{"id":243555,"date":"2026-03-30T16:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/243555\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:22:14","slug":"this-los-angeles-highway-is-officially-the-busiest-in-america-seeing-over-504000-vehicles-every-single-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/243555\/","title":{"rendered":"This Los Angeles Highway Is Officially The Busiest In America \u2014 Seeing Over 504,000 Vehicles Every Single Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"Freeway\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Freeway-1024x683.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Freeway-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"Freeway\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: trekandshoot via Shutterstock.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a data-force-follow=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/author\/sofia-delpueche\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- class=\"avatar avatar-40 photo\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sofia-delpueche-150x150.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sofia-delpueche-150x150.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-40 photo\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t Staff Writer\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\tMarch 30, 2026<\/p>\n<p>We all know L.A. is a <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/los-angeles-new-speed-cameras\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/los-angeles-new-speed-cameras\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">car-first city,<\/a> but the numbers are still surprising. A recent study took a closer look at the most <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/traffic-congestion-10-ranking\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/traffic-congestion-10-ranking\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">congested<\/a> roads in the country, and the city dominated the list, confirming just how extreme traffic has become across the region.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhwa.dot.gov\/policyinformation\/tables\/02.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.fhwa.dot.gov\/policyinformation\/tables\/02.pdf\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),<\/a> a stretch of Interstate 5 in Los Angeles sees about 504,000 vehicles per day, more than any other highway in the country. And it\u2019s not an outlier, as several other <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/la-county-oldest-freeway-in-america\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/la-county-oldest-freeway-in-america\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_internal\">L.A. freeways<\/a> also rank among the most congested nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Why does L.A. dominate the list of the busiest highways?<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Los angeles traffic\" class=\"wp-image-89347\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Los-angeles-traffic-1024x683.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Los-angeles-traffic-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Los angeles traffic\" class=\"wp-image-89347\"  \/>Chones via Shutterstock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/california-carlsbad-flower-field-biggest-u-s\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/california-carlsbad-flower-field-biggest-u-s\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-category=\"click_internal\">California<\/a> leads the ranking of the busiest highways in the U.S., with 12 of the top 25, and Los Angeles is the main reason for this. The city\u2019s layout depends heavily on cars, with long commutes, limited <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/la-transit-projects-olympics\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/la-transit-projects-olympics\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_5\" data-category=\"click_internal\">public transit options,<\/a> and millions of residents sharing the same freeway system. <\/p>\n<p>Add nearly 50 million yearly visitors, and congestion becomes unavoidable. According to FHWA data, these are the highways with the highest daily traffic volumes:<\/p>\n<p>CA I-5 \u2014 Los Angeles\u2013Long Beach\u2013Santa Ana, CA \u2014 504,000<\/p>\n<p>GA I-75 \u2014 Atlanta, GA \u2014 419,516<\/p>\n<p>CA I-5 \u2014 Mission Viejo, CA \u2014 415,000<\/p>\n<p>CA I-405 \u2014 Los Angeles\u2013Long Beach\u2013Santa Ana, CA \u2014 383,500<\/p>\n<p>TX I-10 \u2014 Houston, TX \u2014 313,693<\/p>\n<p>TX I-10 \u2014 Houston, TX \u2014 312,068<\/p>\n<p>TX I-10 \u2014 Houston, TX \u2014 273,454<\/p>\n<p>CA I-210 \u2014 Los Angeles\u2013Long Beach\u2013Santa Ana, CA \u2014 358,000<\/p>\n<p>CA I-10 \u2014 Los Angeles\u2013Long Beach\u2013Santa Ana, CA \u2014 355,000<\/p>\n<p>CA CA-60 \u2014 Los Angeles\u2013Long Beach\u2013Santa Ana, CA \u2014 350,000<\/p>\n<p>Study methodology<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Traffic on 405 freeway in L.A.\" class=\"wp-image-120578\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774887734_288_405-freeway-traffic-1024x683.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774887734_288_405-freeway-traffic-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Traffic on 405 freeway in L.A.\" class=\"wp-image-120578\"  \/>barteverett \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>This FHWA uses a metric called Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT), which measures how many vehicles use a <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/la-doesnt-have-the-worst-traffic-in-the-us-anymore\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/la-doesnt-have-the-worst-traffic-in-the-us-anymore\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_6\" data-category=\"click_internal\">road each day<\/a> on average over the course of a year. It\u2019s one of the most widely used ways to compare traffic levels across highways. <\/p>\n<p>Additional context on congestion and driving conditions comes from travel guides, mapping tools like Google Maps and Waze, and user-reported experiences on forums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: trekandshoot via Shutterstock. \u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Staff Writer \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 March 30, 2026 We all know L.A. is a car-first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-243555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}