360. Route 60 is from:
(a) Route 10 near the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles to Route 215 in Riverside via Pomona.
(b) Route 215 near Moreno Valley to Route 10 near Beaumont.
641. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, route shield signs shall
be placed by the department on Interstate Highway 10 between Blythe and
Beaumont so as to designate the highway as both Interstate Highway 10 and
U.S. Highway 60. {1968}
Entire route. [CS&HC Sec. 253.1]
Entire route. Part (a) is called the Pomona Freeway. Part (b) is called
the Moreno Valley Freeway.
This route once was a U.S. highway. The route: U.S. Route 60. It ran parallel with Route 70, though not
together until I believe in Beaumont. It ran (from west) on Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, up Monterey Pass Road
north, Garvey Avenue east, and Valley Boulevard east in El Monte. Now, somehow it got to Mission Blvd and
whizzed past Riverside onto Moreno Valley Freeway, then a very cheesy expressway (see legend).
Then it followed nowaday Route 10 along with old Route 70 to the Arizona state line. The cited section
in the California Streets and Highways Code is living proof of this. This should explain the mysterious
double-signing phenomenon that occurs when you head west from Palm Springs to the eastern junction
of Route 10 in Beaumont. Amazing!
When passing by eastward from Montebello, you'll soon come to the Whittier-Narrows Recreation Area. You
can't really see it from the freeway, though a lot of fine trees are clearly visible. A lot of swimming occurs
in this area in the summer, as well as a shooting area, Park-n-Ride, and its own Nature Center. The park is off
the freeway on Rosemead Blvd (Route 19 and supposedly Route 164) usually to the south.
Route 60 as a commute is much better than the mind-boggling Route 10 if you want to enter L.A. from the east.
This is no guarantee that there's no traffic. The catch is that there are no carpool lanes and no real alternate
routes. The best one is Pomona Avenue (which is also Third and, in the end in Downtown, Fourth Street).
Heading west to L.A. it comes on the Garfield Blvd exit and then heading west on the street to the side
of the freeway.
Where Routes 5, 10, 60, and 101 meet is the East L.A. Interchange. This evil smorgasbord of freeways seems
a bit less teeth-grinding if you take Route 60; then things get a little more under your control. It's also the
only signed state highway there.
Route 60 is also a major truck route (unlike its counterpart Route 10). It even passes through the City of
Industry. The Pomona Freeway from Los Angeles to Pomona will remind you of a far earlier version of Route 5.
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