# How many lanes across is the widest freeway?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lanes-across-is-the-widest-freeway/371676>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lanes-across-is-the-widest-freeway/371676 "2006-09-06T18:45:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lanes-across-is-the-widest-freeway/371676/21 "2006-09-07T23:03:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Sunspace]  
(eastbound 401 to southbound 427, if you must know).  
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The 427 makes baby Jesus cry.

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**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lanes-across-is-the-widest-freeway/371676/22 "2006-09-07T23:15:12Z")

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There’s a stretch of I-405/Rt.22 in Seal Beach, CA, where there are 10 southbound lanes, and 8 northbound ones.

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