The Santa Monica (I-10) Freeway under construction near downtown Los Angeles in 1961.
Learn more about the freeway’s construction in L.A. as Subject’s guest post for KCET Departures, “Creating the Santa Monica Freeway, Building Walls Across Communities.”

The Santa Monica (I-10) Freeway under construction near downtown Los Angeles in 1961.

Learn more about the freeway’s construction in L.A. as Subject’s guest post for KCET Departures, “Creating the Santa Monica Freeway, Building Walls Across Communities.

Automobile accident on the Ramona Freeway (today, Interstate 10) in 1952.

Automobile accident on the Ramona Freeway (today, Interstate 10) in 1952.

Circa 1960 view, looking south, of the Harbor (110) Freeway in downtown Los Angeles.

Circa 1960 view, looking south, of the Harbor (110) Freeway in downtown Los Angeles.

1935 view of Ramona Boulevard “Air Line,” a limited-access, grade-separated proto-freeway that followed the present-day route of Interstate 10 between downtown Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley.
Discover more about L.A.’s first freeways in L.A. as Subject’s latest KCET.org contribution.

1935 view of Ramona Boulevard “Air Line,” a limited-access, grade-separated proto-freeway that followed the present-day route of Interstate 10 between downtown Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley.

Discover more about L.A.’s first freeways in L.A. as Subject’s latest KCET.org contribution.

Opening of the Long Beach (I-710) Freeway in 1959

Opening of the Long Beach (I-710) Freeway in 1959