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Pomona Freeway Signed as California State Highway 60 Major cities/towns: Boyle Heights East Los Angeles Monterey Park Montebello Rosemead South El Monte Hacienda Heights Industry Rowland Heights Diamond Bar Pomona Chino Ontario Rubidoux Riverside Direction: East-West Southern California freeways

California State Route 60; the Pomona Freeway is highlighted in red, the Moreno Valley Freeway is highlighted in light blue

The Pomona Freeway is the assigned name of the majority of California State Route 60 (CA/SR-60) between its western terminus at the East Los Angeles Interchange complex and its junction with the Riverside Freeway, California State Route 91 (CA/SR-91) and Interstate 215 (I-215) in Riverside. The freeway itself continues east beyond this interchange but does so as the Moreno Valley Freeway.

It traverses through Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties. As it passes through many of Los Angeles' east side suburbs in southern San Gabriel and Pomona valleys, it is a major transportation corridor. For the majority of its length it is generally parallel to, and south of, the San Bernardino Freeway, Interstate 10 (I-10), and generally parallel to, and north of, the Riverside Freeway. Traffic congestion is excacerbated by the rapid population growth and, therefore, residential, commercial, and industrial development in the inland communities known informally as the Inland Empire. In particular, it has become increasingly clogged of late with shipping container-laden trucks travelling from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to rail yards and warehouses in the Inland Empire.

The SR-60 began contruction in 1962 and it was completed in 1971. Part of it (east of Ontario Freeway) used to be U.S. Highway 60 after it was replaced to Interstate 10 which was San Bernardino Freeway. The SR-60 replaced the U.S. Highway 60 after the whole construction on the whole construction was completed.

The Pomona Freeway is Route 60 from Route 5 to Route 83, as named by the State Highway Commission on November 15, 1955.^[1]

Eastbound

• Pomona - between the East Los Angeles Interchange and SR-57
• Riverside - between SR-57 and I-215

Westbound

• Los Angeles

• Boyle Heights
• East Los Angeles
• Monterey Park
• Montebello
• Rosemead
• South El Monte
• Hacienda Heights
• Industry
• Rowland Heights
• Diamond Bar
• Pomona
• Chino
• Ontario
• Rubidoux
• Riverside

• Santa Monica Freeway at the East Los Angeles Interchange complex at 34° 01' 46"N, 118° 13' 29"W
• Santa Ana Freeway at the East Los Angeles Interchange complex at 34° 01' 45"N, 118° 12' 50"W
• Long Beach Freeway in East Los Angeles at 34° 02' 08"N, 118° 10' 12"W
• Rosemead Boulevard (surface street) - near South El Monte at 34° 02' 28"N, 118° 03' 51"W
• San Gabriel River Freeway in unincorporated Los Angeles County, near Avocado Heights at 34° 02' 02"N, 118° 01' 38"W
• Orange Freeway in Diamond Bar at 34° 01' 20"N, 117° 48' 49"W and 34° 00' 06"N, 117° 50' 11"W
• Chino Valley Freeway in Pomona at 34° 01' 24"N, 117° 44' 52"W
• Euclid Avenue (surface street) in Ontario at 34° 01' 49"N, 117° 39' 03"W
• Ontario Freeway in unincorporated Riverside County, near Mira Loma, at 34° 01' 18"N, 117° 33' 01"W
• Riverside Freeway in Riverside at 33° 59' 36"N, 117° 21' 26"W

1. ^ 2006 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California. Caltrans, 75. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.