A new connector bridge that allows drivers on the eastbound 91 Freeway to more easily access the northbound 71 Freeway opened to drivers in Corona on Saturday morning.
“The 91 corridor, as everyone in Southern California knows, is one of our most congested corridors,” said Aaron Hake, executive director of the Riverside County Transportation Commission. “Over 300,000 cars a day use this corridor.”
Hake said the freeway as originally constructed forces drivers transitioning from the eastbound 91 Freeway to the northbound 71 to make a hairpin turn, which increases congestion on the freeway…