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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph article dated April 12, 1963 partially reads, "Sylmar's notorious 'Boulevard of Death' - killer of more than 30 persons in the last 11 years - has been closed forever. Traffic on the strip of Sepulveda Blvd. from San Fernando Rd. to Rinaldi St. has been diverted onto the northbound lanes of the San Diego and Golden State Freeway route now being constructed. The feared Sepulveda Blvd. link will be buried under tons of earth laid down as a road bed for the southbound lanes of the freeways. The new 2 1/2-mile freeway route, which includes the interchange between the San Diego and Golden State Freeways, will be opened late this summer to freeway traffic." Photograph caption reads, "Sylmar's notorious 'Boulevard of Death' - killer of 30 persons - is closed forever. Traffic now goes to the freeway veering left rather than taking closed cutoff on the right."
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