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Title
Construction of the Orange Line, Tarzana
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Photo Collection;
Creator
Leonard, Gary
Contributor
Part of the Los Angeles Neighborhoods Project. Made accessible through a grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
2005
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Workers install sound barriers during construction of the Orange Line, at Topham Street. This 14-mile-long Busway will be used solely by a fleet of clean-burning buses; the Orange Line buses, known as Metro Liners. Thirteen of the miles are constructed along the former Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way. Its route parallels the 101 Freeway, directly linking North Hollywood with the Warner Center, but promises to significantly reduce commuting time. MTA identifies all of its Metro Rail lines by assigning each line a different color. The Orange Line was formerly named San Fernando Metro Rapidway, but the MTA Board of Directors approved the new name on January 22, 2004, and it refers to the many citrus trees that once blanketed the San Fernando Valley. Photograph dated February 4, 2005.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00067948
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection;
GPC_b1_f3_i37
CARL0000070669
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/3589
Subject
Metro Orange Line
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Construction equipment--California--Los Angeles
Local transit--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Tarzana (Los Angeles)
Tarzana (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection photographs

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