California State Route 91

State Route 91 marker
State Route 91
Map
SR 91 highlighted in red, with relinquished portions in pink
Route information
Maintained by Caltrans
Length59.047 mi[1] (95.027 km)
Portions of SR 91 have been relinquished to or are otherwise maintained by local or other governments, and are not included in the length.
History1930s as a highway; 1964 as number
Tourist
routes
Riverside Freeway[2]
Major junctions
West endVermont Avenue in Gardena[3]
Major intersections
East end I-215 / SR 60 in Riverside
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountiesLos Angeles, Orange, Riverside
Highway system
SR 90US 91, SR 91 SR 92

State Route 91 (SR 91) is a major east–west state highway in the U.S. state of California that serves several regions of the Greater Los Angeles urban area. A freeway throughout its entire length, it officially runs from Vermont Avenue[3] in Gardena, just west of the junction with the Harbor Freeway (Interstate 110, I-110), east to Riverside at the junction with the Pomona (SR 60 west of SR 91) and Moreno Valley (SR 60 and I-215 east of SR 91) freeways.

Though signs along the portion from Vermont Avenue west to Pacific Coast Highway (SR 1) in Hermosa Beach along Artesia Boulevard are still signed as SR 91, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) no longer controls this portion of the highway, as this segment was relinquished to local jurisdictions in 2003.[3]

SR 91 inherited its route number from the mostly decommissioned U.S. Route 91 (US 91), which passed through the Inland Empire in a northeasterly direction on its way to Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and points beyond. Those segments of US 91 are now parallel to, or have been replaced altogether by, I-15.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference trucklist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ California Department of Transportation (August 2019). "Officially Designated State Scenic Highways and Historic Parkways" (XLSX). Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of the California Streets and Highways Code". California Office of Legislative Counsel. February 9, 2019.