CA 91 East, Santa Ana Canyon, CA 57 To Interstate 15

[zticky841]

shaoooo 100% santanero

[alexram1313]

Corona's population is now 152,374 including me. Also, the Corona city limit is at Green River Road, not really between CA-71 and Serfas Club Dr. and they just added a new lane to EB CA-91 so it's not as congested as before but it's still pretty bad.

[TVisawesome432]

Hey Brent, before the 241 interchange, you should be alert.... you're in Anaheim Hills, home to worst singer ever Rebecca Black....

[24Tyson]

This video is pretty helpful. My girlfriend lives in corona and I live in dana point, orange county...i wish there was a bus to get over there. I wish I had a car! I miss her so much

[FreewayBrent]

@24Tyson: There's no express bus service between the two counties? I just always assumed there was a Rapid Bus Extension out to the I.E. from the OC. I wonder why it isn't available?

[24Tyson]

@FreewayBrent There has been buses that have been cut. Im pretty sure that bus has been cut too. grrrr

[barren6136]

It's getting to where the Fastrak lanes are just as congested as the freeway is Brent. And i dont know what it is, but i'm always in the wrong lane and have to take the 55 down to the Garden Grove freeway and across. Dyslexia kicking in to overdrive i guess!

[barren6136]

My wife drove this freeway for 12 years, between Riverside and Long Bitch (ooops! I meant Beach.) It's no wonder she stayed ticked off all the time! hahahaha...

[FreewayBrent]

@barren6136: Yeah, that's definitely one freeway you don't wanna be stuck in during peak hours! Fortunately, I almost never have to drive it during rush hours, but the few times that I do find myself driving the 91 during peak times, I'm usually willing to pay the toll to access the express lanes.

[MrAnderson1985]

When is the best time to drive the 91W to the 215S and vice versa? I'm moving to Lake Elsinore in about a month and am just curious as to when getting on the road is a nor so good idea.

[ScrewdUPClickV2]

i missed this 1 .. glad i got to see it ..

[Cyrus992]

Sadly, Las Vegas does not appear on the sign during the I-15 interchange..

Why does it say Barstow? When they put unimportant towns like that, those areas receive too much popularity...

Similar to I-40 when it says Needles, I-10 when it says Indio, and I-110 when it says San Pedro.

[Travisjcjunky]

@Cyrus992 One thing I wanted to say is that on the 10 east the sign for the 15 north actually does say Barstow, Las Vegas. I think they only have Barstow listed since Las Vegas is in the next state and it would probably be insufficient to have it listed in Corona. Just a guess though.

One thing I did want to ask, is why do so many people think Indio isn't a good control city for the 10? I live in the Palm Springs area, and am a huge freeway person but always wondered that.

[Cyrus992]

@Travisjcjunky

I highly agree with you... It should also have Pheonix too... Also Barstow is not really that important.

[CosmoPhotography]

Thanks for filming this stretch as I have a friend who lives near Anaheim and will have to drive this stretch this summer. Since I'm under the legal age of renting, I'm thinking about possibly using ZipCar? I know using mass-transit can be hellacious in LA.

[CosmoPhotography]

If you ever watched Nip/Tuck on FX, they used this song in the 1st season. The original score was by Daniel Ash. Great choice and remix for this video! Almost $10 for that stretch?! Jesus, that's worse than the GWB, Lincoln, or Holland rates in NY that are jacked up beyond belief. If people are willing to pay it, then I guess there's no problem?

[aswchris]

Awesome video, greater Los Angeles never gets old.

The Riverside Freeway is one of the worst in Los Angeles, hence the excessive toll rates on the express lanes. They have proposed a tunnel from Corona to Irvine, but with California's budgetary crisis, I don't see that coming into fruition soon...

[Freewayjim]

More Cowbell!

Great ride and great use of the song too, it really worked well with that footage.

[eluko79]

The song is brilliant. Awesome drive too. Just the cowbell fix I needed.

[FreewayBrent]

I give FreewayJim all the due credit for the song. He's the one that discovered it, last week, and thought I should use for a video.

Yeah, CA 91 thru the Santa Ana Canyon is such a nice drive, but when it's congested, it's one of the most miserable commutes in Southern California.

[eluko79]

@FreewayBrent

I would imagine. Do you think the state will ever extend I-105 to the east? It could cut through carbon canyon and run south of chino and north of riverside. Of course it looks easy when looking at a map but does CA still build epic like that?

[FreewayBrent]

Hmmmm, I'm pretty doubtful they'll extend I-105 East, as the city of Norwalk would vehemently protest a brand new freeway going right thru the heart of the city.

It was originally part of CalTrans plans to connect I-5 with I-105, but decided against doing so, as I-5 was (and still remains) unimproved since it's 1950's construction. CalTrans deteremined that I-5 could *not* handle the increased traffic loads. As a result, most drivers heading for Orange County will take I-605 South to...

[FreewayBrent]

...to CA 91 East, and then connect with I-5 South. Most of the drivers that head north on I-605, are headed toward I-10, CA 60 or I-210, with some drivers heading south on I-5 to head for communities, between I-605 and CA 91. If that makes sense.

[eluko79]

@FreewayBrent

I hear ya. But I was thinking of turning the imperial hwy into an actual highway (east of 605). Wishful thinking is all.

[FreewayBrent]

Parts of CA 90 (between CA 57 and CA 91 around Yorba Linda) are already up to freeway-grade (you probably already knew that). I'm imagining that's probably where you got your idea from.

[FreewayBrent]

I added a 2nd comment...not sure if you're going to receive it in your E-Mail box. Check the comments page on my CA 91 video to read the rest.

[adogg619]

Good to see you redo the 91 East in HD. Looks much better. I've always enjoyed driving this stretch of the 91 to the IE (only the weekends though) the green hills are really soothing.

5 star.

[FreewayBrent]

I almost forgot about my low-quality video of this same stretch of roadway; I should notify everyone who left a comment on the LQ version about this video.

Glad you enjoyed the ride. There's definitely a lot more from LA/OC coming online to YouTube in the coming weeks and months ahead.