: The Orange County Medical Center (renamed the UC Irvine Medical Center ) around 12 miles from UC Irvine, in the City of Orange. In early July 2018, UC Irvine removed benefactor Francisco J. Ayala 's name from its biology school and central science library after an internal investigation by the university's Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity substantiated a number of sexual harassment claims. Chancellor Gillman also authorized
4464-412: The U.S., tied for 10th among public universities, tied for 12th in "Top Performers on Social Mobility", tied for 58th in "Most Innovative Schools", and tied for 62nd in "Best Undergraduate Teaching". In 2019, Forbes ranked UCI 3rd out of the 300 Best Value Colleges, based on Return on Investment. In 2017 Kiplinger ranked UCI 26th out of the top 100 best-value public colleges and universities in
4557-612: The UCI Machine Learning Repository, a data resource which is very popular among machine learning researchers and data mining practitioners. It was created in 1987 and contains 622 datasets from several domains including biology, medicine, physics, engineering, social sciences, games, and others. The datasets contained in the UC Irvine Machine Learning Repository have been used by thousands of students and researchers in
4650-592: The UCI Staff Assembly. Aldrich Park is the site for "Wayzgoose", a medieval student festival held each year in conjunction with the "Celebrate UCI" open house. It also hosts many extracurricular activities. Ring Mall is the main pedestrian road used by students and faculty to travel around the core campus. The road measures up to a perfect mile and completely encircles Aldrich Park. Most schools and libraries are lined up by this road with each of these schools having their own central plaza which also connects to
4743-690: The ability of an individual to participate in from the services, activities or privileges" provided by UCI, and that university officials had acted appropriately in response to each incident. In December 2007, UCI Administration was cleared of anti-semitism complaints by the US Department of Education 's Office for Civil Rights . Following a speech by Chancellor Drake at the national Hillel meeting in Washington, D.C. in March 2008, Anteaters for Israel, along with three other Jewish organizations, issued
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#17327810551124836-715: The airport, serving it with exits at the Imperial Highway and Century Boulevard . I-405 next passes through Inglewood , coming near SoFi Stadium , home to the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League . It then passes through Westchester and Culver City where it meets SR 90 , the Marina Freeway. It serves the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Mar Vista and West Los Angeles while passing
4929-418: The choice for more intimate lectures, graduate seminars, and study sessions. There is also the large Gateway Study Center located across from Langson Library, one of the university's original buildings and under the custody of UC Irvine Libraries. Having served formerly as a cafeteria and student center, it is now a dual-use computer lab and study area which is open nearly 24 hours. The UCI Student Center offers
5022-475: The completion of the university rapidly drove the development of Orange County. The City of Irvine became incorporated and established in 1971 and 1975, respectively. UCI remains the second-largest employer in Orange County , with an annual economic impact of $ 5 billion. Aldrich developed the campus's first academic plan around a College of Letters and Science, a Graduate School of Administration, and
5115-508: The computer science community and facilitated the publication of approximately 26 thousand scientific articles. The first fraternities and sororities at UCI began in 1973 with three sororities ( Delta Gamma , Pi Beta Phi , and Gamma Phi Beta ) and three fraternities ( Beta Theta Pi , Sigma Chi , and Phi Delta Theta ). Major events and programs in the Greek Community include Songfest, All Greek Conference, Greek Week, BANG (Being
5208-422: The core campus resembles a rough circle with its center being Aldrich Park (initially known as Campus Park), lined up by the Ring Mall and buildings surrounding the road. To further emphasize the layout, academic units are positioned relative to the center, wherein undergraduate schools are closer to the center than the graduate schools. Aldrich Park is planted with over 11,120 trees (there are over 24,000 trees on
5301-538: The dominant academic unit at UCI, in contrast to the relatively large colleges at the older UC campuses. In 1967, the California College of Medicine (originally a school of osteopathy founded in 1896 and the oldest continuously operating medical college in the Southwest ) became part of UC Irvine. In 1976, plans to establish an on-campus hospital were set aside, with the university instead purchasing
5394-460: The donation of property to a public entity. On campus, UC Irvine's first Chancellor, Daniel G. Aldrich selected a wide variety of Mediterranean-climate flora and fauna, feeling that it served an "aesthetic, environmental, and educational [purpose]." To plan the remainder of the ranch, the university hired William Pereira and Associates. Pereira intended for the UC Irvine campus to complement
5487-399: The earthy, organic designs of the early buildings. Architects such as Frank Gehry , Robert Venturi , Eric Owen Moss , James Stirling and Arthur Erickson were brought in to bring the campus more up to date. The recession in the early 1990s along with internal politics led to a change in direction, due to the reduced capital budget, and changing attitudes towards architectural innovation at
5580-702: The eastern side of the campus is delineated by Bonita Canyon Road, which turns into Culver Drive at its northern terminus. California State Route 73 marks UCI's southern boundary and separates the campus from Newport Beach. The "North Campus" houses the Facilities Management Department, the Faculty Research Facility, Central Receiving, Fleet Services, the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory, and numerous other functions. It
5673-401: The entire campus), including 33 species of eucalyptus. Two ceremonial trees were planted in 1990, one for Arbor Day and the second for former chancellor Daniel Aldrich who had died that year. On the first anniversary of the September 11th tragedies, the chancellor planted a bay laurel tree in remembrance of the heroes and victims of the events of September 11, 2001. The tree itself was a gift from
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#17327810551125766-407: The faculty through the Academic Senate. The Chancellor is the chief campus officer and has authority over the campus budget. The Academic Senate has authority to determine the conditions for admission and supervise courses and curricula. The Chancellor is nominated by and is responsible to the Regents of the University of California and the UC President. UCI's Chancellors are listed below: After
5859-437: The first section opening in 1958; The final section of I-405, 8 miles (13 km) leading to I-5 in Irvine, was dedicated on December 6, 1968, and opened to traffic in January 1969. A section of I-405 was closed over the weekend of Friday, July 15, 2011, as part of the Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project. Before the closing, local radio DJs and television newscasts referred to it as "Carmageddon" and "Carpocalypse", parodying
5952-414: The first section, mostly north of Los Angeles International Airport , which was completed in 1961 and initially signed as SR 7. The 5.7-mile (9.2 km) section through Sepulveda Pass was dedicated on December 21, 1962, and cost $ 20 million to construct. It was designed with a maximum grade of 5.5 percent and required the relocation of Sepulveda Boulevard and the Mulholland Highway , which
6045-419: The freeway turns north. I-405 then intersects the southern end of I-605 before crossing the San Gabriel River and entering Los Angeles County . I-405 enters Los Angeles County in the city of Long Beach . It passes to the north of California State University, Long Beach , and then along the south of Long Beach Airport . The freeway then intersects with I-710 before entering Carson (and crossing through
6138-482: The freshman class entering in the fall of 2019, as measured by the ratio of admitted students to applicants (behind UC Berkeley and UCLA ). UC Irvine received 119,210 applications for admission to the fall 2022 incoming freshman class and 25,213 were admitted, making UC Irvine's acceptance rate 21% for fall 2022. The first-year median weighted GPA was 4.22 for fall 2022. The incoming 2018 freshmen were predominantly from Los Angeles County , followed by Orange County ,
6231-408: The headquarters of the University of California Office of Federal Governmental Relations and supports UC students interning in the District of Columbia. UC Washington Center is currently led by UC Santa Cruz economist Helen Shapiro. Like other University of California campuses, UC Irvine operates under a system of shared governance, or a partnership between the Chancellor and his administration and
6324-491: The highest count in the nation. It has played a crucial role in the development of dozens of cities and suburbs along its route through Los Angeles and Orange counties. It also serves Los Angeles International Airport , Long Beach Airport , and Orange County's John Wayne Airport . I-405 begins at the El Toro Y interchange in southeastern Irvine in Orange County , splitting from its parent I-5 and inheriting that route's San Diego Freeway title; I-5 continues north as
6417-403: The lane expansions is actually just as bad or worse. Unlike some of the other major travel corridors in the region (such as I-5 which parallels the LOSSAN Corridor ), I-405 has no rail-based public transit which parallels it along the west side of Orange and Los Angeles counties. There is a proposal for a Sepulveda Transit Corridor which would parallel I-405 through Sepulveda Pass , one of
6510-457: The major bottlenecks on the route, which would ease congestion by providing an alternative to driving. I-405 was approved as a chargeable Interstate (in other words, an Interstate financed with federal funds) in 1955. The Division of Highways originally requested I-9 for the corridor, while the Santa Ana Freeway would be I-11; I-3 was later requested in April 1958 before the Division of Highways agreed to use I-405. Construction began in 1957 with
6603-712: The nation, and 5th in California. In 2018, Sierra Magazine ranked UCI 1st in its "Coolest Schools" in America list for campus sustainability and climate change efforts. In addition, many of UCI's graduate programs are ranked in the top 50 of the 2020 U.S. News & World Report rankings: literary criticism and theory (1), criminology (3), organic chemistry (10), English (17), chemistry (20), sociology (23), computer science (30), physics (28), psychology (36), law (21), education (24), biological sciences (33), earth sciences (41), history (34), engineering (35), business part-time MBA (32), political science (45), mathematics (39), medicine-research (46), and economics (47). According to
6696-408: The neighboring community, and it became clear that the original 1,000 acres (400 ha) grant would not suffice. In 1964, the university purchased an additional 510 acres (210 ha) in 1964 for housing and commercial developments. Much of the land that was not purchased by UCI (which is now occupied by the cities of Irvine, Tustin , and Newport Beach ) remains held by The Irvine Company , but
6789-565: The notion of Armageddon and the Apocalypse , since it was anticipated that the closure would severely impact traffic. In reality, traffic was lighter than normal across a wide area. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) reported that fewer vehicles used the roads than usual, and those who did travel by road arrived more quickly than on a normal weekend. The Metrolink commuter train system recorded its highest-ever weekend ridership since it began operating in 1991. Ridership
6882-536: The only major north–south freeway in the densely populated areas between West Los Angeles and Downtown Los Angeles, crossing the Santa Monica Mountains and connecting the San Fernando Valley and the Los Angeles Basin . It is also a major connection for traffic en route to either the Port of Los Angeles , the Port of Long Beach , Los Angeles International Airport , or SoFi Stadium . By 2040, this corridor
6975-467: The removal of the Ayala name from graduate fellowships, scholar programs, and endowed chairs. Ayala resigned July 1, 2018 and was ordered to abstain from future university activities, following the university's consultative procedures that include a faculty review committee. The results from the investigation were compiled in a 97-page report, which included testimony from victims of Ayala. The layout of
7068-432: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interstate_405&oldid=1161043610 " Categories : Road disambiguation pages Interstate 5 Hidden categories: Short description
7161-531: The southern and western parts of the Greater Los Angeles urban area from Irvine in the south to Sylmar in the north. I-405, heavily traveled by both commuters and freight haulers along its entire length, is the busiest and most congested freeway in the United States. The freeway's annual average daily traffic between exits 21 and 22 in Seal Beach reached 374,000 in 2008, making it
7254-569: The traditional high school academic record, personal statement, and entrance examination scores. While residency is not a factor in admission, it is a factor in tuition expenses, with out-of-state residents fees much greater than California residents. Since the approval of Proposition 209 in November 1996, California state law has prohibited all public universities (including UC Irvine) from practicing affirmative action as part of their admissions processes. The University of California Irvine hosts
7347-562: The transition of the former Program in Public health to the Joseph C Wen School of Population and Public Health, named for the donor and his family. Supplementary education programs offer accelerated or community education in the form of Summer Session and UC Irvine Extension. The academic units consist of (with their founding in parentheses): The School of Medicine constitute the professional schools of health science. UC Irvine Medical Center
7440-473: The university as alumni, faculty or researchers. The University of California, Irvine (with San Diego and Santa Cruz ) was one of three new University of California campuses established in the 1960s under the California Master Plan for Higher Education . During the 1950s, the University of California saw the need for the new campuses to handle the expected increase in enrollment from
7533-409: The university. This, in turn, led to a "contextualist" approach beginning in the late 1990s combining stylistic elements of the first two phases in an attempt to provide an architectural "middle ground" between the two vastly different styles. Gehry's building was recently removed from campus to make way for a new building, with a design that has been called a "big beige box with bands of bricks". In 2009
7626-624: The utility tunnels, such as the one that goes between the main Information & Computer Science building and the Engineering Tower. The University of California, Irvine, created the University of California, Washington Center ( UCDC ) program in 1982. It is a student program of the university, located on Scott Circle in Downtown Washington ( 38°54′23.4″N 77°2′14″W / 38.906500°N 77.03722°W / 38.906500; -77.03722 ). The center serves as
7719-453: The world. The rabbits in particular can be seen across campus in high numbers, especially during hours of low student traffic. The first buildings were designed by a team of architects led by William Pereira and including A. Quincy Jones and William Blurock. The initial landscaping, including Aldrich Park, was designed by an association of three firms, including that of the noted urban-landscaping innovator Robert Herrick Carter. Aldrich Park
7812-598: Was 3.95. The average SAT scores were 602 (Critical Reasoning), 640 (Mathematics), and 612 (Writing), while the ACT composite score was 26. SAT verbal scores for the middle 50% were 550 and 660, while SAT math scores ranged between 580 and 700. The choice to offer admission is based on the University of California's comprehensive review program, which considers a candidate's personal situation, community involvement, extracurricular activities, and academic potential in addition to
7905-632: Was 50 percent higher than the same weekend in 2010 and 10 percent higher than the previous weekend ridership record, which occurred during the U2 360° Tour in June 2011. The Los Angeles Times on Sunday, July 17, 2011, featured comments and images of people enjoying the moment next to the I-405 freeway with the free-flowing traffic. In response to JetBlue 's offer of special flights between Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank and Long Beach Airport ,
7998-482: Was Hinderaker who came up with the idea "to appoint deans with strong authority for each of the divisions and to give them as much freedom as possible in determining the internal organization of their divisions". In 1967, the UCI Academic Senate voted to redesignate the divisions as "schools", with all their deans reporting directly to the vice chancellor for academic affairs. This is why schools became
8091-451: Was designed under the direction of landscape architect Gene Uematsu, and was modeled after Frederick Law Olmsted 's designs for New York City's Central Park . The campus opened in 1965 with the inner circle and park only half-completed. There were only nine buildings and a dirt road connecting the main campus to the housing units. Only three of the six "spokes" that radiate from the central park were built, with only two buildings each. Pereira
8184-417: Was moved 1.1 miles (1.8 km) to the south along a new 579-foot-long (176 m) bridge over the freeway. Additional sections west of Alameda Street were completed in 1962 and 1963, creating 41.8 miles (67.3 km) of continuous freeway. The highway was renumbered to I-405 during the 1964 state highway renumbering . The Orange County portion of the San Diego Freeway took 13 years to construct, with
8277-509: Was not named for the city it was built in; at the time of the university's founding (1965), the current city of Irvine (incorporated in 1971) did not exist. The name "Irvine" is a reference to James Irvine , a landowner who administered the 94,000-acre (38,000 ha) Irvine Ranch. In 1960, The Irvine Company sold 1,000 acres (400 ha) of the Irvine Ranch to the University of California for one dollar, since company policy prohibited
8370-658: Was opened to traffic. Proposed changes between the Manchester and Century Boulevard interchanges in the city of Inglewood are to provide a new southbound onramp and a new northbound offramp for Arbor Vitae Street, to reconstruct and widened the Arbor Vitae Street over-bridge and replace the Century Boulevard overcrossing structure. This work would reduce congestion on the approach to Los Angeles International Airport . Caltrans has not yet issued
8463-515: Was part of the I-405 Improvement Project that started construction in March 2018. The project included converting the existing high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes , with them closing in November to test the tolling equipment. In addition, two lanes in each direction were added in each direction, one toll lane and one general purpose lane, making the upgrade from five to seven lanes in each direction. As of December 2023 ,
8556-518: Was retained by the university to maintain a continuity of style among the buildings constructed in the inner ring around the park, the last of which was completed in 1974. These buildings were designed with the appearance of being displayed on "pedestals" (containing the first floor and basement levels) that elevated them above the rolling terrain, with distinctive white railings evoking the deck of an ocean liner. They additionally feature an elevated second pedestrian level above ground, originally intended as
8649-419: Was the final year UCI was eligible for this ranking. UCI's graduate philosophy program ranks among the finest worldwide, according to the Philosophical Gourmet Report , with the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science jointly achieving a 28th position in global rankings. For 2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked UC Irvine tied for 33rd among national universities in
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