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Encyclopedia > Garden Grove Freeway

The Garden Grove Freeway is a freeway in southern Los Angeles County and northern Orange County, California. Running from Long Beach to Orange, it is one of the two principal east-west routes in Orange County (the other being the Riverside Freeway approximately eight miles (13 km) to the north). It is signed as California State Route 22 along its entire length. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... A typical rural freeway (Interstate 5 in the Central Valley of California). ... Location in the state of California Formed 1850 Seat Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Water 10,517 km² (4,061 mi²) Population  - (2004)  - Density 10,179,716 (est) 967. ... Location of Orange County within California. ... County Los Angeles County, California Area  - Total  - Water 170. ... Orange is a city located in Orange County, California. ... The Riverside Freeway is the assigned name of a segment of California State Route 91 (CA/SR-91), a major east-west freeway located entirely within Southern California that links the cities/communities of Orange and Riverside counties. ... California State Route 22 is an east-west highway running between Long Beach and Orange by way of Garden Grove. ...


The route

7th Street in Long Beach widens from an expressway into the Garden Grove Freeway just before crossing the San Gabriel River (and with it, the Los Angeles/Orange County line). It then merges with the San Diego Freeway and runs concurrently with it for approximately five miles before the two routes diverge in eastern Seal Beach. Thereafter, the Garden Grove Freeway travels mostly within the city of Garden Grove or along its border with neighboring Westminster. Just inside the Orange city limits, the freeway enters the infamously congested Orange Crush interchange with the Santa Ana and Orange Freeways. It continues along the border of Orange and Santa Ana for three miles (5 km) until terminating at the Costa Mesa Freeway. An expressway is a divided highway, usually 4 lanes or wider in size, where direct access to adjacent properties has been eliminated. ... The San Gabriel River is a short coastal river flowing through southern Los Angeles County, California. ... Interstate 405 is the designation of three different tertiary interstate routes of Interstate 5. ... Seal Beach is a city in Orange County, California. ... Garden Grove, is a city centrally located in northern Orange County, California. ... Westminster is a city located in Orange County, California. ... The Orange Crush interchange, is a freeway interchange in the City of Orange, in Orange County, California. ... The Santa Ana Freeway is often congested, especially where it meets Interstate 605 (the San Gabriel River Freeway) in southeastern Los Angeles County. ... California State Highway 57 (CA/SR-57) is a major north-south freeway located entirely within Southern California. ... Santa Ana is the largest city and the county seat of Orange County, California. ... Summary California State Route 55, or the Costa Mesa Freeway (generally known as the 55 but sometimes referred to by its older name, the Newport Freeway) is a 18 mile north-south highway in Orange County, California running between Newport Beach and Anaheim at California State Route 91. ...


Opened in the mid-1960s, the Garden Grove Freeway had the distinction of being one of the only freeways in Southern California to never have been widened from its original alignment. This resulted in its suffering from severe rush hour congestion, particularly as Santa Ana's population surged to nearly half a million during the 1990s. In late 2004, OCTA began a widening project that would add one mixed-flow and one high occupancy vehicle lane to the route in each direction, as well as updating onramps and offramps to contemporary standards. A permanent, separated high-occupancy vehicle lane on I-91 in Connecticut A high occupancy vehicle (or HOV) is any vehicle with a driver and one or more (or sometimes two or more, or three or more) passengers. ...


Communities along the route

Communities along the Garden Grove Freeway's route include:

County Los Angeles County, California Area  - Total  - Water 170. ... Seal Beach is a city in Orange County, California. ... Garden Grove, is a city centrally located in northern Orange County, California. ... Westminster is a city located in Orange County, California. ... Orange is a city located in Orange County, California. ... Santa Ana is the largest city and the county seat of Orange County, California. ...

Freeways intersected

Freeways intersected by the Garden Grove Freeway include:


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California @ WestCoastRoads - California 22 (1020 words)
The city center is located north of the freeway along Euclid near Garden Grove Boulevard.
Garden Grove Boulevard meets its easterly end at the intersection between Garden Grove Boulevard, The City Drive, and West Memory Lane near the Santa Ana River.
Although most of California 22 is the Garden Grove Freeway, the portion west of Interstate 405 follows 7th Street (a surface street) until it reaches the PCH.
Garden Grove: Weather and Much More from Answers.com (1147 words)
Garden Grove is home to a substantial Vietnamese-American population, forming the northern edge of Orange County's Little Saigon, and also to a large Korean-American population centered along Garden Grove Boulevard west of Brookhurst Street.
Garden Grove also lends its name to a song by the famous Southern California band Sublime, on their eponymous album.
The Garden Grove Playhouse is operated by a non-profit group of the same name, and the Gem Theater is operated by the equity group Grove Theater Center.
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