Route Description
This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System.
The Harbor Freeway begins at Gaffey Street in San Pedro, where it then travels mostly due north to the Santa Monica Freeway (Interstate 10) at a point south of downtown Los Angeles, where it becomes signed as State Route 110. I-110 is primarily within the city limits of Los Angeles, running right through South Central Los Angeles and the Harbor Gateway, a two-mile (3 km) wide north–south corridor that was annexed by the city of Los Angeles specifically to connect San Pedro, Wilmington and the Port of Los Angeles with the rest the city.
In addition, the Harbor Transitway, a grade-separated bus and high-occupancy vehicle corridor in the median of 110, runs between State Route 91 (Gardena Freeway) and the south side of Downtown Los Angeles.
The Harbor Freeway, along with the Long Beach Freeway, are the principal means for freight to get from the port of Los Angeles to rail yards and warehouses further inland. Its interchange with the Santa Monica Freeway is notoriously busy and congested, and the portions bordering Bunker Hill in northwest Downtown Los Angeles are choked with traffic at peak travel times.
Notable landmarks and attractions near the Harbor Freeway include the California State University, Dominguez Hills; Watts Towers; Exposition Park (including the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum); the University of Southern California; Staples Center; the skyline of Downtown Los Angeles; and the Los Angeles Convention Center.
SR 110 continues north on the Arroyo Seco Parkway to Pasadena.
The Harbor Freeway is noted for its elaborate high-occupancy vehicle lane feature, with the HOV lanes elevated above the rest of traffic in many areas, constructed in 1994 by C.C. Myers, Inc.. Of particular note is the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, which contains the most elaborate network of direct HOV connectors in Los Angeles County. It includes a 7-story ramp that connects the Century Freeway's HOV lanes to the Harbor Freeway's northbound HOV lanes and offers splendid views of the entire Los Angeles Basin and the San Gabriel Mountains.The intersection with State Route 91 (formally known as the Edmund J Russ Interchange) is also fairly large.
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