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.”
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.
1966 aerial photograph by Dick Whittington of the Harbor (110) Freeway’s interchange with Fifth Street in downtown Los Angeles.
Construction of the San Diego (405) Freeway, pictured here in 1957 between Wilshire and Venice boulevards, split Westside neighborhoods.
Automobiles travel on the newly completed Venice Freeway, better known today as the Santa Monica Freeway, on this day in 1959.
L.A.’s Famous Four-Level Freeway Interchange, ‘The Stack,’ Turns 58
The Four Level interchange, which binds together the 101 and 110 freeways near downtown, turned 58 years old yesterday. Explore archival images and learn more about the famous junction’s history with L.A. as Subject’s latest contribution to KCET.org.
