The GoobNet Los Angeles Freeway Quiz

1. The state of California’s first freeway was recently given its original name, the Arroyo Seco Parkway, after spending 56 years as the:

San Diego Freeway

Riverside Freeway

Ventura Freeway

Pasadena Freeway

2. The interchange popularly known as the Orange Crush, located near Disneyland, allows exit to any other segment only if entering from the:

22 eastbound

5 northbound

5 southbound

57 southbound

3. The only freeway in the greater Los Angeles area named for a US president passes through the city of:

Pomona

Simi Valley

Santa Ana

Long Beach

4. If you find yourself at the intersection of Hollywood Bl and Vine St, driving two blocks to the north will take you to the:

22

10

110

101

5. To agree with its signed number, the name of the Century Freeway would have to change to the:

Tenth of a Century Freeway

One and One Twentieth Century Freeway

Twentieth of a Century Freeway

Seven and One Tenth Century Freeway

6. The Four Level Interchange, in downtown Los Angeles, is between the:

110 and 101

405 and 710

2 and 5

60 and 57

7. Earlier this year, a weekend closure of the Sepulveda Pass portion of the 405 received the nickname:

Carmageddon

The Great Clog

Weekend at Home

Epic Freeway Fail

8. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is located near the interchange between the 210 and the:

2

5

118

605

9. All of these freeways have designated HOV lanes in the greater Los Angeles area except:

10

210

405

605

10. To drive from the Lakers’ current home to their previous home, the most direct route is:

The 101 to the 91

The 60 to the 57

The 10 to the 405

The 110 to the 105

11. In the greater Los Angeles area, the 5 takes all of these names except:

Santa Ana Freeway

Burbank Freeway

Golden State Freeway

San Diego Freeway

12. The OJ Simpson chase in 1994 occurred on the:

10

405

91

101

13. The only one of these numbered routes that is a freeway for its entire path through the greater Los Angeles area is:

57

60

71

91

14. The Eastern Toll Road is a group of three tollways in Orange County that pass through the city of:

Lake Forest

Huntington Beach

Garden Grove

Buena Park

15. If your Metro Gold Line train has just exited a tunnel into a freeway median, the freeway is the:

15

55

210

101

16. The California Department of Transportation has studied the possibility of completing the 710 by digging more than 10 km of tunnels underneath the city of:

Norwalk

Downey

South Pasadena

Signal Hill

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