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East Los Angeles Interchange | |
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Eugene A. Obregon Memorial Interchange | |
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Los Angeles, California | |
Coordinates | 34°01′51″N 118°13′14″W / 34.03083°N 118.22056°W |
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Construction | |
Type | Hybrid two-level directional T/turbine (northern) and three-level directional T (southern) interchange complex |
Maintained by | California Department of Transportation |
The East Los Angeles Interchange is an interchange complex located in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Downtown Los Angeles. With its southern portion handling over 550,000 vehicles per day (2008 AADT), it is the busiest freeway interchange in the world.[1] The northern portion, called the San Bernardino Split,[2] is often considered a separate interchange. Four numbered routes converge at the interchange: Interstate 5 (I-5), I-10, U.S. Route 101 (US 101), and State Route 60 (SR 60), but the freeway segments shift alignments and directions.
The interchange was named the Eugene A. Obregon Memorial Interchange to honor U.S. Marine Corps member and Medal of Honor recipient Eugene A. Obregon.[3][4]