California State Route 103
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State Route 103, part of the Terminal Island Freeway, is a short state highway
in Los Angeles
and Long Beach
. It runs from a split with State Route 47 northeast to a cloverleaf interchange
with State Route 1. Beyond SR 1, the freeway is owned by the city of Long Beach to its end at Willow Street. South of the end of SR 103, the Terminal Island Freeway runs south with SR 47 over the Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge to its end at Ocean Boulevard on Terminal Island
, at the former Long Beach Naval Shipyard
. SR 47 turns west there to its end at Interstate 110
.
The freeway does not directly connect to any other freeways. It is heavily used by trucks carrying cargo to and from the Port of Los Angeles
and Port of Long Beach
. Because of its isolation from residential and business areas, and the industrial-looking neighborhood it runs through, the freeway is frequently used to film freeway scenes for major motion pictures. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
and Mr. & Mrs. Smith
were two movies to use it for location purposes.
.
The route begins at Interstate 710 in Long Beach
, where it instantly begins an overlap with SR 47
. It then begins as a freeway, whence it follows the Schuyler Heim Bridge
over the Cerritos Channel, entering the city of Los Angeles
midway through the bridge. It then leaves SR 47 and reenters Long Beach, where it meets its north end at SR 1
.
and Interstate 15 from Interstate 5 to State Route 163
in San Diego. (I-15 was U.S. Route 395, which used SR 163, until 1969.)
The entire Terminal Island Freeway was once part of State Route 47, and was to continue north to Interstate 10 near downtown Los Angeles. SR 47 was redefined in 1983 to split from the freeway north of the Schuyler Heim Bridge
, and the part from SR 47 to Willow Street became SR 103. The part north of SR 1 was later removed from the legal definition, existing for a time as State Route 103U - U for unrelinquished - before it was traded on August 25, 2000, with the city of Long Beach for Interstate 710 from SR 1 south to Ocean Boulevard.
The entire route is in Los Angeles County
.
{| class=wikitable
!Location
!Postmile
!Exit
!Destinations
!Notes
|-
|rowspan=5|Long Beach
|3.50Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along SR 47
rather than SR 103.
|
|Berth T136 Gate 2
|Continuation beyond SR 47
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|3.50
|
|, Piers B-J and T, San Pedro
|South end of SR 47 overlap
|-
|colspan=4 align=center|South end of freeway
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|3.58
|4
|New Dock Street
|Southbound exit and northbound entrance
|-
|rowspan=2|3.88
|rowspan=2 colspan=3 align=center|Schuyler Heim Bridge
over Cerritos Channel
|-
|rowspan=3|Los Angeles
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|4.57
0.00
|
|Anaheim Street (SR 47
north)
|North end of SR 47 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|0.90
|
|Anaheim Street
|No northbound exit
|-
|rowspan=3|Long Beach
|1.59
|
|
|
|-
|1.59
|colspan=3 align=center|North end of state maintenance
|-
|
|
|Willow Street – Carson
, Long Beach
|At-grade intersection
State highway
State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...
in Los Angeles
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and Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
. It runs from a split with State Route 47 northeast to a cloverleaf interchange
Cloverleaf interchange
A cloverleaf interchange is a two-level interchange in which left turns, reverse direction in left-driving regions, are handled by ramp roads...
with State Route 1. Beyond SR 1, the freeway is owned by the city of Long Beach to its end at Willow Street. South of the end of SR 103, the Terminal Island Freeway runs south with SR 47 over the Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge to its end at Ocean Boulevard on Terminal Island
Terminal Island
Terminal Island is an island located in Los Angeles County, California between Los Angeles Harbor and Long Beach Harbor. Originally a mudflat known to the Spanish as Isla Raza de Buena Gente, and later called Rattlesnake Island, it has officially been Terminal Island since 1918...
, at the former Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
thumb|right|300px|Long Beach Naval Shipyard in 1993The Long Beach Naval Shipyard, which closed in 1997, was located at Terminal Island between the city of Long Beach and the San Pedro district of Los Angeles and approximately 23 miles south of the Los Angeles International Airport.The Long Beach...
. SR 47 turns west there to its end at Interstate 110
Interstate 110 (California)
Route 110, consisting of two segments of State Route 110 joined by Interstate 110 , is a state highway in the Los Angeles area of the U.S. state of California, mostly built to freeway standards...
.
The freeway does not directly connect to any other freeways. It is heavily used by trucks carrying cargo to and from the Port of Los Angeles
Port of Los Angeles
The Port of Los Angeles, also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT L.A, is a port complex that occupies of land and water along of waterfront. The port is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, approximately south of downtown...
and Port of Long Beach
Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach, also known as Long Beach’s Harbor Department, is the 2nd busiest container port in the USA. It adjoins the separate Port of Los Angeles. Acting as a major gateway for U.S.-Asian trade, the port occupies of land with of waterfront in the city of Long Beach, California...
. Because of its isolation from residential and business areas, and the industrial-looking neighborhood it runs through, the freeway is frequently used to film freeway scenes for major motion pictures. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron and William Wisher Jr.. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, and Edward Furlong...
and Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 2005 American romantic comedy action film directed by Doug Liman and written by Simon Kinberg. The original music score was composed by John Powell...
were two movies to use it for location purposes.
Route description
This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway SystemCalifornia Freeway and Expressway System
The California Freeway and Expressway System is a system of existing or planned freeways and expressways in the U.S. state of California. It is defined by the Streets and Highways Code.-List of roads in the system:*State Route 1 *State Route 2...
.
The route begins at Interstate 710 in Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, where it instantly begins an overlap with SR 47
California State Route 47
State Route 47 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California, connecting Terminal Island to the mainland in the Los Angeles area. From its south end at I-110 in San Pedro, it heads east across the Vincent Thomas Bridge to the island and the end of state maintenance...
. It then begins as a freeway, whence it follows the Schuyler Heim Bridge
Schuyler Heim Bridge
The Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge in the Port of Los Angeles.The bridge, dedicated on January 10, 1948, allows State Route 47 to cross over the Cerritos Channel. It is the largest vertical lift bridge on the West Coast...
over the Cerritos Channel, entering the city of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
midway through the bridge. It then leaves SR 47 and reenters Long Beach, where it meets its north end at SR 1
California State Route 1
State Route 1 , more often called Highway 1, is a state highway that runs along much of the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. It is famous for running along some of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, leading to its designation as an All-American Road.Highway 1 does not run...
.
History
Prior to 1969, Route 103 was what is now State Route 15State Route 15 (California)
State Route 15 in the U.S. state of California is the seamless 5.59-mile freeway continuation of Interstate 15 past its southern terminus at Interstate 8 in San Diego to the Interstate 5 junction from the Mexican border...
and Interstate 15 from Interstate 5 to State Route 163
State Route 163 (California)
State Route 163 , the Cabrillo Freeway, is a state highway in San Diego, California. It is an 11-mile stretch of freeway which was once the southern end of U.S. Route 395, the San Diego portion of which was eliminated in 1972...
in San Diego. (I-15 was U.S. Route 395, which used SR 163, until 1969.)
The entire Terminal Island Freeway was once part of State Route 47, and was to continue north to Interstate 10 near downtown Los Angeles. SR 47 was redefined in 1983 to split from the freeway north of the Schuyler Heim Bridge
Schuyler Heim Bridge
The Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge in the Port of Los Angeles.The bridge, dedicated on January 10, 1948, allows State Route 47 to cross over the Cerritos Channel. It is the largest vertical lift bridge on the West Coast...
, and the part from SR 47 to Willow Street became SR 103. The part north of SR 1 was later removed from the legal definition, existing for a time as State Route 103U - U for unrelinquished - before it was traded on August 25, 2000, with the city of Long Beach for Interstate 710 from SR 1 south to Ocean Boulevard.
Exit list
- Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage.
The entire route is in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...
.
{| class=wikitable
!Location
!Postmile
!Exit
Exit number
An exit number is a number assigned to a road junction, usually an exit from a freeway. It is usually marked on the same sign as the destinations of the exit, as well as a sign in the gore....
!Destinations
!Notes
|-
|rowspan=5|Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
|3.50Indicates that the postmile represents the distance along SR 47
California State Route 47
State Route 47 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California, connecting Terminal Island to the mainland in the Los Angeles area. From its south end at I-110 in San Pedro, it heads east across the Vincent Thomas Bridge to the island and the end of state maintenance...
rather than SR 103.
|
|Berth T136 Gate 2
|Continuation beyond SR 47
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|3.50
|
|, Piers B-J and T, San Pedro
|South end of SR 47 overlap
|-
|colspan=4 align=center|South end of freeway
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|3.58
|4
|New Dock Street
|Southbound exit and northbound entrance
|-
|rowspan=2|3.88
|rowspan=2 colspan=3 align=center|Schuyler Heim Bridge
Schuyler Heim Bridge
The Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge in the Port of Los Angeles.The bridge, dedicated on January 10, 1948, allows State Route 47 to cross over the Cerritos Channel. It is the largest vertical lift bridge on the West Coast...
over Cerritos Channel
|-
|rowspan=3|Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|4.57
0.00
|
|Anaheim Street (SR 47
California State Route 47
State Route 47 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California, connecting Terminal Island to the mainland in the Los Angeles area. From its south end at I-110 in San Pedro, it heads east across the Vincent Thomas Bridge to the island and the end of state maintenance...
north)
|North end of SR 47 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|0.90
|
|Anaheim Street
|No northbound exit
|-
|rowspan=3|Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
|1.59
|
|
|
|-
|1.59
|colspan=3 align=center|North end of state maintenance
|-
|
|
|Willow Street – Carson
Carson, California
Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, Carson had a total population of 91,714. Located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 14 miles away from the Los Angeles International Airport, it is known as a suburb of the city....
, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
|At-grade intersection
At-grade intersection
An at-grade intersection is a junction at which two or more transport axes cross at the same level .-Traffic management:With areas of high or fast traffic, an at-grade intersection normally requires a traffic control device such as a stop sign, traffic light or railway signal to manage conflicting...