Saturday, April 28, 2007

Historic US Freeway Pics

Please post historic pics 4rm ur city.

Here r some historic pics 4rm LA that I found:

I-10 Santa Monica Freeway construction to the west from the Harbor Freeway (CA 110), 1962.

I-405 San Diego Freeway construction south showing the Mulholland bridge, 1962.

Hollywood Freeway at the Pasadena Freeway in 1952.

Closeup of the Four Level Interchange in the above photo. The ramps from the southbound Hollywood Freeway were not yet open at the time.

Cahuenga Pass on the US 101 Hollywood Freeway in 1961. There was no center barrier on the road at that time. First sign reads: "Burbank, Barham Blvd. Use Right Lane".

Construction of the Hollywood Freeway, looking south near Vine Street around 1951.

Cahuenga Pass looking north from the Pilgrimage Bridge, 1951.

Construction of the Hollywood Freeway south of Highland, 1953. Highland on the left, Cahuenga Blvd. on the right, and Odin Street between the two, with the southbound bridge over Highland under construction.

Opening day on Cahuenga Pass, 1940.

The freeway through Cahuenga Pass ending just past Barham Blvd and continuing north on Cahuenga Blvd. Click image for a larger overall view. Note how rural the area is just north of the end of the road.

Long Beach Freeway (then CA 15) at the unopened I-405 freeway (note the blank signs on the exit) in 1964.

Construction of the Long Beach Freeway (I-710), 1955. Intersection is Bandini Blvd. and Atlantic Blvd. (the predecessor to the route).

US 101 coming north into downtown Los Angeles in 1974. The Brew 102 buildings (below City Hall in this photo) have since been demolished, but there is still a tight jog in the freeway due to the original routing around the building.

Figueroa Street Tunnels in 1941. At that time traffic in both directions used the tunnels. Sign at the tunnel entrance reads: "State Highway Under Construction". These tunnels were constructed in 1931.

In 1936. Note the lanterns and the L.A. city seal detail on the portal.

By 1946 this stretch had been made into a freeway. Note the dashed lines weren't used at the time, white meant passing ok, yellow for no passing.
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