 State Route 22 | ||||
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 SR 22 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byCaltrans | ||||
| Length | 14.725 mi[1] (23.698 km) SR 22's length is broken into pieces and therefore does not reflect the overlaps that would be required to make the route continuous. | |||
| Existed | 1934–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR 1 inLong Beach | |||
| Major intersections |
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| East end |  SR 55 inOrange | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | California | |||
| Counties | Los Angeles,Orange | |||
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State Route 22 (SR 22) is an east–weststate highway in theU.S. state ofCalifornia that connectsLong Beach with northernOrange County. It runs between Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1) in Long Beach and the Costa Mesa Freeway (State Route 55) inOrange by way ofGarden Grove. The westernmost part of SR 22 runs along Long Beach's7th Street. From West Garden Grove to its eastern terminus in Orange, it is known as theGarden Grove Freeway. It is one of the two principal east–west routes in Orange County (the other beingSR 91 approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) to the north).
SR 22 begins at the intersection of 7th Street and Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1) in Long Beach. Then, 7th Street widens from anexpressway into a freeway just before crossing theSan Gabriel River (and with it, the Los Angeles/Orange County line). It then merges with theSan Diego Freeway (Interstate 405) at theInterstate 605 interchange and runs concurrently with it for approximately three miles before the two routes diverge in northeasternSeal Beach. Thereafter, the Garden Grove Freeway travels mostly within the city ofGarden Grove or along its border with neighboringWestminster. Just inside the Orange city limits, the freeway enters the infamously congestedOrange Crush interchange with theSanta Ana andOrange Freeways (Interstate 5 andState Route 57, respectively). It continues along the border of Orange andSanta Ana for 3 miles (4.8 km) until terminating at theCosta Mesa Freeway (State Route 55).
SR 22 is part of theCalifornia Freeway and Expressway System,[2] and is part of theNational Highway System,[3] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by theFederal Highway Administration.[4] SR 22 from I-405 to SR 55 is known as the Garden Grove Freeway, as named by the State Highway Commission on October 22, 1957.[5] An 8-mile (13 km) stretch of Route 22 is named the Garden Grove Police Officers Memorial Highway to honor police officers killed in the line of duty.[6]
SR 22 was originally designated in 1934, when the state highway system was first numbered. Before the freeway was built, it was routed along Garden Grove Boulevard (formerly Ocean Avenue).[7]
Opened in 1967, the Garden Grove Freeway had the distinction of being one of the few freeways in Southern California to have never been widened from its original alignment, eventually resulting in severe rush hour congestion, particularly as Santa Ana's population surged to over 300,000 during the 1990s.
In late 2004, in response toCalifornia's budgetary deficit,OCTA began a widening project to add one mixed-flow and onehigh occupancy vehicle lane to the route in each direction, as well as reconfiguring and upgrading on and off ramps to contemporary standards at several interchanges, all funded by Measure M, the half-cent tax approved by Orange County voters in 1990 and later renewed in 2006. This $700 million Design-Build projected completed in a record 2 year time frame in 2007 was led by consortium composed ofGranite Construction andURS Corp. as the lead designer along with several sub-consultants. A second phase to add HOV lane interchanges at theI-605 junction and at the split withI-405 was completed in 2014.
Except where prefixed with a letter,postmiles were measured on the road as it was in1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, seeCalifornia postmile § Official postmile definitions).[1] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.
| County | Location | Postmile [1][8][9] | Exit [10] | Destinations | Notes |
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| Los Angeles LA 0.00-1.47 | Long Beach | 0.00 | 7th Street | Continuation beyond SR 1 | |
| 0.00 |  SR 1 north (Pacific Coast Highway) | Western terminus; no left turn to SR 1 south; formerUS 101 Alt. | |||
| 0.08 |   Bellflower Boulevard toSR 1 south (Pacific Coast Highway) | ||||
| 1.14 | 1 | Studebaker Road | West end of freeway | ||
| 1.42– 1.47 | San Gabriel River | ||||
| Orange ORA 0.00-R13.16 | Seal Beach | R0.37 | 2 |     I-605 north (San Gabriel River Freeway) toI-405 north (San Diego Freeway) –Santa Monica | Southern terminus of I-605; eastbound exit and westbound entrance;I-605 south exit 1A |
| R0.65 23.28[N 1] | — | I-405 north (San Diego Freeway) toI-605 north (San Gabriel River Freeway) –Santa Monica | West end of I-405 overlap; westbound left exit and eastbound left entrance; eastbound access is via exit 2; formerSR 7;I-405 exit 23; I-605 south exit 1B | ||
| 22.64[N 1] | 22 | Seal Beach Boulevard, Los Alamitos Boulevard | Exit number follows I-405; Los Alamitos Boulevard was formerSR 35 | ||
| Seal Beach–Garden Grove– Westminster tripoint | 20.75[N 1] R0.66 | — |  I-405 south (San Diego Freeway) –Irvine,San Diego | East end of I-405 overlap; eastbound left exit and westbound left entrance; eastbound access is via exit 5; I-405 south exit 21 | |
| Garden Grove–Westminster line | R0.92 | 5 | Garden Grove Boulevard, Valley View Street, Bolsa Chica Road toI-405 south (San Diego Freeway) | Bolsa Chica Road/I-405 south not signed eastbound, Garden Grove Boulevard not signed westbound; I-405 north exit 21 | |
| — |  405 Express Lanes north | Westbound left exit and eastbound entrance; opened in December 2023[11] | |||
| R2.65 | 7 | Knott Street, Goldenwest Street | |||
| R3.59 | 8 |  SR 39 (Beach Boulevard) | |||
| Garden Grove | R4.81 | 9 | Magnolia Street | ||
| R5.82 | 10 | Brookhurst Street –Garden Grove | |||
| R6.81 | 11 | Euclid Street | |||
| R7.83 | 12 | Harbor Boulevard | Signed as exits 12A (south) and 12B (north) eastbound | ||
| R8.82 | 13 | Fairview Street | Eastbound signage | ||
| Haster Street | Westbound signage | ||||
| Orange | R9.73 | 14A | The City Drive | Formerly Manchester Avenue[12] | |
| Santa Ana | R10.01 | 14B | Bristol Street | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| Orange–Santa Ana line | R10.48 | 14C |  I-5 south (Santa Ana Freeway) –Santa Ana | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; western end ofOrange Crush interchange; I-5 north exit 106 | |
| R10.48 | 14D |  I-5 north (Santa Ana Freeway) /SR 57 north (Orange Freeway) –Los Angeles,Pomona | Eastern end ofOrange Crush interchange; signed as exit 14B westbound; provides direct access to Chapman Avenue; I-5 south exit 107A-B; SR 57 south exits 1B-C | ||
| Orange | R10.99 | 15 | Main Street | FormerSR 51 | |
| R11.83 | 16 | Glassell Street, Grand Avenue | |||
| R12.87 | 17A | Tustin Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| R13.16 | 17B | SR 55 south (Costa Mesa Freeway) –Newport Beach | Eastern terminus of SR 22; SR 55 exit 13 | ||
| R13.16 | 17C | SR 55 north (Costa Mesa Freeway) –Anaheim,Riverside | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
