Route 72
Length:	12 mi (19 km)
Formed:
Major cities:	La Habra, CA Whittier, CA Pico Rivera, CA Montebello, CA
Direction:	(See below)
JUNCTION POSTMILE SR-39 ORA 11.42 I-605 LA 6.66 SR-19 LA 7.67 Atlantic Boulevard LA 12.08 I-710 LA 13.04 Downey Road LA 13.44 California State Routes Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic < Route 71 Route 73 >

Eastbound Route 72 on Whittier Boulevard, entering Whittier.

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Route description

Route 72 begins at the corner of Whittier Boulevard and Beach Boulevard (Route 39) in La Habra. The route follows Whittier Boulevard for its entire length, heading northwest through Whittier, as a four-lane arterial street. West of Route 605, the route goes under a railroad bridge and then over the San Gabriel River as it enters Pico Rivera and meets Route 19 at Rosemead Boulevard. After a mile, the route crosses a much more narrow steel bridge over the Rio Hondo into Montebello. There, it continues towards Atlantic Boulevard. Official website: http://www. ... The San Gabriel River, highlighted in red (on the right). ... Pico Rivera is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... California State Route 19 (also known as Lakewood Boulevard and Rosemead Boulevard) is a major thoroughfare running roughly north-south in the greater Los Angeles area. ... Montebello is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...

The route formerly continued further down to an unusual end at Downey Road. West of Route 710, the watchful driver can spot a blue sign assembly, informing truckers of the end of Terminal Access, just before approaching the Downey Road signal. This assembly announces the route's abortive end. (Whittier Boulevard itself continues past Downey Road towards downtown Los Angeles. See below.) Blue is any of a number of similar colors. ... A German Autobahn overhead direction sign A U.S. warning sign indicating that drivers who do not wish to exit immediately should merge left, and a prohibitory No Stopping sign Most countries erect signage, known as traffic signs or road signs, at the side of roads to impart information to...

It should be noted that, despite the fact that routes in California are defined from west to east and from south to north, Route 72 is actually defined in the opposite direction, from east to west. This reflects the fact that Route 72, having been derived from the longitudinal U.S. Highway 101, was actually a south-north highway, pivoting at Whittier and Harbor Boulevards and continuing west before ending at a point northwest of its beginning. Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Sacramento Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq. ... A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A compass rose with South highlighted South is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. ... Compass rose with north highlighted and at top North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction: north is used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions; the (visual) top edges of maps usually correspond to the... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... A pivot is that on which something turns. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

History

California's historic El Camino Real, which connected the Alta California missions, ran along what was then U.S. Route 101. Before 1964, U.S. Highway 101 continued past today's end near the East Los Angeles Interchange east onto Whittier Boulevard and south on Harbor Boulevard until it met its bypass in Anaheim. (What is now Route 5 from Los Angeles to Anaheim was the U.S. Highway 101 Bypass.) El Camino Real in California is historically the road built in 1769 by Father Junípero Serra to connect the Catholic missions in Alta California between Sonoma in the north, and (what is now Presidio Park in) San Diego in the south, during the Spanish colonial era, and now a... The Spanish Missions of California (more simply referred to as the California Missions) comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Dominicans, Jesuits, and Franciscans, to spread the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier... U.S. Highway 101, or U.S. Route 101 (U.S. 101), is a north-south highway that is aligned along the Pacific West Coast of the United States. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... The East Los Angeles Interchange complex is one of the busiest freeway interchanges in the United States, if not the world. ... Official website: http://www. ...

In 1964, U.S. Highway 101 was decomissioned south of the East L.A. Interchange. Its routings on Whittier and Harbor became Route 72, and was initially defined to run from Route 5 (the former bypass) to an unbuilt Route 245, hence the route's lackluster end at Downey Road. (Route 245 was to have been a bypass connecting Route 5 with Route 60, a function that was eventually assumed by an extended Route 710.) In 1965, with Route 245 deleted, the definition was clarified to have Route 72 end at Downey Road, which was parallel to the planned Route 245. JUNCTION POSTMILE {{{junction}}} Legend Prev Next < Route 244 Route 246 > California State Highways Current - Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic California State Route 245 is a north-south highway that runs from near Exeter to near Kings Canyon National Park. ... Interstate 710 (I-710), mostly named the Long Beach Freeway, is a freeway running for 23 miles (37 km) in a north-south direction through Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

In 1981, the portion from Route 5 to Harbor Boulevard (current Route 39) was deleted, and the portion from Harbor Boulevard to Route 39 was transferred to Route 39. In 1992, the portion from Atlantic Boulevard to Downey Road was deleted. Route 72 today is designated as part of El Camino Real. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... California State Route 39 (CA/SR-39) is a north-south route that travels through Orange and Los Angeles counties. ... El Camino Real in California is historically the road built in 1769 by Father Junípero Serra to connect the Catholic missions in Alta California between Sonoma in the north, and (what is now Presidio Park in) San Diego in the south, during the Spanish colonial era, and now a...

Currently, a provision to relinquish Route 72 between Route 605 and Atlantic Boulevard to local cities is in effect. Portions of Route 72 within the Los Angeles County (East Los Angeles) and Montebello have since been relinquished and are no longer a state highway. It is guessed that a portion in Pico Rivera from Route 605 to Route 19 has also been relinquished. Also, Route 72 will be deleted when a Route 90 freeway is built. However, given the likeliness that such a freeway may never be built (and the fact that Route 72 today runs near several state facilities and forms part of El Camino Real), such a deletion is doubtful. Los Angeles County is a county in California with 10,179,716 residents (as of July 2004)[1], the most populous county in the United States. ... This article is about the idea of state highways State Highway, and is more formally known as Route 139 State highway, and state route are terms that usually apply to numbered highways that are primarily administered and financed by a state government in countries that are divided into states. ...

According to the California Highways website ([1]), "[a]n existing permit allows the closure of this route to all vehicular traffic, except emergency traffic, between Eastern and Atlantic Blvd on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights between 9:30 pm and 5:00 am. This permit was granted to reduce the 'cruising' that was occurring on the route on those evenings." However, that permit is not routinely exercised.

State law

Legal Definition of Route 72: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 372

See also

• El Camino Real
• U.S. Route 101
• Route 82, Route 72's sister highway in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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External links

• Caltrans: Route 72 highway conditions
• California Highways: Route 72
• The Big Highways Page: California Route 72

Points of interest

• Pio Pico State Historic Park (west of Route 605)