State Route 103
California 103 is the Terminal Island Freeway. It is signed between Interstate 710 (Ocean Boulevard) and Willow Street, which is the entire extent of the Terminal Island Freeway. Legislatively, the constructed section of California 103 begins at the split from California 47 at the Anaheim Street and Henry Ford Avenue interchange and ends at Willow Street. According to the California Streets and Highways Code, California 103 was originally proposed to extend northeast to connect directly with I-405 and I-710. That connection is unlikely to be built, especially since the Port Access Expressway project focused on moving traffic toward the Alameda Corridor.
Although signage is inconsistent, California 103 overlaps with California 47 north for 1.1 miles to Exit 4 / Henry Ford Avenue on the Terminal Island Freeway. California 47 continues northward onto the Alameda Street corridor while California 103 curves northeast to a cloverleaf interchange with California 1 (Pacific Coast Highway). The freeway ends at a traffic signal at Willow Street.
North
SR 103 (Terminal Island Freeway) curves northeast away from the Alameda Corridor with three northbound lanes. SR 47 branches northward from SR 103 along Henry Ford Avenue to connect with Alameda Street to Carson and Compton.
09/28/08
Elevating across SR 47, Pier A Avenue and Union Pacific Railroad tracks, SR 103 advances east through a chemical refinery complex.
09/28/08
A begin California 103 shield was previously posted just ahead of the viaduct spanning the Union Pacific Railroad.
07/21/01
California 103 was built in 1947 and 1948, making this one of the region's older freeways. The Union Pacific Overhead was built in 1947; it is a steel stringer/multi-beam/girder bridge.
09/28/08
SR 103 runs between a large oil refinery on the north side of the Terminal Island Freeway and more port-related industrial areas to the south.
09/28/08
The speed limit on California 103 increases to 55 miles per hour. Built in 1981, the Ultramar Pedestrian Overcrossing passes over the freeway.
01/14/07
SR 103 (Terminal Island Freeway) converges with SR 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) at a cloverleaf interchange in a half mile.
01/14/07
California 103 angles northeast between the refineries and industrial areas onto the Anaheim Street overcrossing, a viaduct spanning a railroad yard, Anaheim Street and Southern Pacific Drive.
01/14/07
Towering Southern California Edison power lines, including an 12-circuit 69kV tower, cross over the Anaheim Street overcrossing that was built in 1947.
05/02/10
07/13/09
Towering container stock piles line the west side of the Terminal Island Freeway beyond the entrance ramp from I Street and Southern Pacific Drive.
07/13/09
Exits from the Terminal Island Freeway to SR 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) are unnumbered. SR 1 southbound heads east across Long Beach to Seal Beach.
07/13/09
05/02/10
SR 103 reenters Long Beach north at the exchange with SR 1 (Pacific Coast Highway). Built in 1948, the structure carrying SR 1 over the Terminal Island Freeway is a steel stringer/multi-beam/girder bridge.
01/14/07
Southern California Edison power lines parallel the west side of the Terminal Island Freeway where the loop ramp for SR 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) northbound to Santa Monica departs.
07/13/09
Replaced by 2012 to display SR 103 instead of SR 47, this freeway entrance sign array was posted at W 20th Street northbound entrance ramp for the Terminal Island Freeway.
05/02/10
The Terminal Island Freeway extends another 0.9 miles north from the W 20th Street entrance ramp to Willow Street in Long Beach. Maintenance of this underutilized section of four-lane freeway is conducted by the city of Long Beach.
07/13/09
One third of a mile south of the signalized end of the Terminal Island Freeway at Willow Street.
07/13/09
West of adjacent Middle Road into Carson, Willow Street changes names to Los Angeles' famed Sepulveda Boulevard.
07/13/09
Willow Street east runs along the north side of the Westside neighborhood in Long Beach to Interstate 710. A business entrance ties into the intersection with SR 103 from the north.
07/13/09
South
An initial freeway entrance shield assembly for SR 103 appears at the southwest corner of the intersection joining Willow Street and Terminal Island Freeway.
05/02/10
California 103 (Terminal Island Freeway) begins as a four-lane freeway. Constructed in 1947 and 1948, it retains older highway design standards.
05/02/10
Unnumbered exits as a cloverleaf interchange join SR 103 (Terminal Island Freeway) south with SR 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) north and south. This sign was gone by 2009.
09/28/08
Heading west from SR 103, SR 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) northbound crosses the Wilmington and Harbor City neighborhoods of Los Angeles before turning northward through the city of Torrance. The PCH crosses over the Terminal Island Freeway via a 1948 bridge.
07/13/09
A loop ramp joins SR 103 (Terminal Island Freeway) south with SR 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) southbound. Traveling east, SR 1 separates with Westside neighborhood in Long Beach with industrial areas to the south en route to Signal Hill.
05/02/10
California 103 leaves the city of Long Beach and enters the city of Los Angeles.
05/02/10
A parclo interchange connects SR 103 south with Southern Pacific Drive and I Street east to Anaheim Street.
05/02/10
The entrance ramp from Southern Pacific Drive adds a third southbound lane along the Anaheim Street Overcrossing. However, changes made by 2015 included a lane drop beyond the elevated roadway.
05/02/10
The viaduct taking SR 103 across Southern Pacific Drive, Anaheim Way, Anaheim Street and a railroad yard was built in 1947. The Terminal Island Freeway turns west from the bridge through an oil refinery complex.
05/02/10
Built in 1981, the Ultramar Pedestrian Overcrossing crosses the Terminal Island Freeway between the Anaheim Street overcrossing and the Union Pacific overcrossing.
05/02/10
The viaduct turning SR 103 south from the oil refinery complex above the Union Pacific Railroad is a steel stringer/multi-beam/girder bridge from 1947.
05/02/10
SR 47 combines with SR 103 (Terminal Island Freeway) south from Henry Ford Avenue at a wye interchange adjacent to the Alameda Corridor railroad.
05/02/10
References:
- Schuyler Heim Bridge Replacement and SR-47 Expressway Project Record of Decision. August 2009. http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist07/resources/envdocs/docs/SR47_ROD_Final.pdf
Photo Credits:
- Andy Field: 07/21/01, 01/14/07, 09/28/08, 07/13/09, 05/02/10
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Page Updated Thursday October 21, 2010.