.svg) Interstate 5 | ||||
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| Maintained byCaltrans | ||||
| Length | 796.77 mi[1] (1,282.28 km) | |||
| History | Completed October 12, 1979 | |||
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| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   Fed. 1 /Fed. 1D at theMexican border inSan Diego | |||
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| North end |  I-5 at theOregon state line towardsAshland, OR | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | California | |||
| Counties | San Diego,Orange,Los Angeles,Kern,Kings,Fresno,Merced,Stanislaus,San Joaquin,Sacramento,Yolo,Colusa,Glenn,Tehama,Shasta,Siskiyou | |||
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Interstate 5 (I-5) is a major north–south route of theInterstate Highway System in the United States, running largely parallel to thePacific Coast between theMexican border and theCanadian border. The segment of I-5 in California runs across the length of the state from the Mexican border at theSan Ysidro Port of Entry in theSan Ysidro neighborhood ofSan Diego to theOregon state line south of theMedford-Ashland metropolitan area. It is the longest interstate in California at 796.77 miles (1,282.28 km),[1] and accounts for more than half of I-5's total length of 1,381.29 miles (2,222.97 km).[2] It is also the second longest stretch of Interstate Highway (and the longest for a north-south Interstate) with a single designation within a single state afterI-10 in Texas.
It is the more important and most-used of the two major north–south routes on the Pacific Coast, the other beingU.S. Route 101 (US 101), which is primarily coastal. I-5 links the major California cities of San Diego,Santa Ana,Los Angeles,Stockton,Sacramento, andRedding. TheSan Francisco Bay Area is about 80 miles (130 km) west of the highway.
I-5 is known colloquially as "the 5" toSouthern California residents and "5" toNorthern California residents due to varieties inCalifornia English. I-5 also has several named portions: theJohn J. Montgomery Freeway,San Diego Freeway,Santa Ana Freeway,Golden State Freeway, andWest Side Freeway.[3]
The entirety of Interstate 5 in California is defined in section 305 of theCalifornia Streets and Highways Code asRoute 5:[4]
Route 5 is from theinternational boundary nearTijuana to theOregon state line viaNational City,San Diego,Los Angeles, the westerly side of theSan Joaquin Valley,Sacramento, andYreka; also passing nearSanta Ana,Glendale,Woodland, andRed Bluff.
This definition corresponds with theFederal Highway Administration (FHWA)'s route logs of I-5.[5]
I-5 is part of theCalifornia Freeway and Expressway System,[6] and is part of theNational Highway System,[7] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by theFederal Highway Administration.[8] The segment of I-5 fromState Route 89 (SR 89) toUS 97 forms part of theVolcanic Legacy Scenic Byway, anAll-American Road.[9] I-5 is also eligible to be included in theState Scenic Highway System;[10] however, it is a scenic highway as designated by theCalifornia Department of Transportation (Caltrans) only fromSR 152 toI-580.[11]
I-5 begins at theSan Ysidro Port of Entry from Mexico in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego. Immediately after the border,I-805 splits off to the northeast and serves as a bypass of I-5 that avoidsdowntown San Diego. I-5 itself continues northwest and meets the western end ofSR 905, a route that connects with theOtay Mesa border crossing. I-5 then continues northward and joins the southern end ofSR 75, a highway connecting toCoronado via theSilver Strand. I-5 then entersChula Vista, briefly leaving the San Diego city limits. It continues along the east side ofSan Diego Bay where it intersects withSR 54 and entersNational City. From there, I-5 veers aroundNaval Base San Diego and reenters the city limits of San Diego. I-5 subsequently intersects with four state routes: the southern end ofSR 15 (the extension ofI-15), SR 75 and theCoronado Bridge, the western end ofSR 94, andSR 163. In addition to serving downtown San Diego, I-5 also provides access toBalboa Park from the Pershing Drive exit.[12][13] The portion of I-5 from the Mexican border to SR 94 at downtown San Diego is named the John J. Montgomery Freeway in honor ofJohn J. Montgomery, a pioneer aviator who flew a glider from a location near Chula Vista in 1884.[14]
I-5 continues northwest from downtown as the San Diego Freeway[15] until it reaches its junction withI-8, then turns slightly to the north while passingSeaWorld andMission Bay. Thereafter, I-5 intersects the western end ofSR 52 nearLa Jolla before enteringUniversity City. At Nobel Drive, theSan Diego LDS Temple towers over I-5.[16] Shortly afterward, I‑5 passes through theUC San Diego campus and intersects the northern terminus of I-805 before continuing north and intersecting the western end ofSR 56. At this interchange, there is a local bypass that provides the only access to Carmel Mountain Road from both directions and provides the only direct access to SR 56 going northbound.[12]
North of the San Diego city limits, I-5 enters the city limits ofSolana Beach, and then three incorporated cities to the north:Encinitas,Carlsbad andOceanside. In Oceanside, I-5 intersects theSR 78 freeway and theSR 76 expressway and continues throughCamp Pendleton. It then follows the Pacific Ocean coastline for the next 18 mi (29 km). Toward the northern end of its routing through Camp Pendleton, I-5 passes throughSan Onofre State Beach and near theSan Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. I-5 entersOrange County at the Cristianitos Road exit.[12]
Upon entering Orange County, I-5 goes throughSan Clemente. AtDana Point, I-5 turns inland whileSR 1 continues along the coast. I-5 then heads due north throughSan Juan Capistrano andMission Viejo, intersecting theSR 73 toll road heading northwest. I-5 continues to theEl Toro Y interchange withI-405 in southeasternIrvine, splitting into lanes for regular traffic as well as for truck traffic (though autos can use these lanes as well).[17] From that point, I-405 takes over the San Diego Freeway designation, while I-5 becomes the Santa Ana Freeway as it runs southeast to northwest.[18]
After the El Toro Y junction, I-5 intersectsSR 133, a toll road that eventually connects toSR 241. Just before theTustin city limits, I-5 passes overSR 261, the final toll road of theEastern Transportation Corridor, but traffic must useJamboree Road to access the latter. I-5 then intersectsSR 55 and entersSanta Ana, the county seat of Orange County. Towards the northern side of Santa Ana, I-5 intersects bothSR 57 andSR 22 in what is known as theOrange Crush interchange. Following this, I-5 briefly enters the city ofOrange and then traversesAnaheim, passing along the north side ofDisneyland. I-5 then intersectsSR 91, passes throughBuena Park and crosses intoLos Angeles County.[18]
After crossing the county line, I-5 goes through several cities southeast of Los Angeles, includingLa Mirada,Santa Fe Springs, andNorwalk. InDowney, I-5 intersectsI-605, which serves as a north–south connector route between the cities east of Los Angeles, including those in theSan Gabriel Valley. I-5 then entersCommerce, passing the Citadel Outlets shopping center, and intersectsI-710 before entering the large unincorporated community ofEast Los Angeles and later the city proper ofLos Angeles. When the freeway reaches theEast Los Angeles Interchange 1 mi (1.6 km) east of downtown Los Angeles, I-5 becomes the Golden State Freeway as US 101 takes over the Santa Ana Freeway designation. At this interchange,I-10,SR 60, and US 101 intersect; I-10 continues north on I-5 for about 2 mi (3.2 km) before continuing east towardsSan Bernardino and points farther east.[19]
On the north side of downtown, the Golden State Freeway follows theLos Angeles River, intersectsSR 110 andSR 2 and passes along the eastern side ofGriffith Park. The route continues through theSan Fernando Valley, intersecting theVentura Freeway (SR 134). It briefly enters the city ofGlendale and thenBurbank, passing nearBurbank Airport before reentering the Los Angeles city limits and intersecting the northern end of theHollywood Freeway (SR 170). Near the city ofSan Fernando, I-5 intersectsSR 118. Following this, I-5 intersects three routes in succession: the northern end of I-405, the western end ofI-210, and the southern end ofSR 14 at theNewhall Pass interchange. It then crosses theNewhall Pass through theSanta Susana Mountains into theSanta Clarita Valley. I-5's carpool lanes also have direct connectors with the carpool lanes on the SR 170 and SR 14 freeways (an additional direct connector with the HOV lanes on I-405 near Mission Hills is planned[20]). This allows a continuous HOV lane to run fromPalmdale toNorth Hollywood via SR 14 to I-5 to SR 170.
I-5 continues along the western city limits ofSanta Clarita and passesSix Flags Magic Mountain, intersectingSR 126 just north of there.
The Golden State Freeway then rises sharply, passing byLake Castaic and undergoing a unique crossover resulting in aleft-driving configuration for about 5 mi (8.0 km) before the highway crosses back into its standard alignment. This section is known as the Five Mile Grade. After cresting the Five Mile Grade, the freeway enters theAngeles National Forest. It passesPyramid Lake and intersectsSR 138 before crossing theTejon Pass through theTehachapi Mountains near the Los Angeles–Kerncounty line,[19] withPath 26 power lines generally paralleling the freeway.
After entering Kern County, the freeway sharply descends for 12 mi (19 km) from 4,144 ft (1,263 m) at the Tejon Pass to 1,499 ft (457 m) atGrapevine near the southernmost point of theSan Joaquin Valley, approximately 30 mi (48 km) south ofBakersfield and 5 mi (8.0 km) south of its interchange withSR 99 atWheeler Ridge.[21]
This stretch of I-5 through the Tejon Pass and Grapevine typically gets snow at higher elevations during the winter.[22] Although Caltrans may require vehicles to usesnow tires,snow chains, or other traction devices during and aftersnowstorms,[23] theCalifornia Highway Patrol will instead usually close this segment altogether during these conditions because of the steep grade of the pass, and the amount of passenger traffic andbig-rigs that generally use the corridor.[24][25] Whenever there is such a closure, traffic must either wait for it to reopen, or endure a multi-hour detour.[26][27] An automated gate on the freeway's median inCastaic north of Lake Hughes Road allows drivers to turn around when such closures occur.[28]
FromSR 99 atWheeler Ridge toWoodland, I-5 is known as the West Side Freeway. I-5 parallelsSR 33, skirting along the far more remote western edge of theCentral Valley, and is largely removed from the major population centers such as Bakersfield,Fresno andModesto; other state highways provide connections. I-5 still runs within the vicinity ofAvenal,Coalinga,Los Banos, and a handful of other smaller cities on the western edge of the Central Valley. For most of this section, thePath 15 electrical transmission corridor follows the highway, forming an infrastructure corridor along with theCalifornia Aqueduct. After the Grapevine, I-5 crosses the California Aqueduct. This is first time out of 5 times that I-5 crosses the aqueduct.[citation needed]
North of the Grapevine, I-5 intersectsSR 166,SR 119 andSR 43 before meetingSR 58, a highway that continues east to Bakersfield, near the town ofButtonwillow. I-5 then intersectsSR 46 before enteringKings County.[21] From the Utica Avenue exit to I-580, I-5 parallels the eastern foothills of theDiablo Range. It crosses the California Aqueduct for the second time. In Kings County, I-5 intersectsSR 41 before briefly entering the city limits of Avenal, where it intersectsSR 269.[29] InFresno County, I-5 intersectsSR 198 andSR 145 beforerunning concurrently with SR 33 for several miles. I-5 then crosses intoMerced County, intersectingSR 165, SR 152 and SR 33 near theSan Luis Reservoir (where SR 152 provides a major connection to theMonterey Peninsula and theSilicon Valley), andSR 140 at theStanislaus county line. I-5 crosses the California Aqueduct for the third time between SR 152 and SR 33 and again nearCrows Landing.[30]
InSan Joaquin County, I-580 splits off from I-5 south of Tracy, providing a spur-route connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. From here, I-5 crosses the California Aqueduct for the final time and intersectsSR 132, a major route toModesto and the mountains in the east, as well as the northern end of SR 33. After passing Tracy, I-5 intersectsI-205, a connector route to I-580, before intersecting theSR 120 freeway nearManteca. After passing throughLathrop, I-5 heads due north through Stockton, intersecting theSR 4 freeway that provides access to downtown Stockton. I-5 passes through the western portion of theLodi city limits before intersectingSR 12 and enteringSacramento County.[30]
I-5 enters the city ofElk Grove while passing along the eastern edge of theStone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. It then crosses into the Sacramento city limits, soon paralleling theSacramento River before intersecting the Capital City Freeway, which carriesUS 50 andI-80 Business (I-80 Bus.). SR 99 merges with I-5 at this point, and the two routes pass through the western half ofdowntown Sacramento. Following the bridge over theAmerican River, I-5 and SR 99 intersect the major transcontinental route ofI-80. Just as I-5 leaves Sacramento, SR 99 splits off and continues north while I-5 turns due west pastSacramento International Airport and crosses the Sacramento River intoYolo County. InWoodland, theSR 113 freeway merges with I-5 before exiting to the north.[31] The Interstate heads northwest again towardDunnigan, where it converges withI-505.[30]
I-5 skirts north along the western edge of theSacramento Valley, bypassing the larger cities of the region, includingYuba City,Oroville andChico, before reachingRed Bluff. From Dunnigan, I-5 entersColusa County, passing through the city ofWilliams and intersectingSR 20. InGlenn County, I-5 intersectsSR 162 inWillows andSR 32 inOrland. I-5 then crosses intoTehama County, passing throughCorning before entering Red Bluff and intersectingSR 36, which connects to the northern end of SR 99. I-5 crosses the Sacramento River twice before enteringShasta County.[30]
I-5 then enters theShasta Cascade region, intersectingSR 273 inAnderson before passing throughRedding and intersectingSR 44 andSR 299. The freeway then continues through the city ofShasta Lake, intersectingSR 151, before crossing overShasta Lake on thePit River Bridge and climbing up to near the foot ofMount Shasta. Just north of the bridge over Shasta Lake, I-5 also boasts the second-largest median in California afterI-8's In‑Ko‑Pah grade. InSiskiyou County, I-5 passes throughDunsmuir before intersectingSR 89 nearLake Siskiyou and entering the city ofMount Shasta. North of here,US 97 intersects I-5 inWeed, providing access toKlamath Falls, Oregon. The Interstate then continues toYreka, intersectingSR 3 andSR 96 before crossing theKlamath River and reaching the Oregon border and theSiskiyou Summit.[30] From Red Bluff to the Oregon state line, I-5 is known as the "Cascade Wonderland Highway".[32]
North of Redding, I-5 regularly gets snow at higher elevations from fall to spring. Caltrans sometimes requires vehicles to usesnow tires,snow chains, or other traction devices in the mountains during and aftersnowstorms. Checkpoints are often set up to enforce chain restrictions on vehicles bound for icy or snowy areas. When chain restrictions are in effect, vehicles must have chains on the driving wheels, except 4WD vehicles with snow tires. Additionally, during the winter season, trucks are required to carry chains whether or not controls are in force.[33][23]
The portion of this highway from Los Angeles to San Diego was also co-signed as US 101 until 1964–1968. The portion of this highway from Woodland to Red Bluff roughly follows old US 99W.
In California, the former western branch of Interstate 5 (the northern end of the spur into the Bay Area) connecting I-80 out of Vacaville to near Dunnigan, previously known asI-5W, was renamedI-505. Interstate 580 running between I-5 and I-80 was also once designated 5W; what is now I-5 (the stretch that runs through Sacramento) had been originally designatedI-5E.
The term "Golden State Highway" was the popular name for US 99 through the length of California; the name was chosen in a public contest in 1927, but was never officially adopted.[34] Since the construction of I-5, it has taken over the term "Golden State Freeway" from 99 south of the latter's southern terminus in Kern County.
The Golden State Freeway was proposed by theCalifornia Highway Commission in 1953. The proposal drew strong criticism from East Los Angeles residents as it would dissect and eliminate large residential and commercial areas ofBoyle Heights and Hollenbeck Heights.[35][36] The proposal also seemed to indicate a disregard for the ethnicMexican American population of metropolitan Los Angeles. The "Boyle–Hollenbeck Anti–Golden State Freeway Committee" was formed for the purpose of blocking or rerouting the freeway. Then–Los Angeles City Council memberEdward R. Roybal chaired that committee.[35] Despite this opposition, the construction of the freeway went ahead.
When this section was completed in 1956, the newspaperThe Eastside Sun wrote the freeway led to the "eradication, obliteration, razing, moving, ripping asunder, demolishing of Eastside homes."[35][36] A widowedEdendale resident, Lomie Puckett, resisted the condemnation of one of her rental properties in August 1958 by using arifle to threaten state workers and police.[37] After a five-day standoff with police, the home was seized and later demolished.[38]
The section between Orange County and Los Angeles was originally designed to have three lanes in each direction. Due to high traffic demand, the freeway underwent major extensions and widening in Orange County in the early 1990s. Work from SR 91 north through the Los Angeles–Orange County line was then completed in 2010, and reconstruction between the county line and Interstate 605 was completed in 2023.
The original route went through the towns ofSaugus andNewhall, and then crossed Newhall Pass (current route of SR 14, the Antelope Valley Freeway). In 1862,Beale's Cut was made in the construction of a toll wagon road. The 15 ft-wide (4.6 m) by 60 ft-deep (18 m) "slot" was dug with picks and shovels. That road would become part of the Midway Route. At the turn of the century, it was the most direct automobile route between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley via theMojave Desert andTehachapi Pass.[39]
In 1910, Beale's Cut was bypassed by the Newhall Tunnel. Constructed by Los Angeles County, it was too narrow for two trucks to pass each other inside. As a result, in 1939, the tunnel was completely removed (or "daylighted") when the road was widened to four lanes. Additionally, by 1930, a bypass road was constructed to avoid Newhall Pass viaWeldon and Gavin canyons, which is the current route of I-5.[39]
Both routes were eventually built as freeways. The Gavin Canyon route became I-5, and the main north–south route via the Ridge Route. The Newhall Pass route became SR 14, which is the main route between Los Angeles and the growing high desert communities of theAntelope Valley. It is also still a part of the important Midway Route, which is the primary alternate route when I-5 is closed (via SR 58 and SR 14).
The interchange has partially collapsed twice due to earthquakes: the1971 Sylmar earthquake and the1994 Northridge earthquake. As a result of the 1994 collapse, this interchange was renamed the "Clarence Wayne Dean Memorial Interchange", honoring a Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer killed when he was unable to stop in time and drove off the collapsed flyover ramp from SR 14 south to I-5 south. After both earthquakes, the collapsed portions were rebuilt and surviving portions reinforced.
In the evening of October 12, 2007, two trucks collided in the southbound tunnel that takes thetruck bypass roadway under the main lanes near the Newhall Pass interchange. Fifteen trucks caught fire, killing three people and injuring ten.[40][41]
TheRidge Route refers to the section of highway between Castaic and Grapevine, through the Tejon Pass. The highway had its origins in the early 1910s, when a route was needed to connect Los Angeles to the Central Valley. Some believed that the only option was the route through the Mojave Desert and the Tehachapi Mountains, but a new route was discovered through the Tejon Pass. This route became known as the Ridge Route and saw almost constant planning, construction, and improvement from 1914 to 1970.[39]
The first road was completed in 1915. It was a slow, winding, two-lane road through the mountains with a speed limit of 15 mph (24 km/h) in some places. However, the need for improvements was realized soon after it was completed. The road was paved afterWorld War I, and several blind turns were opened up ("daylighted"). Even with these improvements in the 1920s, it became clear that a new route was needed to keep up with increasing demand.[39]
In 1927, plans were drawn up for a "Ridge Route Alternate", named as it was planned as an addition to the existing Ridge Route and not as a replacement. It opened in 1933 as a three-lane highway through the mountains. The middle or "suicide lane" was used as an overtaking lane for cars in both directions. This route was a great improvement, faster and 9.7 mi (15.6 km) shorter than the old Ridge Route,[39] but was not enough to satisfy demand, and a conversion to a four-lane expressway was needed. The outbreak ofWorld War II delayed this until 1948 and the fourth lane was completed in 1952. However, just three years later, plans were begun for converting the four-lane expressway to a six-lane freeway.[39]
The last major alteration to the Ridge Route began in the early 1960s. By then, the plan for a six-lane freeway had expanded to eight lanes. This construction project made the most changes to the route. Many of the curves that followed the mountainside were cut through. To climb the mountain on the south side of Castaic more easily, traffic lanes were reversed (southbound lanes to the east and northbound lanes to the west). To preventhead-on collisions, the two ends of the route were separated on two different mountainsides, and the section through Piru Canyon was moved to an entirely new alignment to make room for Pyramid Lake. The project was completed by 1970 and brought the Ridge Route to its current alignment.[39]
When the Interstate Highway System was created in 1956, there was discussion about which way to route the interstate through the San Joaquin Valley (Central Valley). Two proposals were considered. One was to convert the Golden State Highway (US 99, later SR 99) into a freeway. The other was to use the proposed West Side Freeway (current Interstate 5), which had been endorsed by local groups as early as 1945.[42] The Golden State Highway route would serve many farming communities across the San Joaquin Valley, but the West Side Freeway proposal would bypass all the Central Valley communities and thus provide a faster and more direct north–south route through the state and so was eventually chosen.[43]
Construction began in the early 1960s. There were just three phases for the 321 mi (517 km). The first phase, completed in 1967, ran from the San Joaquin County line to Los Banos. The second phase, completed in 1972, extended the freeway south to Wheeler Ridge and connected it to SR 99. The freeway then started to see traffic, as in Stockton there were only 4 mi (6.4 km) between the West Side Freeway and the Golden State Highway. The third phase, completed in 1979, extended the freeway to Sacramento and connected it to the northern I-5.[44]
When the second phase of the freeway opened in 1972, it was a long and lonely route with no businesses alongside. Services were not easily available as the nearest towns were miles away and generally out of sight. It was common for cars to run out of fuel.[45] Over time the West Side Freeway (I-5) saw the development of businesses serving the needs of travelers. For years, there has still been interest in designating the Golden State Highway route as its own interstate,I-7 or I-9.[46]
The median on I-5 between Wheeler Ridge and Tracy is wide enough to accommodate widening the West Side Freeway to six or eight lanes, should the need arise.
.svg) Interstate 5W | |
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| Location | Tracy–Dunnigan |
| Existed | 1957–1977 |
I-5's more direct Los Angeles-to-Sacramento route bypasses San Francisco,San Jose,Oakland, and the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area. Original plans also called for a loop Interstate with a directional suffix, I-5W.[43] This route now roughly corresponds to I-580 from I-5 south of Tracy to Oakland, I-80 from Oakland to Vacaville, and I-505 from Vacaville to I-5 near Dunnigan. I-5W and most of the other Interstates around the country with directional suffixes were eventually renumbered or eliminated, exceptI-35E andI-35W in Texas and Minnesota. Nevertheless, San Francisco is still listed as acontrol city on northbound I-5 between SR 99 and I-580.
Interstate 5 in downtown Sacramento closely follows the Sacramento River. This has resulted in complex engineering work to keep the section dry due to it being located below the water table. Locally, Caltrans refers to this part of the freeway as the "Boat Section".[47] Due to record levels of rainfall in 1980 the Boat Section was flooded with 15 ft (4.6 m) of water. Caltrans began constructing this section during the 1960s and 1970s. The freeway was engineered below grade so it would be out of the view of offices and shops in downtown Sacramento. To achieve this, the site was excavated and the seeping water was pumped from the area. An intricate drainage system, water pump and retaining wall are used to protect the freeway from the Sacramento River. However, the system slowly clogged up over the years with sand and silt buildup.[48] Major repair work of the Boat Section began on May 30, 2008.[47] The construction was to take 40 days to complete, requiring complete northbound and southbound closures on an alternating schedule.
In 1992, Caltrans finished upgrading the final 13 mile segment north ofLakehead.[49]
I-5 through north San Diego County is currently undergoing expansion as part of theNorth Coast Corridor project.[50] The carpool lane expansion from Lomas Santa Fe Drive to SR 78 fully opened by late 2023. As part of this expansion, the bridge carrying I-5 over San Elijo Lagoon was replaced with a much wider bridge. Previously in 2007, a carpool lane opened between Lomas Santa Fe Drive and I-805, with a continuation of the lanes on I-805 to Governor Drive opening in 2016. There are plans to construct the last three miles from SR 78 to Oceanside Harbor Drive, however, there is a lack of funding for them, and there are no plans to set aside funding from the state to construct them.[51]
In Orange County, the HOV lane opened in the mid-1990s between SR 1 and SR 91, following the widening of the freeway between SR 55 and SR 91, between SR 91 and Artesia Boulevard in 2010, and between SR 1 and Avenida Pico in 2018. Multiple carpool flyovers were constructed during this time to connect motorists from one freeway's carpool lanes to the next (see Exit List for a list of them). In 2013, ground broke on a major expansion of the freeway through La Mirada and Norwalk in neighboring Los Angeles County to the I-605 interchange, which included a carpool lane to Florence Avenue. The carpool lane fully opened in 2023. Currently, in San Clemente, there are studies to extend the carpool lanes from their current terminus at Avenida Pico to Cristianitos Road at the county line.[52] At an OCTA board meeting in August 2024, it was discussed that preliminary engineering is ongoing and will be complete next year. However, a timeline for actual construction was not provided.[53] This extension would give way for I-5 to have carpool lanes for its entire length in Orange County, plus the newly widened section in Los Angeles County, for a total of 50 miles. OCTA and Caltrans are expected to work with the residents of San Clemente during the process, as several bridges may have to be replaced with wider ones, and buildings may have to be demolished for the widening.
North of downtown Los Angeles, the freeway is currently going widening, which includes the addition of HOV lanes in four phases. The first phase was the opening of a carpool lane between carpool lane between SR 170 and SR 14 in 2011. A flyover between the carpool lanes of SR 14 and I-5 opened in 2014. The second phase was betweenBuena Vista Street and SR 170, and the carpool lane opened in 2014. This phase also included a flyover between the existing carpool lane of SR 170 and the newly constructed I-5. The freeway in this phase went through no improvements, and used existing median shoulders to construct the HOV lane, thus all the original overpasses were retained, and some undercrossings also have no right hand shoulder as a result. A third phase saw the widening between SR 134 and Buena Vista Street, and the carpool lane opened in 2022. This phase gave room for the replacement of the Burbank Boulevard bridge, and the opening of a new interchange at Empire Avenue, which replaced the Scott Road and Lincoln Street interchanges. The Empire Avenue interchange opened in 2019[54] and the Burbank Boulevard bridge replacement was completed in 2021.[55] The fourth and final phase is in the Santa Clarita Valley, where Caltrans is undergoing construction to extend the carpool lane from the Newhall Pass interchange to Parker Road in Castaic. These lanes are scheduled to open to traffic in 2026.[56] A fifth phase to build a flyover which will connect I-405's carpool lanes with I-5's is in the works, but there are no near plans to construct it.[20] The same plan includes a southerly extension of the HOV lanes to theSan Bernardino Split interchange, but there are no near plans to construct that as well. Widening that segment of the freeway will require several overpass demolitions, as well a major widening through the area, as the freeway is too small to handle the widening. The widening would also result in hundreds of homes and commercial buildings to be demolished.
| County | Location | mi[57][1][58][59] | km | Exit[57] | Destinations | Notes |
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| San Diego | San Diego | 0.00 | 0.00 | Fed. 1 south –Tijuana | Southern terminus of I-5; South end of the John J. Montgomery Freeway;[15] roadway continues beyond theMexican border atSan Ysidro Port of Entry as Federal Highway 1 | |
| 0.22 | 0.35 | 1A | Camino de la Plaza | Last USA exit southbound; northbound exit via the border inspection station'sSENTRI and Ready lanes | ||
| 0.22 | 0.35 |   I-805 north | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southern terminus of I-805 | |||
| 1.11 | 1.79 | 1B | Via de San Ysidro | No southbound entrance | ||
| 2.22 | 3.57 | 2 | San Ysidro Boulevard, Dairy Mart Road | |||
| 3.03 | 4.88 | 3 |   SR 905 east / Tocayo Avenue | Western terminus of SR 905; futureI-905; SR 905 exits 1A-B; former SR 117 | ||
| 3.95 | 6.36 | 4 | Coronado Avenue | |||
| 4.54 | 7.31 | 5A |   SR 75 north (Palm Avenue) –Imperial Beach | Southern terminus of SR 75 | ||
| Chula Vista | 5.31 | 8.55 | 5B | Main Street | ||
| 5.97 | 9.61 | 6 | Palomar Street | |||
| 6.72 | 10.81 | 7A | L Street | |||
| 7.21 | 11.60 | 7B | J Street, Marina Parkway | |||
| 7.72 | 12.42 | 8A | H Street | |||
| 8.47 | 13.63 | 8B | E Street (CR S17) | |||
| National City | 9.31 | 14.98 | 9 |  SR 54 east | Western terminus of SR 54; SR 54 exits 1A-B | |
| 9.95 | 16.01 | 10 | Mile of Cars Way (24th Street), Bay Marina Drive | |||
| 10.66 | 17.16 | 11A | Harbor Drive, Civic Center Drive | |||
| 11.04 | 17.77 | 11B | Plaza Boulevard, 8th Street –Downtown National City | |||
| San Diego | 11.57 | 18.62 | 12 | Division Street, Main Street, National City Boulevard | ||
| 12.56 | 20.21 | 13A |  SR 15 north (Escondido Freeway) –Riverside | Southern terminus of SR 15; futureI-15; SR 15 exits 1B-C; formerSR 103 | ||
| 13.30 | 21.40 | 13B | 28th Street, National Avenue | |||
| 13.99 | 22.51 | 14A |  SR 75 south (San Diego-Coronado Bridge) –Coronado | Northern terminus of SR 75 | ||
| 14.03 | 22.58 | 14B | Cesar E. Chavez Parkway | Formerly Crosby Street[60][61] | ||
| 14.65 | 23.58 | 15A |   J Street toSR 94 east (M. L. King Jr. Freeway) | Northbound signage | ||
| Imperial Avenue | Southbound signage | |||||
| 14.95 | 24.06 | 15B | SR 94 east (M. L. King Jr. Freeway) | Northern end of the John J. Montgomery Freeway and southern end of San Diego Freeway;[15] northbound access via exit 15A; western terminus of SR 94; SR 94 exit 1A | ||
| 15.32 | 24.66 | 15C | B Street, Pershing Drive | Signed as exit 15B northbound | ||
| 15.98 | 25.72 | 16A |  SR 163 north / Tenth Avenue –Escondido | Signed as exit 16 southbound; southern terminus of SR 163; SR 163 exit 1B; formerUS 395 | ||
| 16.22 | 26.10 | 16B | 6th Avenue –Downtown San Diego | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 16.82 | 27.07 | 17 | Front Street, 2nd Avenue –Civic Center | No northbound exit | ||
| 16.82 | 27.07 | 17A |  Hawthorn Street –San Diego Airport | No southbound exit | ||
| 16.50– 17.68 | 26.55– 28.45 | 17B | Sassafras Street – Rental Car Center,San Diego Airport | Signed as exit 18A southbound | ||
| 17.68 | 28.45 | 18A | Pacific Highway | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former US 101 | ||
| 18.19 | 29.27 | 18B | Washington Street | FormerUS 80 east | ||
| 18.94 | 30.48 | 19 | Old Town Avenue | ServesOld Town San Diego State Historic Park | ||
| 19.97 | 32.14 | 20 |   I-8 east –El Centro | Northbound exit provides direct access to Morena Boulevard; I-8 west exits 2A-B | ||
 I-8 west –Beaches | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-8 east exit 2 | |||||
| Rosecrans Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; formerSR 209 south | |||||
| 20.73 | 33.36 | 21 | Sea World Drive, Tecolote Road | ServesSeaWorld San Diego | ||
| 22.17 | 35.68 | 22 | Clairemont Drive, East Mission Bay Drive | |||
| 22.78 | 36.66 | 23A | Grand Avenue, Garnet Avenue | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; connects to Mission Bay Drive; Mission Bay Drive follows the original routing of former US 101/BL I-5 | ||
| 23.39 | 37.64 | 23B | Balboa Avenue east | Southbound exit is via exit 23; formerSR 274 | ||
| 23.39 | 37.64 | 23 | Balboa Avenue, Garnet Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; connects to Mission Bay Drive; Mission Bay Drive follows the original routing of former US 101/BL I-5 | ||
| 25.86 | 41.62 | 26A | La Jolla Parkway west | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; formerly Ardath Road[62] | ||
| 25.86 | 41.62 | 26B |  SR 52 east | Signed as exit 26 southbound; western terminus of SR 52; SR 52 west exit 1A | ||
| 26.70 | 42.97 | 27 | Gilman Drive, La Jolla Colony Drive | |||
| 28.07 | 45.17 | 28A | Nobel Drive | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 28.34 | 45.61 | 28B | La Jolla Village Drive | Signed as exit 28 southbound | ||
| 29.37 | 47.27 | 29 | Genesee Avenue (CR S21) | |||
| 30.34 | 48.83 | 30 | Sorrento Valley Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 30.60 | 49.25 | — |  I-5 Local Bypass toSR 56 east | South end of Local Bypass lanes | ||
| 30.60 | 49.25 | 31 |  I-805 south (Jacob Dekema Freeway) –Chula Vista | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-805 exit 33A to Local Bypass lanes; northern terminus of I-805 | ||
| 31.72 | 51.05 | 32 | Carmel Mountain Road | Local Bypass lanes access only | ||
| 32.81 | 52.80 | 33A | SR 56 east (Ted Williams Freeway) | Local Bypass lanes access only; northbound exit and southbound entrance; southbound access via exit 33; western terminus of SR 56 | ||
| 32.81 | 52.80 | — | I-5 Local Bypass to Carmel Mountain Road | North end of Local Bypass lanes | ||
| 32.81 | 52.80 | 33B | Carmel Valley Road toSR 56 east | Signed as exit 33 southbound | ||
| 34.04 | 54.78 | 34 | Del Mar Heights Road | |||
| San Diego–Solana Beach line | 36.18 | 58.23 | 36 | Via de la Valle (CR S6) | ||
| Solana Beach | 37.29 | 60.01 | 37 | Lomas Santa Fe Drive (CR S8) | ||
| Encinitas | 38.53 | 62.01 | 39 | Manchester Avenue | ||
| 39.74 | 63.96 | 40 | Birmingham Drive | |||
| 40.51 | 65.19 | 41A | Santa Fe Drive | |||
| 41.42 | 66.66 | 41B | Encinitas Boulevard (CR S9) | |||
| 42.62 | 68.59 | 43 | Leucadia Boulevard | |||
| Encinitas–Carlsbad line | 43.98 | 70.78 | 44 | La Costa Avenue | ||
| Carlsbad | 45.48 | 73.19 | 45 | Poinsettia Lane, Aviara Parkway | Aviara Parkway is 1/2 mile east of I-5 | |
| 46.94 | 75.54 | 47 | Palomar Airport Road (CR S12) | |||
| 47.89 | 77.07 | 48 | Cannon Road | ServesLegoland California[63][64] | ||
| 49.19 | 79.16 | 49 | Tamarack Avenue | |||
| 50.02 | 80.50 | 50 | Carlsbad Village Drive –Downtown Carlsbad | Formerly Elm Avenue[65] | ||
| 50.59 | 81.42 | 51A | Las Flores Drive | |||
| Oceanside | 51.11 | 82.25 | 51B |  SR 78 east (Ronald Packard Freeway) / Vista Way –Escondido,Oceanside | Signed as exits 51B (SR 78) and 51C (Vista Way) northbound; western terminus of SR 78; SR 78 exits 1A-B | |
| 51.38 | 82.69 | 51C | Cassidy Street | No northbound exit | ||
| 52.21 | 84.02 | 52 | Oceanside Boulevard | |||
| 53.12 | 85.49 | 53 | Mission Avenue (SR 76 Bus.) –Downtown Oceanside | ServesMission San Luis Rey | ||
| 53.67– 53.84 | 86.37– 86.65 | 54A |  SR 76 east / Coast Highway (CR S21) | Signed as exits 54A (SR 76) and 54B (Coast Highway) southbound; western terminus of SR 76; Coast Highway was formerly Hill Street[66] andUS 101 | ||
| Oceanside–Camp Pendleton South line | 53.84– 54.30 | 86.65– 87.39 | 54C | Harbor Drive, Vandegrift Boulevard –Camp Pendleton | Signed as exits 54B (Vandegrift Boulevard/Camp Pendleton) and 54C (Harbor Drive) northbound | |
| | 59.35– 59.87 | 95.51– 96.35 | Aliso Creek Rest Area | |||
| | 61.99 | 99.76 | 62 | Las Pulgas Road | ||
| | 71.30 | 114.75 | 71 | Basilone Road –San Onofre | ||
| San Diego–Orange county line | San Clemente | 72.19 | 116.18 | 72 | Cristianitos Road | Former I-5 Bus. north |
| Orange | 73.28 | 117.93 | 73 | Avenida Magdalena | Northbound signage | |
| Avenida Calafia | Southbound signage | |||||
| 73.91 | 118.95 | 74 | El Camino Real | Former US 101; former I-5 Bus. | ||
| 74.94 | 120.60 | 75 | Avenida Presidio | No southbound exit | ||
| 74.94 | 120.60 | Avenida Palizada | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former I-5 Bus. south | |||
| 75.67 | 121.78 | 76 | Avenida Pico | |||
| 76.56 | 123.21 | 77 | Avenida Vista Hermosa | |||
| San Clemente–Dana Point line | 78.08 | 125.66 | 78 | Camino de Estrella | ||
| Dana Point–San Juan Capistrano line | 79.06 | 127.23 | 79 |  SR 1 north (Pacific Coast Highway) / Camino Las Ramblas –Beach Cities | Southern terminus of SR 1; Pacific Coast Highway is formerUS 101 Alt. north | |
| San Juan Capistrano | — | Stonehill Drive | Northbound entrance only | |||
| 80.83 | 130.08 | 81 | Camino Capistrano | |||
| 81.88 | 131.77 | 82 |  SR 74 east (Ortega Highway) –San Juan Capistrano | Western terminus of SR 74 | ||
| 83.19 | 133.88 | 83 | Junipero Serra Road | |||
| San Juan Capistrano–Mission Viejo– Laguna Niguel tripoint | 84.83 | 136.52 | 85A |   SR 73 Toll north (San Joaquin Hills Toll Road) –Long Beach | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southern terminus of SR 73; toll free until SR 73 exit 2 (Greenfield Drive) | |
| Mission Viejo | 85.22 | 137.15 | 85B | Avery Parkway | Signed as exit 85 southbound | |
| 86.06 | 138.50 | 86 | Crown Valley Parkway | |||
| 87.50 | 140.82 | 88 | Oso Parkway | |||
| Mission Viejo–Laguna Hills line | 88.81 | 142.93 | 89 | La Paz Road | ||
| 89.75 | 144.44 | 90 | Alicia Parkway | |||
| Laguna Hills–Lake Forest line | 90.97 | 146.40 | 91 | El Toro Road (CR S18) | ||
| 91.78 | 147.71 | 92 | Lake Forest Drive | Signed as exit 92A northbound | ||
| Irvine | 92.45 | 148.78 |   I-5 Truck / Bake Parkway | Signed as exit 92B northbound; serves the truck bypass around theEl Toro Y | ||
| ♢ |  I-405 north | HOV access only; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
| 93.58 | 150.60 | 94A | I-405 north (San Diego Freeway north) –Long Beach | Northern end of San Diego Freeway and southern end of Santa Ana Freeway;[15] northbound exit and southbound entrance;El Toro Y; southern terminus of I-405; connects toSR 133 south; formerSR 7 | ||
| 94.49 | 152.07 | 94B | Alton Parkway | Signed as exit 94 southbound | ||
| 94.84 | 152.63 | ♢ | Barranca Parkway | HOV access only; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 95.47 | 153.64 | 95 |  SR 133 south / Barranca Parkway –Laguna Beach | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; SR 133 north exit 10 | ||
| 96.22 | 154.85 | 96A | Sand Canyon Avenue | Signed as exit 96 northbound | ||
| 96.15 | 154.74 | 96B | SR 133 Toll north (Eastern Toll Road) –Rancho Santa Margarita,Riverside | Signed as exit 95 northbound; SR 133 south exits 10A-B | ||
| 97.27 | 156.54 | 97 | Jeffrey Road | |||
| 98.86 | 159.10 | 99 | Culver Drive | |||
| Irvine–Tustin line | 99.86 | 160.71 | 100 |  Jamboree Road toSR 261 Toll | ||
| Tustin | Myford Road | Exit removed in the 1990s during the expansion of I-5 | ||||
| 100.50 | 161.74 | 101A | Tustin Ranch Road | |||
| 101.37 | 163.14 | 101B | Red Hill Avenue | |||
| 101.90 | 163.99 | 102 | Newport Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 102.54 | 165.02 | 103A |  SR 55 north (Costa Mesa Freeway) –Anaheim,Riverside | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; SR 55 south exit 11A | ||
| 102.54 | 165.02 | 103B | SR 55 south (Costa Mesa Freeway) –Newport Beach | Signed as exit 103 southbound; SR 55 north exits 10B-11A | ||
| Santa Ana | 103.18– 103.54 | 166.05– 166.63 | 103C | First Street, Fourth Street | Signed as exit 104A southbound | |
| ♢ | SR 55 south | HOV access only; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
| ♢ | Grand Avenue, Santa Ana Boulevard | HOV access only; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
| 104.04 | 167.44 | 104 | Grand Avenue, Santa Ana Boulevard | Signed as exit 104B southbound | ||
| 104.74 | 168.56 | 105A | 17th Street | |||
| ♢ | Main Street | HOV access only; southbound exit and northbound entrance; removed with freeway upgrades[67] | ||||
| 105.37 | 169.58 | 105B | Main Street, Broadway | Main Street south of I-5 wasSR 73 south; north of I-5, it was formerSR 51 north | ||
| Santa Ana–Orange line | Flower Street | Exit removed in 1991 for expansion of I-5; was southbound exit only[68] | ||||
| 106.52 | 171.43 | 107A |  SR 22 east (Garden Grove Freeway) –Orange | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end ofOrange Crush interchange; SR 22 west exit 14B | ||
| 106.52 | 171.43 | 107B |  SR 22 west (Garden Grove Freeway) –Long Beach | Signed as exit 106 northbound; SR 22 east exits 14C-D | ||
| 106.52 | 171.43 | 107A | La Veta Avenue, Bristol Street | Northbound exit is part of exit 106; servesAngel Stadium | ||
| 106.52 | 171.43 |  SR 57 north (Orange Freeway) –Pomona | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end ofOrange Crush interchange; southern terminus of SR 57; SR 57 south exit 1A | |||
| ♢ | SR 57 north | HOV access only; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
| Orange | 106.52 | 171.43 | 107B | Chapman Avenue | No southbound exit | |
| 107.48 | 172.97 | 107C | State College Boulevard, The City Drive, Chapman Avenue | Chapman Avenue not signed northbound; State College Boulevard was formerSR 250 north | ||
| Anaheim | 107.96 | 173.74 | ♢ | Gene Autry Way, Disney Way | HOV access only; Disney Way not signed southbound | |
| 108.65 | 174.86 | 109A | Katella Avenue, Disney Way, Orangewood Avenue | Signed as exit 109 northbound; Disney Way not signed southbound, Orangewood Avenue (former SR 51 south) not signed northbound | ||
| 108.89 | 175.24 | 109B | Disney Way, Anaheim Boulevard | No northbound exit; Anaheim Boulevard was formerSR 72 | ||
| 109.68 | 176.51 | 110A | Harbor Boulevard, Ball Road | Signed as exit 110 northbound; Ball Road not signed southbound | ||
| 109.95 | 176.95 | 110B | Disneyland Drive, Ball Road | No northbound exit | ||
| ♢ | Disneyland Drive | HOV access only; southbound exit only | ||||
| South Street, West Street | Exit removed in the 1990s during the expansion of I-5; was northbound exit and entrance | |||||
| 111.23 | 179.01 | 111 | Lincoln Avenue | FormerSR 214 | ||
| Loara Street | Exit removed in the 1990s during the expansion of I-5; was northbound exit and entrance | |||||
| 111.77 | 179.88 | 112 | Euclid Street | |||
| Crescent Avenue | Exit removed in December 1997 for expansion of I-5; was northbound exit and entrance[69] | |||||
| 112.79 | 181.52 | 113 | Brookhurst Street, La Palma Avenue | Signed as exits 113A (Brookhurst Street, La Palma Avenue west) and 113B (La Palma Avenue east) northbound | ||
| Anaheim–Fullerton line | 113.78 | 183.11 | 113C |  SR 91 west (Artesia Freeway) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; SR 91 east exit 24 | |
| ♢ | SR 91 west | HOV access only; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
| Fullerton | 114.23 | 183.84 | 114A | Magnolia Avenue toSR 91 east | No northbound entrance; "To SR 91" not signed southbound; signed as exit 114 northbound | |
| Fullerton–Buena Park line | 114.38 | 184.08 | 114B | SR 91 east (Riverside Freeway) –Riverside | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; SR 91 west exit 24 | |
| ♢ | SR 91 east | HOV access only; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
| Buena Park | — | Orangethorpe Avenue | Northbound entrance only | |||
| 115.41 | 185.73 | 115 | Auto Center Drive | Formerly Manchester Boulevard; northbound exit only; southbound entrance removed; formerUS 101 /SR 14[70] | ||
| 115.71 | 186.22 | 116 |  SR 39 (Beach Boulevard) | |||
| Orange–Los Angeles county line | Buena Park–La Mirada line | 116.54 | 187.55 | 117 | Artesia Boulevard, Knott Avenue | Artesia Boulevard was formerSR 91; Knott Avenue not signed northbound |
| Los Angeles | La Mirada–Santa Fe Springs line | 117.87 | 189.69 | 118 | Valley View Avenue | |
| Santa Fe Springs | Alondra Boulevard | Closed April 18, 2017; were northbound and southbound entrances only (the latter via Firestone Boulevard) | ||||
| Santa Fe Springs–Norwalk line | 119.07 | 191.62 | 119 | Carmenita Road | ||
| 120.10 | 193.28 | 120 | Rosecrans Avenue | Formerly exit 120A northbound | ||
| Norwalk | 120.30 | 193.60 | 120B | Firestone Boulevard | Closed; was northbound exit and southbound entrance; formerSR 42 | |
| 120.88 | 194.54 | 121 | Norwalk Boulevard,Imperial Highway | Signed as exit 122 southbound; formerSR 35 (Norwalk Boulevard); formerSR 90 (Imperial Highway) | ||
| 121.57 | 195.65 | 122 | Imperial Highway, Pioneer Boulevard | Combined with exit 121 with freeway upgrades | ||
| Santa Fe Springs–Downey line | 123.04 | 198.01 | 123 | Florence Avenue | Southbound exit is part of exit 124 via I-605 south ramp | |
| 123.51 | 198.77 | 124 |  I-605 (San Gabriel River Freeway) | I-605 exit 11 | ||
| Downey | 124.97 | 201.12 | 125 |  SR 19 (Lakewood Boulevard,Rosemead Boulevard) | ||
| 125.61 | 202.15 | 126A | Paramount Boulevard | |||
| Montebello–Commerce line | 126.36 | 203.36 | 126B | Slauson Avenue | No northbound entrance | |
| 127.54 | 205.26 | 128A | Bandini Boulevard, Garfield Avenue | Bandini Boulevard not signed northbound | ||
| Commerce | 128.21 | 206.33 | 128B | Washington Boulevard | ||
| 129.46 | 208.35 | 129 | Atlantic Boulevard, Eastern Avenue | Southbound signage; formerSR 15 | ||
| Atlantic Boulevard north | Northbound signage | |||||
| 129.71 | 208.75 | 130A |   Atlantic Boulevard south toI-710 south (Long Beach Freeway) | Northbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 129.71 | 208.75 | Triggs Street | Southbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 130.44 | 209.92 | 130B | Eastern Avenue | Northbound exit only | ||
| 130.54 | 210.08 | 130C | I-710 north (Long Beach Freeway) –Pasadena | Northbound left exit and southbound left entrance; I-710 south exit 18 | ||
| 130B | I-710 south (Long Beach Freeway) –Long Beach | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northbound access is via exit 130A; I-710 north exit 18A | ||||
| East Los Angeles | 130.81 | 210.52 | 131A | Olympic Boulevard | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; formerSR 26 /SR 245 | |
| 131.46 | 211.56 | 131B | Ditman Avenue, Indiana Street | Signed as exit 131 northbound | ||
| Los Angeles | 131.60 | 211.79 | 132 | Indiana Street, Calzona Street | ||
| 132.86 | 213.82 | 133 | Grande Vista Avenue | Northbound exit; southbound entrance via Concord Street | ||
| 133.37 | 214.64 | — |   US 101 north (Santa Ana Freeway north) –Los Angeles | I-5 south transitions onto Santa Ana Freeway south[15] southern end of Golden State Freeway; northbound left exit and southbound entrance; south end ofEast Los Angeles Interchange proper; southern terminus of US 101; access toLos Angeles Civic Center | ||
| 134A |  I-10 west (Santa Monica Freeway) –Santa Monica | Northbound exit signage | ||||
| 134B | Soto Street | Signed as exit 134A southbound; former exit 133A northbound | ||||
| 134B |  SR 60 east (Pomona Freeway) –Pomona | Southbound left exit and northbound entrance; SR 60 east exit 1A, west exit 1E | ||||
| 133.41 | 214.70 | 134C | Seventh Street | No southbound exit; left exit northbound, formerly exit 133B | ||
| — | I-10 west (Santa Monica Freeway) –Santa Monica | Southern end of I-10 overlap; southbound exit signage; I-5 south follows I-10 exit 16B;[71] north end ofEast Los Angeles Interchange proper | ||||
| 134.22 | 216.01 | 135A | Fourth Street | FormerSR 60[72] | ||
| 135.11 | 217.44 | 135B | Cesar Chavez Avenue | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; formerly Brooklyn Avenue | ||
| 135.45 | 217.99 | 135C | I-10 east (San Bernardino Freeway) –San Bernardino | Northern end of I-10 overlap; 5-10 Split portion of the East Los Angeles Interchange; signed as exit 135B southbound; I-10 exit 19B | ||
| — | Marengo Street | Northbound entrance only | ||||
| 135.45 | 217.99 | 135C | Mission Road | No northbound exit | ||
| 135.86– 136.39 | 218.65– 219.50 | 136A | Main Street | Signed as exit 136 southbound; no entrance ramps | ||
| 136.39 | 219.50 | 136B | Broadway | Southbound exit is part of exit 137A | ||
| 137.10 | 220.64 | 137A |  SR 110 north (Arroyo Seco Parkway) –Pasadena | Signed as exit 137B northbound; SR 110 south exit 26B | ||
| 137.10 | 220.64 | 137A | Figueroa Street | Southbound exit is part of exit 137B; formerSR 159 /SR 163 north | ||
| 137.36 | 221.06 | 137B | SR 110 south (Arroyo Seco Parkway) –Los Angeles | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; SR 110 north exit 26A | ||
| 138.49 | 222.88 | 138 | Stadium Way | |||
| 139.21 | 224.04 | 139 |  SR 2 (Glendale Freeway) –Glendale,Echo Park | Signed as exits 139A (north) and 139B (south) northbound; SR 2 north exit 13, south exit 13A | ||
| 139.68 | 224.79 | 140A | Fletcher Drive | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; formerSR 2 | ||
| 140.32 | 225.82 | 140B | Glendale Boulevard | Signed as exit 140 northbound | ||
| 140.82 | 226.63 | 141A | Los Feliz Boulevard | Signed as exit 141 southbound | ||
| 140.99 | 226.90 | 141B | Griffith Park | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 142.44 | 229.23 | 142 | Colorado Street (SR 5S east)[73] | FormerSR 134 east /SR 163 south | ||
| 143.74 | 231.33 | 144A |  SR 134 east (Ventura Freeway) –Glendale,Pasadena | Signed as exit 144 southbound; SR 134 west exit 5; northbound exit provides direct access to Zoo Drive, which serves theLos Angeles Zoo | ||
| 144B | SR 134 west (Ventura Freeway) –Ventura | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southbound access is via exit 145A; SR 134 east exits 5A-B | ||||
| Glendale | 144.50 | 232.55 | 145A | Western Avenue toSR 134 west | "To SR 134" not signed northbound | |
| Burbank | 145.09 | 233.50 | 145B | Alameda Avenue | FormerSR 134 west | |
| 145.82 | 234.67 | 146A | Olive Avenue, Verdugo Avenue | |||
| 146.44 | 235.67 | 146B | Burbank Boulevard | |||
| 147.27 | 237.01 | 147A | Scott Road | Former interchange with no southbound entrance; closed as part of the Empire Avenue interchange project | ||
| 147.30 | 237.06 | 147B | Lincoln Street | Former northbound exit and southbound entrance; closed as part of the Empire Avenue interchange project | ||
| 147.41 | 237.23 | 147 | Empire Avenue, North San Fernando Boulevard | ServesHollywood Burbank Airport | ||
| 147.89 | 238.01 | 148 | Buena Vista Street | |||
| Los Angeles | 149.01 | 239.81 | 149 | Hollywood Way | ServesHollywood Burbank Airport | |
| 149.94 | 241.31 | 150A | Glenoaks Boulevard | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 150.34 | 241.95 | 150B | Sunland Boulevard –Sun Valley | Signed as exit 150 southbound | ||
| 150.94 | 242.91 | 151 | Penrose Street | No northbound entrance | ||
| 151.65 | 244.06 | 152 | Lankershim Boulevard, Tuxford Street | FormerSR 170 | ||
| 152.60 | 245.59 | 153A | Sheldon Street | |||
| 153.02 | 246.26 | 153B |  SR 170 south (Hollywood Freeway) –Hollywood | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northern terminus of SR 170; SR 170 north exit 11B | ||
| ♢ | SR 170 south | HOV access only; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
| 153.02 | 246.26 | 153B | Branford Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 154.07 | 247.95 | 154 | Osborne Street –Arleta | |||
| 154.62 | 248.84 | 155A | Terra Bella Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 155.16 | 249.71 | 155B | Van Nuys Boulevard –Pacoima | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 155.72 | 250.61 | 156A |  Paxton Street toSR 118 west | Signed as exit 156B northbound; "To SR 118" not signed northbound | ||
| 156.02 | 251.09 | 156B | SR 118 east (Ronald Reagan Freeway) | Signed as exit 156A northbound; SR 118 east exit 44A | ||
| 156.02 | 251.09 | SR 118 west (Ronald Reagan Freeway) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southbound exit is via exit 156A; SR 118 west exit 44A | |||
| 156.64 | 252.09 | 157A | Brand Boulevard –San Fernando | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; formerSR 118 | ||
| 156.90 | 252.51 | 157B | San Fernando Mission Boulevard –San Fernando | Signed as exit 157 southbound; formerUS 6 south /US 99 south | ||
| 158.26 | 254.69 | 158 | I-405 south (San Diego Freeway) –Santa Monica | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northern terminus of I-405; formerSR 7 south | ||
| — | I-5 Truck south toI-405 south | Southbound truck route | ||||
| 159.31 | 256.38 | 159 | Roxford Street –Sylmar | Signed as exits 159A (east) and 159B (west) northbound | ||
| 160.67 | 258.57 | 161A |  I-210 east (Foothill Freeway) –Pasadena | Signed as exit 161 northbound; western terminus of I-210; I-210 west exits 1A-B | ||
| 160.67 | 258.57 | — |  I-5 Truck north toSR 14 north | South end of truck route; south end ofNewhall Pass interchange atNewhall Pass | ||
| ♢ | SR 14 north | HOV access only; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
| 161.09 | 259.25 | 161B | Balboa Boulevard, San Fernando Road | Southbound exit only; northbound entrance is via Sierra Highway | ||
| 162.24 | 261.10 | 162 | SR 14 north (Antelope Valley Freeway) –Palmdale,Lancaster | Northern end of HOV lanes on I-5; southern terminus of SR 14; SR 14 south exits 1A-B; southbound entrance provides direct access to I-5 exit 161B | ||
| | 163.01 | 262.34 | — | I-5 Truck south toSR 14 north /Sierra Highway | North end of truck route; north end ofNewhall Pass interchange atNewhall Pass | |
| Santa Clarita | 165.69 | 266.65 | 166 | Calgrove Boulevard | ||
| 166.99 | 268.74 | 167 | Lyons Avenue, Pico Canyon Road | |||
| 168.10 | 270.53 | 168 | McBean Parkway –Stevenson Ranch | |||
| 169.13 | 272.19 | 169 | Valencia Boulevard | |||
| 170.23 | 273.96 | 170 | Magic Mountain Parkway | FormerSR 126 east | ||
| 170.82 | 274.91 | 171 | Rye Canyon Road | Southbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 172.14 | 277.03 | 172 |  SR 126 west / Newhall Ranch Road –Ventura | Eastern terminus of SR 126 | ||
| Castaic | 173.26 | 278.83 | 173 | Hasley Canyon Road | ||
| 175.67 | 282.71 | 176A | Parker Road –Castaic | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 176.15 | 283.49 | 176B | Lake Hughes Road – Castaic Lake Park,Castaic | Signed as exit 176 southbound | ||
| | 182.63 | 293.91 | 183 | Templin Highway | ||
| | 191.13 | 307.59 | 191 | Vista del Lago Road | ||
| | 194.62 | 313.21 | 195 | Smokey Bear Road | ||
| | 198.15 | 318.89 | 198A |  SR 138 east –Lancaster,Palmdale | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; western terminus of SR 138; southbound exit is via exit 199 | |
| | 198.42 | 319.33 | 198 | Quail Lake Road | Signed as exit 198B northbound | |
| | 198.76 | 319.87 | 199 | SR 138 east –Lancaster,Palmdale | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; western terminus of SR 138; northbound exit is via exit 198A | |
| | 202.46 | 325.83 | 202 | Gorman | Connects to Gorman School Road | |
| | 203.67 | 327.78 | Tejon Pass, elevation 4,144 feet (1,263 m)[74] | |||
| Los Angeles–Kern county line | Lebec | 205.23 | 330.29 | 205 | Frazier Mountain Park Road | |
| Kern | 205.97 | 331.48 | Tejon Pass Rest Area | |||
| 206.88 | 332.94 | 207 | Lebec | Connects to Lebec Service Road, Lebec Road | ||
| 210.29 | 338.43 | 210 | Fort Tejon | Connects to Lebec Road | ||
| | 215.42 | 346.68 | 215 | Grapevine | Connects to Grapevine Road West, Grapevine Road East | |
| | 218.79 | 352.11 | 219 | Laval Road | Signed as exits 219A (east) and 219B (west) | |
| Wheeler Ridge | 221.13 | 355.87 | 221 |  SR 99 north (Golden State Highway[15]) –Bakersfield,Fresno | Wheeler Ridge Interchange; southern end of West Side Freeway;[15] northbound left exit and southbound left entrance; southern terminus of SR 99; formerUS 99 north | |
| — | I-5 Truck south | Southbound truck bypass | ||||
| | 224.88 | 361.91 | 225 |  SR 166 (Maricopa Highway) –Mettler,Maricopa,Taft | ||
| | 228.16 | 367.19 | 228 | Copus Road | ||
| | 234.34 | 377.13 | 234 | Old River Road | ||
| | 238.76 | 384.25 | 239 |  SR 223 east (Bear Mountain Boulevard) –Arvin | ||
| | 244.06 | 392.78 | 244 |  SR 119 (Taft Highway) –Pumpkin Center,Lamont | FormerUS 399 | |
| | 246.46 | 396.64 | 246 |  SR 43 (Enos Lane) –Shafter,Wasco,Taft,Maricopa | ||
| | 252.82 | 406.87 | 253 |  SR 58 east (Stockdale Highway) –Bakersfield | Southern end of SR 58 overlap | |
| Buttonwillow | 257.42 | 414.28 | 257 | SR 58 west –Buttonwillow,McKittrick | Northern end of SR 58 overlap | |
| 259.38 | 417.43 | Buttonwillow Rest Area | ||||
| | 261.91 | 421.50 | 262 | 7th Standard Road, Rowlee Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| | 263.28 | 423.71 | 263 | Buttonwillow,McKittrick | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; connects to Buttonwillow Drive | |
| | 267.88 | 431.11 | 268 | Lerdo Highway –Shafter | ||
| Lost Hills | 278.29 | 447.86 | 278 |  SR 46 –Lost Hills,Paso Robles,Wasco | FormerUS 466 | |
| | 287.62 | 462.88 | 288 | Twisselman Road | ||
| Kings | | 304.66 | 490.30 | 305 | Utica Avenue | |
| Kettleman City | 308.90 | 497.13 | 309 |  SR 41 (E.G. Lewis Highway) –Kettleman City,Fresno,Paso Robles | ||
| Kings–Fresno county line | Avenal | 319.25 | 513.78 | 319 |  SR 269 (Lassen Avenue) | |
| Fresno | | 320.45 | 515.71 | Avenal-Coalinga Rest Area | ||
| | 324.52 | 522.26 | 325 | Jayne Avenue | Connects toSR 198 west | |
| | 333.89 | 537.34 | 334 |  SR 198 –Lemoore,Hanford | ||
| | 336.98 | 542.32 | 337 |  SR 33 south –Coalinga | Southbound signage; southern end of SR 33 overlap | |
| |  SR 145 north –Kerman | Northbound signage; southern terminus of SR 145 | ||||
| | 348.98 | 561.63 | 349 | SR 33 north (Derrick Avenue) –Mendota | Northern end of SR 33 overlap | |
| | 357.38 | 575.15 | 357 | Kamm Avenue | ||
| | 364.82 | 587.12 | 365 | Manning Avenue | ||
| | 368.01 | 592.25 | 368 | Panoche Road | ||
| | 371.77 | 598.31 | 372 | Russell Avenue | ||
| | 379.10 | 610.10 | 379 | Shields Avenue (CR J1) –Mendota | ||
| | 384.80 | 619.28 | 385 | Nees Avenue –Firebaugh | ||
| Merced | | 385.83 | 620.93 | John Erreca Safety Roadside Rest Area[75] | ||
| | 391.46 | 629.99 | 391 |  SR 165 north (Mercey Springs Road) –Los Banos | Southern terminus of SR 165 | |
| | 402.76 | 648.18 | 403A |  SR 33 south /SR 152 east –Los Banos,Fresno | ||
| 403B | SR 33 north /SR 152 west –Gilroy,Hollister,San Jose,Monterey | |||||
| Santa Nella | 407.02 | 655.04 | 407 | SR 33 –Santa Nella,Gustine,Gilroy | ||
| | 417.57 | 672.01 | 418 |  SR 140 east –Gustine,Merced | Western terminus of SR 140 | |
| Stanislaus | | 423.17 | 681.03 | 423 | Stuhr Road (CR J18) –Newman | |
| | 428.38 | 689.41 | 428 | Fink Road –Crows Landing | ||
| Patterson | 433.52 | 697.68 | 434 | Diablo Grande Parkway, Sperry Avenue (CR J17) –Patterson | ||
| | 440.73 | 709.29 | 441 | Howard Road (CR J16) –Westley | ||
| | 444.86 | 715.93 | Westley Rest Area | |||
| San Joaquin | | 446.35 | 718.33 | 446 |  I-580 west –Tracy,San Francisco | Northbound left exit and southbound left entrance; eastern terminus of I-580; southbound access is via exit 458B |
| | 449.16 | 722.85 | 449A |  SR 132 east –Modesto | ||
| 449B | SR 132 west –San Francisco | Connects toI-580 | ||||
| | 452.22 | 727.78 | 452 | SR 33 south (Ahern Road) –Tracy,Vernalis | Northern terminus of SR 33; Ahern Road north of I-5 is former SR 33 north | |
| | 456.78 | 735.12 | 457 | Kasson Road (CR J4) | ||
| | 457.52 | 736.31 | 458A |  I-205 BL west (Eleventh Street) –Tracy | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; formerUS 50 west | |
| Lathrop | 458.34 | 737.63 | 458B |  I-205 west (Robert T. Monagan Freeway) toI-580 west –San Francisco | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; eastern terminus of I-205 | |
| 459.59 | 739.64 | 460 | Mossdale Road, Manthey Road | |||
| 460.55 | 741.18 | 461 |  SR 120 east –Manteca,Sonora | Western terminus of SR 120; SR 120 exits 1A-B | ||
| 462.19 | 743.82 | 462 | Louise Avenue | |||
| 463.24 | 745.51 | 463 | Lathrop Road | |||
| 465.30 | 748.83 | 465 | Roth Road –Sharpe Depot | |||
| French Camp | 466.57 | 750.87 | 467A | El Dorado Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; formerUS 50 east | |
| 467.16 | 751.82 | 467B | Mathews Road | Signed as exit 467 southbound | ||
| Stockton | 468.26 | 753.59 | 468 | French Camp Road (CR J9), Arch Airport Road | ||
| 469.38 | 755.39 | 469 | Downing Avenue, Carolyn Weston Boulevard | |||
| 470.36 | 756.97 | 470 | Eighth Street | |||
| 471.07 | 758.11 | 471 |  SR 4 west (Charter Way /SR 4 Bus. east) | Southern end of SR 4 overlap; formerSR 4 east | ||
| 471.91 | 759.47 | 472 | SR 4 east to Navy Drive /SR 99 –Downtown Stockton | Northern end of SR 4 overlap; serves thePort of Stockton; SR 4 exits 65A-B | ||
| 472.71 | 760.75 | 473 | Pershing Avenue, Oak Street, Fremont Street | |||
| 473.64 | 762.25 | 474A | Monte Diablo Avenue | |||
| 474.25 | 763.23 | 474B | Country Club Boulevard, Alpine Avenue | |||
| 475.71 | 765.58 | 476 | March Lane | |||
| 477.17 | 767.93 | 477 | Benjamin Holt Drive | |||
| 478.38 | 769.88 | 478 | Hammer Lane | |||
| 481.02 | 774.13 | 481 | Eight Mile Road | |||
| | 485.27 | 780.97 | 485 |  SR 12 –Lodi,Fairfield | ||
| | 487.39 | 784.38 | 487 | Turner Road | ||
| | 490.43 | 789.27 | 490 | Peltier Road (CR J12) | ||
| | 493.33 | 793.94 | 493 | Thornton,Walnut Grove | Connects toCR J11 | |
| Sacramento | | 497.67 | 800.92 | 498 | Twin Cities Road (CR E13) | |
| | 504.03 | 811.16 | 504 | Hood Franklin Road | ||
| Elk Grove | 506.37 | 814.92 | 506 | Elk Grove Boulevard | Connects toCR E12 | |
| 507.58 | 816.87 | 508 | Laguna Boulevard | |||
| Sacramento | 509.91 | 820.62 | 510 | Cosumnes River Boulevard | ||
| 511.69 | 823.49 | 512 | Pocket Road, Meadowview Road | Connects toSR 160 | ||
| 512.73 | 825.16 | 513 | Florin Road | |||
| 514.19 | 827.51 | 514 | 43rd Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 514.84 | 828.55 | 515 | Fruitridge Road, Seamas Avenue | |||
| 516.07 | 830.53 | 516 | Sutterville Road | |||
| 518.11 | 833.82 | 518 |  US 50 (I-80 BL/I-305) toSR 99 south –South Lake Tahoe,San Francisco | Southern end of SR 99 overlap; formerI-80; US 50/I-80 BL exit 4A; provides direct access to Broadway | ||
| 518.72 | 834.80 | 519A | Q Street | Entrances are via P Street; servesGolden 1 Center | ||
| 519.34 | 835.80 | 519B | J Street –Downtown Sacramento | Entrances are via I Street; servesGolden 1 Center | ||
| 520.19 | 837.16 | 520 | Richards Boulevard | |||
| 520.88 | 838.28 | 521A | Garden Highway | Signed as exit 521 southbound | ||
| 521.51 | 839.29 | 521B | West El Camino Avenue | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 522.26 | 840.50 | 522 |  I-80 –San Francisco,Reno | FormerI-880; I-80 exit 86 | ||
| 523.59 | 842.64 | 524 | Arena Boulevard | |||
| 524.56 | 844.20 | 525A | Del Paso Road | |||
| 525.45 | 845.63 | 525B | SR 99 north –Yuba City,Marysville | Northern end of SR 99 overlap; SR 99 exit 306 | ||
| | 527 | Metro Air Parkway[76] | ||||
| | 528.27 | 850.17 | 528 | Sacramento International Airport | Connects to Airport Boulevard | |
| | 529.26 | 851.76 | Elkhorn Rest Area (southbound only) | |||
| Yolo | | 530.71 | 854.09 | 531 | Road 22 | FormerSR 16 |
| Yolo Bypass | 530.71 | 854.09 | Elkhorn Causeway | |||
| Woodland | 535.72 | 862.16 | 536 | Road 102 (CR E8) | ||
| 537.28 | 864.67 | 537 |  Main Street (I-5 Bus. north) toSR 113 south –Woodland | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; formerSR 16 | ||
| 537.28 | 864.67 | 537 | SR 113 south –Davis | Southern end of SR 113 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 538.45 | 866.55 | 538 | SR 113 north (East Street) –Yuba City | Northern end of SR 113 overlap | ||
| | 539.60 | 868.40 | 540 | West Street | ||
| | 541.00 | 870.66 | 541 |  SR 16 west (I-5 Bus. south) –Esparto | ||
| | 542.53 | 873.12 | 542 | Yolo | Connects to Road 17 | |
| | 547.81 | 881.61 | 548 | Zamora | Connects to Road 13,CR E10 | |
| | 552.80 | 889.65 | 553 |  I-505 south –Winters,San Francisco | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northern terminus of I-505 | |
| Dunnigan | 553.98 | 891.54 | 554 | Road 8 | ||
| 555.76 | 894.41 | 556 | Dunnigan | Connects to Road 6,CR E4 | ||
| 556.52 | 895.63 | Dunnigan Rest Area | ||||
| Yolo–Colusa county line | | 559.11 | 899.80 | 559 | County Line Road | |
| Colusa | Arbuckle | 565.90 | 910.73 | 566 | Arbuckle,College City | No northbound entrance; connects toI-5 BL north |
| 566.81 | 912.19 | 567 | Frontage Road (I-5 BL south) –Arbuckle | FormerUS 99W | ||
| | 569.42 | 916.39 | 569 | Hahn Road | ||
| Williams | 575.02 | 925.40 | 575 | Husted Road (I-5 Bus. north) | ||
| 577.09 | 928.74 | 577 | Williams | Connects toSR 20 Bus. | ||
| 577.83 | 929.93 | 578 |  SR 20 –Clear Lake,Colusa | |||
| | 583.41 | 938.91 | Maxwell Rest Area | |||
| | 585.84 | 942.82 | 586 | Maxwell Road | ||
| | 588.36 | 946.87 | 588 | Maxwell | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former US 99W; connects toI-5 Bus. south | |
| | 590.95 | 951.04 | 591 | Delevan Road | ||
| Glenn | | 595.00 | 957.56 | 595 | Road 68 –Princeton | |
| Willows | 601.09 | 967.36 | 601 | Road 57 (I-5 Bus. north) | ||
| 603.35 | 971.00 | 603 |  SR 162 –Willows,Oroville | |||
| | 607.38 | 977.48 | 607 | Road 39 –Bayliss | ||
| | 608.00 | 978.48 | Willows Rest Area | |||
| | 610.28 | 982.15 | 610 | Artois | Connects to Road 33 | |
| | 614.30 | 988.62 | 614 | Road 27 | ||
| Orland | 618.30 | 995.06 | 618 | South Street, Road 16 | ||
| 619.29 | 996.65 | 619 |  SR 32 –Orland,Chico | Western terminus of SR 32 | ||
| | 621.29 | 999.87 | 621 | Road 7 (I-5 Bus. south) | ||
| Tehama | | 628.00 | 1,010.67 | 628 | Liberal Avenue,Road 99W | |
| Corning | 629.72 | 1,013.44 | 630 | South Avenue | ||
| 631.21 | 1,015.83 | 631 | Corning Road, Solano Street (CR A9) | |||
| | 632.73 | 1,018.28 | Lt. John C. Helmick Rest Area | |||
| | 632.77 | 1,018.34 | 633 | Finnell Avenue –Richfield | ||
| | 636.20 | 1,023.86 | 636 | Gyle Road (CR A11) –Tehama,Los Molinos | ||
| | 642.01 | 1,033.21 | 642 | Flores Avenue –Proberta,Gerber | ||
| Red Bluff | 647.10 | 1,041.41 | 647A | South Main Street (I-5 BL north /Historic US 99 north /CR A8 south) | Signed as exit 647 northbound; former US 99W | |
| 647.17 | 1,041.52 | 647B | Diamond Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 648.76 | 1,044.08 | 649 |  SR 36 (Antelope Boulevard) toSR 99 –Chico | FormerUS 99E | ||
| 649.70 | 1,045.59 | 650 | Adobe Road | |||
| 650.61 | 1,047.06 | 651 | Main Street (I-5 BL south /Historic US 99 south) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; connects toSR 36 west; northern end of West Side Freeway[15] | ||
| 651.78 | 1,048.94 | 652 | Wilcox Golf Road | |||
| | 652.98 | 1,050.87 | 653 | Jellys Ferry Road | ||
| | 655.66 | 1,055.18 | Herbert S. Miles Rest Area | |||
| | 657.11 | 1,057.52 | 657 | Auction Yard Road, Hooker Creek Road | ||
| | 659.46 | 1,061.30 | 659 | Sunset Hills Drive, Auction Yard Road | ||
| | 662.27 | 1,065.82 | 662 |  Bowman Road /CR A17 –Cottonwood | ||
| Cottonwood Creek | 662.86 | 1,066.77 | Bridge | |||
| Shasta | Cottonwood | 663.76 | 1,068.22 | 664 | Gas Point Road | |
| 664.76 | 1,069.83 | 665 | Cottonwood | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; connects to Main Street | ||
| Anderson | 666.24 | 1,072.21 | 667A |  SR 273 north (Historic US 99 north) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southern terminus of SR 273 | |
| 667.14 | 1,073.66 | 667B | Deschutes Road, Factory Outlets Drive | Signed as exit 667 southbound; no southbound entrance | ||
| 668.49 | 1,075.83 | 668 | Balls Ferry Road | Northbound signage | ||
| North Street | Southbound signage | |||||
| 669.59 | 1,077.60 | 670 | Riverside Avenue | |||
| | 672.62 | 1,082.48 | 673 | Knighton Road –Redding Airport | ||
| Redding | 675.00 | 1,086.31 | 675 | South Bonnyview Road, Churn Creek Road | ||
| 677.31 | 1,090.02 | 677 | Cypress Avenue | |||
| 678.30 | 1,091.62 | 678 |  SR 44 –Eureka,Lassen National Park | Signed as exits 678A (east) and 678B (west) southbound; SR 44 exits 2A-B; northbound exit to SR 44 east provides direct access to Hilltop Drive | ||
| 680.17 | 1,094.63 | 680 |  SR 299 (Lake Boulevard) | |||
| 680.92 | 1,095.83 | 681A | Twin View Boulevard | Signed as exit 681 northbound | ||
| 681.33 | 1,096.49 | 681B | SR 273 (Market Street /Historic US 99 south) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northern terminus of SR 273 | ||
| 682.25 | 1,097.97 | 682 | Oasis Road | |||
| Shasta Lake | 683.85 | 1,100.55 | 684 | Pine Grove Avenue | ||
| 684.99 | 1,102.38 | 685 |  SR 151 (Shasta Dam Boulevard) | Eastern terminus of SR 151 | ||
| 686.93 | 1,105.51 | 687 | Wonderland Boulevard –Mountain Gate | |||
| | 688.89 | 1,108.66 | 689 | Fawndale Road, Wonderland Boulevard | ||
| | 690.48 | 1,111.22 | 690 | Bridge Bay Road | ||
| | 690.56 | 1,111.35 | Pit River Bridge overShasta Lake | |||
| | 692.17 | 1,113.94 | 692 | Turntable Bay Road | ||
| | 693.45 | 1,116.00 | 693 | Packers Bay Road | Southbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| | 693.88 | 1,116.69 | O'Brien Rest Area (northbound only) | |||
| | 695.01 | 1,118.51 | 695 | Shasta Caverns Road –O'Brien | ||
| | 698.18 | 1,123.61 | 698 | Gilman Road, Salt Creek Road | ||
| Lakehead-Lakeshore | 702.40 | 1,130.40 | 702 | Lakeshore Drive, Antlers Road | ||
| 703.66 | 1,132.43 | 704 | Riverview Drive –Lakehead | |||
| 704.50 | 1,133.78 | Lakehead Rest Area (southbound only) | ||||
| | 707.11 | 1,137.98 | 707 | Vollmers,Delta | Connects to Delta School Road | |
| | 710.31 | 1,143.13 | 710 | Slate Creek Road –La Moine | ||
| | 711.97 | 1,145.80 | 712 | Pollard Flat | Connects to Pollard Camp Road | |
| | 713.76 | 1,148.69 | 714 | Gibson Road | ||
| | 718.27 | 1,155.94 | 718 | Sims Road | ||
| | 720.21 | 1,159.07 | 720 | Flume Creek Road | ||
| | 721.37 | 1,160.93 | 721 | Conant Road | ||
| | 722.61 | 1,162.93 | 723 | Sweetbrier Avenue | ||
| | 724.44 | 1,165.87 | 724 | Castella | Connects to Castle Creek Road | |
| | 726.27 | 1,168.82 | 726 | Soda Creek Road | ||
| | 726.86 | 1,169.77 | 727 | Crag View Drive | Northbound exit only | |
| | 727.70 | 1,171.12 | 728 | Railroad Park Road, Crag View Drive | ||
| Siskiyou | | 728.57 | 1,172.52 | 729 | Dunsmuir Avenue (I-5 BL north /Historic US 99 north) | |
| Dunsmuir | 730.39 | 1,175.45 | 730 | Dunsmuir Avenue (I-5 BL /Historic US 99) | ServesDunsmuir station | |
| 731.72 | 1,177.59 | 732 | Siskiyou Avenue, Dunsmuir Avenue (I-5 BL south /Historic US 99 south) | |||
| 733.78 | 1,180.90 | 734 | Mott Road | |||
| | 736.36 | 1,185.06 | 736 |  SR 89 –McCloud,Reno | Northern terminus of SR 89 | |
| | 736.70 | 1,185.60 | 737 | South Mount Shasta Boulevard (I-5 BL north /Historic US 99 north) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| Mount Shasta | 738.37 | 1,188.29 | 738 | West Lake Street (CR A10) | ||
| 739.94 | 1,190.82 | 740 | North Mount Shasta Boulevard (I-5 BL south /Historic US 99 south) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 741.06 | 1,192.62 | 741 | Abrams Lake Road | |||
| | 743.22 | 1,196.10 | 743 | Summit Drive, Truck Village Drive | ||
| Weed | 745.32 | 1,199.48 | 745 | Vista Drive (I-5 BL north) | ||
| 746.95 | 1,202.10 | 747 |  US 97 (South Weed Boulevard /I-5 BL north /Historic US 99 north) –Klamath Falls | Southern terminus of US 97 | ||
| 747.74 | 1,203.37 | 748 |  SR 265 south (North Weed Boulevard /I-5 BL south /Historic US 99 south) | Northern terminus of SR 265 | ||
| | 750.54 | 1,207.88 | 751 | Stewart Springs Road –Edgewood,Gazelle | ||
| | 753.43 | 1,212.53 | 753 | Weed Airport Road | ServesWeed Airport, Weed Rest Area | |
| | 758.72 | 1,221.04 | 759 | Louie Road | ||
| Grenada | 765.75 | 1,232.36 | 766 | Montague,Grenada,Gazelle | Connects toCR A12 | |
| | 770.05 | 1,239.28 | 770 | Easy Street, Shamrock Road | ||
| Yreka | 773.10 | 1,244.18 | 773 |  ToSR 3 (I-5 BL north /Historic US 99 north) –Yreka,Fort Jones,Etna | Connects to Moonlit Oaks Avenue | |
| 775.04 | 1,247.31 | 775 | Central Yreka | Northbound signage | ||
| Miner Street, North Foothill Drive | Southbound signage | |||||
| 775.72 | 1,248.40 | 776 | SR 3 (I-5 BL south /Historic US 99 south) –Montague | |||
| | 785.81 | 1,264.64 | 786 |  SR 96 west (Klamath River Highway) –Willow Creek | Eastern terminus of SR 96; serves Randolf Collier Rest Area | |
| Hornbrook | 789.03 | 1,269.82 | 789 | Henley,Hornbrook (CR A28) | ||
| 790.40 | 1,272.03 | 790 | Hornbrook Highway, Ditch Creek Road | |||
| | 790.32 | 1,271.90 | Agricultural Inspection Station (southbound only) | |||
| | 793.00 | 1,276.21 | 793 | Bailey Hill Road | ||
| | 795.81 | 1,280.73 | 796 | Hilt | Connects to Hilt Road | |
| | 796.77 | 1,282.28 |  I-5 north –Medford,Portland | Continuation intoOregon | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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There are two non-contiguous, unsignedspecial routes of I-5 inLos Angeles County that both carry the hidden state designation ofRoute 5S (for "supplemental").[73][77]
The Colorado Street Freeway Extension is a short freeway spur that originally carriedState Route 134 until it was moved north onto theVentura Freeway. Since then, it has been signed as extended off- and on-ramps of I-5 exit 142/Colorado Street, with additional interchanges withColorado Boulevard, Edenhurst Avenue, andSan Fernando Road.[73]
The entire route is inLos Angeles County. All exits are unnumbered.
| Location | mi[73] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 0.000 | 0.000 | I-5 (Golden State Freeway) –Los Angeles,Sacramento | Western terminus; I-5 exit 142 | |
| 0.051 | 0.082 | Colorado Boulevard | Eastbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 0.350 | 0.563 | Edenhurst Avenue | Westbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| Glendale | 0.550 | 0.885 | San Fernando Road | Eastbound exit only; connects to Elk Avenue | |
| 0.586 | 0.943 | Colorado Street | Eastern terminus; no left turn to Colorado Street west | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
The I-5 truck route through the Newhall Pass Interchange inSylmar also has its own separate exits. The route runs from the I-210 interchange to north of the SR 14 interchange.[77]
The entire route is inLos Angeles County. All exits are unnumbered.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylmar | 0.00 | 0.00 | I-5 south –Los Angeles | South end of I-5 truck route | |
| 0.42 | 0.68 | I-210 east (Foothill Freeway) –Pasadena | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 1.57 | 2.53 | Sierra Highway | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| SR 14 north –Palmdale,Lancaster | No northbound entrance | ||||
| | 2.34 | 3.77 | I-5 north –Sacramento | North end of I-5 truck route | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
There are six signed auxiliary Interstate Highways associated with I-5 in California:
There is also one unsigned auxiliary Interstate Highway: I-305 runs alongUS 50 from I-80 inWest Sacramento toSR 99 inSacramento.
There is one future auxiliary Interstate Highway:SR 905 from I-5 in San Diego to theMexico–U.S. border inOtay Mesa is proposed to become I-905.
There are also severalbusiness routes of Interstate 5 in California, primarily parts of the original routing ofUS 99.
[Highway Patrol Officer John Lutz] adds that the Highway Patrol regards this short-term closure as routine: "This happens nearly every year"
the California Highway Patrol on Tuesday strongly defended its decision to cut traffic off, saying that the icy road surface, steep grade of the Tejon Pass and heavy post-holiday traffic volume made the Grapevine simply too dangerous to navigate ... If an accident forces traffic to slow or come to a complete stop, and snow continues to fall, hundreds of vehicles can become stalled at once. The Tejon Pass is particularly vulnerable because of its steep hills and the number of big-rigs that travel on it
Starting Wednesday, Bakersfield motorists will be able to trim almost 40 minutes off traveling time to the San Francisco Bay area via Interstate 5—providing they don't run out of gas first.
Interstate designation, under the current proposal, would apply to the 260-mile [420 km] segment between the junction of State Route 99 with I-5 south ofBakersfield to I-5 in Stockton using State Route 4 as the connector to I-5. Since there is an I-99 route currently in existence in Pennsylvania, it is anticipated that should designation be granted, the Route 99 designation would become I-7 or I-9 to satisfy Interstate numbering convention.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)To reach Legoland, exit Interstate 5 at Cannon Road, turn east, then turn right on Lego Drive
Legoland California Resort is off I-5 exit Cannon Road E. at Leogland Drive
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