The 19 Most Complex and Dangerous Roads in the World

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My hated LA interchange is where the 5 merges with the 5 going South right past the 60. There are two lanes on the right that merge into 3 lanes on the left and you're going normal freeway speed limit when you do it. The problem is that the far left lane on the right side merges into the far right lane of the left side and becomes one lane. It's very sudden and not expected.

As for dangerous highways, Ortega and Laguna Canyon Road are the two that come to mind.

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Personally, I think the 5/55 has some bad design flaws; especially transitioning from the 5-S to the 55-S.

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

In OC I think the 22E to 5S is the worst. Even when there's no traffic on either freeway, that interchange is backed up.

I think the 57S to the 5S is the worst for the same reason.

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

The 22 E to anything (at the Orange Crush) is FUBAR. They did a horrible job on that rebuild.

The 57S > 22W is completely FUBAR with traffic backed up at least a mile. If you need to get on the 22E from the 57S stay in one of the left 2 lanes until closer to the interchange and you'll be able to slide right in without sitting in the crush of traffic getting on the 22W.

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Yep. But going to the 5S gets you the worst of it. Puts you right at the confluence of freeway traffic, transition traffic, traffic merging in from City Drive and Bristol, and traffic trying to exit City Drive and Bristol. Madness.

Depending where you are going you can just avoid it. My office is at Raymond and the 91. At first I was taking the 91E > 57S > 5S and it took me nearly an hour to get home because of the 57/5 interchange. Then I started taking the 91E > 57S > 22E > 55S > 5S and it took me about 45 minutes to get home. Now I take the 91E > 55S > 5S and it takes 20-30 minutes.

I do have to thank Kevy for the tip to take the 5N > 55N > 22W > 57N to get to the Honda Center and that in part got me going the other routes up here.