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Interstate 405 (abbreviated ''I-405''; commonly called ''"the 405"'', pronounced ''"the four oh five"'') is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California , and the major bypass of I-5 running through Southern California. It is also called the "San Diego Freeway", which confuses many, since the freeway stops more than seventy miles from San Diego. Connecting Los Angeles to the southern part of Orange County , the 405 is heavily traveled by commuters and freight haulers along its entire length and is known as one of the busiest and most congested Freeway s in the world. It has played a crucial role in the development of dozens of cities and Suburb s along its route through the Greater Los Angeles Area . ROUTE , State Route 22, is highlighted in blue.]] ( U.S. Route 101 ), on one of the rare days when it is ''not'' congested.]] The San Diego Freeway splits away from the Golden State Freeway in the Mission Hills district of Los Angeles (Exits 73/158), becoming Interstate 405. From the northern San Fernando Valley it heads straight south toward the Santa Monica Mountains . After crossing over the Sepulveda Pass , its route roughly follows the outline of the Pacific coast, but between five and ten miles inland. It crosses the Los Angeles / Orange county line in Long Beach , then continues southeast through Orange County. It is joined by the Santa Ana Freeway in southeastern Irvine at the massive El Toro Y interchange, below which it merges back into Interstate 5 (at Exit 94). ( Interstate 10 ).]] The San Diego Freeway's congestion problems are legendary, leading to the joke that the Interstate was named 405 because traffic moves at "four or five" miles an hour. Indeed, average speeds as low as five miles per hour are routinely recorded during morning and afternoon commutes, and its interchanges with the '' once featured a Personalized License Plate with the text HATE405 in his column. While much of this gridlock has to do with the lack of alternate routes between many of the areas it connects (some of which, such as the Pacific Coast and Laurel Canyon freeways, were proposed but abandoned for political reasons), the freeway would likely be busy even with the addition of other roads and Mass Transit solutions, as it connects so many important locations in the Greater Los Angeles Area . Transportation Commerce/Recreation
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COMMUNITIES SERVED Communities along Interstate 405 include
EXIT LIST TRIVIA AND REFERENCES The O.J. Simpson chase While dangerous High-speed Chase s along the San Diego Freeway are not uncommon, perhaps the most famous chase in its history was also one of the slowest. On the afternoon of June 17 , 1994 , former Football star O.J. Simpson , suspected in the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and waiter Ronald Goldman , took to the freeway in a white Ford Bronco (driven by former USC teammate Al Cowlings ) pursued by police, commencing a bizarre, widely televised low-speed chase that ended hours later when Simpson returned to his estate in Brentwood via the Sunset Boulevard exit and gave himself up to police. Ennis Cosby Murder Ennis Cosby , the only son of Bill Cosby , was murdered along I-405 in Los Angeles on January 17 , 1997 , while fixing a flat tire. Other References
STATE LAW Legal Definition of Route 405: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 615 EXTERNAL LINKS |