State Route 1 North - Crystal Cove State Park to Newport Beach

California 1 passes through Crystal Cove State Park, offering great views of the ocean and limited development for several miles. At the north end of the park, California 1 enters the city of Newport Beach, which had a population of 70,032 as of 2000 Census and was incorporated on September 1, 1906.

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Once in the city of Newport Beach, residential development lines the northeast side of the coastal highway, while the state park and protected beach is on the southwest side of the highway. California 1 continues in a northwesterly direction.

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Northbound California 1 (Coast Highway) approaches Newport Coast Drive. Follow Newport Coast Drive east to Toll California 73.

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California 1 enters the Corona del Mar community of the city of Newport Beach.

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Northbound California 1 meets Poppy Avenue in Newport Beach.

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Reassurance marker for SR 1 north posted at Orchid Avenue. Continuing northwest through Downtown Corona del Mar, cross streets are named after flowers, with names descending alphabetically from Poppy Avenue to Acacia Avenue.

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In the center of Corona del Mar (Newport Beach), northbound California 1 meets Marguerite Avenue northeast to San Joaquin Hills Road.

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Northbound California 1 (Coast Highway) meets Iris Avenue.

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A few blocks later, northbound California 1 approaches the junction with former California 73, MacArthur Boulevard. Prior to the completion of the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor (toll road), California 73 used to turn south near the University of California at Irvine and proceed along MacArthur Boulevard, ending at California 1 at this intersection. This truck route sign is the only evidence that MacArthur Boulevard used to be a state highway (as this sign is typically only used on the California state route system, not on locally maintained roads).

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Follow MacArthur Boulevard northeast to John Wayne (Orange County) Airport and Toll California 73.

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The intersection with MacArthur Boulevard is located around Milepost 16 on California 1.

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Signs like this are all over coastal Southern California to indicate evacuation routes in the event of a tsunami. These signs point the way to higher ground and safer areas.

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The next intersection along California 1 (Coast Highway) north is with Avocado Avenue. The state route will soon leave Corona del Mar and enter Newport Center.

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The next intersection is with Newport Center Drive. Turn right here to Fashion Island shopping center.

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Continuing northwest (almost due west), California 1 (Coast Highway) next approaches Jamboree Road, a major southwest-northeast arterial that extends from Newport Beach northeast to Irvine and Tustin before merging directly onto the California 261 toll road.

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A California 1 north reassurance shield is posted after the Jamboree Road intersection, adjacent to Newport Dunes Resort along Upper Newport Bay.

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Look north from California 1 at Upper Newport Bay.

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Northbound California 1 meets Bayside Drive at this traffic signal.

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A very wide bridge carries California 1 over Upper Newport Bay; it was built in 1981.

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Dover Drive stems north from SR 1 at Bayshore Drive, just beyond the bridge across Upper Newport Bay, to Mariner's Mile.

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Northbound California 1 next meets Tustin Avenue at this traffic signal.

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The succeeding signal along SR 1 north is with Riverside Avenue.

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Nearing Mile 20, northbound California 1 (Coast Highway) approaches its interchange with California 55 (Newport Boulevard). Through this interchange, California 1 travels almost due west, and California 55 leaves the interchange almost due north. California 55 is a major north-south Orange County corridor, leaving Newport Beach and traveling into Costa Mesa, then proceeding north toward Santa Ana and Anaheim before ending at California 91 (Riverside Freeway). Most of the route is a freeway, excluding the section in Newport Beach and part of Costa Mesa.

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A bridge built in 1999 carries California 55 over California 1 (Coast Highway). Stay right for the connection to California 55 north to Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, and Anaheim. The second right loops onto Newport Boulevard south to the Balboa Peninsula, part of the city of Newport Beach.

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Northbound California 1 meets California 55 (Newport Boulevard) north to Costa Mesa and Santa Ana.

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California 1 (Coast Highway) passes under California 55. This interchange marks the southern terminus of California 55. Newport Boulevard continues south onto Balboa Peninsula.

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The second ramp loops from California 1 north to Newport Boulevard south.

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After the interchange with California 55 (Newport Boulevard), northbound California 1 (Coast Highway) proceeds through western Newport Beach en route toward Huntington Beach. As California 1 proceeds north, the coastline aims northwest toward Long Beach.

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Northbound California 1 (Coast Highway) meets the signalized intersection for the entrance to Hoag Drive to Hoag Hospital.

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The next major intersection along California 1 (Coast Highway) north is with Balboa Boulevard south and Superior Avenue north.

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An oddly-shaped, neutered California 55 Detour trailblazer is posted prior to Balboa Boulevard. Take Balboa Boulevard south to downtown Newport Beach and to an alternate route to California 55 (Newport Boulevard).

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After the intersection with Balboa Boulevard and Superior Avenue, northbound California 1 carries three through lanes.

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Shifting northwest parallel to the Pacific Ocean, California 1 next intersects Prospect Street.

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Both Prospect Street and upcoming Orange Street offer access to the beach.

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California 1 (Coast Highway) crosses over the Santa Ana River. The highway then leaves the city of Newport Beach and enters the city of Huntington Beach.

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