Elysian Fields Freeway

Type	HIGHWAY
Route 20
Route 20 shield
Appearance(s)	Grand Theft Auto V Grand Theft Auto Online
Road information
West end	I-5 at Elysian Island
Major junctions	SA-17 and SA-18 in El Burro Heights
East end	I-2 and I-4 US-15 in Murrieta Heights
Alternative name(s)	Elysian Fields Freeway

Elysian Fields Freeway (Route 20), is a freeway located in East Los Santos, San Andreas. It is part of the in-game highway system.

Route Description

The Elysian Fields Freeway is an east-west highway in southern Los Santos that serves as a freeway bypass of Route 22 through the Port of Los Santos. Its carried by Elysian Freeway Bridge and is a major connector between East Los Santos and LSIA.

From the west, The four-lane elevated freeway continues from the La Puerta Freeway at an off-ramp into the Port. As soon as it touches ground after the Desmond Bridge, it hooks north along the Murrieta Oil Field, and crosses El Rancho Boulevard at the intersection of routes 17 and 18. It becomes a proper freeway at this point (widening up to six or eight lanes) as it reaches the the intersection of the Interstate 4/Route 15. From there it continues as the Del Perro Freeway (Interstate 2).

Influence

Route 20 is based on the Long Beach Freeway, also known as Interstate 710. It roughly parallels the Los Santos Storm Drain, just as I-710 parallels the Los Angeles River. Interstate 710 passes through mostly industrial areas, just as Route 20 does, and the Elysian Freeway Bridge carries the freeway over the water at the port in a similar fashion to the real life Gerald Desmond Bridge which carries I-710 into the Port of Long Beach.

Gallery

The Elysian Fields Freeway at dusk with the Miriam Turner Overpass in the background.

An aerial shot of Route 20 and the Four Level interchange.

A 1948 Style US Route 20 Shield.

A 1957-present California style US Route 20 Shield.

Trivia

• In Greek mythology, the Elysian Fields were the section of the underworld in which the heroic dead would reside.
• The Elysian Fields Freeway is a reference to the Elysian Fields Development Company which is featured prominently in the story of L.A. Noire, another videogame released by Rockstar Games.
  • Also, being a freeway, it may reference Elysian Fields Development's involvement in a scheme by the Suburban Redevelopment Fund to defraud the government by overvaluing property that would be bought up for freeway construction.
• Its name could also be a reference to Elysian Park, located near Downtown Los Angeles.