Orange County Freeways include major highways that can get you from one end of California to the other, extending over 1,000 miles from south to north. Do you need to know road closure and conditions while driving from your cell phone or on a landline phone?   Call free: 800.427.7623 (800.GAS.ROAD). Outside California, the non-toll free number is: (916) 445.7623.

When in Orange County or L.A., you need to know your numbers. They will get you where you want to go on California freeways. If you're talking about 5, that's the biggie that goes from Mexico border to the south to the Oregon border to the north. This distance is around 1,000 miles.  It's move fast in some areas of the state....but no all. Once you arrive in L.A. and Southern California, prepare for traffic. Sometimes it can be horrendous. And sometimes it breezes like the ocean air.

In Orange County the Interstate 5 passes through San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Lake Forest, Irvine, Tustin, Santa Ana, Anaheim and Buena Park. It includes exits for major attractions such as Disneyland.  If you stay on it south, you'll head toward San Diego. To the north, it passes directly through Los Angeles, then heads out of the big city for the dry farm belt regions. You'll see lots of transport trucks, semis, and fast moving vehicles on this route.

The next freeway you'll need to know about in Orange County is the 405. It is crucial for moving traffic through the beach regions. On its south end, it veers into and becomes the 5 at the Spectrum region of Irvine. On its north end it departs Orange County, passes by Los Angeles International Airport and eventually connects (and ends) with State Highway 101 north of The Getty in Brentwood / L.A. near San Fernando Valley.

Other freeways that you may need to drive on include the 55 (Costa Mesa) Freeway that ends near Newport Beach, the 133 (Laguna Canyon) Freeway that ends at Laguna Beach, the 22 (Garden Grove) Freeway that begins at the 405 in Seal Beach and ends at the 55 in Tustin; the 91 (Artesia) Freeway that connects with the 90 (Riverside) Freeway; and several toll roads that charge fees, 73 and 241.

Highway 1, also known as Pacific Coast Highway, or Coast Highway, or PCH, traverses the coastline all the way from San Diego to to San Francisco.  This highway loses its path in several locations, but does reconnect eventually. It has the most traffic, moves the slowest and is the most scenic to see the local shops and restaurants of the various cities it passes through. But if you want to drive along it, plan on spending hours along most journeys through California.

Your best source for road conditions and repairs on these and all California Highways is the state agency, Caltrans. 

Before you go, you can check road conditions at http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/