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The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 28

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This freeway, extending the timately the Hollywood ivide six full lanes. ThU Jobjand others within four icount at Soto two miles and 65,000 from 1954. years," he said Freeway will extend from Civic Center to tne san Bernardino County line, was cost $6,414,700. 2 Part JUNE 22, 1 958 toagngrtrtfClmfg from the Civic Center, rfronnpd to a daily average Traffic moving over me esnta Ana Freewav. meas- One of the most expensive If the dream becomes a the Civic Center, through completed last year.

Right of way and acquisition costs reality, it will provide a projects currently under Cahuenga Pass to a junc ured at Soto showed no of 93,000 vehicles, traffic at way. is a $7,626,500 jod on tion with the Golden state FREEWAYS PLAN change between loo ana th count remaining for the 30.7-miie route nava been set at $53,888,000. Freewav in San Fernando Rosemead 10 miles from the Civic Center, measured 90.200. At the El Monte 3.1 miles of tne uoiden state Freewav skirting the down through route from me Santa Ana Freeway to Santa Monica, a distance of 14.9 miles. Valley, a distance of 16.8 stationary at 145,000 ve I ways converging at the four town Los Angeles area from Harbor Freeway The miles.

The southerly section hicles. Continued from First Page rfistanr to San Francisco city limits, 15 miles out, it was 78,400, and at Kellogg Closely" aligned with Tel Harbor Freeway extends The. San Bernardino Free Mission Road to etn St. included among the other from the Civic center to Vineland a distance level hub Interchange may have reached their maximum travel load. ford's time-thinking on this for 22.2 miles from the Civic but far short of the 1200-mile wav.

however, vas used by Hill, 24 miles out, ou.zuu. project bids opened since Center to San Pedro and is project are the San Diego of 10 was opened to Aside from the Soto St, 93,000 vehicles daily a drop The State Division of now completed south to 88th Place. ComDletion of another through traffic in 1954. The first unit of the northerly last Jan. was a construction job on the San Diego Freeway from Miguel and Golden State freeways.

The Golden State Freeway will extend from the Kern of 3000 from 1956, according to a count taken at Soto St. Th Pasadena Freeway also Hitrhwavs' latest traffic traffic point, the State Division of Highways attributed the increased travel flow to 2.5-miles section from 88th count, taken last year, indi goal. Significantly, the State Highway Commission's route adoptions since Jan. 1, 1957, raised the total distance of freeways planned to 662.5 milesmore than half the nri-ivtfH POal. section 1.1 miles was oDened to traffic last Feb Road to Trabuco Creek, a showed a reduction in daily cated, Telford said, that County line to the Santa Monica-Santa Ana Freeway iunction and the San Diego the opening of several miles of new construction, includ Place to 124th St.

is sched-uled for September. Bids will he nnened on still another usage, with 109,000 venicies ruary. Planning, designing and property acquisition are $3,410,300 job on the Santa Monica Freeway at the Los Angeles River and a fravoiinc over dailv. com some motorists, lor snon, close-in trips, are going back to existing surface streets, ing an 8.2-mile section from Azusa Ave. in West Covina Freeway from San Fernan section from 124th St.

to currently under way on pared with 114,000 in 1956. nHHiv last vear's traffic to 700 multi-bridge contract on Tfca stat Division of 190th a distance of 4.9 do to ti a tuva. in the remainder of the free are hpinff made more to Ganesha Blvd. in Pomona. the San Bernardino Orange County, miles this summer.

way across San Fernando the Santa Monica Freeway where it intersects with the Highways has set a value of mAPo than $75,000,000 on the 1 1 1 v. i a attractive due to efforts of "We're shooting at the tal, measured at Elysian Park, was 1000 below the 1954 daily volume. Valley. Freeway is now completed T.nntr Beach Freeway Harbor Freeway. same time schedule," Tel local jurisdictions.

Of the five freeways fan- work currently under way anH Is lookine ahead to the Santa Ana Freeway The This last project is the throughout its entire lengtn of 30.7 miles in Los Angeles ford explained. anttra AO Q.mili lpncrth of out from the inter fisral vear beginning July 1, ning This freeway extends from Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach to ultimately Alhambra, a distance On an over-all basis, he first step in construction of a eiant interchange which. County. Substantial gains were noted at the four-level interchange, with 318,000 cars and trucks using it daily last the Santa Ana Freeway from the Civic Center to a change, the traffic cnecK showed that only two the said, the freeways in the The West Covina-Pomona Telford said, will be com three-county area shape up when it will have funds to start work on 23.5 miles of new construction. Wo aro now besinning to junction with the San Diego Freewav near El Toro is parableat least to traffic I usage with the existing this way: unit is the longest section opened since Jan.

,1, 1957, shading bv a mile the 7.2- Hollywood and Harbor ree-w-avs are carrying more vehicles than they did in of 21.7 miles. Thus far, seven miles have been completed at the freeway's south year This compared witn 300,000 in 1956, 280,000 in 1955 and 242,000 in 1954. now either completed, under four-level structure near the Civic Center. Pasadena Freeway The oldest in the area, the first unit of this freeway was Tn stud vine the traffic 1956. Tho TTollvwood Freeway construction or nnanced.

ay the end of this vear. the mile, section of tne racmc Coast Freeway between Cat- have a sufficient mileage of connected freeways and expressways the express-total about 111 miles It figures nrominently in the State Division of a Hailv volume of entire route will be brought Telford's Dlans for the com letruas Creek and Date tl completed in 1940. The free- Highways noted "generally 1 1 inrrpaflPC! 192,000 cars and trucks last ud to full freeway stan pletion of the immediate in Oxnard. However, the way now extends tor s.t in operation so that we are end and another 4.s miles from Firestone Blvd. near South Gate to Verona St.

north of the Santa Ana Freeway. Ribbon-cutting ceremonies marking the opening of the five-mile gap be- Turn to Page 2T, Column 1 most. exDensive oroiect com Los Angeles area freeway miles from Pasadena to me Weil ins in over all the Los Angeles area yeaf compared witn mm 1 1 Qn4 dards, with the total cost since work on the freeway justified in reiemiig iu n. a 'frpewav Telford system in the near future. Los Angeles four-level in pleted and opened to traffic recently involved the recoil- was begun set at terchange.

"I have a dream mat we can finance this freeway 111 IW.JO ailU in The Harbor Freeway was almost as heavily traveled with 190,000 vehicles, an in-of 15.000 from 1956 freeways. A noticeable example of this is the San Bernardino Freewav. While the traffic said. Although the system is far frnm mmnlete. there are San Bernardino Freeway.

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